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Originally Posted by erick
stuff these multifocals - been driving me crazy for a few years now. I'm getting to pairs of single lenses.
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There's an even better solution. I'm also on the wrong side of 50, very long sighted (I wear glasses full time and have a lazy right eye). In my early 40's I tried the two pairs thing - a second pair for reading and computers - but soon lost them. I also tried the multifocal thing etc etc...
For the past 6-7 years I wear ultra light titanium frame "convertibles" which have a magnetic clipon -normally this is used for sunglasses - however I have the optician fit these instead with positive lenses that are the dioptre difference between long distance and close up (for reading etc). Made in high index plastic and coated, these cost $110 a pair - far less than prescription reading glasses.
Even better is that these clipons fit very unobtrusively in shirt/coat pockets without damaging the shirt and without looking like an ugly lump, and I have two pairs in case I lose/break one.
This way i can keep my long distance glasses on my nose all the time and am never hunting for "the other pair".
While the complete set of convertibles and the clipons with good coated lenses etc can cost north of $1k, IMHO the convenience beats the alternatives hands down and is well worth it. And you can have the sunnies too..
I'll tell you who the optician is that does these (they are in Sydney), you could ask yours to contact them for the details in optometrist-speak.
If you really want to get fancy you could probably opt for two different types of plastic and have them designed to reduce chromatic aberration. In principle you could probably come up with an achromatic doublet but it would be thick and heavy...
PS I also have a pair of 2X glasses (galilean telescopes in frame) - bit of a party trick more than anything else
http://www.eschenbach.com/preview.php?pid=702
Now when digital eyeballs become available I want one...