Occupational progressives?

Are you talking about progressive lenses for presbyopia that don't require a sharp cut off line?

What the fuck are occupational progressives?

Progressives that are combination distance to your computer screen distance and presbyopia as opposed to traditional distance and presbyopia.

Allegedly they are going to rock my world.

Seems to me you are going to have to change your glasses when you leave your computer screen.

I don't see the advantage.

But maybe I'm missing the point.

I am constantly having to take off and put back on my regular progressives going between my computer screens (blurry always, but best with no glasses) and printed material on my desk.

I have 4 pairs of glasses: 1) progressives for driving and other day-to-day activities; 2) reading glasses for computer and laptop screens; 3) reading glasses of a different strength for my phone; and 4) reading glasses of yet another strength for reading music when I'm playing a musical instrument. I have never been able to use my progressives for #2 through #4, no matter how many times my optician tells me I can get used to my progressives for all 4 if I just keep trying. It's amazing what normal human eyes can do: it takes me 4 pairs of glasses to do what my eyes used to do with no glasses at all!

I am the same way R5. I have progressives for being out and about, and moving around. Reading glasses in one strength for work on the computer, reading glasses of another strength for reading before bed, and magnifiers with swappable lenses for crafts, and dealing with small items, like threading a needle to fix a seam, or something long those lines. I have another pair of single vision in yet another strength for watching TV while lying on the sofa.

I have long had single vision for reading, because my progressives only worked for reading if I was sitting up, and looking down at the book. If I was lying down, the progressives didn't work for reading. That's also why I have the TV glasses. Progressives are fine if I am sitting up, but if I am lying down they make the TV blurrier than wearing no glasses.

I have laying down watching television distance only glasses too R6. And my wife has the music stand specific glass too R5.

When I first got progressives three years ago I was told the same thing about interim distances; that my brain would figure it out. I tried and tried and then I just gave up. When I finally went back to get re-examined I told both the ophthalmologist and the optometrist about how I was unsuccessful in that one thing. First I was chastised for not having the computer screen below my line of sight. (Wtf, I am petite; no desk set up will be ergonomically correct and have computers below me if not custom made) And then I was told about this new form of progressives they’d starting giving to accountants for fingertip distance and close reading….

Shouldn't this be in the "Signs that you're getting old" thread?

You sound like a whipper snapper R8

I have them ElderLez. They are great for, in addition to a fingertip-distance computer screens, seat back entertainment screens on planes. I have some long haul flights planned for later this year, and they will come in handy.

Oh! I didn’t even think of that use.

Did it take you long to adjust R10? It took me a couple of months before I stopped getting headaches when I first got the regular progressives.

R11 they took me about a day to get used to. The biggest benefit for me is no neck pain on computer use as I'm not tilting my head back all day to look at the screen, something I must do if I'm wearing my normal progressive. As a point of comparison, it took me about 4 days to get used to my normal, everyday progressives. I guess I'm lucky in that way. The best of luck to you, ElderLez, if you decide to get a pair.

I have progressive lenses. The middle to bottom portion are what I focus through when driving and for things like distance. The top third are computer use and general reading. I’m 38 and with out my glasses can’t see a thing. All in all it was either progressive lenses, bifocals or two pairs of glasses. I’m really pleased I went with these, but they can take a bit to get used to (it took me about a week) getting used to them can feel like your eyes are being pulled in weird directions. I’ll parrot R12, the neck pain and stiffness from tilting back to see a computer screen or read through materials at work is virtually gone!

OMG how did I live without them??

It took about four hours for my eyes to adjust.

Glad to hear ElderLez!

No idea what you are talking about OP I don’t think it’s because I’m a whippersnapper either.

Occupational progressives are called Office Glasses now. Basically they are a type of blended lenses that lets you look at something close like a computer screen and distance only to about 15 or 20 feet. But you cant see farther so you cant drive with them.

They also have Computer progressives, which are just for about 2 feet in front of you to the screen and then even closer to a smart phone. They work great for those specific tasks, way better than a regular progressive lens but then you still need a regular set of glasses for distance.

Think of it this way, progressives are like a Swiss army knife, ok at everything but not great at one. Imagine chopping vegetables with a Swiss army knife, you can do it but not the best tool vs a single blade chefs knife, boning knife, and a serrated knife for different tasks.