Vizz (or other brand) vision correcting eye drops while playing pool

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Just curious if anyone has tried any of the eyedrops that are supposed to help with blurry vision (presbyopia)? Vizz seems to be the most popular brand but there are other on the market.

If you have used them, was it helpful? Did you put them in one or both eyes? If just one, was it your dominate or non-dominate eye?

I had LASIK about 20 years ago and still have good distance vision, but like many over 50 struggle with focus on things that are close and often the edges of the pool balls are not very sharp anymore.

Let me know what your experience has been.

Thanks
 
I keep Refresh PF single use strips in my case (and in the truck, hockey bag, backpack, etc), but they're primarily for my dry eyes. They absolutely help, but takes a few minutes for my eyes to clear up after using them.
 
sudocrushms said:
I keep Refresh PF single use strips in my case (and in the truck, hockey bag, backpack, etc), but they're primarily for my dry eyes. They absolutely help, but takes a few minutes for my eyes to clear up after using them.
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These aren't like that. short story they make your pupils smaller for about 6-8 hours making a pretty big improvement to near vision. Similar to looking through a pin hole.

this video discusses it.
 
The easiest and probably cheapest solution is to visit the reading glasses kiosk at your local drug store and try on pairs of varying strength until you find what sharpens up your vision best at the desired distance. You may want to get two pair: One for seeing at 3-7 feet for pool, and a stronger pair for reading.

Not as cheap, but probably better, is what TN Joe recommends: see an eye professional for a proper refraction geared for near and intermediate distances.
 
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Not Dead Ted said:
The easiest and probably cheapest solution is to visit the reading glasses kiosk at your local drug store and try on pairs of varying strength until you find what sharpens up your vision best at the desired distance. You may want to get two pair: One for seeing at 3-7 feet for pool, and a stronger pair for reading.

Not as cheap, but probably better, is what TN Joe recommends: see an eye professional for a proper refraction geared for near and intermediate distances.
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So you’re saying you haven’t tried any corrective eye drops?
 
sudocrushms said:
I keep Refresh PF single use strips in my case (and in the truck, hockey bag, backpack, etc), but they're primarily for my dry eyes. They absolutely help, but takes a few minutes for my eyes to clear up after using them.
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Single use is way safer IMO. Less preservative, less chance of contamination and probably better for your eyes long term..
 
Granted they aren't correct eye drops but I've got naturally dry eye's and my eye Dr suggests Systane eye drops which helps me a great deal , you're results may vary . They work way better than the tri focal glasses they convinced me to try , they are sick buggers wanting me to go from sun glasses straight to trifocals for me I swear the ground moves as does a table and depth perception goes out the window !
 
sudocrushms said:
Yup. I get those because my optometrist told me to. I have sensitive eyes, so i need the PF.
Dryness was a lot worse when i was playing softball 4-5 nights a week. That dust does a number on you. But the MN winter air isn't much better...
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I’ve struggled a little with dry eyes since I had LASIK. MN winters can be brutal. Outside the air is cold and dry then walk inside and get hit by a forced air furnace….

After the new year when I have my next eye exam I’ll see if she’ll give me a prescription for the Vizz drops. I was hoping someone else might have tried them already and could say if there was any benefit or negative effect for pool distances. It’d be nice to not have to deal with glasses and parallax shift etc.

I’ll report back with the results and let everyone know.
 
Took a little longer to get to this than I'd hoped, but my eye doctor gave me a free sample of Vuity eye drops. These are a slightly different product than the Vizz drops I wanted, but I gave them a try today anyway.

I put one drop in each eye and within about 10 minutes they were a little red and I started to get a mild headache.
After another 20 minutes the redness was gone, and the headache was lessening. By 45 minutes the headache was gone.

It's a little hard to put visuals into words, but I'll try.

There was a definite improvement in what I could see or read within about 36 inches. Beyond that I can't say there was a difference.
As an example, I could easily read the ingredients on the back of an energy drink, or all the text on my driver's license, but still can't read anything smaller than that. I should note that I normally cannot read either of those without my glasses.

I also noticed that the room seemed dim. I'd say it's comparable to wearing light tinted sunglasses indoors. Not really an issue, but I'm not sure I'd want to drive at night like this.

As far as shooting pool, the benefits were small. As I mentioned it seems the vision improvement was all within three feet, so beyond that no real change. I did find it easier to see the gaps when racking the balls and making sure I had full chalk coverage on my jump cue, but as far as general shot making, I didn't think it was any better or worse. I was also able to see/use the CompuSport and Fargo apps on my phone.

I may try them again over the next few days just to see if my results change at all from repeated use, but after one try, I'm not totally sold on it.

I would still like to try the Vizz brand just because they claim they have fewer side effects and last longer, which might give it more value, but it would likely be just for convenience of reading things etc and not really for pool.
 
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