Reminds me of when Strickland used to wear the safety glasses...
Does pool glasses made for pool really help you play pool better?
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Reminds me of when Strickland used to wear the safety glasses...
The Super Focus seems like they would work like a charm but for $700, I'll stick with the ones that I use. I'll put the $700 towards a new cue.
I bought decot glasses, worst glasses I have ever seen, unusable.
Super thick lenses and too far, no adjustment was possible as I took it to independent optometrist. Everything looked crooked.
My company was out $400 bucks since decot doesn't stand behind their product.
They will refund the frames not the lenses, I gave up on it they can have my money.
Bought it through Randy G. he wasn't much help and Decot was the same.
These are what I made up Titanium frames and light lenses. They sit squarely in front of my eyes when I am down on the ball with no distortion. The ear pieces are bent and the nose pieces are extended for a perfect fit when you get down. You forget you are even waring glasses. The position of the glasses are what is important. You don't want to be looking through the lenses at an angle. Just being bigger is not the real answer.
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I thank you so much AZB members and family.....
For all of your wonderful responses. All of your post are great! I appreciate being in the company of all the very nice people on AZB. The people on AZB and in the AZB family are some kind of good people. Keep the great input coming! I know what to do about getting myself a pair pool glasses. Thanks again to all who responded to my thread, with all of the very helpful info!!!
Regards,
Lock N Load.
For all of your wonderful responses. All of your post are great! I appreciate being in the company of all the very nice people on AZB. The people on AZB and in the AZB family are some kind of good people. Keep the great input coming! I know what to do about getting myself a pair pool glasses. Thanks again to all who responded to my thread, with all of the very helpful info!!!
Regards,
Lock N Load.
in fact, special pool glasses can be done verrry easily by any local optician.
BUT they can be some limitations of the efficiency due to the prescription , or the kind of lenses. i'm gonna try to explain it a bit later...
how to choose the products when you want special pool glasses :
1- the prescription must be adapted for pool. for far vision, that's not a problem, but for near vision, it MUST be adapted/corrected for pool.
Personnaly, i adapt the value of the addition not for 40cm like usual (reading distance) , but for 80cm to 1m. Of course, this value depends of the age of the player too. but depending of the game played it can need to be adapted too : i don't choose the same value for a straight-rail player
than for a 3 cushions(or pool) player. straight rail requires more "near" accuracy than 3 cushions.
>> 50 years old : to choose between a progressive of bifocal/trifocal geometry is not so easy, it depends of the players optical habbits. I have the best results with high end progressive geometries, since they can be "factory-adapted"/personnalized.
2- the frame : since most opticians do use CNC to cut the lenses, an easy way is to choose a stable rimless frame, then to modify the shape of the deffo lenses. Show your playing position, then let the pro/optician select the best shape of the lense to be adapted to this position
3- the lenses : they must be choosed verrrry carefully :
- For pool, they need to be "clear coated". when possible, choose a high end clear coat , much easier to clean ...
- about the material, better is to avoid low Abbe value optical materials like polycarbonat : since you will look into the lenses more far of the optical center than for usual glasses (aka more to the edge of the lenses) , there is a high risk to notice chromatic abberations (due to the low Abbe value of the material).
so , avoid polycarbonat, best is to choose MR8 (more adapted to rimless) , or CR39 . MR8 is best for rimless (it can be drilled, is harder than polycarbonat, no problem when using aceton, alcohol on the lense)
-about the geometry of the lenses, well, my personnal opinion is that best are the new freeform aspherical geometries . I tend to avoid spherical lenses, because of the optical abberations noticed since in a pool glass you look far from the optical center and most of time with an unusual "angle of attack" from the optical axis...
the traditional aspherical geometries are far better for pool lenses than spherical . especially because of the optical abberations who tend to modify than perception of the angles.
But now, in 2011 , the best geometries on the market for pool players are personnalized freeform aspherical lenses, like the Advans Fit from Essilor(TM) , as for example : such lenses are personnalized , depending not only of your prescription, but from the size of the glasses, the eyes-lense distance, pantoscopic angle etc....
ok, ok, that's not a cheap solution, but it's far from all the best optical unifocal solution i've found for pool/billard.
- about the mesures, the way the lenses are "mounted" into the frame, well, the mesures need ot be adapted to the play position, especially the height of the optical center. That is a verrrrrrry important point, when the pro/optician forget this, then run.. quickly . most of the issues i've seen with pool glasses were due to bad mesures.
sorry for my so bad english, german is my 1st foreign language and english only my "reserve" lol ...
feel free to PM me if you need friendly technical advices about optical lenses or if you have questions about lenses/frames i could answer . (of course, no business = i don't sell pool glasses online, online buying cannot be serious. )
BUT they can be some limitations of the efficiency due to the prescription , or the kind of lenses. i'm gonna try to explain it a bit later...
how to choose the products when you want special pool glasses :
1- the prescription must be adapted for pool. for far vision, that's not a problem, but for near vision, it MUST be adapted/corrected for pool.
Personnaly, i adapt the value of the addition not for 40cm like usual (reading distance) , but for 80cm to 1m. Of course, this value depends of the age of the player too. but depending of the game played it can need to be adapted too : i don't choose the same value for a straight-rail player
than for a 3 cushions(or pool) player. straight rail requires more "near" accuracy than 3 cushions.
>> 50 years old : to choose between a progressive of bifocal/trifocal geometry is not so easy, it depends of the players optical habbits. I have the best results with high end progressive geometries, since they can be "factory-adapted"/personnalized.
2- the frame : since most opticians do use CNC to cut the lenses, an easy way is to choose a stable rimless frame, then to modify the shape of the deffo lenses. Show your playing position, then let the pro/optician select the best shape of the lense to be adapted to this position
3- the lenses : they must be choosed verrrry carefully :
- For pool, they need to be "clear coated". when possible, choose a high end clear coat , much easier to clean ...
- about the material, better is to avoid low Abbe value optical materials like polycarbonat : since you will look into the lenses more far of the optical center than for usual glasses (aka more to the edge of the lenses) , there is a high risk to notice chromatic abberations (due to the low Abbe value of the material).
so , avoid polycarbonat, best is to choose MR8 (more adapted to rimless) , or CR39 . MR8 is best for rimless (it can be drilled, is harder than polycarbonat, no problem when using aceton, alcohol on the lense)
-about the geometry of the lenses, well, my personnal opinion is that best are the new freeform aspherical geometries . I tend to avoid spherical lenses, because of the optical abberations noticed since in a pool glass you look far from the optical center and most of time with an unusual "angle of attack" from the optical axis...
the traditional aspherical geometries are far better for pool lenses than spherical . especially because of the optical abberations who tend to modify than perception of the angles.
But now, in 2011 , the best geometries on the market for pool players are personnalized freeform aspherical lenses, like the Advans Fit from Essilor(TM) , as for example : such lenses are personnalized , depending not only of your prescription, but from the size of the glasses, the eyes-lense distance, pantoscopic angle etc....
ok, ok, that's not a cheap solution, but it's far from all the best optical unifocal solution i've found for pool/billard.
- about the mesures, the way the lenses are "mounted" into the frame, well, the mesures need ot be adapted to the play position, especially the height of the optical center. That is a verrrrrrry important point, when the pro/optician forget this, then run.. quickly . most of the issues i've seen with pool glasses were due to bad mesures.
sorry for my so bad english, german is my 1st foreign language and english only my "reserve" lol ...
feel free to PM me if you need friendly technical advices about optical lenses or if you have questions about lenses/frames i could answer . (of course, no business = i don't sell pool glasses online, online buying cannot be serious. )
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Cannot play without them. The balls are blurry/fuzzing looking. I can't read the #'s.
My review. I found 2 people to work with me.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=237352
My review. I found 2 people to work with me.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=237352
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Although I really like what I did, if someone decides to go this route
http://www.billiard-eyeglasses.com/
You don't need to go to all the trouble of mail order ordering. You can just go to your own eye glass guy and he can easily make them up for you. Just print out this picture and he will know what to do. Although clever, all they are is a half frame with oversize lenses. You should be able to get them done for much less then in the ad and the convenience of working with your own person locally.
asiasdad
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This is what I did. My eye doc set them up for optimum vision range
of 2 to 9 feet. I am diabetic and normally wear progressive lenses.
I am also naturally near sighted.
I did not order my pool glasses as progressive lenses, we just dialed
them in for the 2 to 9 feet range, and I honestly believe these glasses
are worth 2 balls in my one pocket game.
Yes, I can feel your pain....sorry
I work with pool players all over the globe to help them see better at pool. They always followed directions.
When you don't follow my instructions perfectly, you will get the crap you ordered. DeCot followed your prescription. Better check with your eye doctor next time, if there was one.
randyg
First there was a runaround, Decot telling me to talk to Randy, him telling me to talk to Decot as he just sells them
, etc.Once pass the buck stopped:
Decot told me to verify the prescription.
Optometrist verified vision numbers provided as correct.
I had the glasses checked and center of vision was off.
Decot maintained the difference was within their tolerance guide.
Something like .5 cm or more in difference if I remember correctly but it was about 3 years ago so I no longer can be sure.
Decot has the glasses and they can keep them.
Yeah, I didn't follow your directions, sure lets go with that if it makes you feel better.......
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Anyone who plays pool with glasses and doesn't get glasses especially for pool is a foolish. Every time I see someone with their head all bent back pushing up their glasses trying to see under the frame or looking all cockeyed through the lenses you want to go over and say something but of course you would risk being told to mind your own business..
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Extra tall lense glasses helped Ron "Sparky" Parks (Charlotte, NC) win the US Amatuer 9 Ball in the mid 90s!
Extra tall lense glasses helped Ron "Sparky" Parks (Charlotte, NC) win the US Amatuer 9 Ball in the mid 90s!
There was a time I swore glasses helped my playing. I had a prescription especially for pool, with large single vision lenses. Played with them for several years. When I would take them off the balls looked fuzzy and very small.
Here recently I started feeling like glasses were distorting the shots. Then I started playing without them and now am playing better. Seems I judge the shots and angles much better. Unless my eyes change drastically I'm staying away from glasses when I play.
Here recently I started feeling like glasses were distorting the shots. Then I started playing without them and now am playing better. Seems I judge the shots and angles much better. Unless my eyes change drastically I'm staying away from glasses when I play.
I am always looking over my glasses when I play so I either take them off or I wear contacts.I have this pair if anyone wants to borrow them , I will never wear them again:thud:
Thanks for your input.
I thought they would help, if you needed to wear glasses!
Regards,
Lock N Load.
I thought they would help, if you needed to wear glasses!
Regards,
Lock N Load.
