Eyeglasses Designed for Pool PLayers
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And I go to an opthamologist, who can perform eye surgeries, and he writes prescriptions as well........and there's not any optometrist that could write a more accurate eye prescription either. Keep in mind you're sitting in the chair telling them what looks best to your eye and so the prescription comes out the same with either one since you tell them what works best for you. As you get older, you'll see the both need and merit of going to an opthamologist vs. optometrist for your eyesight needs.
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could you supply some data, not that I don't trust you, I don't!
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could you supply some data, not that I don't trust you, I don't!
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I bought these about 2 months ago and I LOVE them. I won't shoot without them now. I hadn't clearly seen the edge of an OB on a long shot in 5 years before I got these.
http://www.billiard-eyeglasses.com/
http://www.billiard-eyeglasses.com/
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Amen...I tried Decots, but wound up with the "goofy" looking ones out of Canada shown in the link given above. Oh, I'm still jealous of those with no glasses, but I love my "geek glasses" as I call them.
Decots are brutal, expect the thickness to be about 3 times the thickness of your normal glasses.
Mine had to be defective as the distortion was very noticeable. Waste of money.
I have just gotten Hurricane 2 frames that can be tilted if needed. I will let a local optometrist make lenses for them for the 2 to 12 feet distance.
Mine had to be defective as the distortion was very noticeable. Waste of money.
I have just gotten Hurricane 2 frames that can be tilted if needed. I will let a local optometrist make lenses for them for the 2 to 12 feet distance.
I spent a lot of years wishing I were a lasik candidate. Tried the big glasses from Canada....didn't like them.
I took a chance and went for a free lasik exam and it turns out that I not only qualified for the surgury, but that technological advances in the process means a better quality lasik procedure at a very affordable price.
I had it done and I have not looked back. The easiest check to write out each month is my lasik payment.
I would highly recommend anyone who is having difficulty with "pool" vision at least go for a free exam at your nearest lasik clinic. You wont walk out any worse for wear.
if you are not a candidate then the big glasses might be your best option.
I took a chance and went for a free lasik exam and it turns out that I not only qualified for the surgury, but that technological advances in the process means a better quality lasik procedure at a very affordable price.
I had it done and I have not looked back. The easiest check to write out each month is my lasik payment.
I would highly recommend anyone who is having difficulty with "pool" vision at least go for a free exam at your nearest lasik clinic. You wont walk out any worse for wear.
if you are not a candidate then the big glasses might be your best option.
My Opthamologist......
Yeah.....I'm an old timer.....going to this physician for the past 25 years.........he has all the tools of the trade........he also does Lasik surgeries......but for my eye exam, we go into the room and do the machine that looks like an old submarine periscope and he changes the lenses asking me which looks best as I look at the charts through this contraption. Of course, prior to that all the customary eye exams are performed and optical pressure is checked, etc.
Then when we are done, he takes this other large metal pull cart and we head into the conference room........he places different objects at varying distances from 2 feet to 12 feet away from me. The conference room table measures 4' x 12' so there's ample room to place objects at varying distances.
He has me put on this head gear where he can drop in different lenses that are stored in trays in the cart and we work on clarity and depth of field clarity. Essentially what he tries to come up with is to weaken my reading eyeglass prescription and a strengthen my distance glasses prescription. By trial and error we come up with the best clarity combination for seeing up close and out to 10-12 feet away. This time when I go I'm bringing my travel case with my Centennial pool balls and we'll set them out at varying distances on the conference room table.......this all takes about 15 mins. to test different lenses and for my opthamologist to decide what my pool eyeglasses prescription should be.
There isn't any Internet site where I could get better fitted for my pool playing eyewear and then I get to pick out a nice frame instead of those weird, goofy looking glasses......and my prescription is dead on accurate and the frame is one I like wearing for comfort, fit and appearance....it's the only way to go as far as I'm concerned.
Matt B.
Yeah.....I'm an old timer.....going to this physician for the past 25 years.........he has all the tools of the trade........he also does Lasik surgeries......but for my eye exam, we go into the room and do the machine that looks like an old submarine periscope and he changes the lenses asking me which looks best as I look at the charts through this contraption. Of course, prior to that all the customary eye exams are performed and optical pressure is checked, etc.
Then when we are done, he takes this other large metal pull cart and we head into the conference room........he places different objects at varying distances from 2 feet to 12 feet away from me. The conference room table measures 4' x 12' so there's ample room to place objects at varying distances.
He has me put on this head gear where he can drop in different lenses that are stored in trays in the cart and we work on clarity and depth of field clarity. Essentially what he tries to come up with is to weaken my reading eyeglass prescription and a strengthen my distance glasses prescription. By trial and error we come up with the best clarity combination for seeing up close and out to 10-12 feet away. This time when I go I'm bringing my travel case with my Centennial pool balls and we'll set them out at varying distances on the conference room table.......this all takes about 15 mins. to test different lenses and for my opthamologist to decide what my pool eyeglasses prescription should be.
There isn't any Internet site where I could get better fitted for my pool playing eyewear and then I get to pick out a nice frame instead of those weird, goofy looking glasses......and my prescription is dead on accurate and the frame is one I like wearing for comfort, fit and appearance....it's the only way to go as far as I'm concerned.
Matt B.
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Hey Bavafongoul, whould it be possible for you to resize your photos to a smaller size? That would make things easier to view and such
There are three key pieces of information to give to the optometrist for bifocal pool glasses (for those of us old enough that we can't focus on both ends of the table with a single prescription):
A) The lower (stronger) lens needs to be corrected to 2 feet and more importantly cover the range from 2 feet through 5 feet. This means the correction should be optimal at 3 feet 3 inches. 2 feet means you can see the edge of the CB clearly.
B) The upper ( weaker) lens needs to be corrected from 4 feet to 9 feet. This means the upper lens needs to be optimal at 5 feet 9 inches. 9 feet means you can see the far rail clearly.
C) The astig correction needs to be centered above the standard eye-point on the glasses, positioned where you look through the glasses while down on the shot. This will be considerably different than the eye point for a normal prescription. In my case, it was 5mm above the std eye-point.
A) The lower (stronger) lens needs to be corrected to 2 feet and more importantly cover the range from 2 feet through 5 feet. This means the correction should be optimal at 3 feet 3 inches. 2 feet means you can see the edge of the CB clearly.
B) The upper ( weaker) lens needs to be corrected from 4 feet to 9 feet. This means the upper lens needs to be optimal at 5 feet 9 inches. 9 feet means you can see the far rail clearly.
C) The astig correction needs to be centered above the standard eye-point on the glasses, positioned where you look through the glasses while down on the shot. This will be considerably different than the eye point for a normal prescription. In my case, it was 5mm above the std eye-point.
Comaprison of Sunglasses & Pool Glasses
Hungarian, maybe these pics will help.........both pairs are Ray Ban Sunglass frames.
These pool glasses feel very comfortable and mine isn't goofy looking like others.
You have to like the look of something......I won't own or buy an ugly pool cue......period.
Doesn't matter if the cue played great and for sure, I wouldn't wear those other ugly glasses.
But to each their own but if you can get a nice looking pair of glasses, why wouldn't you???
Matt B.
Hungarian, maybe these pics will help.........both pairs are Ray Ban Sunglass frames.
These pool glasses feel very comfortable and mine isn't goofy looking like others.
You have to like the look of something......I won't own or buy an ugly pool cue......period.
Doesn't matter if the cue played great and for sure, I wouldn't wear those other ugly glasses.
But to each their own but if you can get a nice looking pair of glasses, why wouldn't you???
Matt B.
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I have posted this each time I see a thread on eyeglasses for pool. I modified them myself. Oversized glasses don't really solve the problems with pool glasses. The lenses need to sit properly in front of the eye when you are bent over shooting. You don't want to be looking through the lenses at an angle. Mine sit high on the nose and are angled so you look properly through the lenses just as you do with regular glasses in everyday ware.
There used to be glasses made in England for snooker with a second hinge so you could angle the lenses as you bent over. I have not been able to find them again but what I made does basically the same thing.
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Yes, I think that is them. At least they are the same design allowing the correcting of the lens angle to get rid of distortion. I have seen so many players playing with glass that looked so terrible I would probably just quit before putting up with all that.
They don't even look like they can even see the shots as they keep pushing them up and bending their necks trying to see the balls.
That's Are a Really Cool Idea
Wolven....great design.....it looks like this design offers more versatility for the individual wearing the eyeglasses. I've never seen the gold color frame eyeglasses that has with both horizontal and vertical hinges.
Matt B.
Wolven....great design.....it looks like this design offers more versatility for the individual wearing the eyeglasses. I've never seen the gold color frame eyeglasses that has with both horizontal and vertical hinges.
Matt B.
The only ones, I could find were from UK, but you can buy them through US ebay. $70US + $17US shipping. You will have to get lenses separately. Not sure about any US taxes on imports.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Snooker...ultDomain_3&hash=item2a0d7694e1#ht_2753wt_882
Got mine through Canadian ebay also from UK.
They are still being shipped, so I cannot speak to the quality but I will report once they get here in about a week or so. Anyone thinking of getting them may as well wait.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Snooker...ultDomain_3&hash=item2a0d7694e1#ht_2753wt_882
Got mine through Canadian ebay also from UK.
They are still being shipped, so I cannot speak to the quality but I will report once they get here in about a week or so. Anyone thinking of getting them may as well wait.
You may be able to wear "normal" glasses if you try one or more of the following:
With the right glasses it's much easier to appreciate the beauty of the double ticky three-rail kick shot that almost goes in. I like having glasses sharp enough to see the edge of the object ball catching the rail just shy of the pocket. Golden moments like those don't carry the same weight if they're blurry.
- Round lenses (for the Harry Potter look)
- Relatively short temples (a.k.a. arms)
- Nose pads adjusted to push glasses a little bit higher
With the right glasses it's much easier to appreciate the beauty of the double ticky three-rail kick shot that almost goes in. I like having glasses sharp enough to see the edge of the object ball catching the rail just shy of the pocket. Golden moments like those don't carry the same weight if they're blurry.
Another consideration is the weight. The pair I made up that I show in the picture only weight 16 grams. They are titanium frames with I think it is called Polycarbonate lenses. You don't even know you are wearing them,
So, the glasses arrived.
While the add said Hurricane II, those are actually Hurricane III.
The ear pieces are dark brown, the rest the same, the gold frame is not flashy.
Glasses came in a small plastic case. There were no additional charges.
The construction is sturdy, light weight, even with temporary plastic lenses.
The glasses stay up on the nose well. The lenses hang low in normal position.
When hinged, the glasses are just high and low enough.
The hinging puts the glasses in perfect position removing any distortion, really cool.
If we lived in the 80's and 90's the size of the lenses would have been normal, by today's standards those are on a big side.
Got to get prescription, it should make a huge difference.
While the add said Hurricane II, those are actually Hurricane III.
The ear pieces are dark brown, the rest the same, the gold frame is not flashy.
Glasses came in a small plastic case. There were no additional charges.
The construction is sturdy, light weight, even with temporary plastic lenses.
The glasses stay up on the nose well. The lenses hang low in normal position.
When hinged, the glasses are just high and low enough.
The hinging puts the glasses in perfect position removing any distortion, really cool.
If we lived in the 80's and 90's the size of the lenses would have been normal, by today's standards those are on a big side.
Got to get prescription, it should make a huge difference.