Need Glasses Could Use Some Advice

TheBook said:
You are in the same situation that I was in . Had good vision and never wore glasses. Then the print started to get smaller and close up started getting out of focus. Used glasses for reading only, then some distant stuff started to get blurry.

I now wear glasses all of the time. I have glasses that go from reading at the bottom to looking at distant at the top. All I have to do is move my head up or down until what I am looking at is in focus. They are not bifocals, or invisible line bifocals but they go gradually from one strength to the next.

Also as suggested get the coatings.
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I think they're called progressive bifocals (see my post above). They take a little getting used to, but you do get used to them.
 
JoeW said:
Grady Mathews and I bought ours from Dr Harrison in Canada.

http://www.billiard-eyeglasses.com/

Grady may shoot a little better tham I do, but we wear the same glasses! (He runs racks I run a few balls, sometimes two)

I went to the Optometrist and had a new eye exam. Told her that I wanted glasses for a 9' foot pool table and she took about .5 diopter off the usual perscription. Emailed / faxed the script to Dr Harrison and had him put the anti-glare coating on the glasses. Took about two weeks to recieve.

I wear trifocals and have weird eyes (nuff said) Harrison made a great pair for me. Now I know why they call them "cheaters." I can see the table like a kid. Secondary benefit for me is that they work better at the computer than my regular glasses.
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I use these glasses from Dr. Harrison. I really like them. They ran me @225.00 American. I got mine dialed in for focal length of 2 to 10 feet. They work much better than the reading glasses that I used to use.

Maniac
 
I bought a pair of the Decots a few years ago with the anti glare coating. After about a year it started to come off in the corners of both lenses (by the nose). Decot replaced the lenses when I complained but they gave me a hard time about it. I've been wearing glasses for 40 years, always with antiglare coating, and never had a problem with any of them except the Decots. The frames were great, well designed but ugly. Good tradeoff for great vision.

It happened again to the new pair but I didn't bother to try and return them. By that time I noticed that my Far-sightedness had apparently gotten better and I now play without any glasses. Was even able to pass the driver license test w/o them. Apparently this is common with geezers & far-sightedness, though sadly it doesn't last.

I tried the contacts route also, before I bought the Decots and thought I could get a prescription that would enable me to see perfectly from the end of my cue to the end of the table, but my eye Dr was unable to find a prescription that worked for me. From what some of what you guys are saying, it might have been the Dr, which I had a suspicion of at the time.

A friend wears glasses like those in Cigardave's photo and he swears by them.
 
i use my regular prescription bi focals. but for pool and other things i got a second pair that has large frames like shooting glasses. this way when looking at the cue ball my up close lens for reading focuses on the cue ball, and when i lift my eyes toward the object ball i see that clearly. this is what works for me and seems that best solution.
 
I wear glasses and I went to the eye doctor and told her I needed to see ten feet. Somehow some way she got it right.

Playing with glasses was never a problem for me. I always got very low{chin right on the cue} and I always looked out at the shot and not down on the shot. It's a lot of work but the results are worth it. I pretend something is pushing up my chin as I look out at the shot. Good Luck, hope this helps.
 
cigardave said:
Sam - On occasion I wear these glasses while shooting. They were made for me locally after my optomotrist consulted with the Canadian doctor that sells these on line. I could likely find a link to his (the Canadian doctor's) website but I don't have it on my fingertips right now.

BTW, I had lasik surgery back in 1999 and can now see 20-20... but nowhere near that for distances less than 20 feet. I formerly was 20/400 and 20/200 with a bad astigmatism... and wore bifocals before the surgery.

Like you I'm 60+. The focal length of these glasses goes out to ~14 feet, which is perfect for shooting on a 9-footer.

Here they are:

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Here you go:

http://www.billiard-eyeglasses.com/

Better than Decot
 
i shoot with just normal glasses .. i am nearsighted with a bad stigmatism in each eye ...

only thing i am having to adjust to .. is my eyes are so bad .. they talked me into going with the lens's that are most compressed so they do not look like coke bottles on the sides ... because of that .. i have to view a shot straight on ... or the lens will distort what i am trying to look at ... but it is forcing me into a better pool playing stance ... and slowly paying off

i had thought about contacts ... but have had glasses on my face for well over 20 years ... it wouldn't feel right if they were missing.
 
pwd72s said:
Doing the best I can, but glasses do put one at a disadvantage.
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Someone better inform Karen Corr and Sylver Ochoa they're at a disadvantage. ;)

On nine footers, I've ran 1 two-pack in my entire life. LOL. And I did it about an hour after I got a new pair of glasses with a new prescription.
 
whisperinsam33 said:
If you have a moment, I would appreciate your view on what to do with the eye doc. sam
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Sam,
I'll re-post my opinion.


I've been testing for several years. I hate the contacts (they blur just a little bit every time I blink, and I find it very distracting).

The Decots are "frog-glasses", my wife hates them, and my friends make fun of me if I wear them.

I finally found the solution. Regular prescription glasses, rimless, decent-sized lenses (but not "frog-like"), super light frames, set nose pieces so they ride high (up to, or just above eyebrow level). I have progressive bifocals, the reading portion made fairly narrow and low, the top portion set for 2-10 foot focus (not infinity). All I can say is WOW, the visibility and comfort are unbelieveable, and most people don't even notice them. I believe that Karen Corr has stolen my idea, and uses similar glasses now.

Here is a thread with the "Contacts vs. Decot" debate....I choose neither: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=33552&highlight=glasses
 
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