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pwd72s

pwd72s

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Last month, I went to the opthamologist for the annual exam thing.

With a fresh prescription in hand, I finally decided to order a pair of these:

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

I ordered the lightweight lenses, the antireflective coating as well.

This definitely helped my game. Played with them for the first time yesterday. I'd say I easily picked up a ball by being able to focus on the object ball spot on the long shots. No more head bobbing to try to see through a lens.
 
pwd72s said:
Last month, I went to the opthamologist for the annual exam thing.

With a fresh prescription in hand, I finally decided to order a pair of these:

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

I ordered the lightweight lenses, the antireflective coating as well.

This definitely helped my game. Played with them for the first time yesterday. I'd say I easily picked up a ball by being able to focus on the object ball spot on the long shots. No more head bobbing to try to see through a lens.
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I haven't posted for a while but this post got my interest. I have to say, ANYONE who wears glasses and plays pool needs glasses designed to play pool. I don't care how well they believe they play with their everyday glasses they need pool glasses. Below is a picture of the ones I made for myself and then took the frames to my friends eyeglass place and had my perception put in. The perception is for a focus starting at about 15 inches and is perfectly clear at 10 feet or more. My design for the frame I made is to have the glasses lined correctly in front of my eyes when I am bending over so I am not looking through the lenses at an angle. In other words, I see through them bending over as I see through my everyday glasses when I am just walking around.

To achieve this I extended the nose pieces to raise up the glasses a bit as well as bent the ear pieces to tilt the glasses upward. Now the story of what happened when I began playing with them. It was miraculous, I can't even put it in words. For years I just played without my glasses knowing I was not seeing very well. Then I began playing with my everyday glasses and it was horrible. Ultimately I pretty much quit playing it was no longer fun. I honestly didn't play for maybe three years before getting the bug again. That is when I began experimenting with glasses to play pool.

I looked into some of the pool glasses on the market but other then keeping the frame out of my line of sight they don't solve the problem. I don't want to even know the glasses are there. I wanted to see correctly through them and no at an angle. I took a picture of the glasses that billiard-eyeglasses.com sell and showed them to my eyeglass guy. He said he could make up a pair like that pretty cheap. He said they are just half frames that they are putting large lenses in. My cost frames lenses and all would be around $110.00. I still wanted something different though so I got some pretty good used light weight titanium frames did my work on them and had the perception put in in light weight lenses.

The first time I played with them I could not believe it, I felt like I was 20 again, (I have been playing for 50 years). I was seeing the balls much better then I had in many many years since the first time I began even need glasses. The best comparison I can think of was all the years we have watched regular TV, we were perfectly happy before HD. We didn't know what we were missing. Now the difference is so dramatic we hate to watch anything but HD. That is what my pool game is like now. I am really enjoying playing again. I can't believe such a simple thing made such a huge difference.
 

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Your glasses are bent. Or your ears are way up on your head.

You did good PW. Those are the ones I have and would recommend them to anyone that is having problems seeing at the table.

I don't use mine all the time but they are in my pocket in case. Most of the time I can see great without them, but on occasion, my eyes get a little gritty or hazy and I am glad I have them.

Next time around, I will put the progressive lenses in them. That particular Eye Doc is a great guy to deal with and won't leave you hanging with something that you don't feel comfortable with. He will work with you until you get what you want and need. I was most impressed with his customer service. And they are much cheaper than having to buy a pair of frames and having the optician alter them for you.
 
There out there

Dy-Cot (Hi-Wide) are made for sport shooting and they have an adjustible nose bridge ($149)
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
Your glasses are bent. Or your ears are way up on your head.

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The answer is yes. As you bend down your ears and eyes change alinement. Unless you are craning your neck and head back your eyes are well below your ears. That is why you have to change the design of the frames beyond just oversized lenses to really see correctly. I know I see a lot of guys who look like they are breaking their necks just trying to see through the lenses. I guess they get used to playing like this but it is not ideal, especially if there is an easy alternative regardless what style of glasses they choose.

Everyday glasses though just don't do it. There used to be some glasses made in England that had a second hinge in the ear pieces to correct the alignment for playing snooker. When I was there I saw quite a few using them. Years later though when I tried to get some I could not find them. The real point is, just as you have done and the OP and myself, why not do something that can help your game. I have a feeling a good pair of glasses may be far more help then looking for a magic aiming system.

I can't believe it, I just made this post and decided to take a look on line for the glasses I mentioned and found them on ebay from Europe.
Those frames give all the rest the 5 ball. As you go from say a bar table to a 9 footer or even a billiard or snooker table your stance may change a little. You may stand more erect or get down more depending. Those frames let you adjust them perfectly for every situation. Even though I love what I made, I think I am going to order a pair now that I have found them.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...nS9AST2YDQBg&um=1&itbs=1&sa=X&ved=0CDYQrQMwBQ
 
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pwd72s said:
Last month, I went to the opthamologist for the annual exam thing.

With a fresh prescription in hand, I finally decided to order a pair of these:

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

I ordered the lightweight lenses, the antireflective coating as well.

This definitely helped my game. Played with them for the first time yesterday. I'd say I easily picked up a ball by being able to focus on the object ball spot on the long shots. No more head bobbing to try to see through a lens.
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That's the same glasses I've been using for about 5 years now. My game went up a ball too when I first starting wearing them (Not much happened after that though :frown:).

Dr. Harrison was a very cordial and genuinely caring man when I last spoke to him. I hope he is doing well!!!

Maniac
 
pwd72s said:
Last month, I went to the opthamologist for the annual exam thing.

With a fresh prescription in hand, I finally decided to order a pair of these:

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

I ordered the lightweight lenses, the antireflective coating as well.

This definitely helped my game. Played with them for the first time yesterday. I'd say I easily picked up a ball by being able to focus on the object ball spot on the long shots. No more head bobbing to try to see through a lens.
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Hey PWd,
You can call, Bigtruck out now on the bar boxes! Watch him though he is a monster on the baby boxes.
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
 
Good Job, I've had mine done that way for about 13 years. Can't play good Pool without them.

I'm thinking about Laser Vision... I'm 70 years old, not made my decision yet.
 

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Hey MACGUY... those Snooker Glasses are really nice.

The one thing I've done on my glasses is to also bend the temple bracket at the intersection of the temple bracket & the frame rim. That easily added more angle to lenses.
 
Billiards Spectacles

Very interesting. I have a question. I recently got a new RX.....and I told the optometrist I wanted a pair I could use for pool. He gave me an RX for two different pairs. One for my nearsightedness. And one, which he referred to as being for intermediate distance correction. He said this is the one I should use for pool. Do you have a special RX for your pair? Just curious. I want to order a pair of these.
 
King T said:
Dy-Cot (Hi-Wide) are made for sport shooting and they have an adjustible nose bridge ($149)
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I tried a pair of those. They didn't work as well for me as the Billiards glasses do. My prescription is 20-400 or so, and the decots arrived very thick. Maybe because of the shatterproof requirements of shooting sports? So, the Decots were a lot heavier and less comfortable plus I still could see the top of the frame when down on the shot.

So, when my prescription changed, I decided to give these out of Canada a shot, making sure I ordered the light lenses and anti reflective coating.

For me the Billiards glasses are a better design. But that's just me. To each his own.
 
Raggedy Andy said:
Very interesting. I have a question. I recently got a new RX.....and I told the optometrist I wanted a pair I could use for pool. He gave me an RX for two different pairs. One for my nearsightedness. And one, which he referred to as being for intermediate distance correction. He said this is the one I should use for pool. Do you have a special RX for your pair? Just curious. I want to order a pair of these.
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No specific RX for my pair, but luckily I can still focus pretty well with my glasses to pretty much anywhere on a 9' table. I used the trick you see Paul Newman use in "color of money"...could read a newspaper laid on the pool table. I'm no opthamologist but I'd say this depends on your individual prescription?
 
Andy, contact Dr, Harrison. This is exactly what he will work with you to achieve without having to purchase two pair of glasses.

To me, what you are talking about is a progressive lens, altho I could be wrong.

The Doc can and will adjust your RX for the end of the table and close or intermediate if thats what you need.
 
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