Pro billiard eyewear

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almer said:
I got a script for 0 to 9 feet for contact lenses,they work good but i hate contacts for long tourneys or matches,there ok for league play.I have had them for i month now i will get new lenses the same for my decots.I have 1 bifocal set of lenses,1 regular script lenses,neither one works for me.The best way to figure what you need is to go with contacts till you get a good script then put in the proper lenses.I listened to bad advice and it cost me money.
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Are your contacts Soft or Hard? I wear Hard, but have tried a Soft/Hard type
before and hated them. So, if yours are soft, I can understand your statement for long tourneys with them. They are bigger, thicker, and much more subject to conditions of the environment and weather than hard contacts are. They do not have the consistency of clear vision that hard contacts offer, IMO. (No matter what they claim)

Funny, but a couple of days after this thread got started, a Pool buddy of
mine emailed me, and said he got new glasses from his doctor to help with
shooting Pool, but they were not working, so did I know of any Billiard type
glasses he could look at and maybe get. I emailed him this whole thread
with links to various makers of Billiard type glasses, and he is now getting some.
 
Gerald said:
Howard Vickery sells the glasses he wears. PM me for his #.

Shorty, would be happy to hear your evaluation of the Decot Hy Wyd. I plan on getting glasses within the next couple of months. I wear tri-focals but don't wear them while playing but my eyes are getting worse and glasses are in order. I'm just not sure which ones to get and if I should get bi-focals with them.
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Gerald, did you ever get glasses? Curious, because I also wore tri-focals but switched a month ago to distance only. Still plan to get 3-9 ft glasses since the distance-only aren't working.
 
Here's my review

I lived about a fairway wood from Decot. The balls were looking fuzzy so I thought these glasses would be the ticket. Understand that I only wore glasses for close up and midrange.

I tried a couple of lenses that give me best vision up to 10 feet. After deciding on the lens and getting the center of vision measured correct for the lens it was wait for the new ones to be made.

I got the call went down and picked them up. Couple of minor adjustments and all seemed good. First off you have to settle for looking like a dork. Well ok, I got past that. Next thing, regular lenses are real thick and I really noticed the lens edge. Someone mentioned some good thin lenses in this thread. That to me would be a must have, expensive but what the hell you guys buy anything it seems.

Next off it felt like I was playing in a glass bubble, well you are. LOL I didn't care for that either. Ok so I got somewhat use to looking like a dork playing in a bubble. Keep in mind the best vision is how and where they are centered on your eyes. I'm no eye doctor so I won't site the correct terminology here.

When you bend over to shoot your not looking through the center any longer especially if it's a long shot. You're looking through the upper part of the lens. Small factor but it would be the same with any glasses unless you had that changed up or down.

I think most of my problems stemmed from being someone not use to wearing glasses. Another point I want to mention is your stance when shooting. For me this was the killer. I am a stand up player, not one of the bend over site like a rifle cue on the chin and shooting elbow a foot over your head. Which means I do not tilt my head back to see shots especially long ones. I just look up with my eyes, simple enough.

Well with these or any other glasses for that matter it meant I had to lift my chin up to see a long shot otherwise I'm looking through the very top of the lens into or extremely close to the frames. That won't do so after a 3 month go I just had to pass. I move my eyes to play not my whole head. My head position and keeping it there is everything in my perspective, and I don't want to change that perspective. Another point, you won't be able to see diddley squat across the room if your far sited like me and under the right/wrong conditions they may steam up.

As far as the glasses themselves, they are very well made and with the curved loop over your ears it keeps them there. With the adjustable nose bridge you can wear them as regular glasses. The lenses are a breeze to take out if you want to clean or if you carried a spare pair for distance/whatever. They sell a first class product. Ok, well thats my crappy review, not the glasses, my review.

The glasses, there in the hard case they come in. In an upper drawer in the bedroom. Have been for 2 years and in almost pristine condition, I just looked at them. I may sell/trade them, or I just noticed there not bad for watching TV. Kind of high dollar TV glasses but there real high dollar pool glasses if I never wear them.

Rod
 
Rod said:
I lived about a fairway wood from Decot. The balls were looking fuzzy so I thought these glasses would be the ticket. Understand that I only wore glasses for close up and midrange.

I tried a couple of lenses that give me best vision up to 10 feet. After deciding on the lens and getting the center of vision measured correct for the lens it was wait for the new ones to be made.

I got the call went down and picked them up. Couple of minor adjustments and all seemed good. First off you have to settle for looking like a dork. Well ok, I got past that. Next thing, regular lenses are real thick and I really noticed the lens edge. Someone mentioned some good thin lenses in this thread. That to me would be a must have, expensive but what the hell you guys buy anything it seems.

Next off it felt like I was playing in a glass bubble, well you are. LOL I didn't care for that either. Ok so I got somewhat use to looking like a dork playing in a bubble. Keep in mind the best vision is how and where they are centered on your eyes. I'm no eye doctor so I won't site the correct terminology here.

When you bend over to shoot your not looking through the center any longer especially if it's a long shot. You're looking through the upper part of the lens. Small factor but it would be the same with any glasses unless you had that changed up or down.

I think most of my problems stemmed from being someone not use to wearing glasses. Another point I want to mention is your stance when shooting. For me this was the killer. I am a stand up player, not one of the bend over site like a rifle cue on the chin and shooting elbow a foot over your head. Which means I do not tilt my head back to see shots especially long ones. I just look up with my eyes, simple enough.

Well with these or any other glasses for that matter it meant I had to lift my chin up to see a long shot otherwise I'm looking through the very top of the lens into or extremely close to the frames. That won't do so after a 3 month go I just had to pass. I move my eyes to play not my whole head. My head position and keeping it there is everything in my perspective, and I don't want to change that perspective. Another point, you won't be able to see diddley squat across the room if your far sited like me and under the right/wrong conditions they may steam up.

As far as the glasses themselves, they are very well made and with the curved loop over your ears it keeps them there. With the adjustable nose bridge you can wear them as regular glasses. The lenses are a breeze to take out if you want to clean or if you carried a spare pair for distance/whatever. They sell a first class product. Ok, well thats my crappy review, not the glasses, my review.

The glasses, there in the hard case they come in. In an upper drawer in the bedroom. Have been for 2 years and in almost pristine condition, I just looked at them. I may sell/trade them, or I just noticed there not bad for watching TV. Kind of high dollar TV glasses but there real high dollar pool glasses if I never wear them.

Rod
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Rod-That's a depressing story :( in that I had lasik a few years back but the doctor says I shouldn't have it done again - so I've been looking at the DeCots. My vision is just not good after a full day on the computer. Even on weekends - I'm fairly blurry after about an hour of play.

I am assuming you are in Phoenix (DeCot has an place here)and I was actually going to stop in and see them next week.

Any chance your prescription could have been ground differently to lose the "bubble effect?" I can handle the "dork look" if I'm running racks but the "bubble effect" is too ugly to think about.

PM me if you get a chance!
 
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