Question about eye glasses

Saturated Fats said:
1. Aren't anti-glare coatings for the people looking at you rather than to reduce the glare that you see? I can't see too much value in that for shooting glasses.
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Those of us who have to wear glasses (more or less) all the time understand that the important anti-glare coating is the one on the back side of the lenses. This prevents your eye from seeing a reflection of your cornea which moves back and forth all the time and is distracting to say the least.

2. How come nobody mentioned having (and none of the websites are offering) bifocals in their shooting glasses? I have a pair that are fine for shooting, but without the bifocals like I have in my everyday glasses, I can't read scorecards, league schedules, tournament results, etc. This comes up a lot.
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I started off (1.5 years ago) with a set of trifocals I had made by my optometrist. I had the lower prescription set to reading, the middle one set of hand gun sights length, and the tops to distance correction. These things were horrible at hand-gun shooting, but great for shooting pool. So after I cracked a lens, I had both lenses changed so that it is now a pair of bifocals, one set for 4.5 feet (near end of the table and under the line of sight) and one set for infinity. Together these work rather well for pool, but If I had to do it again, I would set the lower prescription to 4 feet and the longer prescription to 8 feet and these would be perfect for playing pool.

{In my opinion.}
 
How come nobody mentioned having (and none of the websites are offering) bifocals in their shooting glasses? I have a pair that are fine for shooting, but without the bifocals like I have in my everyday glasses, I can't read scorecards, league schedules, tournament results, etc. This comes up a lot.
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One of the guys at our hall did exactly that. His were made by a local optometrist and he had his made with bifocals for the same reason as yourself.
 
Underclocked said:
Does anyone know what specific instruction/request one might need give an optometrist to get a proper prescription for pool? I've tried several times and usually get no better than a confused look and a prescription that doesn't work. More than a few hundred dollars later, still no suitable glasses.

The Decot people are very proud of their lenses and you won't get a corrected pair free. My next attempt will be the Canadian fellow at the link already provided - but I truly need to find a pool playing optometrist first.

With diabetes, it's a crap shoot at best.
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Hey, Richie. Give Dr. Harris, a call. He's the Canadian fellow. Ask him about the diabetes part. As for the glasses, all I did was go out to Wal-Mart and get a prescription ($42), and called Dr. Harris and read him the prescription over the phone. I got my glasses a couple of weeks later. I asked about the anti-glare and he said that if I had never worn glasses then get the regular un-coated lenses.
My vision over the pool table is now 20/20. :)
 
Saturated Fats said:
1. Aren't anti-glare coatings for the people looking at you rather than to reduce the glare that you see? I can't see too much value in that for shooting glasses.
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I was going to make a similar point. Anti-glare coatings work best when looking straight ahead.

When bent over the pool table wearing glasses, you're going to pick up the reflections from the overhead lights even with a anti-glare coating in your glasses.
 
I spent the day working on this. I went to a thrift store and bought a few frames. I found one that is titanium and pretty large that fit me pretty good. I used a wire bender I have to carefully bend the ear pieces and I extender the nose pieces. The higher up your nose it get narrow so I closed them up a bit as well. These seem to fit perfectly and sit high on my nose and fairly square in front of mt eyes with out any of the wire frame being visable. I have been playing with them for about an hour without any lenses in then and they feel good. Now I am heading over to the eye glass place to get my percription put in. I will have them check where the focal point should be it will probably be higher with me bending over. I am pretty excited about this I think they are going to work. I will post a picure later on tonight. Thank all of you for your advice. I got the idea from following some other threads from the past where someone on here did the same thing. If this works as good as I think it will I am going to get a better frame maybe even a little larger and make a finished pair like my prototype.
 
If you don't mind looking like Harry Potter or can play pool with less-than-large-frame glasses, I would suggest you look into these. These glasses are used by quite a few people who compete in gun-shooting events, where focus is paramount over several ranges of distance.

www.superfocus.com

I bought a pair of these a couple months back and love them. They replaced all my single-vision, bi-focals, sunglasses, etc. that I used to carry around and keep in my car and at work. I use them for reading, computer work, watching tv, driving and everything that would otherwise require me to have more than one pair of glasses.

With these glasses you can focus at ANY distance instantaneously with a touch of the lever. You can adjust them, just like a camera lens, to set a depth of field that will allow you to keep the entire length of the pool table in focus.

They are expensive, but they are the first glasses I've worn everyday and not taken off due to needing another pair with a different focal length.

They will give you a 30-day free trial to see if you like them, but it will take them a couple months at least to make them for you.

If you decide to try them, let me know and I'll give you my account number that will give you a 10% discount on the purchase price.
 
Mike, my son is Richie (and he's 36). Maybe I'll try Wal-Mart and see if they have an optometrist that doesn't look at me like I'm nuts. No, wait!!! I am nuts.

Were you wearing those glasses at the Repair Shop? I should have looked them over better but I really didn't notice that you were seeing all that well. :grin:

rich
 
SkyscraperChris said:
I'm sure they work great. However, they are probably better as birth control.
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LOL. Well since I'm all done in that department, I'm thinking about getting some of these.

I just got my first pair of glasses and so far, I can't stand it. I'm at the point where I don't really want to play pool because of it.
 
I battled playing with glasses for a few years... the best I had were rimless glasses that I still had to push up as far on my nose as possible before shooting. My dog ate those, and I took the chance on getting contacts since I'd wanted to for a while. While I do get some discomfort occasionally with dry eyes, etc... I wouldn't go back to playing with glasses if you paid me. If you only need the vision correction for pool playing, or if you prefer glasses in your day to day life, you could get away very cheaply- probably on par price-wise with the cost of a specialty pair of glasses for more than a year's supply.
 
I'm sure they work great. However, they are probably better as birth control.
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I do get some funny looks. If I am walking to the wash room or to get a drink, I usually put them up on my forehead.
Well, sometimes I forget and thats where the funny looks come in. They soon won't be confusing me with the Worlds Most Interesting Man.

He got style, hes got grace.
Hes got funny glasses on his face.
Hes a winner.
Whoa whoa whoa, hes a winner.

Of course, sung by Tom Jones.
 
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Underclocked said:
Mike, my son is Richie (and he's 36). Maybe I'll try Wal-Mart and see if they have an optometrist that doesn't look at me like I'm nuts. No, wait!!! I am nuts.

Were you wearing those glasses at the Repair Shop? I should have looked them over better but I really didn't notice that you were seeing all that well. :grin:

rich
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I was wearing them, but no better than I played you would have thought I was blind. I hadn't been on a bar box in nearly seven years.
Be sure and ask the Optometrist if you can play the piano after you get the glasses. :)
 
Be sure and ask the Optometrist if you can play the piano after you get the glasses.
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My brother being the comedian that he always was asked the same question of the neurologist. I'm laying in bed, half dead and waiting major brain surgery. My bro says, will Terry be able to play the piano after the operation. The neuro says, well sure, I don't see why not. My bro says, thats great because he can't play the piano now.
 
Hi There,

First of all, glasses are a pain in the U Know Where!!!
I've worn them all my life.

Then I tried Contacts and believe me that the odds are great U won't
feel any discomfort from chalk or dust unless U have a real shitty billiard room that U play in.

Every couple of hours simply take out each contact and rinse it with saline solution. Then U are good 2 go for a few more hours.
I simply won't play pocket billiards without wearing my contacts.
End of story.
Give them a try because as they say the proof is in the pudding!!!
 
HawaiianEye said:
www.superfocus.com

They are expensive, but they are the first glasses I've worn everyday and not taken off due to needing another pair with a different focal length.

If you decide to try them, let me know and I'll give you my account number that will give you a 10% discount on the purchase price.
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How much are these glasses?

These glasses may be great for everyday use at home and work but how well do they work for playing pool? If you're used to a low stance for your shots, that's not possible with these frames.
 
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Get some nice round glasses so you can easily see over the top. After a while you will get used to it.
 
HawaiianEye said:
If you don't mind looking like Harry Potter or can play pool with less-than-large-frame glasses, I would suggest you look into these. These glasses are used by quite a few people who compete in gun-shooting events, where focus is paramount over several ranges of distance.

www.superfocus.com

I bought a pair of these a couple months back and love them. They replaced all my single-vision, bi-focals, sunglasses, etc. that I used to carry around and keep in my car and at work. I use them for reading, computer work, watching tv, driving and everything that would otherwise require me to have more than one pair of glasses.

With these glasses you can focus at ANY distance instantaneously with a touch of the lever. You can adjust them, just like a camera lens, to set a depth of field that will allow you to keep the entire length of the pool table in focus.

They are expensive, but they are the first glasses I've worn everyday and not taken off due to needing another pair with a different focal length.

They will give you a 30-day free trial to see if you like them, but it will take them a couple months at least to make them for you.

If you decide to try them, let me know and I'll give you my account number that will give you a 10% discount on the purchase price.
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I doesn't seem to be the focus, that is easy to take care of; it is the glasses not being in the proper alignment with your eyes, plus the frames distracting you. As you bend down you want to be looking through the glasses so there is no distortion. Also for someone who never played with glasses you want your head in a natural position you are used to. I hate bending my head back so I can see through the glasses or standing up higher then I am used to. I want no changes, I just want to see.
 
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Blue Hog ridr said:
My brother being the comedian that he always was asked the same question of the neurologist. I'm laying in bed, half dead and waiting major brain surgery. My bro says, will Terry be able to play the piano after the operation. The neuro says, well sure, I don't see why not. My bro says, thats great because he can't play the piano now.
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That's the one. I used it a couple of months ago and the cardiologist threatened to take my stent out. :)
 
macguy said:
I spent the day working on this. I went to a thrift store and bought a few frames. I found one that is titanium and pretty large that fit me pretty good. I used a wire bender I have to carefully bend the ear pieces and I extender the nose pieces. The higher up your nose it get narrow so I closed them up a bit as well. These seem to fit perfectly and sit high on my nose and fairly square in front of mt eyes with out any of the wire frame being visable. I have been playing with them for about an hour without any lenses in then and they feel good. Now I am heading over to the eye glass place to get my percription put in. I will have them check where the focal point should be it will probably be higher with me bending over. I am pretty excited about this I think they are going to work. I will post a picure later on tonight. Thank all of you for your advice. I got the idea from following some other threads from the past where someone on here did the same thing. If this works as good as I think it will I am going to get a better frame maybe even a little larger and make a finished pair like my prototype.
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That is what you have to do. Have them mark your central vision while you simulate shooting position. I have a pair of Decot. They were ok but central vision was set to low. In order to see well I had to bend my head back, not very comfortable to say the least.

If I had it to do over again I would find a table or something the same height as a pool table. Then take my cue with me and simulate my stance. Then mark the proper place on the lenses. I do not use them, they are like new sitting in a drawer. I'd sell them real cheap. LOL

The main reason I did not bother getting new lenses was because I had the lenses in my eyes replaced.

Rod
 
I used to have contact lenses and used readers for up close but I changed to bi focal contact lenses and I could not be happier.

I have worn contacts for 45 years!
 
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