Special eyeglasses for pool Austin TX

[sfleinen]

These eye glasses you refer to are great, except for one flaw. They don't have the lens on an angle for you to see perfect vision, unless you are standing up. If you are leaning over, the lens need to be slanted backward about 15 degrees, so there is no aberration of the view.

Folks:

What about upside-down progressives? Recently, I had my optometrist create a prescription for me that optimizes between 2 and 12 feet. I play with a fully square-on traditional snooker stance, with my chin on the cue (centered between the eyes). The issue I had, was the classic progressive prescription -- close-in focus at the bottom of the lens (for reading, obviously), and gradually increased focal distance as you move your eyes upwards.

The problem is that while "chinning" the cue, the face is angled downwards, and your eyes are looking through the uppermost part of the lenses (i.e. maximum focal distance -- which blurs stuff close to your face, like the cue ball).

I was thinking that it might be possible to have my optometrist "flip" the progressives so they work the opposite way -- close-in (reading) at the top of the lens, and gradually increased focal distance as your eyes sweep downwards to the bottom of the lens. The way this would work for me, is that as I "chin" the cue, my face is naturally angled downwards towards the shaft of the cue, and the reading (close-in) prescription will be right there -- where I can "read" the cue ball right from the get-go. If I need to sight down the table, I just tilt my head upwards to cause my eyes (and the glasses) to sweep downwards to increased focal distance.

Do you think this would work? (I'm thinking of trying it.)

-Sean

 

[Ralph Kramden]

Bavafongoul...... Those are LARGE glasses.
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[Quesports]

I have called a few places in Austin TX and have not been able to find anyone knowledgeable about pool glasses. Progressive lenses don't seem to work at all. I have switched to a 20yr old pair of aviator style big frames for better results, but could use a better lens for longer shots. Any help greatly appreciated.

I have worn glasses for billiards for over ten years. I chose DeCot because they work for me. I did try to go the contact lens route along the way but never got truly comfortable putting them in and taking them out, plus all the drops and other things that go with them. So it was back to the DeCot glasses. I started with single vision and then went to progressive lenses as my eyes and prescriptions changed. The progressive lenses were difficult for me as well so I went back to single vision and sacrificed on the up close part of my eyes ability to focus. I felt it was more important for my game to see clearly at the long shots rather than up close. Over the years I found I had to change and adapt to many different scenarios. DeCot has been great along the way in terms of customer service and speed of shipping lenses. When I had issues with my prescription (the doc had made a mistake) DeCot made a new set of lenses at no cost and worked it out with the eye doc. The lenses from them just pop out so you are only ordering new lenses when you need them not new frames. They may not be the most attractive but they perform the job perfectly for me. All in all you will may have to try different setups along the way there is no one perfect answer to every situation. Our eyes are all different and what works for one person may not work for another. If you keep looking you'll find what works for you..

 

[optician]

pool glasses

one of the most important things is to tell who makes your glasses move the optical center up. when they grind lense they take your pd which is how far apart your eyes are, they will dot the center of the lense and move it over to match pd, but when u bend down to shoot the ball your eyes are going up so u should move the optical center up so u get best vision at top.

 

[Bavafongoul]

Not As Bi in Real Life

Actually the frame isn't as big as it seems....macro photos make it look larger. The frame is a standard Ray Ban sunglasses frame and I went with the wide style instead of a deep style like Aviator frames.

The glasses feel comfortable, have excellent peripheral coverage, not that it's needed and pretty much produce an full field of clear vision. Heck, they should since the frame are Ray Ban sport sunglasses.

Those billiard glasses......well, not on my face.......OMG....you look like some goofy clown......why even bother embarrassing yourself wearing those awful looking glasses. Do it the right way....see your eye doctor......no one knows more......go get a pair of frames you like and want to wear.....not frames you need to wear to shoot better pool but look like a idiot wearing them......Next time I'd go with a Maui Jim frame I've seen that looks really great but those stupid billiard glasses as advertised...."NEVER".


Matt B.

Bavafongoul...... Those are LARGE glasses.
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[RonT]

I bought the pool glasses from Canada recently and the first lenses were progressive. They didn't work for me. The second set are single rx lenses. They are better but as another person said here the lenses need to be set on an angle so you aren't looking at an angle across the lens. Not happy with them.

 

[MitchAlsup]

To a larger extent this problem breaks into 2 separate halfs.
A) a frame that holds the lenses where yo want them. This much has been covered.
B) understanding enough about optics (note not optometry) to tell the eye doctor how to take the measurements that are appropriate for shooting pool.

As to B:: there are three points:
1) the lower part of the prescription needs to allow you to see the CB and a bit further; say 2.5 feet through 5 feet with perfect focus at 3.3 feet.
2) the upper part of the prescription needs to allow you to see the end rail 9-9.5 feet with a perfect focal distance of about 6.6 feet.
3) the optical center of the prescription needs to be positioned such that the astig correction passes through where you look at the OB while down on your stroke.

 

[Wolven]

To a larger extent this problem breaks into 2 separate halfs.
A) a frame that holds the lenses where yo want them. This much has been covered.
B) understanding enough about optics (note not optometry) to tell the eye doctor how to take the measurements that are appropriate for shooting pool.

As to B:: there are three points:
1) the lower part of the prescription needs to allow you to see the CB and a bit further; say 2.5 feet through 5 feet with perfect focus at 3.3 feet.
2) the upper part of the prescription needs to allow you to see the end rail 9-9.5 feet with a perfect focal distance of about 6.6 feet.
3) the optical center of the prescription needs to be positioned such that the astig correction passes through where you look at the OB while down on your stroke.[/QUOTE]

Can you clarify the astig correction? Is this relevant to bifocals only?

Or are we talking about astigmatism as in: http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/astigmatism.htm