With this Bifocal Reading Glasses site I’ll provide you with history and background information on bifocal reading glasses as well some specific information to consider before you buy yourself the perfect set of bifocals. This site will be half a hobby site about this curious, cozy invention from Benjamin Franklin and half a practical consumer site for helping people make smart decisions when shopping for bifocal reading glasses.
I will address a range of styles and purposes, but I will largely focus on traditional bifocal glasses for reading. I still find this classic device a utility of great function, comfort and I even find it a cozy tradition. I enjoy glancing from my wife to my reading without adjusting my spectacles and I am very relieved to not have to poke lenses on to my damp, delicate eyes. In other words, I’m not terribly fond of contact lenses. You may also see bifocals referred to as Executive Bifocals or Franklin Glasses.
I hope you find Bifocal Reading Glasses worth your time!
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You may be surprised at how stylish no line bifocals can be. Whether you are in need of bifocal reading glasses, sunglasses or computer glasses there is a pair out there for everyone. No line and traditional bifocals work in the same way. The lower portion of the glasses work as reading glasses, while the upper portion of the lens is either clear or is a distance prescription. With traditional bifocals, the reading portion is built into the prescription lens and creates a visible line in the lens. With no line lenses, or progressive lenses, there is no line visible in the lens.
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Benjamin Franklin bifocals bear his name because he is believed to be the first person to wear a lens that allowed for both distance and close-up focus. There may have been others who were also thinking about the issue of needing a bifocal lens, but it is generally believed that Benjamin Franklin was the first person to create and wear them.
As part of the aging process, our vision begins to change. It happens to all of us. At some point it becomes more and more difficult to see things close up and further away. Before long bifocal reading glasses become part of our vocabulary. Bifocal glasses have come a long way since being invented by Benjamin Franklin. Let’s take a look at where bifocal glasses came from and what we’re able to do with them now.
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Whether as a result of aging or a result of our genetics, at some point many of us will require bifocal reading glasses. And once we have those dazzling spectacles, it is important that we keep our bifocal reading glasses clean and well-maintained to ensure clarity in our daily lives.
I hope these relatively simple, common sense ideas will help you make the most of your bifocal reading glasses. Once you have the right pair of bifocals, you will cherish them for many years to come. They will become a part of your identity and bring greater clarity to your day-to-day life.
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For young people, the most common vision problem is distance vision, thus most people under 40 who wear glasses or contacts are nearsighted. In general, as people age they become more and more likely to become farsighted. Sometimes this can be addressed with inexpensive reading glasses off the shelf, but sometimes the better option is to obtain prescription lenses for near vision correction. The need for bifocal reading glasses arises when someone who was nearsighted in his or her youth also becomes farsighted as he or she ages.
Most bifocals prescribed for individuals beyond the age of 40 — often prescribed because they’ve developed presbyopia — correct far and near vision. Yet these glasses do not provide an appropriate lens for the distance and eye activity involved in computer work. Some people believe trifocals and progressive lenses — both of which provide a portion of lens for intermediate distance vision — can be utilized for computer work. However, these lenses don’t provide nearly enough surface space to ease and protect eyes for extended periods of computer use.
Many computer users will suffer headaches, eye strain and blurred vision if they do not utilize appropriate computer glasses. Such symptoms indicate computer vision syndrome. These problems compound themselves with further issues when computer users without computer glasses attempt to adjust for their strained eyes or blurry vision by tilting their head to view the monitor through the bottom of their glasses or by excessively leaning towards the monitor. Such behavior leads to sore back, shoulders and neck problems.
I understand how Bifocal Reading Glasses may not seem like the most appropriate place for an extensive discussion on computer glasses, but since everyone viewing this site must, of course, be viewing it on a computer monitor, I still think it is an important issue.
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