On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:59:28 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-01-28 12:12 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 10:48:28 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2019-01-28 7:45 a.m., Cheri wrote:
>
>>> I had expected the price to be per lens, and I was delightfully
>>> surprised to see that it was $40 for both lenses. The last time I got
>>> readers at the optometrist was about 15 years ago and they were $230,
>>> and my Walmart readers were about $120.
>>
>> I don't use readers. I've been wearing glasses for more than 50
>> years, for myopia and astigmatism. Now that I'm into presbyopia
>> as well, I probably should get multifocal lenses, but so far I'm
>> happy just riding them down on my nose for close work.
>
>I wear bifocals but I like to read in bed and that is difficult with
>those things, so I got readers for reading in bed. I used to use the
>cheap drug store cheaters, but I can't use them anymore because I have
>an astigmatism in my left eye.


Varilux lenses work well for close, distance, and everything in
between. I hated bi/tri focals. And cheapo readers from the drug
store will ruin your eyes, those lenses are not even optical glass.
I wear Varilux 24/7, I sleep with them. My wife wears Varilux
contacts but I can't bear futzing with my eyes... she spends shours in
the bathroom with drops and playing in and out with those contacts.
I'm not so vain that I can't wear glasses... and I spend a lot of
dollars on high quality frames, mainly for comfort. Also wearing
contacts eventually leads to eye diseases.