I'm copy-and-pasting this from a thread in a "members-only" sub in hopes that it's more useful here:

I'll turn 60 on a soon-upcoming major holiday, so I need progressives for work and reading. I don't like using them for shooting. In good light, the best solution is probably an aperture on your glasses, but that's inconvenient and rather contrived. Does have the fun advantage of making you look a little like a Borg!

Rather than go that route, in the last couple of years I have ordered some cheap glasses from EyeBuyDirect that have single-vision lenses (that's the cheap part; progressives are expensive) and, since I'm right-eye-dominant, the left lens cut at my spherical distant correction (and astigmatism) and the right lens at a reduced spherical correction so I can see the front sight clearly. I have been trying to skirt the ragged edge of correction reduction, so my right lens is NOT the same as the reading correction my optometrist gave me, but is a little "stronger" (i.e. biased toward distant focus) than the reading correction. I biased the first pair too much toward distance and had to order another. For me, making the lenses about 0.5 or 0.75 diopter stronger than my reading correction seems best for seeing the front sight. Since presbyopia tends to be progressive, it's probably best to go with 0.5 so the glasses continue to work for a couple of years.

Example: my right eye (OD line of prescription) correction is -5.25 and my left eye (OS line) is -4.75 (I'm very nearsighted). My reading correction is "Add 1.75." So my prescription reading strength would be -5.25 + 1.75 = -3.50. For shooting I ordered the glasses OD -4.00 and OS -4.75 (and with my astigmatism corrections as written on the prescription) and these work nicely. A pair at OD -4.25 and OS -4.75 make it easier to see the target but harder to see the sights: sometimes I have trouble focusing on the front sight and always the rear sight is a tad blurry, even with a handgun.

Since plain tints on their lenses are cheap (unlike real sunglasses), I ordered these with yellow colored lenses for a little blue-blocker effect. I'm tempted to get a pair with the "light-pink" tint because rose-colored glasses really do make everything look prettier, and I like a stunt. I think with the tint I was able to get the glasses for just over $70.

BTW, if you're wondering why it's "OD and OS," that's from the Latin: Dexter meaning "right" and Sinister meaning "left."

I think I can recall how I did it with progressives back when my eyes worked.

I placed the glasses on my nose such that when I leaned my head back to shoot one handed, one part of the progressive grind had the front sight in focus, and then the next higer grind had the 45 foot target also in focus. So that was cool. Before that, I used reading glasses that left the front sight very clear, but the target was a blob. I shot the middle of the blob.

CDF

I have myopia/nearsightedness and astigmatism. I've worn progressives for years, I can read without glasses but it's less strain on my eyes when I wear them. I've worn glasses since I was in college. I first noticed I had an eye problem when I was in those big lecture halls trying to read the chalk boards, they became more and more blurry.

When I shoot it's with glasses covered by safety glasses and of course ear protection. I have cataracts in both eyes, when they get bad I'll have the surgery. As the ophthalmologist tells me every year, "You tell me when they are a problem."

Aging eyes. I know your pain. Still, while they may lack in at the moment acuity, they see with a clarity unavailable to those with less experience. I'm lucky that off the shelf readers work for me.

Pronus wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2024 7:13 am Aging eyes. I know your pain. Still, while they may lack in at the moment acuity, they see with a clarity unavailable to those with less experience. I'm lucky that off the shelf readers work for me.

I'm fortunate. My unaided vision is good enough that I can get away with using grocery-store "readers" for, well, reading. Almost all of my safety glasses came from Duluth Trading Company, and have the bifocal lenses. https://www.duluthtrading.com/s/DTC/wra ... 82382.html

I also have a couple pair of safety glasses with the cheaters top and bottom. These are sold for folks who do work overhead (i.e. installing a ceiling light fixture), but I have found them helpful for using stock sights on pistols. Sort of like these: https://safetyglassesusa.com/products/3 ... r-diopters

I posted this on another site sometime back. The thin head strap seals better under muffs than my wire eyeglasses.

I use the Pyramex V2G-XP (Plus) goggles with RX prescription insert Pyramex V2G Plus Goggles - Safety Glasses USA and recently ordered a pair with gray lens. The elastic strap fits under my ear muffs allowing good seal, light weight and comfortable. While they don't fog, in Texas they do have to be wiped down to rid the excessive sweat accumulation if spending much time on range (I use outdoor range). Other times (usually quick or short time) I'll just use Pyramex G404T goggles over my regular wire rim prescript eyeglasses.

https://safetyglassesusa.com/collection ... us-goggles

Wino wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2024 3:48 pm I posted this on another site sometime back. The thin head strap seals better under muffs than my wire eyeglasses.

I use the Pyramex V2G-XP (Plus) goggles with RX prescription insert Pyramex V2G Plus Goggles - Safety Glasses USA and recently ordered a pair with gray lens. The elastic strap fits under my ear muffs allowing good seal, light weight and comfortable. While they don't fog, in Texas they do have to be wiped down to rid the excessive sweat accumulation if spending much time on range (I use outdoor range). Other times (usually quick or short time) I'll just use Pyramex G404T goggles over my regular wire rim prescript eyeglasses.

https://safetyglassesusa.com/collection ... us-goggles

Good emphasis on protecting the eyes. Vision: you don't what you got 'till it's gone.

CDF