Spectacles Needed

[Millet]

I remember a similar topic from the past but i can not find it using the search facility.

Anyway my eye sight is 100% good for anything over 18in, i can see planes in the sky no bother deer/rabbits running 300yrd's away, but i think i need glasses for inspecting the bees, i do not wear them daily but i now have a pair of Pound shop glasses on and it makes this screen ever so clear, however i can not see properly 4ft in front of me while wearing these Glasses.

Does anyone have any ideas how his can be overcome when wearing a veil.

 

[colinc]

I remember a similar topic from the past but i can not find it using the search facility.



Anyway my eye sight is 100% good for anything over 18in, i can see planes in the sky no bother deer/rabbits running 300yrd's away, but i think i need glasses for inspecting the bees, i do not wear them daily but i now have a pair of Pound shop glasses on and it makes this screen ever so clear, however i can not see properly 4ft in front of me while wearing these Glasses.



Does anyone have any ideas how his can be overcome when wearing a veil.

Laser eye surgery


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[Erichalfbee]

The rest of us poor sods with age related long sight learn to perch our glasses on the nose and peer over them.
When I used to do a lot of walking and map reading I used to wear one corrective contact lens. Your brain learns very quickly to use either eye.
I don’t think laser surgery can correct it.

 

[BKF Admin]

The rest of us poor sods with age related long sight learn to perch our glasses on the nose and peer over them.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Check the strength of the pound shop glasses that make reading easy for you then buy a slightly weaker pair (0.5 or 1.0 weaker) and that should give you 'middle distance' glasses suitable to see clearly at arm's length.
due to issues with both eyes I went from far distance watchkeeper's eyes to virtually no sight, the op gave me the option of being permanently short sighted or long sighted, I chose the latter but because of variances in each eye and an astigmatism I have to have prescription readers ( I can just about shift with pound shop ones as standbys) these were no good for VDU screens so work paid for different specs for that - hence middle distance - good for beekeeping when the better of my two 'new' eyes packed in again but remedial surgery now means I don't need any for the bees.

 

[Anduril]

If you want to wear the glasses on the end of your nose, then I would suggest buying a spectacles head strap something like this https://www.marinesuperstore.com/cl...vchn2CC_wuPRFIRtyJQwLgMazNx5GrbxoCawMQAvD_BwE it will stop your specs falling off inside the veil

 

[Anduril]

Although, I could have said you should have gone to specsavers, they sell them as well.

 

[Bakerbee]

Oh i hear you millet. I am long and short sighted. Theres a sweet spot in the middle but its a total pain. I too pop my readers on the end of my nose and peer through and over depending my needs. I went in to hive today and tried without them and couldnt see newly laid eggs, so next time back with my glasses.

 

[ShinySideUp]

I too can't see anything close up and wear 2.5 dioptre for looking for eggs, glasses which are far too strong for anything else. I too perch them on the end of my nose. I have started to use a very large magnifying glass -- about 3 inches in diameter -- and that seems to do the trick apart of course that you lose a hand so you can hold it.

 

[Bakerbee]

I like the idea of magnifying glass. Then you can use it to really zoom in.

 

[Wingy]

Good topic, my eyes are also deteriorating due to age. As said above I'm now struggling to see clearly close up, having to hold a book about 2 feet away to focus. Also struggling to pick out distance at detail. As a result of certain parts of my job I need good alround vision. As a result I have just had an eyesight test (Thursday) and the recommended multi focal lenses. Top part is for long distance lower part for close up. Down side is they don't do them at the pound shop, looking at £200 for lenses.

 

[madasafish]

I am long sighted with different focal lengths on each eye so have worn varifocals for decades. Last lot fitted with magnification of 1.5 for closeups - so eggs are now easier to see.
To retain glasses I wear Keepons https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NQTGOTS/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_3_w

but bought from ebay at 1/5th of Amazon's cost. They work very well, glasses never fall off.

 

[Erichalfbee]

A blue LED torch helps too

 

[Erichalfbee]

A bright white LED torch helps too

 

[colinc]

I know a few people who found varifocals absolutely useless headache inducing things, suspect the options are one contact lens, bifocals seem more useful than Varifocals, or poke one lens out of your cheap glasses.

Final option would be a baseball cap under your veil with those flip down lenses fishermen wear....? You could probably move them or the cap unlike glasses without opening the veil.


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[Poly Hive]

I wear trifocals and have done now for oh 10 years or so.

I get mine from ASDA and its a very thorough session with the optician plus the retina photo and all the bells and whistles.

The glasses are very good quality as are the frames and a very reasonable cost of currently £120 for two pairs.

I also got them to make me a pair specifically for grafting (which intrigued them greatly) and they are just excellent.

PH

 

[Millet]

Thank you all, i have used magnifying glasses in the past but i find them awkward, the LED torch however works a treat but it is Black and we know what happens when something black goes near the bees ..

I will be back at the bees today, the new fencing veil i have unzips from the front so i will try perching the glasses i have here on the end of my nose.
Steve

 

[MartinL]

I know it goes against the grain for almost everyone of your latitudes but, you should put your hand in your pocket & invest in a proper eye test.

Seriously, they will check out more than your ability to see close up + you can then take the prescription anywhere for the cheapest glasses you can find, (I believe ASDA do a good deal).

P.S.
Have you considered a monocle?

 

[Popparand]

Eyesight

A bright white LED torch helps too

The idea of an LED torch sounds great. I will try that...

I started wearing specs for short sight when I was 15. After age 50 or so the muscles round your eyes start to weaken so short sight becomes less of a problem. I still wear specs for distance when driving/watching telly, but dont need them at all up to two feet away.

Bi/tro focals work for some, but I never really got on with them.

Using notes when giving a talk can be a problem. One solution is to keep putting them on and taking them off again. This looks silly. The best solution I found was to have ordinary prescription glasses, but with narrow frames. That way you can look both under or over the lenses for close up work.

Just another challenge for the aging!

 

[colinc]

Thank you all, i have used magnifying glasses in the past but i find them awkward, the LED torch however works a treat but it is Black and we know what happens when something black goes near the bees ..



I will be back at the bees today, the new fencing veil i have unzips from the front so i will try perching the glasses i have here on the end of my nose.

Steve

Wrap the torch with white electrical tape or white duct tape.


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