determine magnification of reading glasses

I assumed you've checked this already, but I'll toss it out there anyway...

Some brands put the magnification strength on the arm, either engraved in or printed on the rubber ear cushion.

Go to Target or Walmart. Their eye glass place has a machine that can tell what the strength of the eye wear is. Probably do it for nothing but a tip might help.

Is it do -it-yourself or do you need their trained optician to do it?

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BTW, the folks on another Usenet list rave about Zennis, and I have bought from them. I've been very pleased, also.

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Is it do -it-yourself or do you need their trained optician to do it?

The optician does it.

Somehow I doubt that you'd convince one to go through 100 pairs of glasses.

If you've got 100 pairs of glasses hoarded away, you might want to seek help because that seems pretty OCD to me.

You can find the focal length by focusing the sun (parallel rays) on a target and measuring the distance from lens to target. (To state the obvious, the target and lens have to be at right angles to the sun 'rays'.)

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Obviously there's some details missing here.

If, as you say, " I can try these on to see if they work for me..." then aren't those the only ones you need to know the magnification off? Find all of the ones that work for you, take them to any store that sells reading glasses and follow the instructions on how to choose the mag power you need. Once you know that number, it should be the same as the ones "that work for you".

Now, if you want to label all of them so you can donate them in an organized manner, then I say "Good for you, that's nice!"

The lady that helps you find frames, etc. offered to help me with a few of my glasses. I didn't have 100. Just a few. Chuck B

Donate to the Lions club used eyeglass drive.

Some lenses are marked, but you can't see them under normal condition. Take a flashlight and shine it into the edge of the lens. Outside the field of vision, you may see the markings. I wore glasses for decades and one day my eye doctor showed me that.

Rather than sort and label them, put the to good use by donating them to the Lions Club. They will fit them to a happy recipient someplace in the world.

Look down at some print or other object on magazine, etc. Use ruler or micrometer to measure height of object. Divide into height of with magnifier held an inch or two away from object, by height of object. Keep back a foot or two. Object must be decent size.

What's so hard about magnification.

Greg

I've recently bought a few pair from Zenni (wearing a pair now ;). Other than the selection of frames isn't great, they're well worth what I paid. I took one pair to my OD. They were shocked when I told them that they were from Zenni. The Doc said they'd never seen lenses done so well, purchased over the Internet.

Astigmatism is a little more complicated than that. There is an angle thrown in there, too. Basically it's the difference between a spherical lens and a cylindrical lens, with "strength" and angle of the cylinder.

Not all ophthalmologists are created equally, either. ;-) However, if you don't have any abnormalities, going to an MD is a waste of his time and your money. You're better off with a good OD (how to find one is another issue). An OD can easily refer you to an ophthalmologist, if necessary.

Prescription "readers"? I thought the definitions were opposite (prescription, off-the-shelf). I do have prescription glasses for reading but I've never heard them referred to as "readers".

Some can't be fitted for contacts at all.

Strange. She must just be near sighted. I wouldn't think that would be a problem for contacts at all.

Thank you. This was very helpful

Interesting that with all the replys to this thread, only one, Bud, actually answered the question.

Did you ever find a 'do it yourself gadget to measure power of reading glasses?

Did you ever find a 'do it yourself gadget to measure power of reading glasses?