Re: DIY Optician

Aug 27, 2019 Last reply: 6 years ago 29 Replies

Similar available on Amazon but with 0 or 1 star negative reviews

Try listings on Amazon for similar products to find that they all seem to be crap.

"THE LAST GLASSES YOU'LL NEED!"

"Buy 2 & Get 3rd One 50% Off!"

I was referring to the "pick them up at the pound store" option

you can only do that for long-sight correction

(and they cost a pound in many shops)

tim

my SLR camera from about 1980-something had an adjustable lens on the viewfinder,

so the technology has been in commercial use for ages

tim

they all had but its not the same. even more cameras have correction now.

If one eyes'igher than the other, don't you cause more problems.?

Presumably that moves the lens forward and back like on binoculars. Not really practicable for spectacles.

Nope, the eyes still have compensation available. All any glasses do is shift the distance at which the conpensation happens over happens at.

Jim GM4DHJ ... submitted this idea :

Yep, me too. I have expensive prescription glasses in the car for driving, with a spare £1 pair in the glove box, of the same prescription, for emergencies.

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