shooting with glasses

[petalumapete]

I can't stand the progressives in the hills. Can't tell ya how many times I have had to pick my fat butt up because I didn't notice the dip or small ledge as I was walking.God help me trying to climb down from a tree! I'm switching to contacts next year when my insurance renews.

[Moots]

Does anyone use separate shooting glasses with an amber lens?  Since I wear progressives, I am thinking about this as an option.  I'm not sure how this would be at an indoor range.

[MCNSC]

I plan to try some lined bifocals at the first of the year, will see how they are. I like the progressives, just can't shoot with them. Would also be interested in the amber lens for hunting and shooting.

[Ryan Rothhaar]

I wore glasses from 10 years old onward, couldn't tell the difference between a person and a car at 50 feet without glasses.  When I was 23 yrs old in graduate school at Ohio State I had the LASIK done, it was still experimental back then, but heck the guy that did it was a world class corneal transplant surgeon, so I figured at least if he screwed up he could fix it!  Best money I ever spent.  The surgery is lots better and cheaper now, don't know if its an option, but something to think about.  That was 17 years ago.  My shooting improved 50% immediately, and I used to go outside and look up in the rain, just because I could.  Liberating after having to put on glasses to read the alarm clock on the bedside table.

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[randy grider]

Did it for years, no problem, until I got "no line" bifoculs, than I could not see good. Finnally bit the bullet and got Lasik..., Love it! No more fogged glasses while wearing a facemask on stand.

[larry]

I wear progressives...can't shoot with em at all, to much distortion. I've got a pair just for distance that I wear when shooting, they work great for shooting, not so great for nocking an arrow...

[Moots]

My father had LASIK done and now wears glasses -- but he had the surgery done years ago.  I suppose it has improved.

[sagebrush]

LASIK works good until you turn about 40 or so. Then your eyes start changing and you may need glasses again. Your lens in your eye also get less flexible so your eye has trouble focusing at different distances. I had to get some contacts this year. When I looked at the target before getting them I couldn't tell which target to shoot at. I had only put out one target. Gary

[T Folts]

I have the same concern, I used to wear glasses but about 15 years ago I had lasik surgery and haven't had to wear glasses but old age is slowly approaching and my eyes are almost to the point where I will need to start wearing them for work but it's only a matter of time and unless I get a enhancement surgery I'll be wearing glasses full time... ugh.

[jebeckjr]

I've been wearing glasses for 30 + years.  About 20 years ago, I tried contact lenses, but developed a terrible infection in my eyes.  Went back to glasses.  As others have said, if the frames are not overly large or sitting away from your face, you should be fine.  When shooting my target recurve, I am able to spot-check my alignment by the position of the string to my glasses.

[Moots]

I  just met with my friend who is an optometrist and ordered glasses specifically for shooting.

I learned that progressives have only a small area in front of the eyes that have the prescription for distance because the lens has to fade out for the progressive (reading prescription).  

So what happens when I shoot is that the positioning of my head causes me to look through my glasses left of center where the prescription is already starting to fade.  And I really have trouble seeing the target and arrows at a distance.

Solution:  I took and old pair of glasses to my optometrist along with my bow.  While I aimed the bow (no arrow) he marked the spot on the glasses where I was looking with each eye.  Then he ordered a single vision lens (much cheaper than progressive) and moved the sweet spot for my prescription for distance left of center so that when I shoot I will have perfect distance vision (but I wouldn't recommend driving with these glasses! LOL).

[Legolas]

I have to fight fogging up with face masks until I used ASAT's.
It seems ventilated enough that I do not fog up.

Also the Area of the lens I look out of is the upper inside of the dominate eye. That area seems to smudge up easily so I need to be sure the lense is clean. In regular looking around it is not noticeable until I start to shoot.

[lpcjon2]

I cant shoot at all with my glasses. I think the overall diameter of my lenses are to small(went with the small sophisticated style). Maybe I should get a pair of larger ones for shooting.