Biofocul shooters...

[frassettor]

As the years are gaining on me, my eyes are straining to see clearly. As a result I now wear no line biofoculs. I tried shooting this week and I was not impressed with my shooting results. The way I tilt my head at the shot, SOMETIMES it will "blurr" out because of the biofoculs. I tried shooting without my glasses as I have for years now only to have my eyes bug out because they are use to my glasses. Contacts are out of the question now, so any suggestions will be welcomed. I shoot with a pretty good cant and my head follows suit. Maybe I need more time shooting with them on to get use to them ??  

[Paul_R]

Your brain will make the necessary corrections in time but you do have to look straight on at things and that you'll have to correct for. That's how it worked for me anyway.

[sou-pawbowhunter]

Another thing you could try is an inexpensive pair of single vision specs (no bifocal scrip).  The progressive bifocals make for a lens with a very critical focal point. The single vision lens will open the window that you are looking through quite a bit.

[xtrema312]

I have the same issue. Thinking on line ones and maybe distance only glasses. I have had them about 1 1/2 years.  I go without a lot.  I have really noticed a change this year without the glasses. Getting hard to pick a small spot. interested to see what others say with more experience.

[Benjy]

I can not shoot with my progressive lense glasses. I have a distance only, single vision pair that I hunt with. They constantly fog up. I can see better without them at low light. It sucks to get old!

[M60gunner]

I tried to wear bifocals when I needed them. I fell down the stairs the first day. I went to two pairs of glasses, a royal in the behind. but safer for me.

[Stumpkiller]

It takes a while.  I focus intently before I raise the bow and release.  Sometimes the spot I am focusing on disappears when I hit anchor.  Hardly accuracy inducing.

By then I am looking through the upper lens near the right corner of the lens - well above the lower/reading & close diopter (I have Varilux with no line).

[akbowbender]

I shoot equally well with my progressive lens glasses and my single vision glasses. When hunting, I've been using the single vision because of the small lens size which clear up more quickly after fogging up after a walk!

[MCNSC]

I wear progressive lens and could not shoot with them when I first got them. My shots were all high and left. I had been taking them off to shoot for quite a while. A few months ago I decided to take a few shots with them on and now don't notice a difference in shooting with them on.

[Fletcher]

I've been in bifocals for years, but I much prefer the single line.  Tried the no lines and didn't like them A LOT!  With the NL, the image and focus point kept moving around.  I find the line bifocal to be practically seamless to look thru.  When shooting, I'm always looking thru the distance part of the lens.

[Moots]

Buy an extra pair of single vision glasses.  That solved the problem for me.

[old_goat2]

It might not be the bifocal part, me and my wife both have glasses that we shoot better with one pair over the other and both pair for each of us are progressive, I think it has to do with the shape of the frame and lenses. Like the inside upper corners are closer together on the glasses that we each shoot better with.

[Bill Carlsen]

Get a pair of glasses just for shooting. That is really the best solution.

[elk nailer]

I have my bi focals set really low so they don't get iin the way. No line bifocals will blur when you look to the side of the lens.

[southpawshooter]

I just recently was prescribed bifocals. I talked to my opthamologist about my concerns regarding shooting. Turns out he had shot rifles competitively in his younger years and he recommended flat top bifocals. He noted that progressives have a narrow in focus window and periphery objects would be out of focus.  I've been shooting with flat top bifocals a month now and couldn't be happier.

[Archer 1]

I couldn't use the no line glasses at all, everything looked like a wave when I turned my head, I couldn't even drive with them. I took them back, and got the lined ones, and can shoot just fine with them. I also got a pair of single vison ones that work great for shooting. I agree, it's a bummer getting older, but it beats the alternative.

[dnovo]

I agree with a couple guys. Get the lined bifocals. Mine only take up about a 1/4 of the lens where I look to read. No problem turning my head to shoot and seeing out the edges. I am facing different issues for a short time after cataract and corrective surgery in right eye

[Danny Rowan]

Lined bifocals are the way to go, I have worn them for years and have no problems shooting with them.

[Easykeeper]

I have bifocals with the close correction in the lower part of the lens in a round segment.  My glasses have my distance correction right out to the edge and most importantly right into the corner I look through when I shoot.

I tried the progressive lenses and couldn't get used to them for everyday use so never really tried them for shooting.

[David Mitchell]

Discuss this with your eye care professional--explain how you hold your head when shooting.  No line bifocals (progressive lens) often don't work well for shooting.  My son is an optometrist and has explained why no-lines don't work as well as the regular old bifocals.  I personally wear regular lined trifocals and have no problem at all shooting--at least not due to my glasses! Because he is a hunter and bow shooter, he generally asks about his patients' hobbies and accommodates them. It may require getting dedicated glasses for hunting/shooting as has been suggested.