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Title: Progressive eyeball glasses
Post by: Flemish Twister on January 12, 2026, 06:02:47 PM
Curious how others in my...ahem...age range deal with progressive bifocals while shooting?

My anchor and sight line tends to push my vision into the progressive section which blurs the view. I had Lasik years ago, so my distance vision is still 20-20. Solution now is I just take my glasses off to shoot. While that's okay for practice its a pain if I need to see any Up close detail, like for fussing with a string nock, or to read in a tree stand, or see my phone etc. 
I was thinking I might get a second pair of glasses with a hard line bifocal?  Have them move that section of the lens down low so it would be usable, but not mess up my shoot'in eye!
Might just be a me issue?  Anybody else deal with this?
Title: Re: Progressive eyeball glasses
Post by: Tajue17 on January 12, 2026, 08:40:42 PM
I hate them!!  but Im in a tree stand and with the bifocals which have the reading script on the lower glass everything down at the ground from the stand is blurry,, I have to remember to bring my second non bifocal pair.........  here where I am in the north east if its freezing out and i have any sort of face covering like a balaclava they fog up if I breathe out my mouth and my nose is always cold.....  my eyes dont work good any more, my ears are ringing all the time so I dont hear deer I only see them,  my left knee is always sore,  sometimes in the morning after leaning down and tying my shoes my back locks up,, i have a truck load of bows I once thought were easy to shoot but now their too heavy to pull,   getting old is a challenge thats for sure....   
Title: Re: Progressive eyeball glasses
Post by: Stumpkiller on January 12, 2026, 09:05:41 PM
I'm very near sighted (with astigmatism) and have progressive lenses.  I just focus on the target.  :dunno:  But I hve a very upright stance and that may make a difference.
Title: Re: Progressive eyeball glasses
Post by: M60gunner on January 12, 2026, 09:29:53 PM
When I wore glasses and needed bifocals I had issues like almost falling down stairs. Shooting was a guessing game as the line always got in the way at midranges. Tried progressives as well. Not much better. I gave up and got 2 pairs of glasses, one for close, one for far. In those days I was into competitive archery as well. I had a habit of "forgetting those close readers. So I was not trusted to keep score.