Well after 10 years I am finally tired of contact lenses. I am going back to glasses for multiple reasons.
Curious if the glades will have an affect on my shooting?
(string not as close to the face maybe?)
Any input would be helpful. I know alot is you wear glasses.
Any body switch like I am and have any issues?
I recently started to wear glasses and was worried that they would affect my shooting. I've found that they help to reinforce my form, keeping the string away from my face. I still keep my same anchors, but now I have an extra reminder when I let the string get too close to my cheek.
I've always shot with glasses, and no problems.... other than some time, in the late fall, they fog up... but no big deal!
Effect your shooting, only if your string contacts them. I have one set of eyeglasses I can not shoot with as they sit farther out from my face, the others are fine. Also certain angles glare can get you.
Me too...I used to have pilot eyes, as my mother would say (20-15)...I use them now mild mag to be able to see fine details. Only issue is that when I use a Hooded face scent blocking head gear in winter or late fall is that if I get my nose inside my glasses will fog when I breathe out.
My 2 centavos...
JL :archer2:
I've been wearing glasses since I was 8 years old. Never had a problem shooting recurve bows wearing glasses.
I'm now 62 years old and still shoot both of my recurves wearing "trifocal" glasses (with the two lines). No problems hitting where I'm aiming at (instinctive) with both eyes open.
If you require bifocal or trifocal lenses, get them instead of the no-line / progressive type. I know of quite a few folks that will tell you that the no-line lenses will distort your aim. The biggest disadvantage to wearing glasses over contacts in my opinion is that lenses will fog up easily. I have tried all sorts of anti-fogging tricks and solutions and they do help for the fog to clear quickly, but it doesnt prevent them getting fogged up in the first place.
I just got some glasses, they are progressive bi-focals. I can not shoot with them, changes the point of impact. Seems quite a few folks have problems with the progressives.
I hate my glasses for hunting. I don't have any problems with them standing on the ground shooting a target but in a tree stand for hunting purposes, I have to take them off to shoot.
I've been wanting to try contacts!
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I just got some glasses, they are progressive bi-focals. I can not shoot with them, changes the point of impact. Seems quite a few folks have problems with the progressives.
My experience too. I also had problems with the frames obstructing my sight picture slightly.
I did the opposite... I went from glasses to contacts and wouldn't go back for anything. I wear the extended wear lenses... a pair lasts me about 2 months. Pop 'em in and forget them until they start bothering me.
While wearing glasses, rain, fogging, dropping them (from a treestand once!) and other problems were the norm.
Good luck!!
I only need my glasses for reading, and it makes me nervous to shoot with them...even though I haven't snagged them with the string. At least without them I have a built in excuse for making a bad shot!
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Size does matter. My new glasses are small and i find the frames effect my shooting. My old frames were larger and I shot well. Triffocals also interefere. When you draw make sure you donot have them in your focus area
I have bad, bad, bad astigmatism, and without glasses, can't even comb my hair in the mirror. I have managed to get some pretty expensive contacts, and wear them from time-to-time... but I really shoot better with glasses.
I shot my recurve solely with sights until a couple years ago, and always lined up the string (rear sight) in front of my eye, over the sight pin. Something about the way I did it, I often touched my glasses lens with the string, and ended up with wax on my right lens much of the time.
Now I shoot without sights, and cant the bow a little, and I don't touch my glasses lens anymore. I have no problems shooting with glasses, except for the fogging up, and occasionally having issues with peripheral vision (when seeing things outside of the lens).
Due to my heavy prescription, doctors have had a hard time correcting me to 20/20, and at different times in my life, different eyes have adapted to the best level of correction. The result is that I have no dominant eye... just the one I see better with at any given time. And now, with glasses my right eye sees best, and with contacts, my left sees best. When I switch between the two, it really throws a monkey wrench into shooting a bow!
I always took my glasses off to shoot and have switched to contacts now. I use daily contacts that I throw away every night so I always put in a clean pair in the morning. With the construction and sawdust a monthly set of contacts would last me about a week. No shooting with glasses for me.
I wish I could blame my poor shooting on my glasses.but I shoot just as poorly without them. I do have progressive lenses so maybe I can use that as an excuse. I don't think glasses change my shooting as long as I focus on a spot on the target,I shoot with both eyes open and do not see anything except the target
I also have been shooting with glasses since 11, 61 now, and have the lined bifocals.Cataract last year just about wiped out my vision in the left eye but all is good now. Fogging is the only issue I have with glasses but can live with that if out in the woods-just expose the old snoot. Was warned about distortion in the progressives so never tried them but hearing about people who had a heck of a time getting used to them made the lined glasses a no-brainer. So what if people notice you are older and have lined glasses.
I use progressive lens with no problem, but I do remember my optometrist telling me to point my nose at what I want to see. It seems that progressive lens glasses have a more critical focal point than the other type of lens that old farts like us use.
I hadn't thought much about this until reading this thread. I've always worn progressives and didn't realize there might be a difference. Today, I pulled out an old pair of bifocals that I've never worn (I was very used to the progressives when I got the bi's), and walked out back and gave them a try. All I can say is WOW, what a difference they made! I'm a believer (but I'll wear he progressives for casual wear). Thanks for the valuable info.
My major complaint with the progressive lenses is how little of the actual lens area they'll use to grind the Rx into!
It's a very small hour glass area! I have them grind in bigger bifocals at the bottom for reading so I don't have to move my head like "Data" on Star Trek! Why can't they use more of the lens w/ progressives?
Till they do, I'll stick with bifocals or someday sooner than later, tri.
Only think I found this year wearing them in the woods was that walking and glancing down to avoid sticks, etc, almost made me puke cause I'd end up looking through reading bifocals and almost fall!(last pair had a slight correction for distance which really helped in the woods)
Yes, the progressive give me trouble too. I stick with contacts. You don't move your eyes, you move your head with progressive lenses. Like Doc said, big lenses small sweet spot. Never had the lined lenses. Might be worth a try one day. Fogging up is a real deal with glasses and when you see him coming in you quit thinking about fogging and your breath changes and... and...
There is nothing good about glasses except you don't bump into things.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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...
My father had LASIK done and now wears glasses -- but he had the surgery done years ago. I suppose it has improved.
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
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.