Glasses While Reloading

[tmwinds]

Go get prescription glasses and be done with it.
Best thing I done. No more headaches and can
see both close and far.

This is good advise. You not only get the correct glasses but you will get aa eye exam that could detect any early eye disease that could be a problem if left undetected.

 

[Ol Thumper]

Ok it’s settled, I’m going to the eye doc. My eyes are about the only thing that’s not jacked up on me so Id rather be safe than sorry. Thanks for the help gentleman and convincing me to go to the doc, can’t kill furry woodland creatures if you can’t see them lol

 

[hoz53]

Ok it’s settled, I’m going to the eye doc. My eyes are about the only thing that’s not jacked up on me so Id rather be safe than sorry. Thanks for the help gentleman and convincing me to go to the doc, can’t kill furry woodland creatures if you can’t see them lol

I didn’t know how old you were and so you prob don’t have cataracts at 47 but if youre not seeing good with readers, going to the eye doc is the best idea to start with.

 

[Shooter13]

Besides glasses I use safety glasses with readers in them for reloading.

 

[joshb]

Just go buy 6 pair of the stronger ones and put them everywhere you might need them to help with the other problem with getting older: Remembering where you put them!

 

[DirtySteve]

Joshb., Sounds like me every couple months I buy a 3 pack.. Now I am never more than 2 steps from a pair.. Sadly after years they are all diffrent magnifications.. lol.. Guess I should police them up and toss them as the 1.5's and lower do nothing for me..

 

[SSL]

We all buy and use the best firearms and loading equipment we can afford. Scopes run into the thousands of dollars in some cases and then we complain about the clarity. We spend huge amounts of money for powder measures, custom dies, magical premium bullets, every powder we can lay hands on, all kinds of equipment that might get us that slight edge...but self-prescribed $2 glasses are acceptable? Must be missing something.

 

[Daddymac]

At 58 I use a 1.25 reader and at the loading bench I have a Magnifier Head Strap With Lights from Harbor freight when I need extra magnification, and if you still can't read it with one of those, get a white cane.

As far as regular readers go, everyone should check out the Clic magnetic glasses, they solved the problem of having glasses everywhere for me.

 

[joshb]

We all buy and use the best firearms and loading equipment we can afford. Scopes run into the thousands of dollars in some cases and then we complain about the clarity. We spend huge amounts of money for powder measures, custom dies, magical premium bullets, every powder we can lay hands on, all kinds of equipment that might get us that slight edge...but self-prescribed $2 glasses are acceptable? Must be missing something.

I spent all my money on bullets!

 

[Walt Krafft]

As a toolmaker, I have been using an Optivisor for 30 years.

 

[shoot4fun]

All I can add is I keep the glasses locked up with the liquor while I wear my spectacles when reloading.
LOL

 

[Kittitas George]

Check with a welding supply, they carry safety glasses, various colors, different bi-focal powers and the right ANSI numbers for shooting safety. The last pair cost me $12.00. Forty seven and needing bi-focals, I'd say you are right on schedule.

 

[Rick300]

If you don’t want to keep taking the readers on and off, there are several places online that sell clear glasses with bifocals in them for around $15

 

[cem]

My own choice has been to start with a couple of flex mounted magnifying lamps on the bench. I've seen it suggested that for close reading on balance beam scales a cell phone camera can be positioned to eliminate parallax and permit a little magnification in the display. I sure don't want any doubt about scale readings or OAL measurement so in addition to close range reading in bed glasses and long range night driving glasses I have medium range bench and computer glasses.

 

[Mr. Zorg]

At 58 I use a 1.25 reader and at the loading bench I have a Magnifier Head Strap With Lights from Harbor freight when I need extra magnification, and if you still can't read it with one of those, get a white cane.

As far as regular readers go, everyone should check out the Clic magnetic glasses, they solved the problem of having glasses everywhere for me.

Thanks for the lead on the Clic magnetic glasses! I ditched prescription graduated no lines bifocals with Transition lenses last year after cataract surgery in both eyes at age 58 (I'm an "early bloomer" in that respect). With my particular eyes I could only choose between sharp distance vision or sharp near vision for my implanted lenses and chose sharp distance vision for numerous reasons (being able to wear regular sunglasses while driving a key reason). So now I'm almost always carrying 2 pairs of glasses around, sunglasses + readers. A pair of the Clic bifocal sunglasses looks like a good option for me while I'm out & about.

I just had complex eye surgery in my left eye after experiencing three partial retinal detachment events in 5 weeks (evidently I'm an overachiever in this respect as well) with the simpler ophthalmologist non-invasive laser surgery not even lasting 2 weeks, so Wednesday I had invasive laser surgery after all the ocular fluid was drained from my left eye. Ig'm told it'll take about a month for my body to produce enough ocular fluid to refill my left eye and displace all the remaining air in my left eye. I'll wait until everything stabilizes to make sure what correction my eyes settle at before ordering.

 

[markT]

First: Harbor Freight, Lowe’s etc for a good lighting with correct color temperature (5000 Degrees Kelvin)
Then: Walmart for readers. Get some that are what you need to see and a pair to do very close work like digging out a splinter.

 

[jimmymac]

Ok it’s settled, I’m going to the eye doc. My eyes are about the only thing that’s not jacked up on me so Id rather be safe than sorry. Thanks for the help gentleman and convincing me to go to the doc, can’t kill furry woodland creatures if you can’t see them lol

Do yourself a favor and talk to the doctor about a pair of bifocals that are set up strictly for close up viewing. My doctor suggested this to me and it has been a game changer.

My profession requires two things. Good vision at slightly longer than arms length distance, and good vision at book reading distance. The top portion of the glasses are for arms length, and the bottom portion of the bifocal is for closer. Once I did this, all the BS ended. They work great and you'll find you will wear them through the entire reloading session because everything we do is either at arms length or closer. Cheap Walmart readers are garbage. No comparison.

 

[ragsflh]

see your eye dr.get a good pair of glasses.we spend more on loading supplies that a pair of glasses cost.

 

[K9TXS]

I too have eye strain after reviewing fingerprints for more than 30 years. I started wearing glasses in my early years and the close up work of reviewing fingerprints did not help my eyes. We all used a "loop", a magnifying glass on a stand. I use the same loop today to look over my cases. I also have a 4" diameter magnifying glass with a handle, but the loop is much better.

 

[Twicepop]

I bypassed the readers and went for the real deal. I was about 44 when I discovered that my arms weren't long enough to hold micrometers out far enough for the numbers to stop being blurred. Now at 67, I need glasses/bifocals for most everyday tasks. The eye Doc says I have astigmatism in my left eye and a slight darkening of the lens in that same eye from all the years of truck driving (UV exposure). Another thing, I mentioned to my regular Doc that sometimes I have/get some visual distortion during spring and early summer. He said this is because of my allergies, the optic nerve lays next to the sinus cavities and any swelling/pressure associated with these allergies put pressure on the optic nerve slightly distorting your vision.