Glasses While Reloading

[ev780]

I only need cheaters when my contacts are in. With no correction I have beyond perfect vision but the process of correcting distance screws up my close vision.

I can reload with no correction but I don't. I wear contacts and use safety glasses with built in cheaters. Forces me to wear the safety glasses. Bezos has them cheap. Toss them when they get scratched up.

First time I has a primer let loose I decided right there to always wear impact resistant safety glasses when reloading. And gun cleaning for that matter.

 

[Tangent]

As some who has been quite short sighted since childhood I find it interesting how many people will go around not being able to see. As my optician said, once you hit 45+ it doesn't matter if you were a fighter pilot with the eyes of an eagle, you close vision is going to deteriorate.

I wear contact lenses that correct mine distance vision and astigmatism perfectly and then use cheap reading glasses for close work. I hate not being able to see things pin sharp. Good lighting is critical too.

 

[ELR LVR]

As some who has been quite short sighted since childhood I find it interesting how many people will go around not being able to see. As my optician said, once you hit 45+ it doesn't matter if you were a fighter pilot with the eyes of an eagle, you close vision is going to deteriorate.

I wear contact lenses that correct mine distance vision and astigmatism perfectly and then use cheap reading glasses for close work. I hate not being able to see things pin sharp. Good lighting is critical too.

He was right
I didn't believe all these people saying such, since when I hit 45 and my eyes were still 20/20
I thought "Pfffft, sucks to be you then"
until I hit 51, then it happened to me
Gladly, I only need a +1.00 reader glasses for up close and my farsight is still fighter pilot eagle like
But - haha, now when I wake up and go to read my phone and can't read squat on the screen...
I'm thinking "Oh crap, did I really used to be able to read that?"
Sometimes I binge up on carrots, which seems to hold it off and almost somewhat restore partial near vision
But I mean, I'm talking a bag of mini carrots per day to gain a good benefit
---
Interestingly, once you eat that amount, carrots have an addictive property which keeps you eating them

 

[GotRDid]

Resurrected thread from over 4 years ago, and ever so relevant today. I’ve been wearing progressive lenses since I turned 50, but primarily for close focus as in dashboard to reading distance and close scrutiny of objects.
That evolved into needing correction for both near/far acuity, and different value prescription in each eye.
As long as I can continue to enjoy hunting, Handloading, Shooting, and going to the cinema, I don’t much mind that they make me look like the Minions.

 

[Mark W]

I wear glasses, but this lighted magnifying glass on an arm is an invaluable piece of equipment for my loading bench.

 

[charlie b]

I have been thankful that I have worn glasses all the time for a few decades now. It was a shock when I lost my better than 20/20 vision. I can't count of the number of 'dings' my glasses 'absorbed' when I was working on something. Everything from powder residue to tiny metal particles, lots of wood chips, stuff falling off the bottom of a car or when working on a ceiling. Even a fish hook got deflected one time.

Now days I need new lenses since my presbyopia has made my eye lenses uneven, ie, with multiple 'lenslets'. Waiting on surgery date.

 

[Just Say Moe]

If you are not wearing safety glass while reloading I'll share with you a very short piece of wisdom: People with only one eye ALWAYS wear safety glasses ANYTIME there is a known hazard. Rant Off.

At Lowe's or HD they have safety glass cheeters in 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5. I wear them all of the time while reloading and when shooting.

I have both eyes and want to keep it that way. The last time they saved my vision was when I was pulling .45 ACP rounds with an impact puller. The screw on end cap broke and let loose and hit me in the safety glasses right over my left eye. The shock was strong enough that I had a bruise on the bridge of my nose from the safety glasses slamming against my face. I may not have lost my eye that day but I surely would have been in the emergency room.

This - Amazon - $7 a pair.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

He was right
I didn't believe all these people saying such, since when I hit 45 and my eyes were still 20/20
I thought "Pfffft, sucks to be you then"
until I hit 51, then it happened to me
Gladly, I only need a +1.00 reader glasses for up close and my farsight is still fighter pilot eagle like
But - haha, now when I wake up and go to read my phone and can't read squat on the screen...
I'm thinking "Oh crap, did I really used to be able to read that?"
Sometimes I binge up on carrots, which seems to hold it off and almost somewhat restore partial near vision
But I mean, I'm talking a bag of mini carrots per day to gain a good benefit
---
Interestingly, once you eat that amount, carrots have an addictive property which keeps you eating them

I remember a girl in college that had a supply of carrots from her home farm and ate so many it started turning her skin orange.

 

[209jones]

I got bifocals when I was 44, couldn't thread a line thu the eye of a fly in low light, had them ever since couple of mgnication upgrade since. I find stuff every once in a while that I wonder about what moron decided on microscopic print. I have a magnifying light for the tying bench I can use on the gun bench if needed, works well. Had a big stand up folding arm version til I broke it moving. Should buy another one, that big one was kinda handy at times.

 

[charlie b]

I've used a headband magnifier with light for more than 10 years now. It has flip downs for more than 3x when I need it (like tying size 24 and 26 flies). Has a light on it as well. Works for working on sewing machines or any other close work.

Now, if my fingers would stop shaking I could do all the tiny stuff again

 

[tharger]

Dillon sells bifocal shooting glasses. $20 last one I bought. Cats meow

 

[Straightshooter1]

It's been a little over a year now since cataract surgery and throwing away my bifocal glasses. Though it didn't go smoothly to start out, all is good now. No more struggling with optics and it's great being able to see the iron sites on my pistols and rifles.

Doctors suggested waiting for a couple years for the surgery as I was a marginal candidate . But at age 78, I figured, why wait and might as well just get it taken care of and enjoy as many of what few years I may have left. My sight now is not as good as it was when I was young, before having to have reading glasses, but it's pretty good (almost 20/20) and so much less hassle when trying to see things close up in tight places.

I've used a headband magnifier with light for more than 10 years now. It has flip downs for more than 3x when I need it (like tying size 24 and 26 flies). Has a light on it as well. Works for working on sewing machines or any other close work.

Likewise, I've use a headband magnifier with light for many years to help with very small things; like when it helped when I was taking apart live primers to measure. I don't use it a lot, like a Jeweler might, but it really comes in handy when needed.

 

[Tangent]

He was right
I didn't believe all these people saying such, since when I hit 45 and my eyes were still 20/20
I thought "Pfffft, sucks to be you then"
until I hit 51, then it happened to me
Gladly, I only need a +1.00 reader glasses for up close and my farsight is still fighter pilot eagle like
But - haha, now when I wake up and go to read my phone and can't read squat on the screen...
I'm thinking "Oh crap, did I really used to be able to read that?"
Sometimes I binge up on carrots, which seems to hold it off and almost somewhat restore partial near vision
But I mean, I'm talking a bag of mini carrots per day to gain a good benefit
---
Interestingly, once you eat that amount, carrots have an addictive property which keeps you eating them

I remember reading about a guy who was addicted to carrot juice. Messed his liver up if I remember correctly. Ironically vitamin A overdose can give you blurred vision!

 

[Rickhem]

Like most of the others that posted about them, I have pairs of the corrective readers almost everywhere in the house, and a pair in every vehicle. I find that the stronger ones I wear while reloading or doing close-up precision work, are not appropriate for other activities.
Going back a few years, I only needed a pair of 1.25 or 1.5 glasses for close-up stuff. Then one day, while working on the tractor, or something like that in the garage, I walked out for a break. Looking out about a hundred yards away towards our pond, I remember thinking how sharp and clear everything looked. I thought maybe it was the angle of the sun, but then remembered I had the readers on. I took them off, put them back on, took them off again, and realized that everything was way better with them on. Heavy sigh.
So I'm at the point now where I have a few pairs that are everyday glasses, and a couple that are stronger for when I really need that added acuity.
I've graduated from the dollar store glasses, to the $9.99 and $15 ones from WalMart. They're a little better fit, and little more stylish.
Strangely enough, I don't wear them while playing pool. I end up looking over the frame and that screws up my play enough that I just do without them. If I'm playing someplace well lit, and on the brighter side, it's not a big deal, but on a dimly lit bar table, it's a whole different story.

 

[ggshoots]

Here is another thing that helped me in the reloading room. Raising my manual powder scale to eye level and putting a magnify glass in front of it. Magnifier is off of a hand held but the platform is all custom!

 

[Area51]

Prescription safety glasses for the shop and loading.
They will tune them for the distance you want.
Remember, two eyes does not mean you have a spare.

 

[Bottom Fodder]

Sorry just know seeing this, I’ve spend all morning looking for my glasses