wjrii@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoI did not look up how progressive lenses really work before getting some.message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareI did not look up how progressive lenses really work before getting some.wjrii@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThey don’t work in cars because your windshield is already uv treated. So they’re kinda only useful if you walk a lot with your glasses.
minus-squareDemonmariner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYou’re thinking of adaptive lenses (that darken when in sunlight). OP has progressive lenses, which are a kind of bifocal lens without a sharp dividing line between the near and far vision parts. You aren’t wrong though.
They don’t work in cars because your windshield is already uv treated.
So they’re kinda only useful if you walk a lot with your glasses.
You’re thinking of adaptive lenses (that darken when in sunlight). OP has progressive lenses, which are a kind of bifocal lens without a sharp dividing line between the near and far vision parts.
You aren’t wrong though.