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Review on πŸ€“ LianSan Progressive Blue Light Filter Reading Glasses - Christmas Gift Computer Multifocus Readers for Men and Women by Steven Mazie

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Missing... for vision

glasses themselves... fine. They were sent quickly, but I can't remember if they got here early or just in time. Each pair was boxed to prevent damage and everything was packaged in a nice little box. I was surprised to see that they come with additional accessories - 2 decently thick full size lens cleaning tissues (I didn't measure but I'm guessing 6"x4"), a drawstring pouch that fits like a thinner version of the lens looks like eyeglass wipes (to store two unused pairs of glasses) and a leather drawstring eyeglass case to wear around the neck (don't know if it's adjustable or not, just slips on your head). I didn't know it would come with anything extra, so that was a nice touch. But there are some issues with the ordered product itself; So bottom line, I wouldn't recommend these particular glasses. However, I would order from this seller/brand again - just not *this* product. Read on for more details (sorry I'm being very verbose). I'm quite small - before I had 4 children I shopped in the children's clothing department; I can still buy shoes from the children's department (target size 5) and gloves (my hands were literally the same size as my niece was when she was 8, so the women's gloves are way too long). Now that that's out of the way, perhaps my words about the glasses being too loose around my head have some context. They dangle around MY head but are probably great for a normal sized adult. Now for a more serious problem... I can't say for sure if the problem with the glasses is because I have a small head or everyone has it. So I admit it can only be me. However, I strongly suspect that they will not work for most people. I saw a review that said they "don't work" and thought they were silky - they're goggles, you just put them on to "work". There is no on/off switch, no batteries, no instruction manual. But I was wrong. The lenses themselves are fine, the problem is the size. The top of the lenses is for distance, the middle is for transition, and the bottom is for magnification - that bottom is what I wanted, which is why I bought the glasses - but the lenses are so big that the magnification fits into my Real pushes eyes in so most don't even let me see past that part. And THAT'S NOT how these glasses "work". If I lift my glasses up about 1/2 inch I can see well with them, but then the distance vision disappears and I stick with the transition to magnification. I don't have both hands to work with. If I just read and didn't need both hands I could make it work...except the whole point of acquiring varifocal/trifocal lenses isn't to take them off or move them up and down to look at different distances to see. I can still use this pair with any enlarger lens so it wasn't a total loss. I just can't leave them on when I need to see something as far away as I want. The second issue, which may or may not be very important (or even worth noting for some) is that the lens frames shown aren't what they come with. I thought the magnifying lenses were all blue frames, the bifocals were pink frames, and the trifocals/varifocals were tortoiseshell frames (as shown in the pictures). There's probably a little note that I haven't seen that says the colors are random, but just in case you missed the fine print too, they don't come as pictured. For some this isn't a problem, but for others I'm sure it is a problem. I figured if mixed lenses didn't work I could always use the "blue" magnifying pair, so I settled on this set rather than the others. Blue is my favorite color so I thought it would work great but it didn't. The blue pair are varifocal/trifocal lenses so I can't use them at all. Big crap. And finally, I did not understand that bifocal lenses are a small circle (I forgot what it is called when there is a line visible on the lens along which the magnification changes). It's funny because you can't see with the full spectrum of your eyes. I mean, forget the periphery, there's not even a "side view" when looking straight ahead - like I can only see the middle of the paper, very front and center, and nothing else. The lines around the enlarged circle make it even harder for you to see outside of that circle as the edges are very blurry. I don't know why people need glasses that limit their vision...it doesn't even sound right! I don't know, maybe they serve an obvious purpose that I just don't understand. Vision. limit. Glasses. The more I think about it, the more ridiculous it seems to me. πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ Anyway… The lenses themselves are fine, although too big to work properly (for some; I've seen a few reviews from people saying they're great) and the plastic frames are nice and light, but again a little. too loose for my baby's head (although it will probably fit average adults). You look good. Comes with all the nice little extras and arrived quickly. I would definitely buy this brand again but with a more proportional lens/frame of course - minus those round bifocals.

Pros
  • plastic lens
Cons
  • Damaged