[Miscellaneous]

Thanks for the discussion so far - all helpful.

I am going to try single vision distance for some circuits and I have a booking with optician so I can discuss the results.

Thank you Malcolm, I now know why I can't land…I wear varifocals.

[Flyin'Dutch']

I note that I can’t play tennis at all in varifocals.

M

Neither can I, but I doubt it is due to my glasses!

[Flying badger]

I have reading glasses, but bought varifocals whilst doing my PPL. I don't wear them in real life, they're my flying glasses, and when I passed I treated myself to a tinted version. I keep both sets in my headset case.

Years ago I did try varifocals for everyday use but I could not get used to them. As a bit a flying kit though, they work very well for me.

[Dodo]

I'm very happy with varifocals for flying but hate driving in them.

[PeteSpencer]

I think it's true that if you have a massive correction, varifocals are not so good.

But this also applied for bifocals where the suddenness of the 'step' apparently gets a lot of getting used to.

I've used varifocals probably for the last 30 years for everything, flying, driving , telly, laptop. though with the onset of presbyopia I now usually take them off for reading/close up work, especially for reading broadsheet newspapers.

Peter