Behold the Blended Bifocal Reader

Although we believe aging is something to be celebrated, we understand that the notorious, visible line on a regular bifocal can be a bit of an eye sore. And we want your frames to add to your ambiance rather than pulling focus from the fabulousness that is you.

That’s where our brand-new, blended bifocal reading glasses make their grand entrance. The blended bifocal is made with a bifocal line that is blended at the lower portion of the lens and invisible to the naked eye. This lens is equipped with your reading magnification at the bottom and none (distance viewing) at the top and thus gives you two lenses in one. This way, you can see both with and without your reader strength in one lens and keep making a statement in your specs for as long as you’d like. Men and women everywhere will be jealous of whichever stylish frames you choose and simply speechless with utter disbelief when they realize they’re also bifocal readers. Whether or not you choose to reveal that information is up to you.

And because you won’t have to add and remove your blended bifocal reading glasses from your face every 15 minutes, you’ll forget you’re even wearing glasses in the first place (until you receive your next compliment, that is). So, if you’ve ever asked the question, “Can I get the benefits of bifocal glasses without the pesky line?” The answer is a triumphant, resounding, and ever-so stylish, yes.

If you’re a readers-wearer, you’re already the perfect blended bifocal candidate. They’re the 22nd-century way of treating presbyopia, a.k.a., age-related farsightedness. The symptoms that made you wonder if your arms were getting shorter or why all lights suddenly became halo-laden are what would best suit you for bifocal reading glasses, too. The difference is that your bifocal lenses come with half your reader magnification vs having your reader magnification throughout the entire lens.

More symptoms include:
● Blurry vision
● Squinting
● Holding reading materials at arm’s length
● Frequently doubling your phone as a flashlight
● Eyestrain
● Difficulty focusing
● Headaches

The needs bifocal readers fill are endless. You can use the reader strength in the bottom of your lens to continue searching for typos in The Newyorker and then look up and accept your cortado from the cute server with the distance viewing portion of your lens – all while wearing the same pair of glasses.

How would your life be altered if you didn’t have to keep track of your readers as frequently as you shuffled them on and off your beautiful face? How many breathes would you save if you weren’t constantly asking where your damn readers went? How would your fully vintage outfit be elevated if you never had to take off your matching eyebobs glasses?

Advantages

● State-of-the-art, blended, invisible bifocal line
● Combined reading magnification in the bottom of the lens and no magnification at the top
● The blended lens is easy to adjust to as it’s an easier “jump” from one distance or range to the next
● Comes in clear (indoor) or tinted (outdoor) lenses (i.e., sunglasses)
● CR-39 lenses for crisp vision and scratch-resistant glasses
● You can leave your reading glasses on all day long
● Anti-reflective backcoat on tinted bifocal readers to reduce glare
● Bifocals have a larger reading area than all-day readers or trifical lenses
● Available in hundreds of styles and colors at eyebobs.com or eyebobs retail stores

Possible Disadvantages

● They do not come with any prescriptions
● The likelihood of visual distortions is reduced with a blended lens, but still possible
● The adjustment time is reduced with a blended lens, but still possible

Bifocal readers, like traditional readers, provide a crystal-clear vision for close-up reading and activities of the like, while prescription bifocal glasses, like regular prescription glasses, correct for more than just farsightedness (like nearsightedness and other disorders of the eye).

Another major difference is that bifocal prescription glasses include a prescription that is prescribed by an optometrist and is made after measuring your PD (pupillary distance) and seg height (a number that informs where your progressive lens begins). Like traditional readers, bifocal reading glasses require no prescription and use predictive measurements.
Different than traditional readers, our bifocal reading glasses can reside on your nose all day long and help you see whatever it is that needs seeing. This means they’re less likely to “wander off,” as well as more likely to receive compliments.

One of the primary differences between a traditional bifocal and progressive lenses/all-day readers is the notorious bifocal line. But, as you now know from reading this blog, our blended bifocal lens doesn’t have a bifocal line. Another primary difference is that a bifocal has two points of vision while progressive lenses have three and contains an intermediate magnification, and, just like bifocal prescription glasses, require a prescription, PD, and seg height. All-day readers do not require a prescription.

To use bifocal lenses, point your nose in the direction of what you’re attempting to look at, rather than moving your eye within the lens to see. It may take a short time to adjust, but muscle memory will help you make use of these highly effective lenses in no time. This way of looking through your lenses will quickly be as natural as accepting compliments on your exceptionally unique eyewear.

Most bifocal prescription glasses can take several weeks to adjust to, but the blended bifocal should only take about a week if you’re wearing them for at least a few hours at a time. The longer you leave them on, the quicker they will easily reveal the world around you. And the benefits of bifocals far surpass the amount of time it takes to adjust to them. Imagine if you’d given up on your Prada shoes after your first time trying them on.

Hot tip: Bifocals are easier to adjust to than trifocals – add that to your list of reasons to become a trendy bifocal reader bearer.

Bifocals are great for in the car, particularly if you’re the driver trying to read the map, or a passenger taking turns playing Wordle and observing the scenery outside the window. Plus, our bifocal reading sunglasses are an outstanding option for driving on sunny days. Whatever situations in your everyday life that require such dual vision will make your bifocal reading glasses your new trusted companion.

There are several things one needs to prepare for when deciding to buy a pair of reader bifocals: 1. Prepare to forget that a bifocal line is even a thing, 2. Prepare to see to see this and that rather than this or that, and 3. Prepare to never lose track of your readers again. If these likely events make you excited at the prospect of wearing your frames, then blended bifocal reading glasses are all but calling your name (and your eyes). Nearly any of our styles can be purchased as clear or tinted (sunglasses) blended bifocal readers for men, women, or unisex. That’s hundreds of options, or hundreds of outfits, depending on how you choose to look at it.