Magnifying Reading Glasses

Blow things out of proportion and magnify your style with any combination of our stylish frames and your preferred reader lens strength

Magnifying Reading Glasses

How do magnifying reading glasses work?

Reading glasses work like a magnifying glass, enlarging the text you’re reading to make it easier for your eyes to focus on. There are different levels of strength, or magnification power, depending on how much of an assist your peepers require.

What is the magnification power of magnifying reading glasses?

Reading lenses come in different strengths, which refers to the power of their magnification. We offer readers starting at +1.00 as the lowest strength, increasing in increments of +0.25 up to +3.00 readers. We also offer +3.50, and +4.00 for those who need a little extra oomph in their reader strength. Check in with your eye care provider or head over to our Reader Strength Test to figure out the level of magnification you need. Your ideal readers should make you forget you’re wearing them – until the compliments start rolling in, at least.

Can I wear magnifying readers for activities other than reading?

Yes, you can wear magnifying reading glasses for activities that require close-up vision and focus. For any distance-related tasks, however, they are not recommended as they will cause blurry vision or eye strain. Progressive readers are beneficial for correcting vision at multiple distances, allowing you to leave them on when transitioning from tasks and vision needs.

Can I get prescription lenses with magnification?

If you need both up-close and far-out vision correction, welcome! You’ve found yourself in precisely the right place. Consider our progressive readers your all-powerful fairy godmothers: they host your reader magnification on the bottom and your distance prescription up top. The different focus areas blend into each other, making the change – you guessed it – progressive. You’ll be able to wear them all day, every day, and thank goodness for that. Look at you with your all-seeing eyes.

How do I choose the right magnification strength for my reading glasses?

As a general rule, if you’re freshly far-sighted and the wine list is starting to look a little blurry (prior to your second glass), you should start with lower strengths like +1.00. If Reader’s Digest looks more like a Rorschach inkblot test, you probably are closer to a +4.00. Check in with your eye care provider or head over to our Reader Strength Test to figure out the level of magnification you need.

How are magnifying glasses different from regular reading glasses?

Unless you’re really, really into Sherlock Holmes, we can’t think of a good reason for you to carry an actual magnifying glass around with you all the time. Even if you are, we think he’d forgive you for opting to sport a stylish pair of reading glasses instead. While a magnifying glass and reading glasses theoretically perform a similar function, reading glasses are constructed just for your eyeballs. That means you get to skip the eye strain, inconvenience, and weird looks that come from using a magnifying glass to read. Elementary, our dear readers.

What are the pros and cons of magnifying reading glasses?

Sophistication, awed looks, crystal clear up-close vision … we could go on and on about the pros of reading glasses. And we will. When you age, you accumulate the wisdom to see the world more clearly, and lose the ability to see what’s right in front of you. Oh, the irony! Our reading glasses will give back the ability that your eyes have lost, and we can’t think of a better pro than that (other than their sheer stylishness, of course). Potential downsides include too many compliments and missing your readers whenever you don’t need to wear them. If the latter sounds like you, consider progressive lenses. There’s a reason they’re also known as all-day readers.

Can magnifying reading glasses be worn over prescription glasses?

If you need both up-close and far-out vision correction, worry not. There are plenty of solutions that don’t involve wearing two frames at once, and thank goodness for that. If you wear contacts for distance vision correction, there’s no need to go to the trouble of taking your contacts out every time you need to peruse the wine list. That would be highly inconvenient, not to mention rather unpleasant for your dinner companions. You can wear your magnifying reading glasses right over your contacts, and unless you have a very high reader strength, you shouldn’t experience any eye strain or discomfort. If you’re not a contacts wearer, allow us to direct your attention to our progressive or bifocal lenses. They’re the two-for-one special of vision correction. Ka-ching!

Magnifying Reading Glasses