Anybody here wear multivision (multifocal) contact lenses?

Thanks for the comments. I have some new eyeglasses on order. They aren't true progressive lenses. My doc described them as having a "boost zone" near the bottom of the lens. He said they're a good starting point if I didn't want to commit to full progressives.

Honestly, most of the time my vision seems fine (or at least tolerable) wearing single vision contacts and/or glasses. I just notice blurry near vision occasionally, like in a dim restaurant trying to read a menu. At the end of the day when my eyes are dry/tired it's more noticeable. With glasses I can look below the lens, but with contacts I'm kind stuck doing the "are my arms long enough to read this" routine.

I successfully did monovision contacts for years, but at some point, I found I could not easily read things close up (and I am a big reader) so I tried the multifocal contacts. I hated them. Tried several different brands, but never found anything that gave me clear vision far and near. Gave up, bought progressive lens glasses and have been mostly happy with them except while craning my neck at the grocery store to read labels, or book titles on high shelves. Or while running in the rain if I forgot a baseball cap!

I’m an optometrist and I fit these lenses a lot. Multifocal contact lenses definitely take some getting used to. I typically give my patients 2 weeks to try them out. I have them back for a follow-up after a few weeks. At that visit we fine tune the prescription depending on if the patient is having more trouble at distance or near. These lenses can be a little complicated to fit and there can be some trial and error involved so sometimes it can take several lenses/powers/visits. There are several lens options and every brand has a different fit so if one doesn’t work there is always another lens to try. I would say ~85% of my patients are able to adjust to them and report good vision most of the time. These lenses aren’t perfect and do require a little bit of compromise even in the best case scenario.

Also - no contact lenses reduce your peripheral vision. But monovision will reduce your stereo vision or depth perception.

Hope this helps!

AgingCoach wrote:

I successfully did monovision contacts for years, but at some point, I found I could not easily read things close up (and I am a big reader) so I tried the multifocal contacts. I hated them. Tried several different brands, but never found anything that gave me clear vision far and near. Gave up, bought progressive lens glasses and have been mostly happy with them except while craning my neck at the grocery store to read labels, or book titles on high shelves. Or while running in the rain if I forgot a baseball cap!

Thanks. I never run in my glasses -- always in contacts. Occasionally I'll have some troubles reading my watch while running in the dark (wearing single-vision contacts). I'm going to continue with my sample multifocal contacts to see if my eyes/brain get more used to them.

Cool, thanks for the info. Much appreciated. My optometrist told me mostly the same, although it wasn't clear to me after I left the office how long the adjustment period would be. However, he did say don't judge them after only a few hours, and that they would never be "perfect" for distance and close vision, but hopefully could be decent for both. The samples he gave me are "NaturalVue".

Also I was mistaken with the peripheral vision vs. depth perception impact of the monovision contacts. As you stated, it's definitely depth perception. I misremembered what my AME told me during my last flight physical.

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eishirukofuko wrote:

I wear coloured contact lenses and to be honest, I would like to know your opinion about such lentils because I think about starting a small business with coloured contact lenses so in case you've tried to wear them or would lie to try wearing them, please let me know. I think that in case the demand will be high, I will collaborate with a company I found recently. If you also would like to contact that company, I can give you their site. So if you are interested, you can click on

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Hey there, yes, I do wear this kind of lenses, and I like them very much. I mean, from the very beginning, it felt pretty weird, but in the end, I got used to them. Now, I can't wear the old ones. Here are my babies: https://myeyebb.com/collections/green-contacts If the memory serves me well, there are contacts without color, but I find them unattractive. I believe that lenses aren't for a better sight only; they are like jewelry to me. Anyways, in case you need anything else to know, I will gladly help.

lindsywes wrote:

Hey there, yes, I do wear this kind of lenses, and I like them very much. I mean, from the very beginning, it felt pretty weird, but in the end, I got used to them. Now, I can't wear the old ones. Here are my babies:

https://myeyebb.com/collections/green-contacts

If the memory serves me well, there are contacts without color, but I find them unattractive. I believe that lenses aren't for a better sight only; they are like jewelry to me. Anyways, in case you need anything else to know, I will gladly help.

Also, forgot to say that quite often they have discounts.

I have been wearing the accuvue multi focal lenses for about 2 years. I wear one lense each day, alternating eyes. It didn't work if I wore them in both eyes. My correction is the same for each eye and my distance vision is fine.

I had laser eye surgery about 20 years ago and was contact lense free for that time. But I didn't want to wear readers for close work as my eyes started to change. This has been a perfect solution

I did for several years and had success with them. Eventually reached a point where I struggled with getting the right combo. I did not want to sacrifice distance and thus used cheater readers to supplement. If without contacts, my prescription glasses were not bifocal. Thus I had lasik for distance and use reading glasses. For driving, TV, yard work & sports I don't need glasses. Plus I don't worry about eye infections preventing me from wearing contacts. The mono vision option was offered for lasik, but my fear was if I couldn't adapt then I would be stuck. My left eye was the one they would have corrected for reading and that is my peripheral vision eye for driving.