Originally Posted by
GeauxTigers
Does anyone here have any experience with the Sola Continuum lens? Is it a good lens for computer work? I'm shopping around for computer glasses, and today I went to two independent optical shops and spoke to two young girls claiming to be opticians. The first one informed me "progressives are bifocals" and said she had no specific recommendations for computer lenses. The second one vaguely talked a little about some generic "Varilux" but had never heard of Sola Access, Shamir Office, etc, the lenses that were suggested to me here a few months ago. So I finally stopped at Wal*Mart on my way home, and I again explained what I wanted as "a pair of multifocals optimized for intermediate distance at the computer." The first woman was confused and tried to steer me into a general purpose progressive on her counter chart, which she called a "Natural", but then she conferred with a younger woman who actually knew a little about this. She said she can get me Sola Continuum, but she "doesn't sell it much," and in fact, she had to call the lab to determine who makes the "Continuum". I'm not ending my search for a knowledgeable local optician, but this is so hit and miss, with an emphasis on "miss" so far.
I found the two ODs I've seen in the last year are perhaps even less well-versed in the lenses that are available, so I'm again coming here for advice. My Rx for general purpose progressives is:
OD: +1.25, -4.50, 015
OS: +0.25, -3.75, 165
Add: +1.25
If anyone here is familiar with Sola Continuum, can you tell me what the Rx would look like for this lens? When I was prescribed SV computer lenses several years ago, the OD added 0.75 to the sphere. Thus, my OD sphere became +2.00. The Continuum fitting guide, however, says the difference between intermediate and near is a fixed +1.00. To get me the right intermediate for OD above would seem to imply bumping the near from 1.25+1.25 to 2.00+1.00, or 2.50 to 3.00. Would this be a problem? Also, the Base Curve Selection Chart only goes out to -4.00 cylinder for the single available 6.00 base curve, so is this a non-starter? (The range for the chart is -2.00/+4.50 sphere and -0.25/-4.00 cyl.)
Finally, what I need is to see clearly from 24-36". Anything closer or farther is gravy, but of course, rather tasty gravy. Is the Continuum a good choice for this, or is there something better?
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