Thanks Judy. I appreciate your desire to be helpful without being insensitive. All too often in online forums people ask an innocent question and get flamed, and I am glad you are taking the high road.
Honestly I thought I was being respectful of and adhering to the posting guidelines. What I read in the guidelines, in relevant part, is:Consumers are allowed to post on the Board, as long as the posts concern general eyecare related topics. However please be aware that any questions that involve diagnosing specific eyecare and eyewear problems are not appropriate for an online discussion forum. These kinds of questions should be discussed with a qualified eyecare professional who has examined you and is familiar with your situation. Posts asking for diagnostic help will be closed or removed.
I truly think my question is in the general eyecare category. Perhaps if I re-phrase: I am not asking for a diagnosis of an eyewear problem, I am asking how the Panamic, Ellipse, and Gradal compare for a lens 32mm in height, specifically in terms of area for distance, intermediate, and reading. I would think that these lenses can be compared regardless of my particular circumstances, such as "lens X will give the most reading area but will have the least peripheral, lens Y has a wide distance area, and lens Z is kind of in between these two." An assessment along those lines would be very helpful. I recognize that it would then be up to me to decide which may be best for my circumstances. Further, I am curious as to opinions about the lens offered by Costco, and also if the lenses yellowing at the edges are expected in all hi-index. Again, I see these as general product question unrelated to my particular circumstances.
I do not have an optician to turn to who can objectively compare these lenses this way as each has a vested interest in selling a particular one.
If after this explanation you feel I still am over the line, then I apologize and will go away.
For-Life, I asked for (and was given) a refund because the first optician made the lenses without a reading zone -- according to the template, where the reading zone is supposed to be was below the bottom of the lens, in other words left on the cutting room floor. That's why I couldn't read or see the computer screen clearly through them. I don't need to have progressives made if it's going to end up all a distance lens anyway!
Thanks all.
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