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    Digital Round Progressives

    Don't use these. I just had my third crash and burn. Use plain round seg instead if flattop or PAL doesn't work. These are just as bad as the blended segs

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    They are useful when you have no choice; like in a trivex polarized or trivex polarized transitions but they do have a blur zone. Fit them low and use a golf lens or for any sports with more success.

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    Why not a backside round seg?

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    They can work well, esp in higher powers, and materials like 1.74 that are not available in FT-28s. But you do have to realize there is a 1.5 mm blend zone. Never had an issue with a backside digital add power.

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    What lens are we talking about here?

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    There are a few different versions of these, and they all work differently. Different machines can do tighter blend zones, there are a lot of things that come into play and I wouldnt write off a technology completely just because it hasnt worked in your instance.

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    Oh I was confused because the term progressive was used. Yeah I use these sometimes and people like them, I have a demo to show people so they know what they are getting, I never ever EVER use the blended version.

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    the biggest thing to keep in mind is that as the add power increases it gets harder and harder to tighten up the blending area.

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