Reading Right with Half Eye Reading Glasses

There will come a point in time, when you find that you are having trouble focusing on close objects. Your conclusion - you may need reading glasses. And if this produces in you a sinking feeling as you feel that this may now severely limit your active lifestyle, do not be disheartened. Reading glasses now come in a wide array of designs that will meet your requirement whatever your lifestyle and your sense of fashion.

Half Eye Reading Glasses

There are two kinds of reading glasses - the full frames type in which the entire lens contains the reading prescription and the half-frame or half eye glasses that just sit on the lower half of the nose. How do you determine who needs what kind of glasses? If you spend a lot of time reading, writing, working on computers or performing tasks close at hand, chances are the full reading glasses are the best choice for you. You will however notice that if you want a quick look at something in the distance, it all appears blurry! The other solution of course is the half eye reading glasses. As the name suggests, this contains just half a lens made up of the reading prescription. When you have to be reading something, you will look through the lens and if you need to look at something in the distance, you look up and over the lens. This combination makes half-eye reading glasses a good choice for many who only occasionally have to perform close at hand jobs.

In the half-frame eyeglasses, the half-lens is called the D segment because of the way it is shaped or the flat top, because, well, it has a flat top! If there is a narrower rectangular shaped segment that looks like a ribbon, it is called a ribbon segment. Also, the full bottom in the lower half of the lens is called the E lens.

Variety Of Half-Eye Reading Glasses

Half-eye reading glasses have been fairly popular as they are a perfect choice for doing occasional close work. Keep the glasses low on your nose and for the duration of the work, you will have great near vision. You want to see something in a distance, no problem - just look up over the frames and you can view faraway objects without any blurriness. So far, the only factor that had prevented more people from buying these half eye glasses had been the severe lack of variety. Every half eye eyeglass looked like any other and many were afraid they looked like granny glasses.

All that has changed. Half eye reading glasses now come in a variety of colors, designs and styles. From half-frames that come in classic looks like horn rims or cat-eyes, there are also more modern rimless varieties. One design allows you to have compact half eye reading glasses that you can fold and slip in your purse or your pocket. Most of these reading glasses are made of international anti-scratch, anti-shatter lenses with European spring hinges. For that additional touch of class, some are even encrusted with precious crystals!

This newfound combination of fashion and functionality has made half eye reading glasses the perfect reading glasses for any occasion.