As much as I hate to admit it, I need a pair of reading glasses, cheaters if you will, to function during the day. Unfortunately, every cheap pair of readers I've bought I've left somewhere I'm not or lost.

In looking around for options, I found these Clic Readers advertised. They look interesting and I was wondering if anyone here has a pair and could comment on how useful they are.

I've successfully used Click Readers over the years.

They are the entry level "cheaters" for when you struggle reading the menu, etc.

Hanging around my neck and the rear view mirror in my truck was better than the 10 pair of "cheaters" that I lost previously. Click Readers are handy and operate as designed.

Make sure to get a sleeve for storing the glasses. ALWAYS keep it in your pocket or place that you will always keep them. ALWAYS put them into the sleeve. It will help to remember where you put them.

Alternatively, buy a bunch of glasses at the store - keep a pair in the car, in your desk, in your shooting bag, next to your reading material in the bathroom - well, you get the idea.

Forty bucks for non-prescription reading glasses is kind of high.

I use el-cheapos. You can get a neck strap thingy (technical term, there) that will slip over the temples, for a couple bucks.

Alternate option: Costco sells decent quality non-prescription cheaters in three-packs for a reasonable price.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Forty bucks for non-prescription reading glasses is kind of high.

I use el-cheapos. You can get a neck strap thingy (technical term, there) that will slip over the temples, for a couple bucks.

Alternate option: Costco sells decent quality non-prescription cheaters in three-packs for a reasonable price.

They are a bit pricey, but if I add up all the money I've spent on el-cheapos I've 'misplaced', I've probably spent almost forty bucks so far. Maybe its an age thing too.

Oh, and I tried a pack of the Costco cheaters, but they hurt my eyes and gave me a headache. Don't know if it was because they're so cheap or what, but they were marked as the same power as the rest of my cheaters.

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Originally posted by SigSAC:
Make sure to get a sleeve for storing the glasses. ALWAYS keep it in your pocket or place that you will always keep them. ALWAYS put them into the sleeve. It will help to remember where you put them.

Alternatively, buy a bunch of glasses at the store - keep a pair in the car, in your desk, in your shooting bag, next to your reading material in the bathroom - well, you get the idea.

I agree about getting a sleeve to carry your reading glasses, thats what I do. I use the minimum strength 1.0 reading glasses, that power is harder to find than 1.25 and up.

Mine go in my right lower cargo pants pocket.

For me, usually the arms break before anything else.And for me, accidentely found in the womens dept at my local drug store , were Revlons, which have lasted so much longer than others I've bought.

I just keep on buying more cheaters, I have a pair of prescription ones with the transition lens and they are terrible.

So I just buy the cheaters and carry them with me. You get used to carrying them around real soon.

Too old man with the behind the neck thing. Can't do it.

The wife buys in bulk for me from the 99cents store. I lose and break 'em pretty fast.

I buy the four pairs for $9 ones found on Amazon (checking just now, not available, but there are plenty of others nearly as cheap).

Cheap enough to keep spares in the usual locations I'll need them, bedside, by the computer, etc., as a consequence, I no longer misplace them, and the "where are my darn glasses" factor is way down.

I buy these in bulk off of eBay or Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Magnivi...g-3-00/dp/B0087ITGBG

They work well for 1-3 months of continuous use. They can be had for well under $10 a pair and if I see any on special i stock up.

I used to buy the el cheapos. All they did was strain my eyes as there’s no gauantee either side are even close to one another

Definitely Spend the extra money and get optical lenses. Made a world of difference for me

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In looking around for options, I found these Clic Readers advertised.

I don't know anything about those. But if you've seen those commercials for ThinOptics, they do work as shown on TV, easy to carry and quick on and off. You need to keep your head fairly level and not move around vigorously.

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Unfortunately, every cheap pair of readers I've bought I've left somewhere I'm not or lost.

Same here. In fact, because they tend to disappear in a pocket, I lost my ThinOptics for a week.

You could also see your friendly local eye doc to make sure all is good with the vision...and oh, yeah, your eyes (!)...and recommend what power to use, or if cheaters are appropriate!!

Watch Walgreens. They offer BOGO from time to time. I stock up then. I keep a pair in every room and a couple in my car.

I go to the dollar store and pay guess what- $1.00 a pair. i buy about 5 pairs at a time and occasionally lose one, break one or scratch one. At $1.00, even I can afford the loss.

I have to wear them (borked eyes; been wearing bifocals since 22), and I find the $6 Foster Grant readers from the display at WallyWorld right at that sweet spot of bang for the buck. I can't say I'd spend much more than that.

I have a pair of drug store Foster Grant for close up work like soldering, picking out splinters, etc.

Do what my friend does; she buys several packs of Costco glasses and scatters them around the house. Two in the living room, one in her office, one in her bedroom, one in the kitchen, etc.

 
I like to buy readers with my regular prescription included, which corrects for astigmatism. I buy them cheap from ZennOptical. Just add the "add" to your regular diopter correction.
 

I don't get the magnet thing on the Clicks. Seems like a gimmick to me. If you're going to have a lanyard around your neck, what is the advantage of breaking the glasses in half?

I keep a pair of drugstore readers at my desk, in my car, and at home, and I carry a pair of collapsible glasses in my front pants pocket.



I've got a pair of Thinoptics, too, but don't like them much. I will carry them when I don't think I'll likely need glasses and I'm going to be especially active and thus want as little as possible in my pocket.