I'm between +3 and +4 now depending on how tired I am. I used to be able to read the print on the smallest SMT packages :(
And it does affect my quality of life: forget glasses? Good there goes your day until you've found a replacement. The best improvement so far has not been the glasses but a simple string to make sure I don't put them down but they stay around my neck. That has made a massive difference and it also helps when looking down (so the glasses won't fall off) and it has cut the rate at which I was losing them to zero from about one pair per month (which really was not sustainable).
My in-laws all love their reading glasses with a split-bridge joined by magnets, and a built-in loop around the back. I think it’s these: https://cliceyewear.com/
If you don’t mind the aesthetics (though I personally can’t get past them), they solve the same problem as your string in an integrated way. Plus they rest more like a necklace, since it doesn’t require as long of a loop.
That's interesting. I won't be trying them though, I hate frames, it is bad enough with frameless but frames really spoil it for me. One brand in particular that I've found makes glasses that are almost invisible to me when I'm wearing them and that's the one that I've stuck with for the last couple of years. If the tech described here comes to general availability I'll be super happy.
Pro-tip: I you never want to forget your glasses again just make your vision slightly worse! At +4/+5 it's impossible to forget glasses, to the point I forget almost everything yet have not forgotten my glasses a single day of my life since I started using them as a kid.
(This is assuming your farsightedness is due to age-related presbyopia, hardening of the lens, and not true farsightedness from a change in eyeball shape)
I had high hopes for this, but according to an executive summary of the last clinical trial:
"However, the difference in
the eye exam scores after 3 months of taking UNR844-Cl was not large enough to be considered better than placebo, and may have been due to chance."
Which is a shame, because it seemed like a great alternative to pilocarpine, which in turn kinda sucks because the only thing it does is create a temporary pinhole effect.
I usually fold the arms, and hook them over my t-shirt, but they do tend to fall off that way when I bend over. I might have to go with the string approach as well.
Is it really? I tried one of the USB microscopes with a screen, and the lack of depth perception was a massive hindrance when soldering. I solved it with a pair of jeweller's loupes:
I'm an EE in my 40s, have 20/20 vision, and never solder without a microscope no matter how large the packages are. The ergonomic advantages are worth it.
I really only learned to appreciate how useful this is when debugging a PCI express extender cable and seeing the tiniest little solder ball shorting out two wires adjacent to each other.
And it does affect my quality of life: forget glasses? Good there goes your day until you've found a replacement. The best improvement so far has not been the glasses but a simple string to make sure I don't put them down but they stay around my neck. That has made a massive difference and it also helps when looking down (so the glasses won't fall off) and it has cut the rate at which I was losing them to zero from about one pair per month (which really was not sustainable).