[norwayjose]

I've been wearing progressives for around 30 years. The only time I haven't had a good experience was once when my optometrist at the time retired and I foolishly tried a few of the chain optical stores. It's hard to say whether it was the doctor doing the exam or the person measuring me for glasses, but I ended up returning several pairs of glasses until I found another independent optometrist with enough experience and trained staff members to make a proper set of glasses. Since then, I've had to switch doctors several more times when they sell their practice but have gotten better about picking new ones.

I use computer glasses when staring at a screen for any length of time and I end up taking my glasses off to read e-books, one of the few benefits of being as nearsighted as I am. For everything else, the progressives work well for me. The first few pairs took close to a week for me to get used to wearing. Since then, I occasionally notice minor distortion with a new prescription but that usually goes away in a day or two.