Hate to admit it.

I hate to admit it but I have to use reading glasses which was a royal pain before I bought the folding pair of reading glasses you see in the picture to the left which can be carried with you in a case that clips to your belt. (I've included the glasses in my Amazon recommended items on the right side bar. )

I never thought I would need them. I've had better than perfect vision (20/20) all my life and my distant vision is still quite outstanding. But slowly but surely everyone needs them as you age. Apparently the lens in the eye and the muscles that control it become less flexible as you age, therefore you can't focus as well on close up things. You don't need the reading glasses for far away like a camera everything far away doesn't need special focusing. Everything beyond 20 feet is basically infinity for both a camera and your eye.

For regular eyesight problems, the eye ball focal length is too short or too long. Glasses correct for this problem and the person can see both close up and far away with the same glasses. With the reading glasses problem, the lense is working less well. Reading glasses just provide help for close up but are useless for far away. So your constantly putting on your reading glasses and taking them off. With this you never have your reading glasses with you. They get left everywhere and lost often.

You end up everywhere without your glasses. Its difficult to have a romantic dinner with your wife when you can't read the menu or the bill. You end up buying the wrong products in the store when you can't read the packaging between the products you are comparing.

Now the good part. My brother-in-law had these glasses and recommended them to me. They cost a measley $16.99. They are very sturdy and work well. At that price you could afford to buy several.

I now always have my glasses with me. My life has been greatly improved for only $16.99.

Thanks brother-in-law!