# stupid contact lense manufacturers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-contact-lense-manufacturers/602752>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 13, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-contact-lense-manufacturers/602752 "2011-11-13T01:54:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-contact-lense-manufacturers/602752/1 "2011-11-13T01:54:36Z")

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apparently if you are very nearsighted you can’t get the nifty multifocal lenses. Because they don’t make them strong enough, most manufacturers don’t go above -8 and the stongest I found online was -10. I need -12. I guess I should be happy that I can still get regular ones. ☹

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**Author:** ![WishIHadACoolName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WishIHadACoolName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WishIHadACoolName)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-contact-lense-manufacturers/602752/2 "2011-11-13T02:00:30Z")

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Have you tried monovision instead of multifocal?

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**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-contact-lense-manufacturers/602752/3 "2011-11-13T02:46:05Z")

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none of the Optomitrists I have seen recommend this. Possibly it is my particular prescription but I have asked and they tell me that it would mess with my depth perception too much.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-contact-lense-manufacturers/602752/4 "2011-11-13T05:04:40Z")

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My optometrist said that she doesn’t really recommend the multi-focal contacts because most of her patients who have tried them aren’t satisfied with their vision correction with them.

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**Author:** ![Noodles\_Fellicini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-contact-lense-manufacturers/602752/5 "2011-11-13T05:42:45Z")

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I have medium myopia and the multifocals are terrific for me although it took a lot of trial and error to find the right brand/prescription. The technology is improving by leaps and bounds so hopefully they’ll have something that will work for you soon, **adhemar**.