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Does Walmart sell no prescrition glasses for seeing far away

Posted on 7/24/25 at 1:48 am
Posted by travelgamer
Member since Aug 2024
2593 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 1:48 am
I am old and have my close up readers, but driving I want something to see far. My VA gasses were crap and had distorted lenses. I will go to an optometrist if need but just asking.
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
20104 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 1:55 am to
You need to go to an optometrist and get your eyes checked.

You shouldn't be driving a 2 ton weapon if you can't see well. You or others could end up hurt or dead.

Once you have a prescription, there are places where you can get discounted prescription eyeglasses.
Posted by travelgamer
Member since Aug 2024
2593 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 2:09 am to
quote:

You shouldn't be driving a 2 ton weapon if you can't see well. You or others could end up hurt or dead.


LOL it's not that bad, I have spent 2 months recently driving around the NW and SW, it's worse at night so I stop and don't drive then.

Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
20104 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 2:37 am to
Obviously you've never been seriously injured in an MVA or had a family member seriously injured.

I hope next time you go for a DL you flunked the eye test.

Stay off the road if you can't see 20/20.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
30015 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 2:43 am to
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Stay off the road if you can't see 20/20.


You would be amazed at how many people are legally driving (non-commercial) in the US without near 20/20 vision in even one eye. In fact I don't think any state requires anything better than 20/40 and some are out in the 20/100 range.
Posted by Eye dentist
Member since Oct 2013
698 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 3:37 am to
Unless it has changed recently, it’s 20/60 or better to drive in the daytime, 20/40 at night.
Posted by Bamafig
Member since Nov 2018
5828 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 3:50 am to
I don’t understand why we can’t just sit in front of an automated or manual lens selector and choose the best option for ourselves. We should just cut out the middle man (optometrists) unless we have an actual eye issue. You can already buy hearing aids without an Rx. The optometrists must have a better lobby system.
Posted by Philzilla2k
Member since Oct 2017
12416 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 3:55 am to
quote:

You would be amazed at how many people are legally driving (non-commercial) in the US without near 20/20 vision in even one eye. In fact I don't think any state requires anything better than 20/40 and some are out in the 20/100 range.

Are they all confessing on TD?
Posted by travelgamer
Member since Aug 2024
2593 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 4:35 am to
quote:

Obviously you've never been seriously injured in an MVA or had a family member seriously injured.

I hope next time you go for a DL you flunked the eye test.

Stay off the road if you can't see 20/20.
Posted by travelgamer
Member since Aug 2024
2593 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 4:41 am to
Your are so forkiing stupid I said I would go to an optometrist, but you had to flex your overly hairy chest to stump for nothing. IDIOT~
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
11450 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 5:07 am to
Amazon has some. You pick your correction needs but you need to remember that you are negative in strength instead of positive.



Also, the glasses do not correct for astigmatism. For that you will need an optometrist. You can always try those two pair places with a free eye exam, but watch out for upselling and special coatings and bifocal add ons. Next thing you know you are paying double your anticipated cost for a single pair of glasses. Also, at some of those places the optometrist isn’t even on site, I went to a Stanton Optical and the doctor was remote. It should be easy to get scheduled in at one of those places,

Now trying to schedule a Walmart optometrist is a little more difficult, at the stores around me, the optometrists are there 2 days a week for a few hours. Walmart has really gone down hill on the optometry game, and the glasses are about as expensive as a regular glasses place, but they maybe your only option if your vision insurance is only taken by Walmart.
This post was edited on 7/24/25 at 5:23 am
Posted by WoodCrafter
Member since Jan 2010
1054 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 5:10 am to
quote:

I am old and have my close up readers, but driving I want something to see far. My VA gasses were crap and had distorted lenses. I will go to an optometrist if need but just asking.


A lot of Walmarts have optometrists but you will have to do the exam.

And I am sorry Darling, that seeing far thing, those days are probably gone.
Welcome to the old age.
Posted by Fgiord
America
Member since Nov 2006
4760 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 5:24 am to
Amazon.

Like the other poster said. Negative strength for near sightedness. I bought some a couple years ago for $20 instead of going to an eye doctor for glasses.
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
20104 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 6:03 am to
quote:

Your are


quote:

Red Stick Tigress


quote:

flex your overly hairy chest


Speak English.

My tits aren't hairy and I'll bet neither is your crotch.
Posted by Flyingtiger82
BFE
Member since Oct 2019
1546 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 6:06 am to
It’s really important to check that with a doctor. As you get older it’s not just about seeing, it’s about catching stuff decades early. Mine caught an elevated risk for glaucoma and gave me drops that’ll hold it off for 20-30 years. Without it, it could have been 5.

Also I’m deaf in one ear but AirPods fixed it without a hearing aid. So maybe Apple could invent glasses that adapt to whatever you’re trying to see. But go to a doctor.
Posted by MyRockstarComplex
The airport
Member since Nov 2009
4879 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 6:11 am to
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Welcome to the old age.


This shite right here. I stopped wearing contacts because the prescription got so strong that I could no longer see my iPhone or Switch while wearing them.

I asked for a weaker script because I didn’t need to see THAT far and it was explained that they could not accommodate my request.

Thanks 44 year age blast. Right in queue.
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
14898 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 6:21 am to
quote:


I am old and have my close up readers, but driving I want something to see far.


Can you read exit signs, see vehicles colliding and stop signs?
Posted by Traffic Circle
Down the Rabbit Hole
Member since Nov 2013
4859 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 6:53 am to
Yes. They are called ‘binoculars’
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
13245 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 7:13 am to
Just get a + set of "readers" from Amazon. They're the same as the readers, but the Rx is in the other direction (those are +3). I use a +1.5 to "erase" my prescription (-1.5) when I have my contacts in to be able to see up close again. If I didn't have contacts in, I could see receipts, etc., fine, but then I couldn't drive to wherever I was going.
Posted by Philzilla2k
Member since Oct 2017
12416 posts
Posted on 7/24/25 at 7:22 am to
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