Eyepetizer Eyewear: Ready Readers, But Not as You Know Them
We used to carry a small stock of folding ready readers. But during covid, the supply chain broke down, and we’ve been looking for an alternative for a while now. We’re delighted to say that we have finally found a worthy replacement. A brand of ready reader that’s not just useful but exceptionally cool. To say we are excited to stock them is an understatement.
Let us introduce you to Eyepetizer from Italy and their range of reading glasses called Eyes-cream. Alison came across them in a lovely optical store in Corfu town during a family holiday to the beautiful Greek island. Coming from a family of eyewear geeks, it’s not unusual for Alison to browse local opticians during her travels, both here in the UK and abroad. Eyes-cream caught her eye, and she set about bringing them to Respectacle Company in Market Harborough.
Are ready readers the same as prescription reading glasses?
No, ready readers are an alternative to prescription lens reading glasses. You might have seen them available to buy off the shelf in supermarkets, bookshops, and other retailers. A practical addition to your eyewear collection, they are ready-made reading glasses worn to correct presbyopia, which is the loss of being able to focus on objects close to us.
Presbyopia is a natural condition through ageing, although certain medications can also have the same effect. The lenses in our eyes become harder and less flexible because it thickens as we age. And the muscles which give us the ability to accommodate and change the shape of the lens become less flexible. So, we lose the ability to focus on different focal lengths. Therefore, objects close become blurry, and it becomes difficult to focus on nearby objects, such as reading a book, eating food, or anything we class as near vision.
Many people also have a distance prescription, so by this stage, they would consider changing to progressive lenses, which have both a distance and close work prescription within the same optical lens. But this doesn’t apply to everyone. You may wear contact lenses to correct the distance vision but need an addition to focus for reading. Or you may have had cataract surgery, and your distance vision has been fixed with the replacement lens but still help with reading. You may also only have a small distance correction, so you don’t need to wear glasses full-time.
But a ready reader is good to have to hand for reading and close work. There are many reasons why ready readers bought off the shelf can be beneficial. Say, for example, when you are out at a café or restaurant and need to read a menu. While lenses in ready readers have some corrective power, the power is the same in both lenses.
Eye-catching coloured lens reading glasses from Eyepetizer
The Eyepetizer range of ready readers features two ultralight metal models, Dumas and Voltaire, in four delicious ice-cream-inspired colours. Dumas is a small square shape and comes in silver with clear ‘milk’ lenses and gold with blue ‘anise’ lenses. Voltaire is a small oval shape and comes in silver with ‘rose’ or gold with ‘mint’ lenses. They come in all the standard reading powers (+1,50, +2,00, +2,50).
Ready-to-wear reading glasses have been around since the late 80s. But what a brilliant idea to offer tinted ready readers. So, if you are on the beach, by the pool or relaxing in the garden, you can forget about squinting and protect your eyes from the sun with these great-looking readers. They have adjustable nose pads, and we can fit them for you, too, whether you like to look over the top of your readers or prefer to have them fit snuggly on the bridge of your nose. And when you’re not wearing your ready readers, they come with a small pouch for protection.
Pop by the shop to view our exciting new range of coloured reading glasses from Eyepetizer. We are open between 9 am to 5 pm from Tuesday to Friday and 9 am to 4 pm on Saturdays. Please get in touch if you have any questions about our new ready readers. You can either call 01858 433577 or send a message via our website.
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