Craig just sent me this e-mail:

Hi Jake,

This article inspired me to get off my butt to get the anti-reflective coatings.  I got the new lenses yesterday and have been walking around in amazement..  I had tried anti-reflective coatings when they first came out (many years ago) and didn’t care for them.  Apparently, they’ve improved since then or I’m looking at them differently.  In any case, they make a huge difference. 

Where I really find value is when driving.  The combination of low, bright/hazy winter sunlight and streaked windows has been causing all kinds of havoc that even sunglasses can’t help since they make everything too dark.  The anti-reflective coating cuts thru the glare and makes a huge difference in what I can see clearly.

The lenses I bought are -1.00 -1.00 and are simply a duplicate of the Rx I’ve been wearing, but with the coating added.

Many months ago in a bout of being economical (or so I thought ;)), I bought a series of distance lenses -0.75 and below and also a series of plus lenses (up to +2.00) for close-up.  I also have legacy lenses that can be, and are, used for nighttime driving (e.g.., -2.00).  Now I’m going to have to get coated versions for at least some of them, since they make a huge difference. :)

Thanks again for the article,
Craig

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The coated lenses I got are -1.00 -1.00 for distance.  They make driving in the morning sunny/haze much easier.  It almost seems like a .25-diopter improvement (as if I’m wearing -1.25 lenses).

I’ll try getting some coated plus lenses as well for close-up work.

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So I’ve gone from -5-ish to -1-ish using regular lenses.

But -1.00 -1.00 has been a little more difficult than most.  Partly because the lighting conditions of winter are pretty stark.  There’s a lot of glare and I didn’t realize how much the glare was cutting down on my clarity.

Well, I got another pair of -1.00 -1.00 glasses from Zenni yesterday, and I’m amazed at the difference.

Nicely done, right?

For one, making it from -5 to -1 diopters means we’re dealing with a smart, motivated individual.  If you can reverse your myopia, you can pretty much accomplish anything in life.  You evaluate a premise, look at the science, learn the basics, develop new habits, take the small continuing steps to stay on track.  That’s the universal formula for success at just about anything.

And without a doubt, all of the things I do talk about in BackTo20/20 are well worth making part of your routine.  And definitely everything in the e-mail intro course.  I could write a few Lord of the Rings sized tomes with all the things that sort of work, that you don’t actually really need.

Thanks fro making my blog task of the day easy, Craig!

And here’s a quick video comparison I did of coated vs non-coated lenses.

Cheers,

-Jake