James Rectangle Multi Focus™ Progressive Reading Glasses

The best reading glasses I've ever used. I've purchased several of this over the years. Earlier, they had a tendency to break around the lenses, but I have not had that problem for a while.

saves me thousands ... really ... my eyes are pretty basic I need a +2.5 for reading and a +1 to sharping distance...(tv or movie glasses). I do all kinds of climbing over and under stuff at work and deal with materials that tend to grab my glasses and tear them from my head and mangling them.. or working in the shop and getting stuff like acetone or paint thinner on them... so I go through about 4 pairs a year I buy 3 at a time ... a set of trifocal at eye doctors about $550 .. these every bit as good.. even the eye doctor was impressed and agreed - if you don't need special prescriptions these are the the best options thank you Foster Grant .. I can read, use the computer, drive the car and read the dashboard.. all with the same pair of $35 set of glasses

These are pretty slick. I spend most (actually all) of my work time at the computer. I have a couple of screens and my focus has to shift from up close on the printed work next to my keyboard to the one screen to the other that is a bit farther away. Also had to be able to read and identify some items on the desk even farther away (price list/spec sheets). I had two sets of reading glasses of different magnification that I was switching between plus I had to do some work with no reading glasses at all. Was still straining my eyes and it was, frankly, a pain to keep up with the switching back and forth. These glasses have enough depth of focus for me that they stay on all day and work really well as the only pair I use. Stuff by the keyboard is easy and comfortable to see and the screens and most of the desk are a very comfortable focus as well. That part would be a 5 star. They get the four star instead because some of the reviews I looked at said that they eliminate the need to look over your reading glasses when looking into the distance or talking with someone more than a few feet away. Not so for me. Still have to be looking over the tops for pretty much anything over 3 feet away. So deduct one star for that, but a solid 5 star for the computer work that I suspect they were really designed for. I plan to get another, trendier style, soon. These were the $19 test pair. Will be willing to spend more for the better looking ones now that I know they work for me.

Update 03/01/2021 My third (!) set broke! Extremely poor quality of frame material. Frame around lenses notoriously breaks even with low usage after about 4 to 6 six months. It appears to be a shrinkage of the material that causes such a high stress that it starts to crack and break. One cannot fit the parts together at the crack and a gap of over 1/16" remains indicating why the frame broke in the first place and that it has in fact shrunk. Black paint coating also starts within a few months bubbling and peeling. I ordered these glasses first time back in late October 2019 and received them in early November 2019. So far so good I thought. Within less than a couple of months the disintegration started. The glass frame, which is a clear plastic coated in black "paint" coating started to peel off and little bits and pieces. Within a couple of weeks it was in so many areas loose that I could remove the remains easily with my fingernail. Most likely the product comes from a certain country that is in recent days often mentioned in the news... So I thought, oh what the heck and cleared all the loose paint off ending up with a clear frame version. April 6, 2020 I encountered the same thing many have written about here: the frame cracked, suddenly broke into pieces without being exposed to any external stress and the lenses fell out. Unfortunately one of the lenses was irretrievably lost as the frame suddenly fell apart without warning. Upon closer inspection I noticed that the remaining parts of the frame had a lot of cracks in it. It appears that the plastic frame shrinks rather rapidly over time and thus the tension that builds up by the lens sitting in place eventually causes the plastic to crack in several areas. Some reviewers here have posted images that show exactly the same damages I encountered. I'm not unreasonable to expect that a pair of glasses must last longer than just less than 6 months. I also think that Amazon shall introduce some form of warranty with each product other than the brief return window so it can be returned to the manufacturer or at least an exchange if it fails after a few months. I'm not willing to buy every 6 months a new set of glasses!

I had a pair of prescription glasses but wound up sitting on them. So, rather than go through another high expense for a replacement pair, I decided to try this pair of multifocus readers. They work pretty well with reading things up close and for use at work on computers. I don't think I'll consider going with prescription glasses again unless my eyes change to the point that i have to.

They arrived with one of the arms bent so they sat lopsided on my face. They did not ship in a box, but in a plastic bag inside a bubble wrap bag. I would think Foster Grant would ship their glasses in boxes to avoid damage?I returned them and bought another similar pair of the same brand that had the same problem, but this time I soaked the arms in hot water and managed to fix the bends; not perfect but it’ll have to do. The customer shouldn’t have to do this.

For whatever reason these glasses seem to reduce the eye fatigue I was experiencing with other types. This is my second pair of the FG James glasses. First pair lasted about 8 months and suddenly broke when I was wearing them. I suspect this was a flaw in the frame and not likely to happen again. New pair have been great.

I had my second eye fixed from a cataract, which wiped out my close vision, so I needed readers. Problem is, I wanted to be able to leave them on and be able to see both far and near at the same time. With these the problem was solved. These saved me from having to purchase the more expensive glasses from, I won’t use the name, glasses store.

Frame broke without any noticeable stress. Too bad - I liked the glasses, but very fragile.