Maybe I need to shop around some more but I spent more time trying to "find focus" than actually using my progressives, both times. When reading a phone book, if the name was sharp the number was blurry. That's how small the area of clear focus was. I ended up with headaches: Not from the poor vision, but from unconscious tightness in my neck muscles as a result of constantly "pointing my nose" at what I was attempting to see.

Plus, in the versions I tried, the focal length varied not only vertically across the lenses, but horizontally as well. If it had been vertical only with horizontal bands of consistent focus that would have worked (essentially like "continuous bi/trifocals"), but not both ways. I have no idea if those are available.

Oh well - What are a few more lines at this point?