Progressive Readers

Progressive Readers

No-Line Progressive Reading Glasses With a Smooth Change in Magnification

Progressive reading glasses use a no-line lens design with magnification that changes gradually through different viewing zones rather than switching abruptly at a visible bifocal line. Made for shoppers who prefer a blended lens experience, they can help you move among near tasks, intermediate viewing, and farther sightlines in one pair, depending on the design. The defining feature is the progressive corridor: your eyes and head position move through the lens to find the zone suited to the task. That sets them apart from clear-on-top bifocal readers, with an unmagnified upper lens and defined reading segment, and from our customized Dual Bifocals, which use two distinct powers. These are separate categories with different viewing mechanics, not better or worse versions of the same lens. Since 1996, Debby Burk Optical has built its assortment around the reading-glass solutions people actually ask for, offering no-line progressive readers with better choices than a generic drugstore frame.