{"id":363,"date":"2018-02-26T09:27:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T09:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tma65.com\/blog\/?p=363"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:37:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:37:54","slug":"using-binoculars-with-eyeglasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/using-binoculars-with-eyeglasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Binoculars With Eyeglasses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\"><div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p><span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/using-binoculars-with-eyeglasses\/#Using_Binoculars_With_Eyeglasses_More_and_More_People_Wear_Glasses\" >Using Binoculars With Eyeglasses More and More People Wear Glasses<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/using-binoculars-with-eyeglasses\/#Far-Sighted_Near-Sightedness_Using_Binoculars_With_Eyeglasses\" >Far-Sighted & Near-Sightedness: Using Binoculars With Eyeglasses<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/using-binoculars-with-eyeglasses\/#What_to_Do_With_Your_Glasses\" >What to Do With Your Glasses<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/using-binoculars-with-eyeglasses\/#I_Have_an_Astigmatism_Now_What\" >I Have an Astigmatism, Now What?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/using-binoculars-with-eyeglasses\/#How_to_Use_Binoculars_Effectively_with_Glasses\" >How to Use Binoculars Effectively with Glasses<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/using-binoculars-with-eyeglasses\/#What_is_Eye_Relief_and_Why_is_it_Important\" >What is Eye Relief and Why is it Important?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/using-binoculars-with-eyeglasses\/#Choosing_the_Right_Binocular\" >Choosing the Right Binocular<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_Binoculars_With_Eyeglasses_More_and_More_People_Wear_Glasses\"><\/span><strong>Using Binoculars With Eyeglasses More and More People Wear Glasses<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Using <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/tract-toric-2-5-15x44-review1\/\">Binoculars<\/a> With Eyeglasses. According to the Vision Council of America, approximately 75% of adults use some sort of vision correction. About 64% of them wear eyeglasses, and about 11% wear contact lenses. Over half of all women and about 42% of men wear glasses.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">So if your vision is blurred or distorted every time you take your glasses or contacts off, you more than likely have one of the common refractive errors below: \u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Three types of refractive errors:<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Myopia or Near Sightedness \u2013 Causes blurred distance vision<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hyperopia or Far Sightedness \u2013 Causes blurred near vision<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Astigmatism \u2013 Causes all objects at all distances to appear blurred or distorted<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Far-Sighted &#038; Near-Sightedness: Using Binoculars With Eyeglasses<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">When using a <a title=\"Defining the Optical Triangle of a Binocular\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/defining-the-optical-triangle-of-a-binocular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">binocular<\/a>, near-sightedness and far-sightedness can be compensated for by the focusing and diopter mechanisms on most binoculars, provided that one\u2019s eyes do not need heavy correction. Therefore, if someone needs to wear glasses to correct far or nearsightedness, they may not actually need to use eyeglasses when looking through their <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/binoculars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"binoculars\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"977\">binoculars<\/a>. This is because the focusing mechanism will allow for adjustment, thus correcting their vision.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Follow the steps in the video to set the diopter adjustment properly:<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_to_Do_With_Your_Glasses\"><\/span><strong>What to Do With Your Glasses<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Now that you\u2019ve discovered that you don\u2019t have to wear your glasses while using the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/what-you-need-for-an-air-rifle-competition\/\">binocular<\/a>, what are you supposed to do you with your glasses as you\u2019re trying to observe?\u00a0 The obvious answer is to put them down or wear them around your neck with a safety cord. This sounds simple enough, but doing it all the time, over and over again can get really annoying. There is also the risk of forgetting or losing them somewhere. The other issue of course is, it takes time to remove your <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tractoptics.com\/the-ideal-glassing-kit\/\" title=\"Glassing Kit The Ideal Components\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glasses and to put the binoculars<\/a> up to your eyes.\u00a0 While it may not sound like a big issue, if you need your glasses to remain on as you move through the woods, there is always that chance that your prey may be missed while you\u2019re swapping over.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I_Have_an_Astigmatism_Now_What\"><\/span><strong>I Have an Astigmatism, Now What?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Astigmatism is simply a common imperfection in the eyes\u2019 ability to accurately focus light. Actually there are more people that have astigmatism than have near or farsightedness problems.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">If you have an astigmatism, your eyes cannot be corrected by using the <a title=\"Benefits of A Side Focus Adjustment on a Riflescope\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/benefits-of-a-side-focus-adjustment-on-a-riflescope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">focus adjustments<\/a> in a binocular. You must wear your eyeglasses in order to get a distortion-free sharp image. However, most do not find wearing glasses while observing very gratifying. Some have found it difficult to push their glasses up against the eyepiece. This invariably causes a loss of field because they push their eye back from the correct eye relief position. In addition, they are prone to ghost images, reflecting an image of their own eye back to them, and a substantial light loss from their uncoated lenses. Bi-focal, tri-focal, or vari-focal (progressive) designs are also very disconcerting to use when trying to view objects at long distances.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Use_Binoculars_Effectively_with_Glasses\"><\/span><strong>How to Use Binoculars Effectively with Glasses<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">A question we often get asked is: \u201cHow do I use binoculars with my glasses?\u201d or, \u201cIf I wear eyeglasses, do I need to <a title=\"how to buy binoculars\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/tag\/how-to-buy-binoculars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buy<\/a> special binoculars?\u201d The answer is not as clear cut as one might think.\u00a0 Let me explain.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Because eyeglasses must be worn at all times, <a title=\"How to Make your Decoy and Binocular Do The Work!\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/how-to-make-your-decoy-and-binocular-do-the-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">binoculars with insufficient eye relief simply will not work<\/a>. Eye relief is probably the most important factor when <a title=\"Choosing Binoculars For Kids\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/choosing-binoculars-for-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">choosing the right binocular<\/a> for you.\u00a0 Even though a binocular may claim to have bright, clear images, some people claim they couldn\u2019t see the whole view\u00a0through them. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m looking through a pair of tiny tubes,\u201d one woman remarked, or like, \u201cSomeone has painted a black ring around the lens, so I can\u2019t <a title=\"how far do binoculars see\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/tag\/how-far-do-binoculars-see\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see the edge of the picture.\u201d She was experiencing the limitations of the binocular\u2019s<\/a> short eye relief.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Eye_Relief_and_Why_is_it_Important\"><\/span><strong>What is Eye Relief and Why is it Important?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Eye relief is the distance from the eyepiece to the point where one can <a title=\"How Far Can I See With These Binoculars?\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/how-far-can-i-see-with-these-binoculars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see the entire view the binocular<\/a> was designed to provide. People who wear <a title=\"Using Binoculars with Glasses\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/using-binoculars-with-glasses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glasses often have trouble using binoculars<\/a>, because their glasses hold the binocular\u2019s eyepiece too far away from their eyes. It\u2019s a problem with many binoculars, but particularly with smaller ones.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">It makes a difference how a person\u2019s glasses fit. Eyeglasses that fit close to the eyes offer less interference than glasses that ride far out from the eyes. Glasses with small lenses can fit snugly under the brows, almost touching the eyelashes, and allow the binoculars to rest close to the eyes. That may be enough to put the <a title=\"how far can you see with 8x40 binoculars\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/tag\/how-far-can-you-see-with-8x40-binoculars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">binoculars at the proper distance for the person to see<\/a> the whole picture.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">When purchasing a binocular, ideally eye relief should be in the range of 16-20mm so that one will be able to see the full <a title=\"field of view\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/tag\/field-of-view\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">field of view<\/a> (FOV) when wearing glasses.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-364\" src=\"https:\/\/tma65.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/inner76.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/inner76.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/inner76-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/><figure id=\"attachment_3259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3259\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3259\" title=\"rifle scope\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tractoptics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Banner-Ideas-4.png\" alt=\"rifle scope\" width=\"720\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Banner-Ideas-4.png 1858w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Banner-Ideas-4-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Banner-Ideas-4-1024x252.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Banner-Ideas-4-768x189.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Banner-Ideas-4-1536x378.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Banner-Ideas-4-600x148.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Banner-Ideas-4-150x37.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rifle <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/riflescopes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"scope\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"978\">scope<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/><\/figure><\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Choosing_the_Right_Binocular\"><\/span><strong>Choosing the Right Binocular<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">As stated, <a title=\"How to Choose the Best Hunting Binocular\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/how-to-choose-the-best-hunting-binocular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">choose a binocular<\/a> with at least 16mm of eye relief, however, it would be better suited to choose a binocular with the greatest ER possible.\u00a0 It\u2019s also very helpful to choose a <a title=\"John Barsness on the TORIC 10\u00d742 Binocular\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/john-barsness-on-the-toric-10x42-binocular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">binocular with an enhanced ocular lens that produces a wide field of view and large exit pupil like the TORIC<\/a> 8&#215;42.<\/p><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using Binoculars With Eyeglasses | TRACT design and engineer performance-grade optics without the added retail 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