When did you last have an eye test?

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I’ve just realised that it’s been about twenty years since I last had one. Out of curiosity when did you last have an eye test?

Not all opticians sell glasses you don't need. Even Boots and Specsavers have said I don't need my prescription changing in the past.

I can't believe the naivety and head in the sand attitude of some of the posters on here and am shocked at how blasé some posters are about their eyes and eye health.

Everyone should be having regular eye tests. IMO they are as important as smear tests, blood pressure checks and mammograms - basically an MOT for your eyes.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jan/19/how-often-should-i-have-eye-test

Funny thing is, your ability to focus on things close to you is actually steadily deteriorating your whole life, in a very consistent and predictable way, until bottoming out by the time you're about sixty. It's just that it generally happens to hit a point where it starts causing a problem for people at around age 47.

If you have always worn glasses, you're "in the system" and have regular eye tests since always, and it's your normality.
If your eyesight is perfectly fine at school, there isn't any system that prompts you to ever check it as an adult, and it's some mysterious thing that the glasses wearers do.
Neither side can understand why the other side feels differently about eye tests.
Perhaps there needs to be a general eyesight screening for, say, 40-50 year olds to check for eyesight deterioration.

This year. Before that was 5 years ago. My retina is thinning, I had that enhanced check. Was very worth doing as I wear contact lenses and I've started to grow eye vessels under the lens so need to reduce wearing lenses. Very important.

Not necessarily. I am minus 10 eye sight and I'm not in any system.

I've only been when glasses or lenses are broken. Sometimes not for years.

I'm now 44 and from this point on I will be going annually though. I've had to re-educate myself about it. Went to Boots. Well worth the extra cost.

This is interesting. I already struggle - some of the words on packaging are absolutely tiny. Don't know how they can get away with it. Trying to read cooking instructions etc.

Every two years but I always feel I need new ones after about 18 months. Just had my first pair of varifocals so feeling old!

my insurance (not uk) pays for test and glasses every 2 years (well, 80% of standard glasses, no extra, no frame).

here it is also condition of the driver's license to have regular eye tests.

About a month ago.
I go every 2 years, have done for 50 years. I've been wearing glasses for 40 of them.

op would you pass the driving test sight test, which is reading a car's number plate from 20m away?

Every 2 years. More frequently when I was wearing contact lenses. Worn glasses for the last 40+ years (from age 7 IIRC).

here it is also condition of the driver's license to have regular eye tests.

I think it should be mandatory here as well.

Where is "here" @bloodredfeaturewall?

I got my glasses a year ago, and I feel like my prescription might still increase a bit even after adulthood. Are there any good eye care methods?

Regular tests, don't jab sticks in them.

10 days ago.

About a month ago. My daughter was struggling to see distance so booked us both in for a check up.
I'm very short sighted so go every couple years as my level of myopia can potentially cause other issues.

Every two years, as it's important to get them checked - must check when I'm due my next one actually.

Also, I haven't seen this mentioned on the thread, but if you work with a computer for an hour or more a day - and in England, not sure about the rest of the UK - your employer is obligated to pay for your test (and possibly glasses if only used for work)

www.unison.org.uk/get-help/knowledge/health-and-safety/eye-care/#:~:text=also%20display%20equipment.-,Free%20eye%20tests%20%E2%80%93%20what%20you%20are%20entitled%20to,paid%20for%20by%20your%20employer.

I go every two years.

It's quite scary that so many people haven't been for decades and are in charge of a car!

I had one a year or so ago as I was starting to struggle to read. I was just told to buy those over the counter glasses, and they’re fine for now, and much cheaper than glasses.

A few months ago. I’m seen at the eye hospital a lot and they do the tests, and I also have regular optician appointments every 6 months.

If you have DC start taking them so it becomes a regular event that they carry on into adulthood.

I probably had an eye test or two at school but then nothing for nearly 40 years, as I didn't realise I was supposed to go for eye tests and didn't need glasses.

As I hit my late 40s, I realised reading small print had suddenly got more difficult, especially in the evenings, so I went for a test this year and need reading glasses now. I don't actually like the ones they made for me at the opticians as they don't feel right. I prefer the ones I got for £2.50 at Savers so now I have a few pairs of those.

op would you pass the driving test sight test, which is reading a car's number plate from 20m away?

Easily.

I don’t drive though so don’t worry.

Regular tests, don't jab sticks in them.

Ha, yes - do wear some sort of eye protection if you do gardening. I learned that one the hard way from a tough grass stem.

And do wear sunglasses for protection against UVA and UVB in bright weather.

We all have regular checks. Was just dh, me and dc1 who wore glasses (DC1 started in reception) but the other 2 DC also had regular checks every 1-2 years. This year dc2 joined the glasses club so we're 4/5 in the family now.

I'm due. i can't read the subtitles or tree menus on the TV any more so definitely need new glasses!

This,but check your employer's policy. My previous job, you just put in an expenses claim. From what I can tell with my new one (this is week 2), you get a voucher in advance for a particular chain of opticians.

(I get free eye tests anyway, as diabetic - last sight test was May, last diabetic eye scan September - so I don't really care how they do it.)