Vision Impaired Members?

[BrightonCorgi]

Anyone on this form blind or vision impaired?  I am curious to hear their insight on cigars since wrapper color is not something they gauge cigars (or wine) on.

[garbandz]

I am always careful judging wrapper color when I buy a cabernet or merlot.............

I find that if they are too light I have to use the Riedel glasses..............

[SloppyJ]

I have a degenerative corneal disease called Keratoconus. My previously dominant right eye is very bad and I can't see anything but very vague shapes and blurred colors out of it. It's literally off the charts as I can't even read the largest 20/200 line on the charts. I have to get a corneal transplant in that eye sometime in the coming year. 

The other eye is better and I've had a clinical trail procedure done on it to halt the progression of the disease in that eye. With a corrective hard contact, I can see about 20/40 so I'm not completely blind by any stretch of the imagination. However I don't really ever wear the contact because it's extremely uncomfortable. I can still see colors quite well but I do miss some of the smaller details and nuances.

With that said, I still go for darker wrappers with more of a sheen to them. For some reason in my mind that equates to a better cigar but usually means more time down. At the end of the day, judging a cigar off of the wrapper color is one of the many elements of grading a cigar. I've had plenty of bad cigars with nice looking wrappers. 

Not exactly what you were asking about but I hope it helps. 

 

[BrightonCorgi]

They selling wine tasting glasses that are made out of totally black glass.  It keeps the color out of the equation and forces other vectors to the front.  Color is a low lying fruit.

[Smallclub]

<< insert joke about buying blind here >>

[DWC]

 Easy enough to duplicate, kind of.      Try smoking alone in the dark, totally quiet.  It sort of like a cigar sensory deprivation tank.   All your focus will be on the cigar with no distractions.

 Pair with water only.     ...if anything at all.

[jat]

Given its finals season in Oz for our football codes, I thought this was about umpires / referees 

[BrightonCorgi]

On 9/26/2017 at 8:06 PM, DWC said:

 Easy enough to duplicate, kind of.      Try smoking alone in the dark, totally quiet.  It sort of like a cigar sensory deprivation tank.   All your focus will be on the cigar with no distractions.

 Pair with water only.     ...if anything at all.

Or put on sleeping shades.