A grumble rather than a rant, as I should have known better. I’m presbyopic. I switched from single vision contacts to varifocals 15 years ago. Around 10 years ago I went to a contact lens specialist in Brum (a decent train journey from Aylesbury) to try mono vision contacts. They didn’t work for me, dominant eye too dominant. Now there are bifocal contacts, so I asked the last time I was in the local Specsavers. She showed me what my vision would be like with them (not much better than without, I only need around a +2) and said it was because of my astigmatism, and that bi (or multi) focal contacts don’t correct for it.
What she meant, of course, was that Specsavers don’t bother offering toric multifocal contacts as they are more expensive and a small market.
I’ll be calling local independent opticians (if I can find any) to enquire.