Photochromic or interchangeable?

flasher
flasher Posts: 1,734
edited May 2009 in Road buying advice
I fancy a new pair of shades, are the photochromic ones worth the extra money or should I just get a pair with interchangeable lenses?

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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    photchromic ones are very nice
    Neeermad
    Carbon 456
    456 lefty
    Pompino
    White Inbred
  • Steveorow
    Steveorow Posts: 162
    Was in TKMAXX yesterday with the wife and noticeda pair of cebe photochromatic pair fro £12 . Bargain .

    Looking from the front my Specialized Photochromatic ones dont seem to go as "dark" as my interchangeable dark lenses but when wearing them I cant tell the difference .

    Only benefit of interchangeable one have for me is they have clear lenses that are useful for winter .
  • doyler78
    doyler78 Posts: 1,951
    Yes looking at some new shades myself and was looking at this. I've heard people complain about how slow they can be to respond to light changes so anybody have any probs with this? I hear it is more of a problem off road where tree cover to open sections and back again can be problematic but for road use is it much of a problem?
  • Not Another Hill
    Not Another Hill Posts: 382
    doyler78 wrote:
    Yes looking at some new shades myself and was looking at this. I've heard people complain about how slow they can be to respond to light changes so anybody have any probs with this? I hear it is more of a problem off road where tree cover to open sections and back again can be problematic but for road use is it much of a problem?

    When I use to MTB, a friend had some very good reactorlight cycling glasses and he found the problem was from being 'out' in the Sun to plunging into a darkened wood. He couldn't see clearly enough for about 30 seconds or so until the glasses adjusted to the sudden change in light.

    Personally I use interchangable lenses. Dull/dark days = clear lenses; all the rest = black tints.
  • andrew_s
    andrew_s Posts: 2,511
    Not Another Hill wrote:
    When I use to MTB, a friend had some very good reactorlight cycling glasses and he found the problem was from being 'out' in the Sun to plunging into a darkened wood. He couldn't see clearly enough for about 30 seconds or so until the glasses adjusted to the sudden change in light.
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    You'd have the same problem with being unable to see with dark lenses, and stopping to change them for light lenses would take just as long.
  • rally200
    rally200 Posts: 646
    Steveorow wrote:
    Was in TKMAXX yesterday with the wife and noticeda pair of cebe photochromatic pair fro £12 . Bargain .

    Looking from the front my Specialized Photochromatic ones dont seem to go as "dark" as my interchangeable dark lenses but when wearing them I cant tell the difference .

    Only benefit of interchangeable one have for me is they have clear lenses that are useful for winter .

    Now I feel cheated - I bought a pair of those Cebe from the maxx for £15. Theyr'e pretty good - apparently they should cost £90odd
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Flasher wrote:
    I fancy a new pair of shades, are the photochromic ones worth the extra money or should I just get a pair with interchangeable lenses?

    Rudy project rydons are both interchangeable and photochromatic.
    Tail end Charlie

    The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.
  • yakk
    yakk Posts: 589
    Hi, the rudy project rydons I have have orangy lenses, great to improve contrast in low light, and then are photochromic and go dark (grey) in the sun. Never felt the need to get any more lenses as that about covers all the conditions I ride in all year round.
    Yes, photochromic take time to adjust, but as a compromise and not taking out spare lenses they make sense to me.
    Good luck.
    Yak

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