prescription sunglasses

allen

Hi All any advice re prescription sunglasses. What do people favour .....interchangeable lenses yellow etc or transitions
Or go for one compromise colour ? So many options and given the increased cost with prescription lenses I do want to get them right first time. I know its not 100 % important but I would like something that I like the look and feel of .........so thoughts ?

sagefly

One place to go Opti-Labs UK leader is prescription sunnies for sports people, fisherman, golfers etc

schlepcycling

sagefly wrote:

One place to go Opti-Labs UK leader is prescription sunnies for sports people, fisherman, golfers etc

+1

Gotta agree with this, been to them twice, once for a pair of their own glasses and once for them to put prescription transition lenses in my Oakleys and they did a superb job.

woodywmb

http://www.kontrolsports.co.uk/
£60 for basic prescription glasses. Opti-Labs more expensive (£160/170) but great products and service.

allen

Would you say these are better than a pair of prescription Oakleys or similar?

dawebbo

Call me a sucker for branding etc. But I use prescription Oakley jawbones, and when they eventually break/need replacing I'll be getting Oakley's again without question. I got them through my local optician - yes I could probably get cheaper online but willing to pay extra for the service in this case.

For lenses, I have fire iridium and grey iridium photochromatic. The former looks cooler but is only for during the day, the later is good any time.

jibberjim

First use one with an insert, total cost for 3 colours of lenses can be under 50quid, and only if they're completely no good for you would it be worth bothering spending hundreds on anything else would be my advice.

k-dog

I've got prescription transition Oakley's and they're fantastic - but extortionate - and I have a trade account.

I would definitely get them again - the optics are excellent and they do exactly what they should. I can go out with them on and not worry about it getting dark before I get home - I'd manage without them but even a light tint can make night riding a bit awkward - especially if you're offroad.

I wear them every day so they have been well worth it.

I would definitely avoid lens inserts - they're never very good as the lens sits too close to your eyes and they restrict your peripheral vision - especially annoying for trying to see behind you without turning all the way round.

They are a lot cheaper though as you can just glaze them with regular plastic.

zippy483

Depends entirely on your prescription I suppose, I'm having the same dillemma after much research it seams Oakley's are only doable on prescriptions of +\-3.

I await to be corrected but thats my understanding of th Oakley debate

Direct glaze are all hugely expensive, my optician suggested contacts then you can use pretty much whaterver you like in the way of glasses, From super cheap safety glasses as some do here, and swear by them, to monster expensive Oakleys, also means you won't need another pair for holidays:)

I'm a bit of a glasses fascist though and am resisting the call to contacts

rodgers73

I bought a cheap pair off ebay (£40 I think) with interchangeable lenses and the prescription insert then took them to Specsavers. They fitted lenses into the insert for £30.

I've used them for a year or so now and they're fine, plus a proper optician made sure they were correctly adjusted to my face, rather than relying on online services.

Bordersroadie

At the other end of the scale. . .

I use reading glasses (+1.75 in each eye) and am only bothered by the bike computer being hard to read. I'm currently experimenting with a pair of clear glasses with bifocal sections, from eyelids.co.uk. For £15 it's worth a try, although if you're an average roadie (ie. far too fcuking vain) you'll hate them as they shape is a bit untrendy. Available in clear and tinted.

For those of a skint persuasion (eg. me), gotta be better than an eyeful of flies.

k-dog

If you don't need a distance prescription you can get stick on bifocal segments that are useful - they just cling on so you can reposition them and even move them to another pair. Works quite well - varifocals for a wraparound frame aren't great and are really expensive.

You can get the stick on bifocals on amazon - I think they're marketed for diving masks.

cgcrute

I bought a pair of Bloc Stealth Glasses with a prescription insert for £45 (http://www.wiggle.co.uk/bloc-stealth-su ... dy-insert/). They have 3 lenses so you can be used when it's not sunny (or at night). I'm very happy with them, lenses are easy to swap, they are lightweight and provide good coverage.

Then I got them glazed by Cilary Blue (http://www.ciliaryblue.com/) for £15. You need to know your prescription (including Pupil Distance which can be difficult to get out of your Optician), or I think you can send them an old pair of glasses (doesn't need to be current prescription) and they can take the measurement from those.