Prescription Sunglasses
Discussion
silverthorn2151 said:
Sticking with what I've got until I can work a discount out somewhere. There is a MASSIVE mark up on these things. All I need is an optician who needs a favour from a building surveyor.
Probably less of a mark up than a man with a clipboard. To be fair, my gross profit is about 70% but net is less than 10%.
andy-xr said:
I swapped to contacts around 10 years ago and never looked back. Wouldnt ever go back to prescription sunglasses for the hassle.
Couldn't agree more.I have worn soft daily disposable contacts for about 10 years as well and IMO they are the very next best thing to having properly working eyes.
I can wear any sunglasses I like!
Jabbah said:
elanfan said:
Why not just buy a pair of varifocals with Reactolite lenses - job jobbed in one!
Because most people don't want to look like a rapist / peado.That made me laugh as it's exactly what my dad says... "Those people that wear those tinted glasses always look really creepy to me".
I know it's wrong, but I tend to agree with my dad. I just think people with tinted spectacles look VERY seedy!
Rayban don't have a genuine rx lens option. David Clulow (being the retail arm of the co that manufacture Rayban) did have a small range with prescription and the Rayban logo, Rayban Rox iirc but I don't know if they are still available.
Oakley, Serengeti, MJ, Bolle all do their own, proper, lenses with prescription, single vision and varifocal.
Oakley, Serengeti, MJ, Bolle all do their own, proper, lenses with prescription, single vision and varifocal.
Don't know if it is the same in the UK but in Germany in the last two years the price of specs and frames has dropped dramatically. I used to go to a handmade spec frame company in Covent Garden because they could supply exactly what I wanted at only £250-£300 for the frames. I can now buy almost identical items here for 100 Euros or even less.
paul.deitch said:
Don't know if it is the same in the UK but in Germany in the last two years the price of specs and frames has dropped dramatically. I used to go to a handmade spec frame company in Covent Garden because they could supply exactly what I wanted at only £250-£300 for the frames. I can now buy almost identical items here for 100 Euros or even less.
Don't forget that if you do need to wear prescription glasses for driving you need 2x pairs, in case one pair are lost or damaged. Think it's the law in Germany and some other countries. Common sense, anyway.Secondly, does no-one use clip-ons ? Cheap, simple, interchangeable. Or is style everything ?
elanfan said:
Why not just buy a pair of varifocals with Reactolite lenses - job jobbed in one!
Can't remember if mine are Reactolites or Transitions, but they don't work properly unless driving top down - I think the UV is absorbed by the window glass. Just got my revised prescription today, so also looking for decent prescription sunglasses!voyds9 said:
silverthorn2151 said:
Sticking with what I've got until I can work a discount out somewhere. There is a MASSIVE mark up on these things. All I need is an optician who needs a favour from a building surveyor.
Probably less of a mark up than a man with a clipboard. To be fair, my gross profit is about 70% but net is less than 10%.
Silvertop_John said:
elanfan said:
Why not just buy a pair of varifocals with Reactolite lenses - job jobbed in one!
Can't remember if mine are Reactolites or Transitions, but they don't work properly unless driving top down - I think the UV is absorbed by the window glass. Just got my revised prescription today, so also looking for decent prescription sunglasses!Buster73 said:
Maui Jim prescription sunglasses for me , use them all the time for driving even when it's not bright , makes a hell of a difference .
My eyesight has deteriorated in the last few years due to astigmatism and I put my Maui Jims away and got a 'normal' pair of glasses plus a heavily tinted pair of 'sun' glasses from Specsavers.My wife just paid to have my MJs sent to the factory to have prescription lenses put in.
What a difference. I feel like my window to the world has just been cleaned and polished and I can see again. It's a revelation.
I loved my MJs so much when I bought them that I got a second pair. Despite the £240 cost to convert them I am thinking about sending my second pair away to be done too.
Maui Jim Ka'anapali rose tinted. Bloody fantastic.
Edited by Barreti on Wednesday 5th March 23:36
DKL said:
Rayban don't have a genuine rx lens option. David Clulow (being the retail arm of the co that manufacture Rayban) did have a small range with prescription and the Rayban logo, Rayban Rox iirc but I don't know if they are still available.
Oakley, Serengeti, MJ, Bolle all do their own, proper, lenses with prescription, single vision and varifocal.
I had a pair of Serengeti's made up last year, by the factory using their own lenses. They took an extra couple of weeks to arrive, but well worth it & about £400 all in.Oakley, Serengeti, MJ, Bolle all do their own, proper, lenses with prescription, single vision and varifocal.
For me, i'm buying the glasses partly for the style & partly because of the lens quality, so it seems mental to have to pay for & then throw away the supplied lenses & replace with a substandard set of perscription lenses. They are never the same & i've had a few sets of rayban, oakley etc done over the years.
Sorry for the thread hijack, but it's got me thinking as I wear prescription sunnies. Is my prescription for glasses, the same as for contact lenses? I've seen a decent price online for daily disposable contacts.
I have a copy of my full prescription, and really can't be bothered to go to an optician for contact lens fit up.
I have a copy of my full prescription, and really can't be bothered to go to an optician for contact lens fit up.
Have some prescription ones on here, am going for some Rudy project ones that fit a melon head.
http://www.rxsport.co.uk/categories/Prescription-S...
http://www.rxsport.co.uk/categories/Prescription-S...
AndyT77 said:
Sorry for the thread hijack, but it's got me thinking as I wear prescription sunnies. Is my prescription for glasses, the same as for contact lenses? I've seen a decent price online for daily disposable contacts.
I have a copy of my full prescription, and really can't be bothered to go to an optician for contact lens fit up.
No, you need a separate contact lens check, they need some additional info like the shape of your eye to make sure you get ones that fit properly.I have a copy of my full prescription, and really can't be bothered to go to an optician for contact lens fit up.
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