Prescription Sunglasses

[pincher]

Following an eye-test yesterday where it seems my eyes have got a bit worse (not terribly - gone from -1.00 to -1.25 in the left and -1.25 to -1.50 in the right). I wear glasses to drive as a matter of course as I was (apparently) right on the limit before but it got me thinking that I have several pairs of sunglasses but would need to wear contacts with them to be legal so think I need a pair of prescription sunnies.

Has anyone ordered (Ray Bans for example), off the net? They seem to be a lot cheaper than the optician and I was wondering if there were any likely pitfalls?

Also, any particulate recommendations on where to go?

[pincher]

RizzoTheRat said:

If ordering though a shop check exactly what you're getting, some use the designer (eg Rayban) frames with their own lenses. One of the big advantages of something like Raybans is they're very high contrast with good UV filtering, you might not be getting this with someone else's lenses instead.

From what I can work out, even places like Vision Express don't use Ray Ban lenses - they just match the colour (as best they can).

[pincher]

Back to the drawing board for me - tried a pair of Ray Ban Wayfarers on last night and despite really want to like them, they made me look like a complete Belmer - didn't suit me at all.

I think I might just get a pair of my old Oakleys re-lensed instead as I know I like those ones.

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uuf361 said:

prescription is > -10 in both eyes

I ended up ordering some different Wayfarers (2132 rather than 2140) - should be ready in a week or so