Prescription sunglasses
Discussion
Right, I am in the market for a new decent pair of shades with prescription lenses.
Up until now I have made do with fairly cheap ones (less than £100) to use every day (driving etc)
I now also do quite a bit of cycling and running so could do with a pair that I can also use for sports (made do with none up until now)
What makes matters worse is that I have a fairly rare eye condition that makes my eyes affected by glare (both sunlight and artificial light) more than normal.
Because of the fact that these shades with be used a lot of the time for various purposes and will hopefully go some way to alleviate my condition, I don't really have a budget, I just want the best lenses that you can get.
I went into town today and spoke to an independent optician about some of the Oakleys there.
I tried on these
http://uk.oakley.com/en/mens/sunglasses/polarized-...
(The chainlink) and these looked ok as they seemed like a good compromise between an everyday sunglass and sports version. I think they came out at about £350. These were obviously polarised
Couple of questions - are oakleys generally the best lenses? Anyone any experience of the prism lens?
Am I just wasting my money or are oakleys worth it?
If not Oakleys - who makes the best polarised lens? There seems to be about a gazillion different options out there for lens types etc.
Lastly, will this type of frame make me look like a cock while driving/on holiday?? Is this style a bit 90's now?
Up until now I have made do with fairly cheap ones (less than £100) to use every day (driving etc)
I now also do quite a bit of cycling and running so could do with a pair that I can also use for sports (made do with none up until now)
What makes matters worse is that I have a fairly rare eye condition that makes my eyes affected by glare (both sunlight and artificial light) more than normal.
Because of the fact that these shades with be used a lot of the time for various purposes and will hopefully go some way to alleviate my condition, I don't really have a budget, I just want the best lenses that you can get.
I went into town today and spoke to an independent optician about some of the Oakleys there.
I tried on these
http://uk.oakley.com/en/mens/sunglasses/polarized-...
(The chainlink) and these looked ok as they seemed like a good compromise between an everyday sunglass and sports version. I think they came out at about £350. These were obviously polarised
Couple of questions - are oakleys generally the best lenses? Anyone any experience of the prism lens?
Am I just wasting my money or are oakleys worth it?
If not Oakleys - who makes the best polarised lens? There seems to be about a gazillion different options out there for lens types etc.
Lastly, will this type of frame make me look like a cock while driving/on holiday?? Is this style a bit 90's now?
Thanks for the replies.
Just out of interest, why do you think I may tire of them?
Do you think these would be the best compromise between everyday usability and sports out of their range?
Edited to say, cant stand contacts, just find them uncomfortable.
Would rather swap between normal glasses and shades than fiddling about with contacts as well.
Just out of interest, why do you think I may tire of them?
Do you think these would be the best compromise between everyday usability and sports out of their range?
Edited to say, cant stand contacts, just find them uncomfortable.
Would rather swap between normal glasses and shades than fiddling about with contacts as well.
Octoposse said:
o profound reason - I just ended up prefering my wire framed pairs - similar to this (might be older versions):
http://uk.oakley.com/en/mens/sunglasses/wire-frame...
Cheers. I was going to go for something like this, but i think that the plastic frame ones are going to be a bit more robust for sports. As I say, i only want to buy one pair, so they need to be a good all rounder.http://uk.oakley.com/en/mens/sunglasses/wire-frame...
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