Whats the best way to get glasses for distance
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Whats the best way to get glasses for distance
HI all, been wearing Maui Jims(brown) lens, prescriptions, really like these, so I just got another set for high sunshine in dark grey. The first grey set I received was larger and had more wrap around, had to send them back, as I was getting distortion and did not feel good. Just received the second set yesterday, they were the same size as my brown ones, and the same prescription, but they are just not right, distortion on the sides, must be too dark ?.
I would really like to see a professional in distance for competitors, any idea's on what to Goggle.
Rcpete
I would really like to see a professional in distance for competitors, any idea's on what to Goggle.
Rcpete
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Get the Ziruch sunglasses and use them with your clear prescription glasses..........................Then keep Both pair CLEAN......Your eyes will not know you are wearing two pair of glasses. Jerry fits them with little Velcro stops so they sit on the temples of your regular glasses., not your nose. Been using them for years.........see?.......
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Contact lenses are the way to go. I have a high quality pair of sunglasses (Coasta Harpoon) with readers in them. I have tried several different colored lenses and the brown/amber seem to work the best. If you have a strong prescription, a curved lense in prescription sunglasses will distort your vision some. Especially if you are correcting astigmatism.
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I go to my eye doc, tell him I'm looking for the best long distance vision I can get, hold the close in stuff (no bifocals). Get that prescription and have new wire frame glasses made in a reasonable size, no tint, no fancy stuff, just lightweight plastic. Wal Mart has some nice polarized clip ons, fully adjustable, that work great on wire frames for about $20. Works for me.
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My wife works in opticians 35 + yrs.. she said not the darkness more than likely how the lens has been made ie the curvature of the lens
She also said these lens do have a good name but that won't help if they have been formed wrongly for your prescription etc
Alan
My wife works in opticians 35 + yrs.. she said not the darkness more than likely how the lens has been made ie the curvature of the lens
She also said these lens do have a good name but that won't help if they have been formed wrongly for your prescription etc
Alan
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I have used 'Innovation Plus' glasses in the UK for quite a while and they are pretty reasonable. They come with different coloured lenses, which is great in the UK where the sky is always different!!
It appears that they are available in the US/Canada from http://www.modelglassesusa.com/
It appears that they are available in the US/Canada from http://www.modelglassesusa.com/
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I found some tinted "otg-(over the glass)" safety glasses at my local gun shop-army surpluss store for just over $5.oo. Just a bit bulky but suprisinly clear vision. For that price I have several pair in different vehicles and flight box. http://www.radians.com/radsite/index...category_id=83
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Been flying for a lot of years, yes been their. I think a optometrist will not risk lawsuits for glasses made for extreme distances and not practical for every day use.
I also think pilot skills play heavy on most every day flying.
Would just like a pair with no distortion and wind resistant, nothing worse than salty tears, in your eyes, thats why I like wrap arounds.
I have a good pair of brown maui jims wraps for every day flying, just need a pair for bright sunshine
Rcpete
I also think pilot skills play heavy on most every day flying.
Would just like a pair with no distortion and wind resistant, nothing worse than salty tears, in your eyes, thats why I like wrap arounds.
I have a good pair of brown maui jims wraps for every day flying, just need a pair for bright sunshine
Rcpete
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Been flying for a lot of years, yes been their. I think a optometrist will not risk lawsuits for glasses made for extreme distances and not practical for every day use.
I also think pilot skills play heavy on most every day flying.
Would just like a pair with no distortion and wind resistant, nothing worse than salty tears, in your eyes, thats why I like wrap arounds.
I have a good pair of brown maui jims wraps for every day flying, just need a pair for bright sunshine
Rcpete
I also think pilot skills play heavy on most every day flying.
Would just like a pair with no distortion and wind resistant, nothing worse than salty tears, in your eyes, thats why I like wrap arounds.
I have a good pair of brown maui jims wraps for every day flying, just need a pair for bright sunshine
Rcpete
I wear cocoons over the top of my clear flying glasses. I use brown/amber lenses on cloudy days and gray on bright days.. Keep em clean and it works great!
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What it sounds like you really need is sunglasses with flat front lenses and wrap around handles. It's not like you need the peripheral vision, just the protection from wind that the side shields give you. That said, I had a pair of prescription lenses made by Zurich and put into Oakley Fuel Cell frames. They have a fairly wide wrap around, and it's a pretty strong prescription. One eye is a +4 and both eyes have correction for astigmatism. I got the dark grey tint and find that I can see better with my Zurich's than with my regular prescription lenses. The wraparound distortion can make you feel like you are falling down backwards if you turn your head the wrong way and look out the corner of your eye, but for me it only took an hour or so to get used to that quirk and learn to look straight ahead. I've used fitovers too (Cocoons and Zurichs, preferred the Cocoons) but the comfort and improved vision that I get from the Zurich's makes them worth having.
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Have used Zurichs and contact lenses. Both have been fine for me. Curently I'm back on contacts and have my left eye optimised toward near vision and my right eye for distance - a compromise but it works well for me and I can wear "cool" sunglasses. I've had my Zurichs for about 12 years and they have always been good even with contacts (think eye safety - at the field)
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On line is not a good way to get good glasses, On line will get you glasses that are cheap and close to being right but not quite.
There is more to glasses than just the prescription. When getting fitted for glasses they will be doing a lot of measurements to get the center of the prescription centered on your eye with the specific frame that you picked out, there is no way to get this perfect on line. At least this is what was explaned to me and I did notice a difference when it was done "correctly".
Go to your eye doc and get it done right. My eye doc made me a bunch of different glasses for different tasks.
I have my normal everyday glasses that are tri-focal with transition lenses and a good AR coating, I hate blended lenses.
I have a set for at work that are Bi-focal where the main lens is focused for 3-6 feet and the bottom bi-focal is for reading. I pretty much see nothing beyond 6 feet. I also have a couple more like this in safety glasses for working in my basement on building models.
I have a set of bifocals that are the main lens for distance and the bottom focused for arms length, just a little farther than normal reading. I use these for flying so I can see the plane and still read the screen on my TX just by dropping my eyes down quick. I also use these for hunting. I have this prescription in both clear and sunglasses.
My eye doc had no problem writing all of these prescriptions to get me able the see the best possible in all conditions. He did not mind the check that I wrote either.
There is more to glasses than just the prescription. When getting fitted for glasses they will be doing a lot of measurements to get the center of the prescription centered on your eye with the specific frame that you picked out, there is no way to get this perfect on line. At least this is what was explaned to me and I did notice a difference when it was done "correctly".
Go to your eye doc and get it done right. My eye doc made me a bunch of different glasses for different tasks.
I have my normal everyday glasses that are tri-focal with transition lenses and a good AR coating, I hate blended lenses.
I have a set for at work that are Bi-focal where the main lens is focused for 3-6 feet and the bottom bi-focal is for reading. I pretty much see nothing beyond 6 feet. I also have a couple more like this in safety glasses for working in my basement on building models.
I have a set of bifocals that are the main lens for distance and the bottom focused for arms length, just a little farther than normal reading. I use these for flying so I can see the plane and still read the screen on my TX just by dropping my eyes down quick. I also use these for hunting. I have this prescription in both clear and sunglasses.
My eye doc had no problem writing all of these prescriptions to get me able the see the best possible in all conditions. He did not mind the check that I wrote either.