I have to second the suggestion on getting transitionals (photosensitive lenses). I used to switch back and forth between prescription glasses and prescription sunglasses, but dealing with two pairs of glasses is a pain (and they don't last as long in my experience, as removing them (esp. with one hand) strains the frame, and they are most likely to get damaged when they aren't on your face.
Plastic transitionals go quite dark and almost clear these days, and change quickly, to the point where I don't even know that they are changing. They do yellow a bit with age, but you can get 2 years out of one pair easily. Earl Grey On Oct 21, 10:38 pm, joe werth <[email protected]> wrote: > i don't know how "riv" it is, but I've taken an old (1950's) glasses frame > and put transitional lenses in them. I use glass lenses which are out of > fashion because of weight and not being shatter proof, but in my > salvage/demolition line of work they are least likely to scratch. i love > only keeping up with one pair of glasses, but I have found 2 very > unfortunate aspects of glass transitionals; behind windshields, they don't > change darker, and I spend the larger part of my day driving to and from job > site, and the other is since they are out of fashion, little development has > happened in comparison with plastic transitional, so they don't get crazy > dark, and they are much slower to change. > > "Suggestions?" Take you present frames, or even a new different pair and get > your work insurance to cover most, if not all the costs, and get some of the > new fancy transitional plastic lenses put in them. Easy as pie. You could > even do the Aviators you've always wanted as such. > > joe > > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:50 PM, kent <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As a wearer-of-glasses who is not fond of contacts, I have long stuck > > with two awkward, but functional forms of keeping the sun out of my > > eyes: clip-ons and those giant ugly things that go entirely over > > prescription frames. The second option works great, but both are > > terribly ugly and my wife cringes every time I use either one. Lately > > I have been reading many effusive reviews of the prescription-ready > > (Lance Approved(tm)) Oakley Jawbone frames and I am greatly tempted. > > However, Oakleys and the like not only aren't particularly my style, > > but the they also aren't appropriate to many work environments. > > > Any recommendations as to something simple, durable, classic: a more > > Rivvish solution? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
