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serengettis
Originally Posted by PinHead
You don't have to suffer the glare just because you have to wear prescription glasses, Greg. There are four options that I know of.
1. The first and cheapest is that every optometrist or sunglasses shop can sell you extra large sunnies that are meant to go over your prescription glasses. The end result is that you are wearing two pairs of glasses but they are quite effective. These are usually recommended by eye doctors after eye surgery - which means that they wrap around and give total sun protection to the eyes. My wife has about three pairs of these - they work well and come in different levels of shade. They usually cost about $50 - $60., I recall. Ugly things though.
2. The second option is to get prescription sunnies. I have done this for many years. In fact, because I now need reading glasses as well, I have a couple of pairs of glasses just for fishing. They are bifocals with the close up lens set very close so that I can see easily close-up for tying hooks etc. One pair is just clear for night fishing but the other is tinted (polarised) for daytime fishing and just used as my normal sunnies for driving etc. This arrangement has worked very well for me for many years. This is the best option in my experience.
3. The third option is to get glasses which take clip-on sunglass lenses. These are not as ill fitting as in years past and the pair that I currently have are precision made for the clip-on sunnies to clip on with a pretty exact fit. I wont be getting these again for two or three reasons. The first is that if the slim gap between the glasses and the clip-on gets a drop of water in there as happens sometimes when fishing in weather, capillary action spreads the drop such that it becomes a nuisance. They are also a bit messier to clean than having just a tinted pair of glasses. Also, if you take off the clip-on bit, it is flimsier than a pair of glasses and more subject to damage when you slip it in your pocket.
4. The fourth option is to get the glasses which change shade when exposed to light. I had these about 28 years ago and whilst they have improved a lot since then in terms of the speed that the transition happens at, I am told by the optometrist that they still have a tiny bit of residual tint when in low light and I found that slight tint to be such an annoyance when I used to have them all those years ago that I would never get them again. In those days, the slowness of the transition was also a real nuisance to me when I was climbing down into dark manholes out of the bright street level sun. It is handy if you can actually see the snakes and spiders when you first climb down into a manhole and not have to wait a couple of minutes for that to happen.
Last edited by charleville; 02-09-2007 at 09:46 AM.
i wear von zipper SHAM'S polarised and they're the best sunnies i've owned for glare etc. theres plenty to choose from out there. good luck with the selection.
gday glen splurge out & get a decent set of arnettes thats what i use !when driving or riding.dont use any when fishing just my trusty old hat !cheers ida
I got a pair of Mangrove Jacks a few weeks ago from BCF for under $26.00 and have no complaints with them; find them very effective in reducing the glare...
I used a pair of sunnies my kids pulled out when fishing off the bullcock beach boardwalk. I wore them for years, couldn't lose them. You know the cheapie $10.00 at the garage variety.. I couldn't work out why I'd get a headache after a day's riding until I tried on a pair of Maui Jim's and felt the instant eye cool effect! No more headaches for me. As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for.
I've since been using a pair of Mako ZRX Tide for fishing with, tighter in the frame and very nice lens too.
cheers
rhys
Mako sleeks for me... $270 rrp.... yes very expensive but well worth it imo.
My first pair i had for over five years, until they went flying out the back of the boat at 75 kph while i was joy riding in an american bass boat. My second pair only lasted me 12 months before i stood on them and smashed a lens. As soon as i had the spare cash i bought another pair.
BCF has spotters on sale
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