Eye Glass ?

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Quick question about eye glasses.<br />I am going in for my exam on Friday and getting rid of the cheaters for a regular pair of glasses and was wondering if them transition lens was any good for ever day wear?

 

[mellowyellow]

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get them thar x-ray spectacles SBN, then u can<br />see through walls and stuff! <br /><br />wife didn't like them and opted 4 a pair of both.<br />of course she's blind as a bat...

 

[Elmer Fudge]

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When you say transition do you mean photochromic? i've found that those do not darken enough for the Texas sun.<br />I have lately aquired a pair of progressive bi-focals,those are the ones with the no line feature,no problem so far but for driving and outdoor uses, i have a pair of the regular bi-focal sunglasses with a polarizing filter,they're wonderful,especially when i'm out fishing.

 

[NYMINUTE]

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I just got 2 pair of transitional lens. They are really good, (beats carrying sun glasses). Wifey got them too, she is happy with them. BUT!!!!!!<br />GLASSES SUCK!

 

[gaugeguy]

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I only wear my glasses from september to december (hunting season). They have the transition lenses and I like them better than my old ones that didn't have them.

 

[LadyFish]

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Progressive lenses, tri-focals, transitions...man its tough to get old. <br /><br />As far as transitions go, I agree with EF, there is quite a bit of glare out on the water with transitions. Prescription polarized is the only way to go if you are on the water a bunch. I'm asked this question a lot and just checked with our lense specialist to see if any improvements have been made in the regard and he said no.<br /><br />Also, if this is the first time for bi-focals try progressive lenses first before hard lines. Its more difficult to get used to them AFTER training your eye to hard line bi and tri-focals.<br /><br />Good luck!!!

 

[Bondo]

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If you're talking about the Brand Name, Transitions Lens,<br />A Bud of mine bought them.........<br />He Hated them..... They Don't Work, when you're sitting in your car......<br />Seems that the glass in our vechicles today has some UV ressistence built into it.....<br />Without the UV light, the transitions lens Don't Change...........<br /><br />He went back,+ had new lens cut from the Old Photochromic stuff............ <br />I guess they're triggered by the Brightness of light, rather than the UV content.......

 

[JB]

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I think you are talking about the so-called "no line bifocals", SBN. Not the photochromic (lousy) sunglasses.<br /><br />I tried them for about a month and hated them. I went back to bifocals.<br /><br />Good luck.

 

[Fly Rod]

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Friend of mine had them and couldn't get use to em!!! He went back to the 2pair system!!!<br />He also paid like ten bucks for inurance in case if he didn't like them that the insurance would give him back his money!!!

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Well I need a dark pair also, so I guess I will have to go with the 2 pair system. I was hoping to find something that would change with the brightness, but I don't need any glare neither.

 

[Ross J]

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Transitional lenses work for me. Since I was told I'd need reading glasses I freaked out. My work and hobbies demand I read a lot so having two pairs of glasses or bi-focals was frightening. My daughter makes these for a living so it didn't cost me much. She made me a spare pair to leave at home and even managed to make me one pair that were just the single setting for distance, these I use whan being a tourist.<br />Took a while to get used to them but wouldn't be without them now.<br />Ross

 

[tcube]

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I've been wearing "no line" trifocals almost since they came out. I like them and only for a short - 2 week or so - period of adjusting to them, have had zero problems with them. I was going to try the "transition" darkening lens - but the opticial told me just what Bondo said - - they don't work in modern cars - any reputable shop should tell you that.

 

[xikxak]

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Ditto on the no good for driving car.

 

[aspeck]

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I have progressive bifocals and I like them. Less than $200 for exam, lenses, and frames. Only thing is, you gotta come to Ghana to get them.<br /><br />Did get a pair of perscription polarized glasses a few years ago, not right perscription any more, but I still use them on the lake - great for fishing.

 

[12Footer]

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Progressive lenses is what I wear. I hate them, but out of all the alternatives, they are the best,sorry to say.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Thanks all for the replies and advice.<br />I am going to get 2 pair of no-line bi-focals, 1 plain and 1 polarized for my outdoor stuff.<br />About 150 bucks including the exam for the first pair and 97 bucks for the second pair.

 

[spratt]

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OK guys, not sure how many are aware, but if ya need bi-focals, you can get Bi-focal Contacts...I don't wear them, but a friend got some...they are designed with little dots, some allow focus far away, some allow focus up close...really wild...what will they think up next...maybe transitioning bi-focal contacts w/built in hearing aids????? The deluxe model could include timed release Viagra drops built in...so ya can look HARD!!!!!

 

[Mod4]

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tsk tsk Flatbottoms.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Originally posted by FlatBottoms:<br />The deluxe model could include timed release Viagra drops built in...so ya can look HARD!!!!!

Come on now FB, let's not let this start on a down hill slide please.

 

[DJ]

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but if ya need bi-focals, you can get Bi-focal Contacts

That is true. I have a dear freind that those have worked great for.<br /><br />Just not me. My eyes reject contacts of any kind.