The Old Man Finally Got Glasses - Need Recommendation

[OregonSteeler]

Thanks everyone for all the input! I have a lot to look into and check out. Appreciate everyone's contribution!

 

[LostArra]

My wife has had many prescription bifocal/progressive lens sunglasses from Costa to Maui Jim but she likes the fit of GoodR sunglasses so she took a pair to her optometrist and he got her prescription lenses for them. The optometrist may be the key to getting what you want.

 

[hikenhunt]

I spent 36 years in a variety of contacts and glasses, then got lasik a couple years ago. Wish I had done that many years ago.

 

[cjdewese]

I spent 36 years in a variety of contacts and glasses, then got lasik a couple years ago. Wish I had done that many years ago.

Used a bonus to do lasik for my wife. Absolutely vest $ I've ever spent. Went from absolutely terrible vision to good to go. The peace of mind it's given her has been the best thing.

 

[Amos Keeto]

Finally dropped the "cheaters" and got glasses 2 years ago.

I have to pull them off shooting or using binoculars.

First glasses were not progressives.
Second pair were (are?) progressive.

When I first got progressive lenses, they didn't get dark. I was mad!
I showed the opticians. They put the lens under a UV light and they got darker than aviator sun glasses of old!
I went outside, closed my eyes and waited maybe 30 seconds.
When I opened my eyes, the glasses weren't dark.
Then.i pulled them off and looked at them! They were black!

I never realize when mine are dark....until I walk into a dark room from out side.
Now I love them!

 

[sandhillhunter]

Long term nearsighted eyeglass wearer.

I have progressive clear lenses, progressive transitions lenses, and dedicated progressive sunglasses.

My most useful pair have been some plastic framed Oakleys.

As others mentioned, every 2-3 years I get a quality pair of glasses from my optometrist.

Then, I will take my newest prescription to Costco and get new lenses for different frames I have depending on what I’m needing updated.

I’ve been able to shoot my bow with them, but I typically take them off if I’m glassing through binos or a spotter for any length of time.

I was never a good candidate for LASIK or PRK due to some borderline dry eye.

I’d rather not have to deal with glasses, but it’s worth it to me to be able to see well.

And…I used to wear contacts all the time but got to where they bother me due to my eyes getting dry.

Every couple of years I’ll try the latest and greatest contacts but they just bother me any more. I’ve even tried the progressive contacts but never wore them long enough to get used to them.


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[sandhillhunter]

And- the only negative I have about the automatic darkening progressive lenses is that they sometimes turn dark when you don’t want them to- such as looking through night vision scopes hog hunting at night (a Texas problem)!


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[Fowl Play]

Maui Jim. Bar none the best.

 

[bullnose]

You could also get your progressive prescription in transition lenses (lenses that darken when exposed to sunlight and go back to clear when not).

Contacts may be another option and then you could wear whatever sunglasses you want.

I had transitions progressive lenses for 10 years until other issues caused me to go to traditional lined bifocals a year ago.

I can tell you from experience that transitions are not good if you are trying to pick up a blood trail looking through darkened lenses. It's my experience they tend to get darker and dark easier on a cold day.

With progressives it can also be tough to find the sweet spot when looking through a scope, depending on how high or low you prefer it mounted. You can end up looking through the intermediate power of the progressive which causes blurriness. Their is also an unusable area on the left and right of the intermediate power due to the blending with the distance portion of the lens.

Lined bifocals are nice in the sense that you've got near or distance vision without any blurring when you focus between the two. My reading power is much clearer now, but what I really miss about progressives is the "arms length" focus the intermediate power provides - think clarity of the gauges on your dashboard or vehicle touchscreen, looking at grocery prices on the shelf, etc. In the store I have to pick everything up and bring it to reading distance to see the price or description.

As others have said, you can make any prescription frame into prescription sunglasses - just get the lenses tinted. You're not limited to sunglass makers in that regard.

 

[sandhillhunter]

Good point about the blood trail @bullnose.

Colors are definitely not as distinguishable with the transition lenses (or regular sunglasses I suppose).


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[Jamie930]

Me being 50 and wearing glasses since I was 6 and progressive lenses for 6 or 7 years. Here is my 2 cents

Transition lenses or a tinted lenses on a 2nd pair. During the fall winter they do seem to get really dark which does cause issues trying to read electronic devices in the sun.

Online glasses places are a pain to do progressive lenses due to they have to measure where each eyeball is in the glasses. Once you have got used to the progressive it hard to go back.

On the glasses always sliding down. Get glasses with cable wraps. When I was in the Navy that what they gave us. The BC glasses would not fit under gas masks. Those glasses had cable wraps and when adjusted right your glasses will never slide down, over 25 years later and still getting the cable wraps. I had no problems going on roller coaster or anything else that would knock other people glasses off, hell I would even swim with them on.
Getting glasses that can do cable wraps does limit your options though, as you have to have wire end pieces on the sides.