Where can I get a good pair of prescription sunglasses?
I'm not ready to get Lasik done and I hate using contact lenses.
I have never been so happy with a pair of sunglasses (or any glasses for that matter) as I've been with my Maui Jim sunglasses. I highly recommend them!
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The deal with prescription sunglasses is really two-fold. First, literally any pair of glasses can be made into sunglasses. All the optician has to do is drop them in tinter. You can have gradients done, multi-colors, and more. The next is if your heart is set on a sunglasses brand you need to look at the curvature of the demo lens. If the curve is too great it will be very difficult if not impossible to have those made. I work in my family's optical store and recommend Ray-Bans. They are always popular and they aren't too difficult to find. Don't get ripped off. Places will charge you way more than they should for glasses, especially sunglasses. I like the Wayfarers, but they also make those classic aviators that everyone loves. Cole Haan has some decent sunglasses. Good luck on your hunt!
I have never been so happy with a pair of sunglasses (or any glasses for that matter) as I've been with my Maui Jim sunglasses. I highly recommend them!
I personally opted for the American Optical Original Pilot aviators from Optics Planet
The service was great, I talked to them multiple times over the phone and they were pretty good about working with insurance and all that.
Absolutely go to heavyglare.com . You can get almost ANY pair of sunglasses turned into prescription. This includes wrap-arounds and skiing/snowboarding goggles that most places won't do.
Skip the lame looking transitions-style glasses. No matter how cool the people try to look in commercials, blacked out spectacles look like crap.
I ordered a pair of Smith's from them a couple years ago and other than my prescription changing slightly they still work great. I wear them every day.
Well a good friend of mine has figured it out. It's easy to do, just follow these steps:
1) Find a pair of sunglasses you like.
2) Find an old pair of your regular prescription glasses.
3) Remove lenses from prescription glasses.
4) Using an adhesive of your choice, attach the prescription lenses to the insides of the sunglass lenses.
Voila.
I am extremely happy with my relatively new Kaenon Prescription Sunglasses. They are absolutely fantastic, in fact! The polarized lenses are key!
go to:
www.kaenon.com
You will not be dissatisfied!
There is not one good pair friendo. Remember that its shouldn't be about style. Comfortableness is what really counts. Any pair of glasses looks cool as long as you feel cool in them.
You should first try and wear the spare glasses you do have around for the whole day. Get a feel for what its really like.
If you don't have spares, you are not following contact-lens etiquette.