Sun Glasses
 

I don’t know about the rest of you but I have been wearing glasses for a few years now and I have decided I need prescription sun glasses. I have be riding with glass over sunglasses but in the summer they are simply too bulky. So I dropped into my local optometrist office and presented showed them my prescription only to discover they want between $350.00 and $450.00 for prescription sun glasses. I looked on line at Rudy Project and that isn’t any better. So what do other people in this forum do?

Depending on how your eyes are you may be able to use safety glasses with magnification.

Go to Wally world and buy some clip on' s,, they have a nice selection of sizes,and , are hard coated so they don't scratch,and are very light ,, and they are about $15 or 20...My opto guy wants $125 for the same thing...
Bud

Not sure what you would find but it might be worth checking out Wally Marts optical dept. They have one in the store near my office and have a wall of sunglasses.

Oh. I thought $300-400 was a pretty normal price for prescription glasses. But I wear contacts and non-prescription sunglasses. (Of course, my contacts cost $500 a pair.) :lol:

well before I drop the hammer on $350.00 I'll check out Wally world. Tried safety glasses and they don't quite work. I need protection from side wind and dirt so my clip ons don't cut it. That is why I got the glass overs in the first place so my eyes wouldn't water coming down a long hill at 40+.

SportRX.com, though I don't know that their prices are much better than what you found.
With my eyes, my choices were very limited but having actual riding glasses makes all the difference in the world.
No way would I set foot in Wally World though that's best left for P&R.

I went with sportsoptical.com -> Rudy Project Ekynox SX w/ gray and amber lenses. Previously mentioned price is right in line w/ what you should expect to pay. For me it's worth every penny since I don't particularly enjoy poking my eye.

Check these out! http://www.liveeyewear.com/vistana/

I spent the bucks and got a pair of Oakleys.
I have been thinking on a new pair lately and cringe at the thought of the cost again. I am looking this time a M Frames. I will look at Rudys again too.

Sometimes when I go out and do not wear the Oakleys I find that my regular glasses that tint in the sun lets too much wind in and that bothers me some. I really like the wrap around sunglasses.
The only thing I do not like about dedicated prescription sun glasse is if I stop somewhere and need to go inside I don't have my regular glasses. I do not like to carry them so that is really just my fault though.

Try Zenni Optical for prescription sports glasses. Incredible value. The prices you see INCLUDE the prescription lenses - ridiculously inexpensive. Bifocals, progressives are no problem, too.

http://www.zennioptical.com/cart/home.php?cat=27

I don't need prescription SGs but I do need reading glasses. Found www.boomersintheknow.com and they have a nice selection of reading sunglasses and bifocal reading sunglasses. I like the "Fishing" bifocals. The regular part is polarized but the reading part is not so you can see your speedo screen. Works well for driving too. It's nice to see the dash clearly now!

A few years ago, I bought a $20 pair of fit-over type at wal-mart. I expected to lose them kayaking or fishing. for the price they work well on the water, and worked great on the bike too.
If you don't want to go that route, the best prices on glasses is Costco. They had a buy one/get one half off deal, I got one pair of regular glass, and one pair of transitions, for $300. If there is one near you, give it a look.

CooperVision ProClear multifocus disposable soft contacts.
I can wear any sunglasses I like.

I had an eye exam last December and talked to my optometrist about sunglasses. If you're talking prescription sunglasses yes, they can be VERY expensive. You can also be limited by whether or not your prescription will fit into a particular frame. I ended up getting a pair of these http://www.libertysport.com/products...3&codecolo=387
I hadn't had a pair of prescription sunglasses in years and despite the expense I think I'm really going to enjoy them.

why not just get prescription sunglasses from Walmart? I'll they've got an a section for that!

Prescription sunglasses cost basically what regular prescription glasses cost. The additional charge for the tint is very small. If you go for polarized or transitions lenses it can add up. What did your regular glasses cost?

I have progressive bifocal lenses in my regular glasses and my general us sunglasses. They run about the price you said in the OP. I just use a single vision prescription for my riding glasses, so they cost a good bit less for the lenses.

My Rudys were expensive. I have a narrow nose, so I wanted glasses with bendable nose pieces. The Rudys block the wind much better than my old sunglasses did. I have dark and clear lenses, and clip on single vision inserts. The clear lenses with the prescription inserts do have double reflections of light sources at night, but it's not a big problem.

I'm going to get some stick-on bifocals. Here's an example. One of the local riders has some, and they work very well.

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/safetyglassesusa_2091_83274236

The stickons do work very well. You can get them at Walgreens now. Try just putting one on, and turning it upside down, so the curve is up. Less forward vision blocked that way. For me, just having one on works very well- can read computer and phone just fine.

I'm fortunate that my old eyes work well enough except for close focus. Have been wearing cheap bifocal safety glasses - tinted or clear - for a couple of years when cycling. Cheap enough to get a new pair whenever the surface gets funky. Not interested in spending the big bucks on progressive addition cycling glasses - painful enough to buy a pair of glasses every couple of years for work and everyday stuff.
http://www.safetyglassesusa.com/safreadglas.html

Thanks friends.
There are a lot of good resources for me to check out and I have finally discovered how to read my prescription.
BD I have two pairs or prescription sunglasses that are the same as my regular classes. They were about the same price and regular glasses aren’t as expensive and curved glasses like Mowi Jims, Okleys or Raybans. I just ride so much in the wind anymore that I am getting tired of the dirt getting around the glasses.
I’ll find some before spring I am sure I was just surprised how much more they want for action sport sun glasses than flat glasses.
I thought about the contact route as well.

When you said sunglasses, I didn't realize you meant proper riding glasses. The ones I've been using for a few years were pretty cheap. I bought some regular riding glasses for about $20 on a closeout from Nashbar and had my optician put single vision polarized lenses with a dak, high contrast tint. They have been great, but it is about time to replace them.