Need advice about regular prescription glasses
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I've been wearing/abusing contacts pretty exclusively for about 20 years, but it's starting to catch up to me. I want to buy a pair of glasses I can use climbing (if absolutely necessary), but it's been so long since I even wore glasses at all, much less while climbing, that I have no idea what to look for. |
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Not much on what you're asking, but check out zenni optical .com for cheap glasses. I think my total was under 50 dollars shipped |
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You'll want bigger lenses, up to the style you can tolerate. Big, 1980s style behemoth lenses offer the best field of view and the most eye protection, if you can tolerate that level of awful style. |
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+1 for Zenni...good place. |
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Larger the lenses, the better. Hipsters brought them back, especially the black framed ones, so they're "in" again. |
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john strand wrote: have you tried a new brand of contacts ? I have been wearing since '77 and the newer, disposables are great. get a 24 hr wear and take them out at night, works greatGood idea. I have been using the two week extended wear lenses which are pretty permeable, but maybe there's something better. I could usually wear them for the full two weeks, but not now! |
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Air Optix is a one month lense that easy lasts longer if you take it out nightly |
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I'd rather deal w/ taking out & putting in contacts when I'm not on a trip than w/ glasses. I use air optix, which supposedly can last a whole month, although I don't think I've ever worn them for more than a week at a time. Clear Care hydrogen peroxide based contact solution really help freshening them up after extended wear. |
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My daughter just started wearing "CRT" contact lenses. She does it for halting progressive myopia, but anyone can use them. They are completely science fiction to me. (I had never heard of these things before) You wear them only at night, sleeping. In the morning you take them out and wear NOTHING. |
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Based on 50+ years of wearing eyeglasses: |
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For normal rock climbing you dont need wide lenses ... Ive never owned wide lenses and use the thin "trendy" glasses just fine |
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I've been near sighted for years but just had to get a new prescription since I can see neither near nor far anymore. I got progressives, which are pretty much lineless bifocals. The lenses are graduated so there's no clear line between near and far. I did have to get a slightly larger lense, but I'd say they're pretty average size as far a lenses go. Definitely smaller than anything you saw someone wearing in the '80s. Mine cost a bundle, in part because of my prescription and that they're progressives. |
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High refractive index lenses eliminate the "Coke bottle bottom" look. They also weigh less, which is more comfortable on your nose. The reduced mass also reduces fogging issues when glasses are worn under goggles, or when transitioning from cold areas to warm areas. |
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Let me just say: you will get used to any glasses you wear. |
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teece303 wrote:Let me just say: you will get used to any glasses you wear. But there *absolutely* is a difference between large lenses small lenses. Any one that tells you differently is confused. Keep that in mind when you pick frames. I'm speaking from experience. My current lenses are medium sized.Guess ive been doing it all wrong then If you need those big lenses to lead those 5.8 trad climbs then so must everyone else !!! ;) |
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Big lenses are only the beginning, bearbreeder! |
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I like a style of frame that is more wire-like; and the frame hooks around the ear more than some of the other styles. Lightweight and you don't need the strap to keep them on. |
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I started wearing glasses at 5 years. I'm 67 now. Been climbing about 40 years. 30 years in construction trades. We are talking grinding dust and router debris spray. I had to get bifocals at age 46. I prefer rectangle or aviator style wire rim glasses. They are big at around 54 to 56 mm I get progressive bifocal, anti glare coating, polarized and scratch treatment. I bolt a fair amount. I guided in JT where I did a bit of down climbing for group class top-ropes and found I liked the big lenses. Still, looking down requires a mental adjustment. |
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I'm near sighted with a small correction for reading. My regular glasses are progressives with some new technology the limits peripheral distortion. I have a dedicated pair of glasses for climbing. They are distance only. I find that progressive lenses create distortions when your eyes are scanning around a lot and particularly when you are looking down. If you have progressives with any kind of significant correction for reading, then you'll have to tilt your head way down to see your feet. |
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Victor, I meant you can get used to any size glasses only (even though bigger lenses have some obvious advantages). |
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I'd agree with Victor. I just got my progressives last week. They are great for both distance and reading, but there is distortion around the periphery. Plus you have to move your head more to utilize different portions of the lenses for different purposes. I am hanging onto to my old pair (of distance only) for outdoor use: biking, climbing, etc. I could make the progressives work for outdoor stuff, but it would be one more thing to have to contend with. Not going to be needing reading lenses on my mt. bike. |