Prescription Driving Glasses

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Hiya Folks,

This may well sound a little daft.
Just wondering if anyone on here has had experience or owned or can give any recommendations on prescription driving glasses. For use both during the day and at night.
Due to some eye problems, I'm now having to consider these.

Many Thanks,
Pete.
 
I became short sighted a few years ago but i first noticed it whilst driving so just needed glasses for using the car now i have them on most of the time.

Few things are important to me, you need to get good frames and lenses, make sure they have an anti-glare coating, its true that if you buy cheap you buy twice.

On my 3rd set now and i've gone for another set of Emporio Armani frames with anti-glare lenses to suit, i think they have another coating on them also but can't remember they come in around £249 all in, they work great during the day and at night, the only thing i miss is driving during summer so i'm going to get two sets of my oakleys fitted with prescription sunglasses lenses so it might be worth thinking about some reactions lenses perhaps.
 
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Depending on the outlet you can exploit a buy one frame get one free then use one for night-time and a second with a decent polarisation filter for daytime.

I was not a fan of the anti-glare personally, it might of just been me but at night I got terrible halos/flaring, the exact thing it was supposed to minimise. *shrug*
 
Thanks guys...the linky looks good. They are kinda what I'm after.

I'm already shortsighted, but had retinal problems over the years. And recently my eyes have deteriorated and are less resilient to bright light eg. Sunlight and bright headlamps.
I've got a pair of glasses which have an anti-glare coat but even that's not really helping now. So think I'm looking at specific tinting and polarisation.

Cheers,
Pete.
 
Just remember you can't have polorisation AND light reacting on the same lense.
 
light reacting doesn't work properly in cars anyway, the light tinting in the windows is enough to cut out the uv that causes the darkening. Mine only work in the mr2 when the roof is off and the windows are down...
 
The yellow tint works in the office if my eyes are playing up, but thats only due to the non natural light being filtered out, never noticed it to work during the day outside so well.
 
SKILL said:
light reacting doesn't work properly in cars anyway, the light tinting in the windows is enough to cut out the uv that causes the darkening. Mine only work in the mr2 when the roof is off and the windows are down...
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Agreed...my current specs are light sensitive but they don't do anything when I'm driving.
 
I've always worn glasses and I just use normal spectacles when driving. If it's sunny I have prescription sunglasses.
 
Lopéz said:
I've always worn glasses and I just use normal spectacles when driving. If it's sunny I have prescription sunglasses.
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+1

I'm completely baffled by people saying you need this you need that.

They're glasses!

Can't see without 'em, can see with 'em, have never considered it any further than that.

You don't need anti glare, you don't need posh frames, you don't need reactions, you don't need them polarised. You don't buy twice if you buy cheap, you buy twice if you sit on your spectacles.

If you've got extra wedge, go for it, by all means, but there are no such thing as driving spectacles. There are spectacles, and you can drive in them.

I've just got prescription sunnies for when I want them but more usually I stick with my normal ones and bang my dark visor on instead.
 
Mohinder said:
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I'm completely baffled by people saying you need this you need that.

They're glasses!

Can't see without 'em, can see with 'em, have never considered it any further than that.

You don't need anti glare, you don't need posh frames, you don't need reactions, you don't need them polarised. You don't buy twice if you buy cheap, you buy twice if you sit on your spectacles.

If you've got extra wedge, go for it, by all means, but there are no such thing as driving spectacles. There are spectacles, and you can drive in them.

I've just got prescription sunnies for when I want them but more usually I stick with my normal ones and bang my dark visor on instead.
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Hi, appreciate what you're saying and I've not had a need for any specs other than the ones I'm currently wearing up to now. However, as I explained above, I have eye/retinal problems which now mean my eyes are more sensitive to light both during the day and at night (headlights). And I don't want to be one of those peeps you see braking when headlights come towards them ! :rolleyes:
 
Mohinder said:
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I'm completely baffled by people saying you need this you need that.

They're glasses!
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I can understand why people think as you do and i fully understand.

However have you ever tryed a high quality pair of sunglasses with the correct coloured polarized lens?

The difference between polarizedd and non-polarized is really night and day particually in situations that is hard to define contrast between items such as in snow, if you haven't you really need to.

As for the other thing, yep frames are subjective but i like nice light ones which means they start to get more expensive, not an issue really, anti-glare coatings make a big difference at night, or they did of me, then again everyones eyes are different in this respect.
 
Firestar_3x said:
I can understand why people think as you do and i fully understand.

However have you ever tryed a high quality pair of sunglasses with the correct coloured polarized lens?

The difference between polarizedd and non-polarized is really night and day particually in situations that is hard to define contrast between items such as in snow, if you haven't you really need to.

As for the other thing, yep frames are subjective but i like nice light ones which means they start to get more expensive, not an issue really, anti-glare coatings make a big difference at night, or they did of me, then again everyones eyes are different in this respect.
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Don't get me wrong, there's been times at night in the rain on the bike when I've been able to see **** all, but it wasn't because of my glasses, it was because of my visor and the rain. If you buy plain old boring glasses you're in the same position as someone with 20/20 vision and no specs.

I think it's worth spending more on sunnies though. I used to ride with a blue lens for motocross because it helped with contrast as well, I couldn't deal with a clear one on really bright days.

I didn't see the OP's second post about having eyes like Riddick's, sorry :D
 
I've got some yellow lensed glassed for improved contrast. I think they're great but Kate reckons they make me look "zany" and that this is A Bad Thing.
 
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