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Sunglass Brand Advice

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Will see eye doc couple weeks after second cataract surgery. Will see what he says. So far (w/o correction), can see individual leaves on trees, even serrated leaf edges (!), so there's that. $800 for MJs with corrective lenses will hopefully go away. Do you have lenses corrected to read closely? I'll probably get some prescription readers, as having both eyes adjusted for distance. One guy at club where I play, got one near and one far. He has a devil of a time lining up putts.....I know, I know....do admit, everything seems brighter, hence the need for some good shades. Serengeti's huh? What's that blue light stuff? Computer screen poison or cell phone poison? Appreciate the info, thanks.
 
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calibuck said:
Will see eye doc couple weeks after second cataract surgery. Will see what he says. So far (w/o correction), can see individual leaves on trees, even serrated leaf edges (!), so there's that. $800 for MJs with corrective lenses will hopefully go away. Do you have lenses corrected to read closely? I'll probably get some prescription readers, as having both eyes adjusted for distance. One guy at club where I play, got one near and one far. He has a devil of a time lining up putts.....I know, I know....do admit, everything seems brighter, hence the need for some good shades. Serengeti's huh? What's that blue light stuff? Computer screen poison or cell phone poison? Appreciate the info, thanks.
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Wow, I know of some people who have done one eye for close and the other for far. I am sure that would drive me absolutely nuts.

I wear bifocal contacts. I've been in them for probably like five years now. My eyes tolerate contacts well and the material for my lenses is apparently very permeable. I generally wear them 24x7 for six to eight weeks without ever taking them out. And yes, my optometrist is aware. Her position was that she'd rather have me just keep them in as opposed to introducing whatever is on my hands when I take them out. But again, it's only due to the material of the lens. I'd never try that with older, non-breathable, materials.

Serengeti lenses, yes... As I mentioned, I generally prefer amber glass lenses, and I do think that the Serengeti glass lens is the best optics I've ever owned. I do own at least one pair of plastic Serengeti lenses and I'd say that they are on par with other plastic lenses I've owned... that is, not great. But that's just my preference for glass over plastic. I will say that the Okley glass lenses I have are on par with the Ray Bans I own and I have been happy with the frame construction.

I will agree with, was it @AKAK who said that being able to read the phone is important. I have had some issues with polarization 'blacking out' my small screens. I think that it was likely due to polarized lenses combined with a polarized screen protector. I've not had that issue for some time now, but it was aggravating. With the lenses I wear most (Serengeti amber glass, B&L amber glass, Serengeti plastic gray) I have no issues with my devices.

Have to jet to a meeting. Good luck!
 
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@sparcboxbuck I did the monovision lasik a few years back. Love it. I could no longer wear contacts as my eyes were too dry.

The lasik office had me test with mono contacts for a week and it worked fine (I could only wear them a few hours a day before they became too uncomfortable due to dry eyes). They explained if I didn't like the monovision after the surgery they could adjust the near eye to distance for like $200. That was 2 1/2 years ago and no issues.

Now I just need to live someplace where I can justify spending hundreds on sunglasses. Don't need them much in NE Ohio.
 
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Geez Sparc, you must be part owner in a optomitrist (sp?) store. Or you've got a pair of glasses for every occasion. Obviously an expert in the field. Appreciate your insights in this matter. Go Bucks!
 
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Geez Sparc, you must be part owner in a optomitrist (sp?) store. Or you've got a pair of glasses for every occasion. Obviously an expert in the field. Appreciate your insights in this matter. Go Bucks!
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I think I already posted something to this effect in the thread, but, for me "every occasion" is a really good way to do it.

My advice is to have your "these are the glasses I'm going to wear most all the time" pair be glass lenses. They are more durable over time even if there isn't much difference new. Then, add specific activity glasses, so 1. The daily wear ones last longer and 2. The specific activity ones only go to the places they're meant to, and thus theoretically last forever.

I tripped across this accidentally, about 5 years ago I bought 2 pairs of polarized fishing glasses. Identical except one with glass blue mirror lenses, and the other with plastic bronze mirror. The blue glass quickly became my daily wear glasses, and the bronze only came out fishing in rivers or other non blue water places (on the lake on cloudy days sometimes). In the meantime I added primary aviator type driving glasses, then ones for skiing and a pair with multi lenses for cycling etc that I have 4 lenses for now. The first pair of lenses on those is in rough shape, but all the rest of the things I mentioned are in perfect shape except the original blue glass which have 5.5 years of regular use and I will probably look to replace them in the winter.

So, quick other note, sport glasses are NOT day to day wear sunglasses, I mean unless you're filthy rich, I buy stuff on sale or have access to pro discounts, but the MSRP of what I listed above is over a grand... but my point is, if you buy Oakley cycling glasses and expect them to do workhorse type stuff, you're going to be buying a lot of Oakleys.
 
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AKAK, guess I'm a bit of a dinosaur on this one. Have one pair, the MJs that I wear driving, walking around and on the golf course. Of course were prescription because needed to be, but now with the cataract surgery, not so much. Bought a $24.95 pair of aviator sun glasses at Costco until get second eye fixed, and then head to my eye doc for testing. I think I hear you say, buy glass, not plastic lenses - probably for scratch resistance? Have taken in my MJs (four x one year) for scratches, and they have a two year warranty. Many of the frames cannot handle glass, and/or would drag down one's nose. I'm willing to try the blue lenses if it gives me better vis while putting. In our valley, we get 104-9 degrees days, with very little cloud cover. Very bright. Anyway, I've seen bronzers mostly on the ski slopes, thought was to reduce snow glare. Appreciate yours and all thoughts. (Never thought there were so many variables to this decision!)
 
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I think I already posted something to this effect in the thread, but, for me "every occasion" is a really good way to do it.

My advice is to have your "these are the glasses I'm going to wear most all the time" pair be glass lenses. They are more durable over time even if there isn't much difference new. Then, add specific activity glasses, so 1. The daily wear ones last longer and 2. The specific activity ones only go to the places they're meant to, and thus theoretically last forever.

I tripped across this accidentally, about 5 years ago I bought 2 pairs of polarized fishing glasses. Identical except one with glass blue mirror lenses, and the other with plastic bronze mirror. The blue glass quickly became my daily wear glasses, and the bronze only came out fishing in rivers or other non blue water places (on the lake on cloudy days sometimes). In the meantime I added primary aviator type driving glasses, then ones for skiing and a pair with multi lenses for cycling etc that I have 4 lenses for now. The first pair of lenses on those is in rough shape, but all the rest of the things I mentioned are in perfect shape except the original blue glass which have 5.5 years of regular use and I will probably look to replace them in the winter.

So, quick other note, sport glasses are NOT day to day wear sunglasses, I mean unless you're filthy rich, I buy stuff on sale or have access to pro discounts, but the MSRP of what I listed above is over a grand... but my point is, if you buy Oakley cycling glasses and expect them to do workhorse type stuff, you're going to be buying a lot of Oakleys.
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Well stated.

I’ve never had blue lenses. How do those work for you?
 
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Well I specifically bought them to fish on lake Erie. Basically stumbled across them as a dusty pair of Smith Techlites. They are polarized, but its not distracting while driving. So without the light transmissibility chart in front of me, I ended up liking them for everything short of daytime skiing to late afternoon. For bright days that I don't need polarization I tend toward red mirror. I might get green next go round, but unscientifically I probably trend a little darker lens than most. I used to keep cheapy all condition lightly mirrored cycling glasses for summer rain storms, fog etc to cut glare.

@sparcboxbuck
 
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