On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Philip Torrens wrote: > >From: "Joe Pylka" <pylka_at_castle.net> > >On another note, you can always see wonderful sunglasses in the outdoors > >catalogs. Many will do a really good job. But they're Never Ever sold as > >clipons! > My suggestion would be either prescription sunglasses, or checking to see if > the company that made your regular glasses makes custom after-market > clip-ons Check those clip-ons first, if you can. My clear prescription lenses have a nice anti-glare coating. The clip-ons do not. So I get lots of glare from behind when I use the clip-ons. Also the color of the clip-on lenses isn't so good, not that neutral grey-green that I like for color accuracy. My eyeglass shop didn't have the clip-ons in stock when I picked out my frames, and I think I would have reconsidered had I seen them first. Two other options: - many eyeglass shops can fit lenses in good quality "regular" sunglass frames. Maybe someone you know has a pair with scratched lenses they can't use anymore? - some fancy sunglasses include, or take as an option, adapters that let you add clear prescription lenses inside the sunglass lenses. Performance Bikes (the mailorder company in North Carolina, USA) has two different models for $109 and $129 USD. Here's a nice photograph of one of the systems: http://www.performancebike.com/bigimage.html?sku=4169 Of course the danger here is that if the system isn't designed well, you might lose the clipped-in prescription lenses, which you probably care more about than the tinted lenses. Hmmm, epoxy, anyone? -Peter *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 12 1999 - 17:32:28 PDT
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