Re: [Paddlewise] Prescription sunglasses - polaroid vs tinted

From: David Flory <daflory_at_verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:48:57 -0500
On Aug 3, 2009, at 1:42 AM, MATT MARINER BROZE wrote:

> I don't think you can get
> polaroid bifocals so reading or closer work requires me to lift them  
> up too my
> brow for awhile.

Matt, you can get polarizing bifocals. My sunglasses are bifocals  
because I'm farsighted and need them to be able to read anything close  
up. Used to use that all the time in Monterey where I would paddle out  
for a while and just sit there reading a pocket book listening for a  
whale blow. They work quite well.

I, too, go with identical memory titanium frames, for the same reasons  
you mentioned, plus they don't corrode after exposure to seawater.  
That is something that has been a problem with at least some component  
of all my other frames I've had over the years. Titanium is great  
stuff, my Citizen Solar watch has a titanium case and band and still  
looks almost new after more than 5 years of paddling and some diving.

Fair winds and happy bytes, Dave Flory, Flower Mound, TX, U.S.A.
--
Speak softly, study Aikido, & you won't need to carry a big stick!
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