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In the past i've always done my skiing in goggles with contact lenses... mainly because i've always skied early season in the bitter cold and/or snowy conditions.
In March I'm off to the 3Vs and figured i'd treat myself to nice sunglasses.
Now, contact lenses are a bit of a pain and I'm not a huge fan of them so the possibility of ditching them and getting some prescription lenses in the sunglasses is quite appealing. I've had a quick look round on the internet today and have found that most of the major manufacturers do them.
The majority just replace the lenses with prescription ones - except for Adidas who sell "inserts" that clip in behind the actual lens. These inserts can then be changed as and when your prescription changes. This sounds convienient, but the idea of a clipped in insert behind the lens sounds uncomfortable and a bit odd.
Anyone tried them?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I have used the adidas evil eye explorers and found them great. I have not used the inserts but as sunglasses for skiing they are perfect.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Have a pair of Rayban prescription sunglasses and also a prescription set with purposed designed clips but I prefer my contact lenses for all round vision and no blind spots
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Also have prescription Raybans and find them great. 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Mr HL uses prescription Raybans and likes them.
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magic_hat, had laser surgery, much better 
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| thefatcontroller wrote: |
| magic_hat, had laser surgery, much better |
With who? Any side effects?
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Prescription Oakleys for me [minutes] - weren't cheap but can use them cycling in summer, and I think they look pretty cool. Just a shame my eyesight is failing and am facing the prospect of replacing them.
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I have cycling glasses with inserts (inc Adidas ones) and they work well because the lens is close to the eye. I would wonder about goggles as would assume that the insert is further from your eye. Would you get poor peripheral vision?
Also, bear in mind that having two layers of lens (goggle lens plus insert) increases the risk of damp air getting trapped and fogging up the goggles.
I wear goggles and contact lenses (or rather, just the one, but it would involve heading off on a tangent to explain why...)
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magic_hat, I have used Adidas Evil Eye sunglasses with prescription insert for years. They are excellent - you don't know the insert is there (except that you can see); and they work despite the fact that my (-7.5) prescription far exceeds the quoted limits of most sunglasses manufacturers. Using an insert rather than building correction into the sunglasses lenses themselves is certainly the solution for serious prescriptions as most modern sunglasses are too curved to cope. They brought this system out a long time ago and they're still producing it, which means you can get replacement lenses for the Evil Eye if your original ones get scratched or if you need lenses for a range of weather conditions.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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boyo - it's worth reading up on side effects as mileage varies.
I know three people who've had correction surgery and side effects have included reduced night accuity (improves over time), "starring" effect from light sources (again, improves over time) and nausia. All the people I know who've had it done say that the benefits far outweigh the side-effects. But things can and do go wrong - none of the approaches is risk free.
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PhillipStanton, You could get hit in the face while wearing glasses and glass could go in your eye and you could go blind...You takes your chances in life. Myself and mrsfatcontroller went extreme and we both had ours done at the same time and 3 1/2 years later I forget I ever wore glasses.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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thefatcontroller, cheers. I'm quite comfortable going to OE. Like you mention, they were really honest with me when I went to see them before and wouldn't offer me any treatment if they thought it wasn't going to be beneficial.
2 or 3 years ago they told me that because of the shape/muscle of my eyes I wasn't able to have the standard laser procedures.There were no other 'simple' procedures available at the time without great expense.
But I REALLY want my eyes sorted out! Things have moved on (in such a short time really) and I've read a bit about other surgical options like lens implants becoming more of a procedure and more available. So I hope they can offer me something now.
I'm long sighted +3.5/+2.25 (last prescription).
So fingers crossed!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Cheers for the replies everyone...
Definately going to sort myself out with some prescription sunglasses - probably the adidas with inserts as I would imagine it's easy to chop and change if your prescription needs amending.
Interesting stuff about the laser surgery - something i've often considered but never gotten around to investigating. A friend of mine had it done in India recently and is over the moon with it.
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Gilbern74, lens inserts?? That is pretty extreme, much higher chance of complications. Let us know how you get on.
FTR I was -6.5 before LASIK, probably had it done a couple of years too early as my eyes kept deteriorating and have now reverted to -1.0, but it remains the best money I've ever spent.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| But things can and do go wrong - none of the approaches is risk free. |
and it isn't always pain and hassle free. My daughter had two eyes done at once, with laser surgery, and was completely light sensitive for some days after the bandages came off (12 hours after surgery). She had to sit in a darkened room. Could start reading big print 3 or 4 days later, the eyes took 6 weeks to become comfortable for normal use. She now has super eyesight, and is delighted, but it was quite hard at the time. And that was with no infections or complications.
A friend who was skiing here with us last week had lens inserts done. She's very pleased. Had them done separately, and said one was a bit less comfortable and easy than the other, but no complaints.
I have just had some goggle inserts made in Albertville - they're fine, and fit in any goggles. To my surprise, absolutely no problems with fogging. Went back in this morning and ordered prescription sunnies - 60 euros complete with single vision lenses. An attempt to have wrap around frames fitted with varifocal lenses in Specsavers in the UK was a disaster - got full refund, no quibble, as the manager said the girl should never have sold me that frame.
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| Gilbern74 wrote: |
So, back to the original thread.............
I'm off to get some prescription lenses for my Oakley XLJ's |
How doable is that? I've got a great pair of North Face sunnies, but at the mo I need to wear contacts with them - is it possible to get prescription lenses for them? If so, any pointers on where to look?
Ta
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IMT, I found that it's all to do with the curvature (curviture?) of the lens. There's only so much 'curve' lens-makers can work with before any prescriptions become pointless because of the distortion cause by the curve. And in many sunglasses/goggles the fashion is for wrap-arounds, which won't work.
And it depends on whether the manufaturer (North Face in your case) actually provide a prescription service.
You'd have to go to an optician/vendor that sells North Face sunnies and ask if they can check with North Face, or maybe check their website and call their customer service number..
I did this with my Oakley's. There were only certain models that they made that could have prescription lenses made for them.
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Gilbern74, Thanks for that - I'll check with them direct.
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I found I couldnt use contacts with goggles because my eyes dried up and I also Kayak so contacts are completely unsuitable soooo....
I tried prescription sunglasses from a high-street company, but they weren't great after talking to an optician (independent one) he arranged Bausch and Lomb (the company who owns Ray Ban) lenses in any colour I want.
After experimenting I found a pink tint worked best for me as the yellow tint was great in low light, but useless at altitude skiing (the sun at 4000m is really bright)
It also meant I could pick a wrap-around frame to protect the eyes from side light)
hope this helps
ps I couldnt get laser due to my eyes, but maybe the new technology will work
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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slowjoe, what is the new technology, a robotic glasses 
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Ski and see in canada offer an in the goggle built in prescription which avoids virtually all fogging issues and worked brilliantly when i went away in February. Expensive at 220 quid but the best.i have had. My prescription is minus 3.75.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Gilbern74 wrote: |
| IMT, I found that it's all to do with the curvature (curviture?) of the lens. There's only so much 'curve' lens-makers can work with before any prescriptions become pointless because of the distortion cause by the curve. And in many sunglasses/goggles the fashion is for wrap-arounds, which won't work. |
Oakley say they won't go higher than 4.25 if memory serves me correctly, and my prescription is a full point higher than that, but i got some custom lenses made at Leightons Opticians. They're as think as anything to accomodate the curve of the Oakley frame, but they work. I've had them now for about 8 years. Had to send them back to Oakley for an arm hinge repair last year and got a call from one of their people about where i'd got the lenses from. Frames were about $80 from US and lenses about £120 if i remember correctly
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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what a bump - I still have the glasses I had 2 years ago...s'pose I better get my eyes tested again... 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Hi Pam W,
where in Albertvill did you get you stuff made, as i'm after some sunnies and the mrs needs some glasses now too
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I read about these http://optx2020.com/ on p77 of the Aug/Sept 2010 CTC cycling magazine. They are 1.2 inch diameter, semi-circular, stick-on lenses. Advertised for reading use. Available in +1.25 to +3. Can be stuck on sunglasses, safety glasses etc. There are UK distributors.
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