Eye Protection

[Jim Roberts]

Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
£200 for a pair of prescription made wrap round sunglasses.
Does anyone know where I can get some clip-on wrap rounds
for my ordinary frames.

thanks

Jim R

 

[Doki]

Jim Roberts wrote:
> Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
> £200 for a pair of prescription made wrap round
> sunglasses. Does anyone know where I can get some clip-on
> wrap rounds for my ordinary frames.

I'd use contact lenses and normal sunglasses. But then
contact lenses don't suit everyone.

 

[Pete Biggs]

Jim Roberts wrote:
> Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
> £200 for a pair of prescription made wrap round
> sunglasses. Does anyone know where I can get some clip-on
> wrap rounds for my ordinary frames.

Don't have to pay £200......

Briko Endure Klip £72 (new wrap around model):
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/?ProductID=5360011818

Briko Klip £57 :
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/?ProductID=5300006192

~PB

 

[Paul]

"Jim Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
> £200 for a pair
of
> prescription made wrap round sunglasses. Does anyone
> know where I can get some clip-on wrap rounds for my
> ordinary frames.
>
> thanks
>
> Jim R
>
>

Rudy Project Perception are £82 plus glazing. Fantastic
frames and very versatile. They have a removable insert to
clip in your prescription so you can take it out if you are
wearing contact lenses. The front of the frame flips up so
you can see if you go inside and the whole front removes so
you can wear them as ordinary (though slightly bonkers
looking) specs. It's also possible to replace the tinted
(polycarbonate) front lenses with clear or differently
tinted types.

I don't work for them but I have sold some and was very
impressed.

ATB

Paul F

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[Velvet]

Pete Biggs wrote:

> Jim Roberts wrote:
>
>>Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
>>£200 for a pair of prescription made wrap round
>>sunglasses. Does anyone know where I can get some clip-on
>>wrap rounds for my ordinary frames.
>
>
> Don't have to pay £200......
>
> Briko Endure Klip £72 (new wrap around model):
> http://www.wiggle.co.uk/?ProductID=5360011818
>
> Briko Klip £57 :
> http://www.wiggle.co.uk/?ProductID=5300006192
>
> ~PB
>
>
Er, but that's just for the glasses. Then you have to get
the inserts glazed with your prescription lenses, which
aren't suitable for all prescriptions, etc - the price soon
rises once you factor all that in!

--

Velvet

 

[Colin Blackburn]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:15:46 +0100, Pete Biggs
<ppear{remove_fruit}@biggs.tc> wrote:

> Jim Roberts wrote:
>> Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
>> £200 for a pair of prescription made wrap round
>> sunglasses. Does anyone know where I can get some clip-on
>> wrap rounds for my ordinary frames.
>
> Don't have to pay £200......
>
> Briko Endure Klip £72 (new wrap around model):
> http://www.wiggle.co.uk/?ProductID=5360011818
>
> Briko Klip £57 :
> http://www.wiggle.co.uk/?ProductID=5300006192

Though you need to add on the cost of the
prescriptions lenses.

I looked at the Rudy Project Perception, similar to the
above but the wrap around also flips up which is good for
when light conditions change---going under trees say---as
you don't need to lose vision! The CTC sell them, from 18
pounds. Of course by the time you get the insert lenses and
pay for grinding the cost is close to 200!

Colin

 

[Colin Blackburn]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:31:39 +0100, Colin Blackburn
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I looked at the Rudy Project Perception, similar to the
> above but the wrap around also flips up which is good
> for when light conditions change---going under trees say---
> as you don't need to lose vision! The CTC sell them,
> from 18 pounds.

Sorry, that sould be from 81, eighty-one pounds!

 

[Pete Biggs]

Velvet wrote:
> Er, but that's just for the glasses. Then you have to get
> the inserts glazed with your prescription lenses, which
> aren't suitable for all prescriptions, etc - the price
> soon rises once you factor all that in!

How much?

~PB

 

[Paul]

> I looked at the Rudy Project Perception, similar to the
> above but the wrap around also flips up which is good for
> when light conditions change---going under trees say---as
> you don't need to lose vision! The CTC sell them, from 18
> pounds. Of course by the time you get the insert lenses
> and pay for grinding the cost is close to 200!
>
> Colin

It's £81.99 Colin. I got a bit giddy when I saw your post
and already had my wallet out

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[Colin Blackburn]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:37:08 +0100, Pete Biggs
<ppear{remove_fruit}@biggs.tc> wrote:

> Velvet wrote:
>> Er, but that's just for the glasses. Then you have to get
>> the inserts glazed with your prescription lenses, which
>> aren't suitable for all prescriptions, etc - the price
>> soon rises once you factor all that in!
>
> How much?

It depends but for a comparison the Adidas Evil Eye is about
99 quid for the basic glasses. Prescription lenses below +/-
6 add 50 quid, prescription lenses above +/- 6 add 80 quid.
That's from an online retailer. The Adidas insert is a lense
so the cost above is for grinding. The Briko also need bare
lenses factored in.

Colin

 

[Peter Clinch]

Velvet wrote:

> Er, but that's just for the glasses. Then you have to get
> the inserts =

> glazed with your prescription lenses, which aren't
> suitable for all=20 prescriptions, etc - the price soon
> rises once you factor all that in!

My Bolle Vigilantes were =A3110 with glazed prescription
insert. Seeing =

prices for these over time here some people have done better
than I did=20 and others have done worse.

Contacts and sunglasses may be another option.

Pete. --=20 Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44
1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net
[email protected] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

 

[Dan Gregory]

"Jim Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
> £200 for a pair
of
> prescription made wrap round sunglasses.
I don't know much about these people who advertise in
the comic but their prices seem excellent (cheaper than
my ordinary varifocals) www.optilabs.com All the best
Dan Gregory

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[Andy Dingley]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:54:08 +0100, "Jim Roberts"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
>£200 for a pair of prescription made wrap round sunglasses.

You can do it for less than that. Have an optician make up
a set of prescription inserts for Bolle Edge frames (the
big one-piece wrap arounds). These aren't cheap, but
they're as cheap as anything vaguely unusual that you'll
get from an optician.

Then spend 15 - 20 quid on a pair of cheap wrap arounds.
Remove the rubber nosepiece and use a Dremel or sandpaper to
adjust the nosepiece opening on the thin shade of the
cheapies, Clip in the Bolle insert and ride off, whistling
cheerfully.

I have a genuine set of Bolle's, but only with dark grey
lenses. For bug and wind exclusion near dusk, I also have
cheapies with clear or yellow lenses. They're cheaper than a
spare shade from Bolle.

--
Smert' spamionam

 

[Peter Clinch]

Andy Dingley wrote:

> You can do it for less than that. Have an optician make up
> a set of prescription inserts for Bolle Edge frames (the
> big one-piece wrap arounds). These aren't cheap, but
> they're as cheap as anything vaguely unusual that you'll
> get from an optician.

POI: Bolle have discontinued the Edge, though you can get a
similar insert for the Parole and Vigilante glasses.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111
ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382
640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net
[email protected] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

 

[Jim Roberts]

Hi everyone..........thanks for the advice.....will be
pricing up various options. Its a real pity that i cant find
any wrap round clip-ons for my ordinary specs. Still you
cant have everything. thanks again

Jim R