I’ve tried a few places now. All seem to suck. I’m new to glasses and feel like it’s really cutting out light and not as clear as I’d like. Rifle optics and camera lenses I’ve gotten used to really clear, quality lenses. Trying to find the same for glasses now.
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Do you have a vender you’d recommend?
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Place I go is great but they only do exams. They’re not in sales.
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No money in selling? I’ll ask my brother where his preferred place is
See an optometrist that specializes in shooting sports. My optometrist was the eye specialist for the Olympic shooting team so when I visit them and share my concerns, they know what I'm talking about. This helps them guide my decision on contact lense and corrective lens types.
Not sure, retired Air Force officer. Like the place, they just don’t sell glasses.
That must be nice! Up here in New Hampshire probably limited on that resource. Where did they send you to get the glasses or order them?
They are all in one shop. Once I pick out my glasses, lens type, design, etc. They just send it off to get made. Contacts are ordered with my FSA funds.
Get your prescription anywhere. I’ve always used Oakley. Their lenses have been really good for me. If you are eligible you can get them for good prices through the SI program.
I am, and have used the program for sunglasses (non prescription) in the past. Will have to look at them.
Get my glasses at America's Best and no issues seeing through scopes. You don't have to spend a ton of money.
I really like my Oakley's, I've got flak jackets in progressive lenses in sunglasses and transitions. You can get them directly from Oakley or an optometrist that deals with Oakley.
How high is your prescription? Are you near-sighted or far -sighted? Any eye issues?
I’ve gotta grab my prescription. I’m new to glasses and not sure what the numbers are. Right eye has a stigmatism.
Make sure your lenses match your turrets....have them cut the lenses to either inches or mils.
I've had the same prescription since the day in 1990 that I left the optometrist on the far side of Quantico to walk back to Marshall Hall on the other side of Quantico.
Not wanting to look like a dweeb with cardboard sunglasses in my Charlie blues I eschewed the protection on my freshly dislated eyes to walk in the bright Virginia sun. Learned a lesson that day.
Glasses blow and for me contacts were worse. Luckily I am functional without unless I need to read a street sign or something.
If you need them for all around wear hopefully contacts can work for you.
On the upside glasses may make you more fuckable, I've met you!
I've had the same prescription since the day in 1990 that I left the optometrist on the far side of Quantico to walk back to Marshall Hall on the other side of Quantico.
Not wanting to look like a dweeb with cardboard sunglasses in my Charlie blues I eschewed the protection on my freshly dislated eyes to walk in the bright Virginia sun. Learned a lesson that day.
Glasses blow and for me contacts were worse. Luckily I am functional without unless I need to read a street sign or something.
If you need them for all around wear hopefully contacts can work for you.
On the upside glasses may make you more fuckable, I've met you!
spend lots of money... and wear them for a year.. When you go back for your second pair of glasses your prescription will be better.. I am not sure if it is because of the doctor or your eyes calm down or what but my eye sight was better the second and following years..
I went with Silhouette frames, they are amazingly light..
You can get glass lenses, they can break but they are optically better than plastic.. https://www.bantonframeworks.co.uk/blogs/guides/glass-lenses
I went with Trivex lenses, they are NOT cheap, I have progressive prescription.. https://www.nvisioncenters.com/glasses/trivex-lenses/
I have VSP insurance and they do have Trivex lenses.. https://www.vsp.com/eyewear-wellness/lasik-glasses-lenses/glasses-lenses/lens-material
I get anti glare, scratch coatings and light reactive coating.. I hate changing to sunglasses during the day as having 2 pair of glasses at all times sucks... do not get the computer screen coating, it changes the way everything looks...
With Insurance I pay over $600 out of pocket for the glasses but they work, weigh less, and are clearer than normal poly glasses..
Hope this helps
I went with Silhouette frames, they are amazingly light..
You can get glass lenses, they can break but they are optically better than plastic.. https://www.bantonframeworks.co.uk/blogs/guides/glass-lenses
I went with Trivex lenses, they are NOT cheap, I have progressive prescription.. https://www.nvisioncenters.com/glasses/trivex-lenses/
I have VSP insurance and they do have Trivex lenses.. https://www.vsp.com/eyewear-wellness/lasik-glasses-lenses/glasses-lenses/lens-material
I get anti glare, scratch coatings and light reactive coating.. I hate changing to sunglasses during the day as having 2 pair of glasses at all times sucks... do not get the computer screen coating, it changes the way everything looks...
With Insurance I pay over $600 out of pocket for the glasses but they work, weigh less, and are clearer than normal poly glasses..
Hope this helps
Not sure if this means anything to anyone in their suggestions. 
@cowboycasey looking into the trivex, found a spot locally I could get them
I almost hate to admit it but I've been getting mine from Walmart vision center in my local Walmart for 25+ years. I have a strong script and always get the Nikon high index lenses. I've had very good luck over the years, only 1 pair needed to be remade because something wasn't just right. The pair I just got a month ago are great. I have 20/15 vision with them.
I'm mostly wearing glasses for reading or seeing close up, it's about 2.5 for close up. My last prescription also corrected distance, I can now see 20-15 with my glasses again. I wear the sunglasses when outside and driving during the day. The transitions don't get dark in the car due to the UV blockers in the windows. So I wear them in low light or darkness and also when I'm shooting. It's great, no squinting at the phone or gauges on the dash and I can see distance clearly now. Didn't know what I was missing until the first time I wore them driving at night. With my insurance they were less than $200. Directly through Oakley I think it would have been about 600 and then I would have had to try to get insurance to reimburse me. I prefer to use a local option as you can go back to them if adjustments are needed. On my recent sunglasses I thought the close up lens at the bottom was too narrow, I was having a hard time with them, went back to them and they re-did the lenses to make the close up lens just a little bigger.
Just google local optometrists, you can probably find one that does Oakley, or Rudy Project, WileyX etc... SportRX will give you a good idea of what's available.
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Don’t hate to admit the truth. Used Walmart for years for my work glasses and now retired use Americas Best. Some aren’t happy though unless they are paying $1000 for a super tactical name. Lol I paid $150 for two pairs of bifocals and have no issues seeing clear through scopes and I have astigmatism also.
So you’re farsighted. That’s what the + sign means in front of the numbers.
I don’t know much about farsightedness. But if the numbers graduate in the same way, you have a low power rx.
When the doctor measures the distance between your eyes they also are setting the spot on the lens that is the most clear, or in other words the ideal focus point. Since your eye moves but your glasses do not, there is technically only one spot that is “perfect“.
You probably won’t notice it with such a low prescription. Before I got cataracts, I had -9 and -10 rx, so looking out the sides of my glasses caused noticeable degradation in image quality.
Anyway, my point is for most people they set the focus point so if you’re sitting at a table and reading a book, the text is the sharpest it can be. That point is a little lower than dead center in front of your pupil.
People like me should really have two pairs of glasses, one for shooting and one for general use.
Why? Because as a right hander, behind the gun I’m really looking through the upper left quadrant of the right lens. I find that using contacts when shooting makes everything easier. But again, with your low RX I don’t think it’s going to matter.
Also, people like me get high index plastic lenses because the glass lenses in my rx weigh a fucking metric ton. In your case I don’t think it’s going to matter but ask. Glass lenses used to be sharper, that’s probably still the case but ask around.
The only consideration either way would then be shatter resistance which would help you determine if you should wear safety glasses when shooting or not.
There might be other factors to consider, but again, I’m not familiar with farsightedness.
I've been getting my exams and progressive eye glasses from Costco for many years. The use Essilor lenses which is top of the line lenses. My sister in-law use to be a representative for Essilor and when I had a eye exam form a optometrist who also had the glasses made which were useless for me and wanted to charge me for another pair claiming I screwed up the exam so it was my fault. She recommended Costco. In over 20 years I've only had to have the glasses redone once and always at no charge it the glasses need to be remade. And my prescription is a difficult one. Farsighted and bad astigmatism.
Oakley does do some things different with how they refract light in the lenses. Seems to help a lot with the off center focus problem. I use Oakley sunglasses for that reason as I tend to wear them for shooting. Not sure where in NH you are, but I use https://www.nashuaeye.com/milford-office.htm
I started wearing glasses last year and the improvement is huge. I have stigmatism so red dots and reflections bloom badly and I loose details. With my glasses the image through my scopes has improved noticeably. I also run brown polarized tinted lenses which I feel help pull more detail and contrast and I also pay the extra for the anti reflection coating.
I am functional without glasses but with glasses I am able to pick up so much better detail.
I am functional without glasses but with glasses I am able to pick up so much better detail.
Are you talking about regular sunglasses or prescription glasses? If the latter I’d be interested to learning more.
Prescription
Check the write up on this: https://www.smartbuyglasses.com/optical-center/lenses/oakley-lens-technology/. Not where I would buy, but good synopsis.
If possible, I'd recommend you see an opthalmologist, as they are medical doctors. Optometrists are limited in their scope of practice. An M.D. will give you a more thorough exam and are more likely to find any underlying issues. They can recommend a high quality optical dispensary, or you can pick your own, if you prefer.
Tactical RX
They are not cheap but they are awesome. They were able to custom-cut me a polarized impact-rated set of sunglass lenses for a difficult Oakley frame. All their work is custom and the lenses are done by hand, but I would trust them over just about anyone for prescription shooting lenses.
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