Thread: prescription polarized sun glasses

Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"

Nimrod, it's usually hard to see video screens with polarized glasses. The screens are very dark. Before you spend the money just for the purpose of looking at your screen you need to try it first with regular polarized sunglasses. I know I have to remove mine to view either my auto GPS or my fishfinder.
"gene"

Seen that but not that problem with livescope and Garmin 12'' screen , also installed a sun shield on it .

Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"

Nimrod, it's usually hard to see video screens with polarized glasses. The screens are very dark. Before you spend the money just for the purpose of looking at your screen you need to try it first with regular polarized sunglasses. I know I have to remove mine to view either my auto GPS or my fishfinder.
"gene"

There's a trick to this. You can tilt your head to get a clear picture on you screen. Can't remember if you tilt left or right but it will either be completely black or perfectly clear.
Not the most comfortable way to view your DF but that's the issue with polarized lens.

Try a pair of the polarized fit over first and make sure you like them and they suit what you are using them for. They are cheap.

I have to have bifocals, so there is another challenge....

I wear trifocals and just got new glasses a few months ago. Priced polarized. In standard glasses 550.00 in Costas over 700. Went to Sam’s and got a nice pair of polarized fit overs for 38.00. They are ugly but so am I but they work better than I thought they would and not as uncomfortable as I thought they might be.

Wear transitions too. Had mine tested in December, and will be getting a new pair of glasses. Have always had mine tinted for glare. But this year will be getting just the glasses, which have a steel bar between the lenses. Then I will have 3 magnetic sun shields that I can use for different things, one is just for sun, second is for the computer screen, third forget what it is for. They claim the one pair works very well for fishing. The glasses and the 3 shields cost way less than getting the glasses and then having them darken when outside. Like $100 or so less.

I wear transition lenses, also. I paid the price and had Costa make mine. Like Cray said, they are pricey. However: the quality and comfort more than make up for it. If I wear my regular glasses I have to be real careful how I walk. Especially if I am going up or down stairs. With my Costa glasses I don't have that problem. Guess it's the curved lenses. Well worth it to me.

Originally Posted by S10CHEVY

Wear transitions too. Had mine tested in December, and will be getting a new pair of glasses. Have always had mine tinted for glare. But this year will be getting just the glasses, which have a steel bar between the lenses. Then I will have 3 magnetic sun shields that I can use for different things, one is just for sun, second is for the computer screen, third forget what it is for. They claim the one pair works very well for fishing. The glasses and the 3 shields cost way less than getting the glasses and then having them darken when outside. Like $100 or so less.

I have the same glasses and had a shaded lens that was polarized but it got scratched bad....I totally forgot about my glasses having that option....thanks for your reply. you probably saved me a few hundred bucks,