Who wears glasses?

I was just wondering how many Af'ers have perscription glasses? I recently was with a friend and he was reading things off of signs alot farther away than I could. I decided to go get an eye exam, and turns out I needed to get glasses. I dont have to wear them all the time, but they definitly do help. Anything more than an arm length away from me is much clearer and sharper with my glasses.

I dont have to wear them to drive, since its not on my license or anything, but I wont leave home without them again. They do make me look even more nerdy than I already did, and some ppl dont even recognize me for a second with them on.

Anyways, I got 1 pair, with magnetic clip-on shades, a scratch resistance coating and a glare resistance coating. I paid $319 (Cdn) for them. I get $120 from my dad's health insurance through his job, since I am still under 21, and considered "dependant" [LOL!!] Anyways, I think I may have got soaked for them, but since its my first pair I didnt really know what to expect, and the ppl working there basically picked them out for me, since I have no grasp of style at all. They were quite helpful.

I will post up some before and after pics in this thread if I get a chance lator. So, who's got glasses?

My dad is an optometrist, and I've worked at his place for 3 summers, so I know a fair deal about them :)

For a good frame, good lenses with coating, and a clip-on, $319 is about your average price. About the cheapest I've seen total (frame and lenses) was about $80 for the really bargain basement stuff, but I've also seen people get the top of the line frame, with clip on, invisible trifocals, every single coating and have a total in excess of $1000.

I'm in the same boat as you, Rich...I don't need my glasses, and don't wear them very often. However, if I'm in the back of a class, I'll usually have a tough time reading an overhead or something, so I'll throw them on. I see about 20/25 without them, but I see a 20/20 slaughtering 20/15 with them on, so it's all the much better.

Having a dad that's in the business gets me wholesale pricing, I think my glasses came to a total of about $220 Canadian or so.

This is my frame. It's made by Silhouette. It's all titanium, and has absolutely zero screws or hinges, just bendy metal (with memory, so it returns to it's default position after bending). The frame without the lenses weighs a mere 2 grams, 6 grams with my lenses in. Eyeglasses.com lists them for a shocking $289.95 USD :eek::eek:...we sell them for only $240 Canadian...

http://www-assets.eyeglasses.com/dyn/frame_hires/944384753.jpg

Yeah I do.
I only wear them for driving so I can see where I'm going!!!

I had my eyes lasered a fair few years ago now - but seeing as I use a computer at work 99% of the time - my eyesight has deteriorated back to just about how they were before I had the surgery.
A complete waste of money!

My cousin also had laser surgery and her eyesight has deteriorated also but not to the extent that mine has.

You can get some really cool frames etc nowdays so I dont think theres as much of a problem with getting hassled about wearing glasses as there was years ago.


:D

Originally posted by curious
I dont think theres as much of a problem with getting hassled about wearing glasses as there was years ago.

Quite the opposite...I know guys that have bought frames with non-prescription lenses in them, because it's fashionable.

yep me wears them and ...also have photochromatic lenses, hopefully i've spelled that correctly......darken in sunlight....

While I wear contacts most often. I've had glasses since I could read. Over three decades with them.

Originally posted by YogsVR4
While I wear contacts most often. I've had glasses since I could read. Over three decades with them.

The same pair? :D

I used to wear glasses for cross-eyed-ness, but I had surgery on my eyeballs, and it got better. So, I got to stop wearing glassed at about age 12.

Originally posted by Heep


The same pair? :D

DOH!

I've warn them since i was 10, and im 20 now, so about 10 years, I want to get contacts, but i feel i look better without glasses, but im getting smaller frames in about 2 weeks, so its all good.

im wearing them now. But i only usually wear them at the computer cuz my eyes get sore. I also wear them for playing music (at the piano or reading violin music) but i hardly wear them at school. But i agree in elementary school glasses meant u were a dork. Now everyone gets them because they are cool....i was one.. i wanted them to look cool..but then after being at the computer alot the doc said i needed them... the frames are tommy hilfiger and the lenses have some special non scratch non break thing...ive broken 2 pair..dont ask :-D

Iv been wearing glass'es since I was 16.

I started wearing contacts about 4 years ago, and I now wear either or depending on where Im going, how tired I am, and how I want to look.

The Contacts are great for getting a reaction from ppl, as it makes my Green eyes look even greener.
The Glasses however have certianly never reduced my chances of success.

I had numerous eye-exams because they THOUGHT I needed glasses- but as it turned out I don't need them :)

my glasses are the first thing Ireach for in the morning,and the last thing to come off at night.I have 3 spare pairs,one in each car and one on a drawer,just in case I lose / break my working pair.

without them I get:bloated: and headaches..:(

I've got the same glasses you do Heep. But I have been wearing glasses since I was nine so I've been wearing glasses for ten years now.

Tried contacts but too lazy for them. I prefer glasses, you can just reach for them and slip them on and you're good to go.

I used to. Contacts now.

I wear glasses just like your heep! only with oval frames instead!

Small world.

Wow! :eek: There are alot more ppl with glasses than I thought, I dont feel so bad then :)



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http://members.shaw.ca/hummerman/misc/shades.jpg

Me w/o glasses (bad pics, I know)
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Me w/glasses (I hope santa clause brings me a digicam this yr :D )
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I'm a four eyes too, have been since I was 9. I've been wearing them for...............many years! I'd rather wear glasses than walk into walls, lol!

I wear sunglasses and saftey glasses... do those count? :sun:

I'm meant to wear glasses for driving but always seem to forget.

I've been a glasses wearer for 20 years now, and I need them all the time. I can't read a book past arm length, let alone drive without them! :bloated:

I'm with you on this, taranaki - as soon as I get up in the morning I put them on, and they don't come off again until I get back into bed.

And for the clip-on wearers out there - prescription sunglasses are an absolute godsend :cool: You can see where you're going on a sunny day without looking ... ahem ... uncool ;)

Originally posted by Focus2000
prescription sunglasses are an absolute godsend :cool: You can see where you're going on a sunny day without looking ... ahem ... uncool ;)


Contacts are even better!
Then you can take your dark glasses off indoors, and not have to worry about carrying another pair to put on.

Unless of course you can't wear contacts due to very VERY bad eyesight, then prescription sunnys are damn good.

Originally posted by Moppie
Unless of course you can't wear contacts due to very VERY bad eyesight, then prescription sunnys are damn good.

I was told I had a stigmatism that was too bad to allow me to wear contacts ... :mad: I think it also buggers up my chances of having laser treatment, not that I could afford it anyway.

Has anyone at AF been brave/rich/foolish enough to try laser treatment?

Originally posted by Moppie



Contacts are even better!
Then you can take your dark glasses off indoors, and not have to worry about carrying another pair to put on.

Unless of course you can't wear contacts due to very VERY bad eyesight, then prescription sunnys are damn good.

or get lens' for your specs that darken in sunlight..... :sun:

I couldn't have laser treatment.

Wear glasses, hate contacts! I spend to much time mucking around with cars. Small grain of dust feels like a boulder in your eye.

Panda's tend to be short sighted!!!

Originally posted by "Pandamonium"
[B]Wear glasses, hate contacts! I spend to much time mucking around with cars.


Thats why I have both.
Contacts for going out, uni, weekends etc.
And glasses for drving the truck and fixing cars etc.
Get some plastic len's and there better than safety glasses.
Get some with a warrenty and its even better, free scratch repair. :)

Originally posted by Focus2000

I was told I had a stigmatism that was too bad to allow me to wear contacts ... :mad: I think it also buggers up my chances of having laser treatment, not that I could afford it anyway.

How long ago were you told this?? I have astigmatism in both eyes, and I can wear "toric" lenses to correct my vision. I've had them for about 5 years. The latest round of toric lenses are supposed to be good for a bigger range of astigmatisms.

I've had glasses since I was 13 and contacts on and off since I was 15. I don't legally need anything to drive, but I feel significantly safer with something. I'm also slightly myopic in my right eye. I'm often too lazy to put in contacts when I have the money to buy them. Toric contacts are usually double normal lenses where as glasses aren't as bad...

I have astigmatism in both eyes, left worse than right. I have contacts no problems? Maybe has to be hard contacts (like mine). :confused:

My brother has a Stigmitism, and wears soft contacts.
They weight them, so they sit the right way round in your eye.
But they are expensive, about twice what mine cost.

I , like Moss, had to undergo numerous eye test when I was suffering from migraines but the tests showed nothing so no glasses here

Originally posted by Moppie
My brother has a Stigmitism, and wears soft contacts.
They weight them, so they sit the right way round in your eye.
But they are expensive, about twice what mine cost.

I've got soft lenses. Not even gas-permeables... Focus Torics are amongst the best soft toric lenses on the market, but they are pricey. I am now using some off-brand that kinda sucks, but I can almost afford them on a yearly basis.

Originally posted by saturntangerine
I've got soft lenses. Not even gas-permeables... Focus Torics are amongst the best soft toric lenses on the market, but they are pricey. I am now using some off-brand that kinda sucks, but I can almost afford them on a yearly basis.

Thanks for the tip :D It was quite a few years ago I was told about the stigmatism, I guess contacts have moved on a bit since then. Looks like I'll have to go and have a word with the optician.

I have got dry eyes, so they would stick or something to that effect.:(

i have pescription glasses and at the moment they are broken and i can't wear them and if you have as bad as eyesight as me you can't see shit!!!!

the 60mph winds the other day ripped them from my face i have to wait till mid next week before the spare parts to fix them arrive .... fun stuff

Unlucky!:flash:

I wear Focus soft contacts. I wear the colored ones as they are easier to find when I drop the bloody things. The new solutions mean you don't have to rub them, take em out, drop in the solution and rinse them in the morning. Easy... I'm using the green ones during winter and the dark blue ones during summer (it's actually quite a difference - the blue ones seem to take up some of the haze and the green ones seem to make things clearer @ night).

They are disposable and I wear them everyday, all day and have no troubles with them. Just change them every monthly pay day.

I took up wearing them when I realised that I was having trouble reading the numbers on the back of my defenders jumpers (I was a goal keeper @ soccer in Senior A Grade) and because I was sick of wearing glasses when skiing. I used to wear glasses but find the contacts also help with peripheral vision esp driving and playing sport.

I'm considering getting LASIK done as I still have troubles playing golf with contacts in windy or rainy conditions (which is why Tiger had it done) and likewise when sailing. But considering I don't do these more than once a week - I might leave it for a while.

Acuvue contacts here. I have a pair of glasses but I only wear them when I have to. I hate glasses, they always get sweared up.:mad:

I've got contacts.

im basically like taranaki except i dont have 3 pairs...............the only time i take them off are to sleep or to take a shower...............i've had them since i was 9 i think