Prescription Bi-focal impact resistant sunglasses

[DIBBS]

Who has the best deals for quality merchandise? Employer will pay up to $200 towards these, and since I'm considering retirement, before too many more years, I thought I should probably take advantage of the stipend. Recommendations/suggestions appreciated. I do get a slight first responder discount at Oakley, but when I price them out the glasses are about double my allowance. Thanks!

 

[Conrad101st]

I use rayban wayfarers with prescription sunglasses. The reason they work well is b/c they don’t have curved lenses. Curved lenses (like Oakley uses) don’t do as well prescription-wise according to some sources, but others may disagree. The other thing is I play tennis 10 + hours per week with mine for the last four years and they are still tight as a drum. Tough buggers. I use yellow lenses

 

[mmlook]

bifocal sunglass lenses should be around $150-$160 at costco,
- PC or trivex(need to double check)
- I believe they only come in FT28
and you should be able to find a decent frame for about $100

Any regular frame can have sun lenses put into them

If you're set on Oakleys, you want to look at the Frogskins or any non-wrap frame
- like stated above
- wrapped frames can be done in Rx, but not bifocal,
they will do progressives if you dont mind the distortion in the add
- Rx limitations last time I checked with Oakley was +4.00 to -6.00 total power(add the cylinder)

 

[gunsnjeeps]

The Wayfarer frames hold up great.

I have a few pairs of glasses in a frame from Diesel with a brow bar but it is out off production. Ray-Ban has an Aviator frame they call Shooter with a brow bar. I hate smudging the back of my lenses. Around $150 for a pair.

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