Prescription Cycling Glasses

[ianrauk]

Yet I had the most awesome, helpful service from Optilabs.
I found them to be very professional and more then helpful.
The glasses I bought from them have to be one of the best purchases I have made.

I would certainly buy from them again and have no hesitation in recommending others to try them out.

 

[chernij]

I have just been very impressed with Spex4less too - I haven't used optilabs, but certainly, they get recommended pretty much every time this question comes up (at least once a month)

How do you mean a big difference? Either you want to wear contacts or not?

As in I'm not sure which route to follow. Everyone is mentioning about getting cycling glasses with prescription inserts, but I wonder whether it is that much better than wearing contact lenses with regular, cheap cycling glasses.

 

[400bhp]

As in I'm not sure which route to follow. Everyone is mentioning about getting cycling glasses with prescription inserts, but I wonder whether it is that much better than wearing contact lenses with regular, cheap cycling glasses.

It depends on yourself and I'm sure many of us had the same dilemma.

I only wore contacts when cycling as I find them (contacts) make my eyes tired and dry for normal use. I commute by bike 5 days a week. So, in the past, I would wear my normal specs for the commute and contacts/normal sunglasses for the weekend rides.

For several reasons I don't particularly like wearing normal specs whilst cycling so buying a specific pair of cycling glasses (with transitions lenses) made sense for me.

 

[Finnjävel]

I hate rx inserts. I had them in my shooting glasses, and they worked ok, but riding with them was a total pain. They cut down my field of vision and fog like something that fogs a lot.

But some people seem to like them, so maybe it's worth a try. I've had enough of them.

 

[Norry1]

Can you swap the Optilabs lenses? i.e can you have clear and tinted lenses for the same frame?

Being an old git, if I wear contact lenses, I need reading glasses for up close stuff. Without contacts in, I can just take my glasses off or look under the lens to read.

 

[ianrauk]

Can you swap the Optilabs lenses? i.e can you have clear and tinted lenses for the same frame?

Being an old git, if I wear contact lenses, I need reading glasses for up close stuff. Without contacts in, I can just take my glasses off or look under the lens to read.

They can do them as Bi or Varifocal prescription.

 

[Davidc]

I often use an old pair of prescription photochromic glasses for shorter rides, but find the daily type contacts worn with a pair of cheap (£18 each last time) sports glasses good for longer ones. Yellow tint for dark days and at night, grey for sunshine.

I won't spend more as I find the action of dust, gravel, insects and occasional stones writes the glasses off too quickly to justify good ones.

All of my glasses for years have had shatterproof lenses, otherwise I wouldn't use the normal glasses at all.

 

[Finnjävel]

With prescription lenses the cost of the frame tends to be rather irrelevant, so maybe interchangeable lenses aren't that important. I manage to carry the protective case with the other glasses with me pretty easily. Of course, if the space or weight are critical, this maybe not be the optimal solution, but it works for me.

 

[Norry1]

I can't get on with varifocals normally - so won't try them riding. Maybe I should go for the transition lenses.