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classicman · 04-22-2010, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

But I will look into the clip ons.

Clip-ons have come a long way! They actually come as a set in some cases and match your glasses perfectly. Some literally clip on and others use magnets. I loved mine till I lost them, but that was completely my fault. <shrug>

Spexxvet · 04-22-2010, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

better control?
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Better control because you determine when you're wearing sunglasses and when you're not. You have absolutely no control over your Transitions lenses - they get dark when uv light hits them, and light when it doesn't. When you walk from bright daylight into a dimly lit restaurant, the lenses will take 7-10 minutes to fade. In essence, they're sunglasses for awhile when you don't want them to be sunglasses. With over-rx or clip-ons, you don't have to take off your clear Rx glasses - they both go on top of your clear glasses, and the change is immediate.

The most convenient are the magnetic clip-on sunglasses, but they're not inexpensive.

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Originally Posted by classicman

What about buying the frames online and having the lenses put in by an optician.
Thats what I've done. IIRC not all places carry all the lines, just like everything else.
Do you find that to be a relatively new trend, Spexx?

I've seen it a couple of times. It's disappointing when I have to tell someone that the frame they bought on line doesn't fit them or is incompatible with their Rx.

Cloud · 04-22-2010, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Clip-ons have come a long way! They actually come as a set in some cases and match your glasses perfectly. Some literally clip on and others use magnets. I loved mine till I lost them, but that was completely my fault. <shrug>

but I'd still be clipping them on and off constantly, if I'm running errands and stuff.

I don't have a real problem with the Transitions staying too dark when I come in.

Not arguing, just debating, since I have an imminent glasses purchase to make.

Also, do you know --- I'm not sure what coatings my present glasses have, but I noticed after a while that I've got some iridescence on them. Is that the anti-reflective coating? Does it just do that, or maybe I messed it up by washing with soap and water?

classicman · 04-22-2010, 02:34 PM

Its not that big a deal to do/undo the clip-ons.

Personally, I will NEVER buy that anti-reflective crap EVAHHHHHHHHHH again.

Cloud · 04-22-2010, 02:53 PM

My friend and cow order just showed me her scratched glasses -- from using clip ons

Shawnee123 · 04-22-2010, 04:09 PM

That's another reason I don't want real glasses. I'm hell on glasses. I had a prescription pair (paid for by an old job) that had scratch resistant crap. That shit didn't resist anything.

Flint · 04-22-2010, 04:46 PM

Magic Clips are teh sweeetness. When you paid tha cost to be tha boss you will wear these and then you will know, my droogs.

Spexxvet · 04-22-2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

...Also, do you know --- I'm not sure what coatings my present glasses have, but I noticed after a while that I've got some iridescence on them. Is that the anti-reflective coating? Does it just do that, or maybe I messed it up by washing with soap and water?

Yep, that's AR

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Originally Posted by classicman

...Personally, I will NEVER buy that anti-reflective crap EVAHHHHHHHHHH again.

I never go without it.

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Originally Posted by Cloud

My friend and cow order just showed me her scratched glasses -- from using clip ons

I'll bet they're the kind that clamp onto the lens. Magnetic clip-ons are held away from the lenses.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

That's another reason I don't want real glasses. I'm hell on glasses. I had a prescription pair (paid for by an old job) that had scratch resistant crap. That shit didn't resist anything.

I don't know what you had, but I was around before scratch resistant coatings. Now THAT was bad!

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Originally Posted by Flint

Magic Clips are teh sweeetness. When you paid tha cost to be tha boss you will wear these and then you will know, my droogs.

You're as clear as an unmuddy lake. As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer. Time for a little of the Ludwig Van.

squirell nutkin · 04-22-2010, 06:19 PM

As a photographer I am vision obsessed. As far as I'm concerned there cannot be enough AR coatings on my glasses. I want my glassses to have the same shit that's on my lenses.
I fucking hate flare.

Flint · 04-22-2010, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

I fucking hate flare.

Shawnee123 · 04-22-2010, 06:28 PM

That's how mmhnmlmmhmnsmmn would spell it!

squirell nutkin · 04-22-2010, 07:11 PM

@Flint
I thought you said you wanted to be part of the team.

HungLikeJesus · 04-22-2010, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Magic Clips are teh sweeetness. When you paid tha cost to be tha boss you will wear these and then you will know, my droogs.

I have a pair of Magic Clips and one of the arms recently broke off right at the frame. Otherwise the glasses are in perfect condition. I don't want to buy a whole new set of frames/lenses/sunglasses, but I haven't been able to get them fixed. I don't remember how much they cost, but I know it was a lot.

squirell nutkin · 04-22-2010, 11:21 PM

Get the Bendium ones that don't break:

Undertoad · 04-22-2010, 11:27 PM

Do they make these in prescription?

04-22-2010, 02:34 PM	#64
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Its not that big a deal to do/undo the clip-ons. Personally, I will NEVER buy that anti-reflective crap EVAHHHHHHHHHH again. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-22-2010, 02:53 PM	#65
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	My friend and cow order just showed me her scratched glasses -- from using clip ons __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-22-2010, 04:09 PM	#66
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	That's another reason I don't want real glasses. I'm hell on glasses. I had a prescription pair (paid for by an old job) that had scratch resistant crap. That shit didn't resist anything. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-22-2010, 04:46 PM	#67
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Confusing Testimonial © 2010 Magic Clips are teh sweeetness. When you paid tha cost to be tha boss you will wear these and then you will know, my droogs. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-22-2010, 06:19 PM	#69
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	As a photographer I am vision obsessed. As far as I'm concerned there cannot be enough AR coatings on my glasses. I want my glassses to have the same shit that's on my lenses. I fucking hate flare. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

04-22-2010, 06:28 PM	#71
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	That's how mmhnmlmmhmnsmmn would spell it! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	@Flint I thought you said you wanted to be part of the team. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

04-22-2010, 11:21 PM	#74
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Get the Bendium ones that don't break: __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

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