Humminbird Side Imaging Forums
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: stillbear on May 19, 2010, 07:03:00 PM
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:)Pardon me for getting off the SI subject .Got a question I would like the forums opinion.
Sunglasses with readers has anyone got them or used them. I can't see my locator in the
sun without my readers on. The sun it hurting my eyes with my readers on.So i need a
good pair of sunglasses with +2.0 readers in the bottom.I was thinking polarized and UV
scratch resistant glass. Gary
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I guess you are referring to Bifocal Sunglasses right?
I have never seen any, but imagine they are out there. Walgreen's and Walmart always seem to have good inexpensive bifocals.
Robert
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Hello,
Check with Viking Industrial Supply located in Minneapolis. I work construction and I buy safety glasses from them. They have dark safety glasses with +1.5 and +2.0 cheaters right in the lens. Some of my workers use them and I always try to have a few extra pair on hand for new workers that need them. Hope this helps 8)
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MAUI JIM do a bi focal lens in polycarbate ,polarised from 1.5 to about 2.5 magnification.
peter.
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You could also use your favorite sunglasses along with "hateyes."
http://www.mageyes.com/hateyes.htm (http://www.mageyes.com/hateyes.htm)
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I have Raptor Caps for my HB's. They help with the glare.
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I’ve seen some bi-focal inserts that you can stick to the inside of your favorite sunglasses. Don’t remember the name of them though and have not tried them myself. I wear Rudy Project sunglasses with an optical insert that I have been told can have a bi-focal lens installed in them (have not had to do that – yet!). These can use a variety of different lens colors as well as polarized lenses. I like them due to the fact that I can get parts for them when I sit on them (again…) or if I damage the lenses or new inserts when my eyesight gets worse!
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If you wear prescription glasses you can get them in a material (photo-gray) that changes darkness with varying amounts of sunlight. That is what I have. Ask your eye doctor.
Chuck
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I want to thank everyone for there replys and comments on sunglasses.I decided on a pair
of Maui Jim UV protected and double Polarized grey with a +2 readers at the bottom they
said I would have them in 2 days . Will give a detailed report to the forum after I use them on the water. Thanks Gary
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I’ve seen some bi-focal inserts that you can stick to the inside of your favorite sunglasses. Don’t remember the name of them though and have not tried them myself.
Optx 2020 is the ones I use. Like $15 a pair. I have them in one of my pairs of WileyX sunglasses, and they work quite well. I've had them on there for about 3 months, and I've had no issues with them coming unstuck or anything. I did trim them down, but they're made to do that with.
I also have a set of WileyX setup by my eye doc. "Drive Wear" transtioning lenses, mirrored, very slight distance correction and my reading correction in a smooth line bifocal. Just got them 3 weeks ago. I love those, but the reader part did not work well with the big curve on those lenses. So they are right now remaking them the same way, but with lined bifocals. I hope that fixes them for good.
I have seen off the shelf bifocal ones at Bass Pro and Cabelas.
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So how did the polarized glasses work out? I have same in prescription tri-focal (I'm an old guy) but the polarization gives me fits trying to view the screen. Have to tilt my head 45 deg left to get a good view.