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When wearing transitions I would often remove my glasses and pocket them a minute or two before entering a building, so that I could don the glasses as soon as
by bdamm 9y ago
When wearing transitions I would often remove my glasses and pocket them a minute or two before entering a building, so that I could don the glasses as soon as I entered. When riding a motorcycle while wearing the glasses the darkening was significant and was unnerving to ride from a bright section of road to a deeply shadowed section. The effect was similar in a car but windshields do block more UV than a visor.
If someone is willing to wear contacts I can't see why they wouldn't just don sunglasses. Intriguing product but uncertain of what applications exist. Perhaps the deeper meaning here is the additive process. Also noteworthy is that the dye could be laid unevenly so that some areas of the contact are more affected, such as only in the top 1/3rd.
- KozmoNau7 9y ago>"If someone is willing to wear contacts I can't see why they wouldn't just don sunglasses" That was actually my primary reason for trying out contacts; I wanted to be able to wear affordable sunglasses, and not have to keep around a case if I needed to change back to my regular glasses. Not having to worry about fogging would be a huge benefit as well. There is no actual good sunglasses solution for people who uses glasses, outside of carrying around a separate pair of prescription sunglasses. Unfortunately, I just couldn't get used to the contact lenses, even after a month of trying all of the various types, from complete basic to the fancy high-end silicone. I had no troubles putting them in and taking them out, but my eyes would be irritated and tired around mid-afternoon, no matter what. I also realized that my subscription (-0.75/-1.00) is basically perfect for computer work if I take off my glasses, so consequently I hardly ever wear them indoors. With contact lenses, I would negate that benefit and have to constantly focus, giving me headaches after a couple of hours. Obviously I could correct that back with a pair of +1.00 reading glasses, but that does seem a bit silly, really. So yeah, if I wore contacts, I would definitely just use a pair of cheap (UV-rated, obviously) sunglasses and not worry too much about them. These color-changing lenses seem too expensive and have too many downsides.
- delinka 9y ago"...such as only in the top 1/3rd." Contacts don't stay "upright" in the eyes, so I'm unclear how this would be at all beneficial.
- thefifthsetpin 9y agoMost don't, but they do make lenses for people with astigmatism which maintain their orientation.
- cptskippy 9y agoI have those, I don't think this would be a good use of that because the contacts don't orient themselves very quickly when put in and they're easily reoriented in your eye by simple movements.
- bdamm 9y agoYou have the wrong brand then. Check with your optometrist because I can assure you, you don't have the live with that problem. It can be fixed. Contacts should retain their orientation at all times unless under extreme duress like you just slept all night in them.