A year ago I got a set of those graduated lenses which can be used for both reading and distance (astigmatism) in my case.
Never again. Hopeless for cockpit use, not to mention I always felt slightly dizzy on the ground even though I persevered with them for three months. I'll continue with the inconvenience of two sets for now. Christopher McDonnell "Womma Mu Kurta" Mount Barker Springs South Australia 61 8 8391 0482 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Armistead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 28 September 2004 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Best sunglasses for gliding ? > Jim/Mark > > Having just recently gone to the optometrist with my kids, and deciding to > get a check-up myself, I discovered I have mild astigmatism (unequally curved > eye optics that give a slight blur). I've had it all my life it sees, but > only when the optometrist put me through the paces, switching all those > lenses around in that contraption they put in front of your eyes, did I > really notice how much better my vision could be. > > The question of what to do when flying and driving came up - and I decided to > go for convertible glasses with a magnetic clip-on pair of polaroid lenses > that are fitted in front of the prescription lenses. > > So now I have "six-eyes" instead of four when wearing glasses while > driving/flying. > > They seem to work very well and the magnets are sufficiently strong that the > polaroid lenses do not come off when performing high-G maneouvres like loops. > > I was also warned against those "Transitions" lenses they advertise on TV - > it seems that while they change tint depending on the light level, it is > triggered by the UV intensity rather than that of the visible wavelengths, > and since most modern cars have slightly polarised glass, they actually don't > work very well when driving (which was never really explained in the TV ads) > > Cheers > > Jason Armistead > > > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:51:21 +0930, Mark Newton wrote > > Jim Kelly wrote: > > > The sun's finally beginning to emerge :-) > > > > > > Anyone know if these (prescription) sunglasses are available in > > > Australia currently? > > > > I've never really had any luck getting polarized prescription > > sunglasses. > > > > But I've had excellent results with contact lenses and yellow-tint > > mirrored polarized sunglasses. Brings out contrasting colours > > really well when you want to spot an aircraft against the ground, > > and slightly tilting your head changes the sky color to really > > highlight aircraft against the sky. > > > > Had 'em for years now. I'm surprised I haven't lost them :-) > > > > - mark > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I tried an internal modem, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton > > ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82231777 ----- > > _______________________________________________ > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To check or change subscription details, visit: > > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
