I find photochromatic lenses to be well worth it. One note however - due to the UV coatings on car windshields, they do not work for driving! I just keep a pair of clip-ons in the car.
I've had both grey and brown - I find my vision is better in the brown. I do lots of going from light to dark (sunny pasture to dark barn), and have no problems seeing with brown Transitions - when I had grey, I found myself looking over the top of them when going from sunny to shady. Transitions (a photochromatic brand) are billed as being totally clear when not activated, but you can see the tiniest tint when comparing to regular lenses. They don't get quite as dark as regular sunglasses. If I am going to be on the water or snow on a sunny day, I'll just use my clip-ons over the Transitions (the clip-on prevents them from darkening). You'd have to check the Transitions site for the actual stats, but they do not get as dark in extremely hot weather, and get darker than usual in very cold weather. I live in Central New York - I've worn them on humid 96 degree days and when it is 10 degrees with a -60 wind chill and not noticed any difference. Liz On Nov 17, 9:49 pm, gamera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I admit the only reason I'm interested in them is because I'd rather > have one pair of glasses that I wear all the time instead of one to > wear and another to carry around. I think if the quality of brown > photochromatic lenses was very good, it would be worth it. Now I've > never had any so I don't know if the lenses are totally untinted when > they are 'off.' > > I suppose for the added expense that maybe it's better to get 1 pair > of regular glasses (maybe with a magnetic shade) and a pair of > sunglasses. Any wisdom that can be shared? > > Arp --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
