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Philip J. Fry
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Does anyone know/have trifocal/progressive prescription sunglasses?

Looking for my dad. He used to love his Maui Jim's until the Lasik guys overshot both eyes during the procedure.

I know Costas, Maui Jim, Oakley, & Ray Ban have prescription lines, but can they do trifocal/progressives?

Big into fishing, thinking of either Costas or Mauis, but can't seem to find any information on google that is helpful.
tayk47
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costa offers progressive lenses

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Single vision, bi-focal and progressive prescription options are avilable. (Glass only available in single vision.)

http://costadelmar.com/SeeOutThere/Technology/PureLensPerfection/

[This message has been edited by tayk47 (edited 7/3/2011 10:49a).]
TheEyeGuy
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Costas will do progressives, as do Maui and Oakley. Rayban does not make Rx lenses, but you can get most raybans with progressives, as long as your optician knows what he is doing.

I can usually vouch for costas being pretty good, but I really do not know much about their progressive lenses except that they are probably going to be poly. Glass progressives are not very fun. I do not know if Costa is doing progressives in Trivex, but I doubt it. There is only one trivex polarized progressive, and that one is pretty expensive.

One thing to look for is if the lenses are going to be free form or not. Free form lens designs use a computer to design them and provide optimal usuable areas, especially with wrap lenses. Pretty much all oakley lenses now are free form, and Maui uses both free form and standard tech, depending on what you want.

Of the three, my favorite have been Maui Jim with their Evolution Passport lens. It is a free form lens called the autograph II that is made with a 1.60 index material. Exceptionally clear and very thin, plus it does not add any distortion through the periphery. Poly, on the other hand, definitely does. I have a set of mauis with poly and one with evolution, and I never wear the poly ones anymore. The overwhelming majority of oakley lenses are poly. They claim that their poly is better than the rest, but honestly, I don't believe it. Poly is poly, and the optic suck.

How old is your dad? How important is the progressive to him? Many people don't want the progressive in their sporting lenses as they'd rather have the full field of view, especially if he is young enough to hold things away from his body to see. If he can't thread the hook without them, however, that's a different story.
TheEyeGuy
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Oh, and adding trifocals to a sporting lens generally leads to disaster. Antiquated lens tech that does not have very many good options for materials.
ursusguy
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Eyeguy I am looking at get a new prescription here in the next month or so. I am thinking about breaking down and getting prescription sunglasses, the frame clip-ons aren't cutting it for driving any more hardly. Problem is my prescription is drastically different (I think it is about 10x's the difference). I am usually stick getting the smallest frame/lenses combo I can get (hince the clipons not doing great) just for shear weight. And that's with the lightest lenses. What is probably my best best for rx sunglasses when I have hugely different prescriptions?
TheEyeGuy
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Ursus, if you want to pm me what your Rx is and what you want to get, I'll let you know. I've forgotten more about Rx lenses than most opticians ever learn, but there are limits. I'll be honest with you about what you need to get and even tell you where the best place is to get what you want.
dubi
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I have progressives and handle the sun by getting both transition lenses with the paired magnetic clip-on sunglasses. They fit nicely and stay put even playing sports.

Transition lenses are great when outside, but they do not change in a vehicle. So I wear the clip-on sunglasses when I drive.
TheEyeGuy
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Dubi, check out transitions xtra-active next time you need glasses. They activate regular light vs UV light so they do work in the car. They also get darker than regular transitions, but they do take longer to get light. That being said, neither transitions or clipons provide you real sun protection like actual sunglasses.
dubi
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Dubi, check out transitions xtra-active next time you need glasses.


Thanks for the info! I will definitely ask next time I get glasses.
sunchaser
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I bought a pair of Costa progressive in 580 about three months ago. Delivery time was seven to ten days. They had all sorts of technical issues getting the final product to pass their specs......not just mine.

I pick them up "tomorrow."

These are in a blue mirror for offshore. I have bought Smith for wading in copper every time my RX changed but they don't have blue.

The Coastas were more than twice the price......so you really better want them.
Philip J. Fry
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Thanks for the info EyeGuy!

My dad will be reaching 50 later this year.

He definitely would need glasses in order to do anything close to the body.
Without his glasses, from arms length to inches from his face, he can't read the newspaper.

I'm extremely partial to Oakley since I've been through 3 Rx pairs so far with them. The main draw for me has been the ability to have 1 frame with multiple lenses (polarized, clear for indoor sports, and amber for shooting)
Since this is something I'm unfamiliar with, I don't want to suggest something that will lead down the "unhappy with them later" path.
TheEyeGuy
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Yeah, honestly, oakley has come a long way in the last year and a half. Before then, I was nearly anti-oakley because their lens tech was way behind the times, however, they have moved to the new stuff and actually have some of the better lens designs. Now, if they could only move away from polycarbonate, I would be happy with them. At the moment, I am about to order an oakley frame and send it in to one of my other labs and have them make the lenses for them.
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