Prescription Sunglasses

Video Transcript

"In passing I've mentioned a few different styles of sunglasses that you cannot get prescription in. We can go into a little bit more detail about those, what can and cannot be done as prescription. Generally speaking, as you know if you have ever purchased subscription sunglasses, they are going to be more expensive. Polarized prescription lenses are going to be more expensive. Your prescription is really going to be the deciding factor to what you can put your prescription in or what sunglasses are available to you. We talked about the shields, the shields are a no go. Shields are a fashion accessory. They are not going to be traditional sunglasses. You cannot put your prescription lenses in these. This, these plastic ones, things that have a high wrap to them are going to be really dependent to your prescription. If you have a life prescription, you could probably do that but if you were, let's say, you see twenty-five hundred, it's going to be iffy, probably towards the no side. So, you're going to need something need something a little more flatter. Flatter, meaning something like this. Okay, this isn't quite as wrapped so you could probably get your prescription. So, just know that when you're going out looking for prescription sunglasses. Like I said, polarized lenses are going to cost more than tinting, tinting in our office with UV protection is thirty dollars, polarized lenses usually seventy to a hundred depending on what, what prescription you are going to put in there. The progressive lenses, people who want to wear the no-line bifocals with their sunglasses, be aware of things like curvature, because you don't want to have a lot of distortion added to your already distorted progressive lenses. Progressive lenses have a channel and when you start manipulating that channel and wrapping it around it's going to create some distortion, and you have to be aware of that. We talked before about the drill mounted sunglasses. Drill mounted sunglasses are going to be exceptionally more expensive if you put the prescription in them. These are, you have to drill the lens through. So, you're paying what they call a drill mounting fee for these. You have to do these lenses in polycarbonate. I would assume that these frames, done as prescription, probably around five hundred dollars, really anywhere. So, just kind of, be aware of that. And, also we talked about the sports lens one and we can kind of see that these were done as a shield, okay. So, I've talked to you about shields, you can't do a shield except in this very rare case. These are designed by people who manufacture strictly sports sunglass wear. So, on the backside here we can pull off the nose bridge, like that, and there's an insert that's a circular insert; I apologize for not having one in front of me, but the insert just snaps in. It's in two circles attached with the nose bridge right here and you can put your prescription in the insert and it just sits behind the shield. So, that's an option and that's actually an inexpensive option for those of you who might need sports glasses, but definitely talk to your optician, show them your prescription, what frame are you trying to put these into. It's going affect whether, first off whether or not it can be done, second off, it's going to affect cost. Kind of go over those things with your optician, make sure you pick something that's right for you."