Advantages Of Separate Sunglasses Vs Transition Lenses.
Nov 27th, 2009 Posted in style | no comment »Person who wear prescription lenses often have difficulty seeing when the sun is bright. If they change into regular sunglasses, they lose their prescription. If the wear their glasses, then the glare of the sun makes it difficult to see and dangerous to drive. While you could switch to contact lenses this is not a choice that works for everyone. Clip on shades also can cause some weird things to happen with your vision. Prescription sunglasses and transition lenses are a better choice. What are the advantages of Separate Sunglasses Vs Transition Lenses.
Transition lenses are photosensitive. That means that they change color when they are exposed to sunlight. Outside they dark, but come back inside and they get light again. This prevents the wearer from having to change glasses when moving from the inside to the outside.
Instead, the glasses change for you. When your are driving your car and the sun suddenly breaks through the clouds, your glasses will sense the bright light and change color. When you are driving in the evening and the sun goes down, the glasses sense the change in lighting conditions and change back toward the clear side so that you can still see clearly.
However, some wearers find some disadvantages to the transition lenses.
The change from dark to light or light to dark can take several minutes. This means that you may not have the needed sun protection the minute you step out of a store. In addition when you walk inside the lag in transition time may have you in the dark for a few minutes.
If you want or need dark sunglasses, then transitions will not get as dark as separate sunglasses. Persons with light sensitivity sometimes require that sunglasses be tinted as dark as possible. Transition lenses may not be enough to protect from the effects of bright light when you walk out into the sun.
If you are hoping to save money by purchasing transition lenses, you may find that you actually spend more money on these glasses. You will actually pay about the same for glasses and sunglasses as you will for transition lenses; however, most vision insurance plans do not pay for the extra costs of transition lenses. However, some do pay the cost of a spare set of glasses. If your insurance pays for the spare set of glasses, they you may only have to pay the difference to have the glasses tented to the color you want for sunglasses. At most optical stores, the cost of tinting glasses is very little.
Transition lenses and regular lenses can be places in a great designer frame like the Coach Taryn or any pair of Coach Shades.
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