Life Transitions lenses - Page 3

**007** · 05-01-2016, 04:52 PM

Do you have them? Did you like them? Did you feel it was worth the extra expense?

I'm going in for new eyeglasses this week and am taking the plunge into high end progressives. I already know I'm going with crizal for my scratch and antiglare coating. Just can't decide if the transitions is worth it or not for one extra added convenience.

splatbass · 05-02-2016, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Guru

You can do progressive for contacts?

They give you one contact for distance and one for near. So if you want to look far away you use one eye, if you want to read you use the other. Doesn't sound very good to me.

**srvy** · 05-02-2016, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsLV

Had them in my previous pair and got new glasses specifically to get rid of them. I guess I was under the impression that they'd turn into sunglasses when in the sun but they don't. Mine never got as dark as sunglasses and ended up being just more of a tinted lens in the sun. I just didn't like how they looked partially tinted like that. It looked dorky to me. Also I didn't realize that they would not be tinted while in the car which is where I needed the tinting the most. Hope this helps

Guys at work say the same thing. Just get prescription polarized traditional Ray Bans your eyes change its easy to get new lenses. Best to stick to what gets the job done. It does require two sets of glasses and a lot of insurance only replaces every 2 years. If you have a pair regular glasses that you see fine wait it out and go with the prescript sunglasses.

I wear contacts and have for years when I started to not be able to read close up I got the reading glasses and what a pain. My eye Doc suggested one for reaching out and the other eye unaided as I see close up fine without contacts in. It was no problem for me the transition and was used to by the end of the day. You just dont really notice it the brain compensates.

BlackHelicopters · 05-02-2016, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

You can do progressive for contacts? Not that it matters. I can't stand putting anything on my eye anyway. Plus I have astigmatism in both eyes.

Yes. Your situation is correctable.

**Dartgod** · 05-02-2016, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dmahurin

I got a magnetic clip on instead of the transitions. Absolutley love them. Will never do the transitions again. Very similar to this.

This is what I have. I also have the transition lenses. These magnetic clip-ons cost $100 to replace.

Amnorix · 05-02-2016, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by splatbass

I like mine. The one thing I don't like is that they don't get dark in the car. The windows block UV, preventing them from darkening.

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

I like mine. Same complaint as splat.

Ditto.

To solve this, I have clip on sunglasses which attach to my regular glasses, which I keep in the car.

Unless I'm asleep, I'm wearing my glasses, so it's the full boat for me. Throw every advantage I can onto them, and just suck it up and pay it.

ILikeBigTiddys · 05-02-2016, 03:20 PM

Transition lenses are WT

**007** · 05-02-2016, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ILikeBigTiddys

Transition lenses are WT

What does WT even mean

ILikeBigTiddys · 05-02-2016, 03:41 PM

White trash

**007** · 05-02-2016, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ILikeBigTiddys

White trash

Well that makes zero sense at all. White trash has no teeth and wears a broken pair of glasses with tape on them in Walmart while their ass is hanging halfway out of their ripped sweats that don't stay up.

**007** · 05-02-2016, 05:02 PM

Its so annoying speaking with the salesperson because they are just that. You can't get an honest answer out of them because Crizal and Transitions are the best thing ever created.

Meanwhile, I hear the everyday folk say how the crizal isn't any better than the cheap antireflective coatings.

Chief Pagan · 05-02-2016, 05:14 PM

Yea, the transitions don't get as dark as actual sunglasses or dark in the car. They still help and I still like them. I guess it depends if you are very cost conscious. I'm not regarding eye glasses. I guess I'm also past being fashion conscious about how they look.

I also like that in scenarios where I may be outside from afternoon through evening I don't have to worry about carrying a sunglass case to put my sunglasses back into when it gets dark. (I wear contacts part of the time).

I used to struggle to keep the anti-glare clean. I don't use the tiny cloth that you may get with the glasses. Get a couple of large, soft towels. The type for drying dishes. Make sure you get soft ones not the cheapo ones from WalMart/Target and laundry them frequently. A really clean towel helps prevents smears. A tiny cloth is good for one or two wipes and after that it just smears. Surprisingly enough, I found the large refill bottle from WalMart worked better than the spray from the eye doctors office and don't spray too much.

JD10367 · 05-02-2016, 06:39 PM

Hated the Transitions. Wouldn't get dark in the car so I had to wear sunglasses in the car. Stayed too dark when I went indoors so I had to take my glasses off for the first five minutes I was indoors. Didn't really get dark enough as sunglasses. Sometimes if the sun hit them weird I'd get weird dark/light patterns on them. When my prescription changed I dumped them and went back to plain old glasses and I just put on clip-on sunglasses, much easier.

Chief Pagan · 05-02-2016, 08:02 PM

Might be more than you want to spend but transition lens don't prevent you from putting clip on in the car.

**srvy** · 05-02-2016, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ILikeBigTiddys

White trash

**DaneMcCloud** · 05-02-2016, 08:22 PM

Are the transitional lenses gender neutral?

05-01-2016, 04:52 PM
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007 Shaken. Not stirred. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Casino cash: $12240126 VARSITY	Its so annoying speaking with the salesperson because they are just that. You can't get an honest answer out of them because Crizal and Transitions are the best thing ever created. Meanwhile, I hear the everyday folk say how the crizal isn't any better than the cheap antireflective coatings. __________________ My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done. Such as, drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.
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05-02-2016, 05:14 PM	#41
Chief Pagan Sometimes it's black and white Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California Casino cash: $1344900	Yea, the transitions don't get as dark as actual sunglasses or dark in the car. They still help and I still like them. I guess it depends if you are very cost conscious. I'm not regarding eye glasses. I guess I'm also past being fashion conscious about how they look. I also like that in scenarios where I may be outside from afternoon through evening I don't have to worry about carrying a sunglass case to put my sunglasses back into when it gets dark. (I wear contacts part of the time). I used to struggle to keep the anti-glare clean. I don't use the tiny cloth that you may get with the glasses. Get a couple of large, soft towels. The type for drying dishes. Make sure you get soft ones not the cheapo ones from WalMart/Target and laundry them frequently. A really clean towel helps prevents smears. A tiny cloth is good for one or two wipes and after that it just smears. Surprisingly enough, I found the large refill bottle from WalMart worked better than the spray from the eye doctors office and don't spray too much.
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05-02-2016, 06:39 PM	#42
JD10367 Cheaterlover* Join Date: May 2009 Location: RI Casino cash: $10010716	Hated the Transitions. Wouldn't get dark in the car so I had to wear sunglasses in the car. Stayed too dark when I went indoors so I had to take my glasses off for the first five minutes I was indoors. Didn't really get dark enough as sunglasses. Sometimes if the sun hit them weird I'd get weird dark/light patterns on them. When my prescription changed I dumped them and went back to plain old glasses and I just put on clip-on sunglasses, much easier.
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05-02-2016, 08:02 PM	#43
Chief Pagan Sometimes it's black and white Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California Casino cash: $1344900	Might be more than you want to spend but transition lens don't prevent you from putting clip on in the car.
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05-02-2016, 08:22 PM	#45
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