MITCHF Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Looking for shooters experience : Contact lense and standard shooting glasses. Or Prescription shooting glasses ? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenlivet Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Contacts for me. Apart from anything else you have much more scope to vary your shooting glasses for varying light conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brokey Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 I wear varifocals normally but was advised that they may prove to be a disadvantage whilst shooting. I've invested in a set of Eyelevel single vision glasses which come with 4 different types of polycarbonate lenses. I find them excellent to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.C Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Went for a pair of Wiley X Saber with prescription inserts. Get on fine with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthebrit Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Contacts for me. I'm getting slight changes in my perscription these days (eyes actually getting better at long distance) so it's fairly hassle free to keep my eyes right. (doesn't help my shooting though!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper682 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Mrs uses contacts . Gets on great with em. Daily disposables. £22 for 30 pairs. Oakley's over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSolomons Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 I've used prescription glasses for years and wouldn't change, Oakley for a good 10 years now pilla, very good kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehb102 Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Prescription glasses with snap on coloured filters. One polarised, one for orange clays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Definitely contacts for me, I have astigmatism and dont get on with glasses. Contact are more "fit and forget" for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I've used prescription glasses for years and wouldn't change, Oakley for a good 10 years now pilla, very good kit Can I ask why you went from Oakleys to Pilla? Better lenses/better definition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian North Wales Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I work in the optics industry and would try these guys out- http://uk.mauijim.com/en/passport-page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSolomons Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Can I ask why you went from Oakleys to Pilla? Better lenses/better definition? Sure, the prescription oakleys have a very limited choice of tints which shrinks every year. After being give. A few sets of prescription pilla 580s to trial I was sold, vast selection of useful tints and they actually sit better on my face than the oakleys. I too am astigmatic and got Ed Lyons to do all my optical work, local opticians don't know what they are doing I'm sad to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Sure, the prescription oakleys have a very limited choice of tints which shrinks every year. After being give. A few sets of prescription pilla 580s to trial I was sold, vast selection of useful tints and they actually sit better on my face than the oakleys. I too am astigmatic and got Ed Lyons to do all my optical work, local opticians don't know what they are doing I'm sad to say. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabhui Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Contacts for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 (edited) In the past 18 months I found that my distance vision was getting a bit fuzzy but my reading ability was so much improved that I could now read the paper without my 2 1/2 strength reading glasses. Went and got checked out today. The lady was exceptionally helpful and gave a full check up and listened to my strange tale because I am now the wrong side of 76yrs when eye sight would be expected to start to decline but she said for my age my eye sight and eyes where in excellent condition but that for some reason I had started to go to the short sighted end of the spectrum but not such to worry about. I explained that I hunted and shot and she never blinked (pun not intended) and said she thought she could put a prescription set of lens together which I could use for my bird shooting and stalking where I needed that extra clarity at distance. Have now to wait seven days before they are ready to see if they do what the box or lady says. If she is correct then I can use them when needed and have no need to wear them full time. Ideal for decoying pigeons where often I don't pick up that low sliding bird coming in skimming the stubble until it's on me .... and frequently miss :-( It will be interesting wearing them when in a high seat or on a driven day to see if they are an encumbrance or not. Any of you had that errrr perception test with the red dot and the button to press every time you see a green light/s. Heh! good fun, I could have played all day on that. Got all positives, which I was pleased about because my father had mild glaucoma which is hereditary. Edited September 12, 2016 by Walker570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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