murph3010murph Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 Right guys I'm kinda new to wearing glasses and it would seem i needed them as my clay scores have certainly gone up since I got them. Only thing is the rain. How do you guys who wear them cope or deal with the rain. Have thought about contacts for the field already but not sure if I will getc on with them. Any way any tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 Baseball cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 As above the longer the peak the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph3010murph Posted February 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 Yeah I find the peak on a cap distracting but will give it another go now I wear glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 I’m in the same situation but you will find after a while you shouldn’t notice your baseball cap . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) Don’t pull the cap down too much else your start to lift your head . Edited February 18, 2018 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 7 minutes ago, stevo said: Don’t pull the cap down too much else your start to lift your head . Agreed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 It' been a while since I went to spec savers but you can (could at least) get a block of red wax that was polished onto the lense in about 20 seconds. They didn't steam up and water ran off immediatey. I sed to use it on the bathroom mirror, windscreen all sorts. I bet you can still get it and I shall get some more myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 First off I wear contacts for shooting in anything appoaching wet weather. Specs have the obvious problem, but also can steam up under a peaked cap. Worse still peaked caps such as baseball type have too long a peak and restrict or remove your view of over head birds. I largely wildfowl and cut the peaks right back on waterproof caps as when ducking below a bank you don't see the geese over your head. You will only do so at risk of a crick in your neck. My advice is try daily contacts and if you persevere they are by far the best way to go. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getthegat Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 I'm with the cap brigade, but also find specs not perfect. I tried contacts, but never found the right combination that worked for me over every distance. Mind you I only shoot in the field, so need to see birds from varying distances, where as a rule, clays are roughly the same distance away each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 used to put gloop on the visor,may help on glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Baseball cap and some waterproof varieties of ....also I ended up buying larger lensed shooting glasses ,much better ,as you don`t see outside the frame lol ! It gets better with perseverance .....HTh. Edited February 19, 2018 by matone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph3010murph Posted February 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 18 hours ago, washerboy said: I’m in the same situation but you will find after a while you shouldn’t notice your baseball cap . Good to know thanks 18 hours ago, motty said: Agreed! Ah right yeah I do tend to pull baseball caps down a bit so good tip thanks 18 hours ago, GingerCat said: It' been a while since I went to spec savers but you can (could at least) get a block of red wax that was polished onto the lense in about 20 seconds. They didn't steam up and water ran off immediatey. I sed to use it on the bathroom mirror, windscreen all sorts. I bet you can still get it and I shall get some more myself. Never heard of this if you have a link or brand ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 I tend to have my batman stand behind me with a brolly. Only problem is he can't hold the brolly and clap politely at my brilliance after each pair, so I have to make do with a simple "Huzzah!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph3010murph Posted February 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 18 hours ago, Dave at kelton said: First off I wear contacts for shooting in anything appoaching wet weather. Specs have the obvious problem, but also can steam up under a peaked cap. Worse still peaked caps such as baseball type have too long a peak and restrict or remove your view of over head birds. I largely wildfowl and cut the peaks right back on waterproof caps as when ducking below a bank you don't see the geese over your head. You will only do so at risk of a crick in your neck. My advice is try daily contacts and if you persevere they are by far the best way to go. Good luck I was thinking this has to be the best way to deal with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) .. Edited February 19, 2018 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 6 hours ago, Fatcatsplat said: I tend to have my batman stand behind me with a brolly. Only problem is he can't hold the brolly and clap politely at my brilliance after each pair, so I have to make do with a simple "Huzzah!" you need two batpersons...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 I wear glasses shooting and find that most any hat with a brim works, I wear a trilby with a decent brim. Its also fair to say that after some time you will not notice the rain, even if there are a few drops on your glasses. I have never got on with baseball style caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooder Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 On 18/02/2018 at 19:06, stevo said: Baseball cap same as !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 On 19/02/2018 at 14:16, murph3010murph said: Good to know thanks Ah right yeah I do tend to pull baseball caps down a bit so good tip thanks Never heard of this if you have a link or brand ? Zip wax. Zooke anti fog wax. There'slots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 An interesting thread, I started wearing glasses 3 months ago, but have struggled with both rain spots and steaming up lenses myself, I thought about a cap but my son wears one and never sees the birds passing over his head, very frustrating , I have also noticed in very sunny conditions that birds flare away as I look up and have put it down to reflected light from the glasses, So it looks like I will have to start trying out some of your suggestions.!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, lakeside1000 said: An interesting thread, I started wearing glasses 3 months ago, but have struggled with both rain spots and steaming up lenses myself, I thought about a cap but my son wears one and never sees the birds passing over his head, very frustrating , I have also noticed in very sunny conditions that birds flare away as I look up and have put it down to reflected light from the glasses, So it looks like I will have to start trying out some of your suggestions.!!! There are no plus points to glasses other than vision restoration, but you do get used to living with them eventually ! Edited February 21, 2018 by matone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 I normally wear varifocals, but my shooting glasses are my long range vision prescription, in "reactolight" lenses. This clears up the sunny day and reflective problems of ordinary lenses. As has been said before on this thread, you do get use to wearing glasses eventually, even when its raining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greylag Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 Have been wearing daily contacts for wet weather shooting for several years.You can get a trial pack from your optician and they do make life much easier when the weather does its worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perazzishot Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Rain X applied to both sides of the lenses prevents both misting and the rain droplets simply run run off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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