Stick on Magnification for Riding Glasses

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04-30-2016, 11:56 PM

albertasaurus

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Originally Posted by Hippie49

Real glasses are not that expensive.

You can get sunglasses or no lines bifocals with progressive lenses at Walmart for around $250 and maybe cheaper elsewhere if you shopped around.

Nobody likes to wear glasses but sooner or later you just have to give in.

This!

Do yourself and your eyes a favor, and go get some " real" glasses. The two things I will never cheap out on are my eyes.

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05-01-2016, 06:49 AM

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Great idea! Makes expensive sunglasses useful again. I went a cheaper route and bought Radians bifocal sunglasses from Whitehorse Gear. It was wonderful to be able to read maps and see my gauges. Finally caved in and got fitted with mono-vision contacts.

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05-01-2016, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonesee

Because we don't blindly embrace his idea?
I guess I don't understand your comment.

Awful quick at the trigger aren't you?

I immediately edited my original comment so quickly that my original post doesn't even list that it was edited.
But since you asked a question I'll answer it.

My comment about trolls wasn't because someone doesn't "blindly embrace his idea" for whatever that means.
I don't embrace the OP's idea either but I wasn't going to put down their idea or offer unsolicited advice which is exactly what a troll does.

Read 50cal's post; that's what a non-troll comment looks like.

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05-01-2016, 09:27 AM

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Thats the ticket!

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05-01-2016, 09:59 AM

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I got a set in Sturgis a couple years ago - I totally dig them. They stay on nicely, but if you want a new/different pair of glasses, they are easy to get off and put on another pair.

FTW.

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05-01-2016, 10:02 AM

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I tried those exact same one's, and like another poster said earlier, they dried out. Was constantly having to re-adhere one or both lenses. I finally bought the cheap wrap around sunglasses with bifocal lenses for reading my gauges etc, much better solution.

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05-01-2016, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluraven

Awful quick at the trigger aren't you?

I immediately edited my original comment so quickly that my original post doesn't even list that it was edited.

Nice save almost...

As for your etiquette lesson, you called every poster a troll. I wouldn't consider that proper board etiquette.

A troll sows discontent or provocative posts. None of those were posted.
Honest sincere opinions are not trolling behavior.

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05-01-2016, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Toliverpeterson

I'm one of those that doesn't need a perscription glasses for distance, just for reading, and let's be honest, it's the dam phone. Really everything else is fine.

So today I put on my WileyX stock riding glasses the Hydrotac Stick on Bifocal lenses. I bought the 1.5's based on my wife's department store cheater glasses.

I trimmed them with scissors so they would fit the contour of my glasses and be below my line of sight. You can dry fit them and even put them on to getthe height and location.

Once sizes are good, I cleaned my finger prints and you put a drop of water on the lenses and press the pieces into the water and position them. Squeeze out what you can for water under them and done. Directions say full adhesion is 24 hours.

I just finished them up. I think I see just fine over them for riding, and I can certainly read my phone better with them than I could before. I'm anxious to try them out on the bike.

I've used them for years. They've worked very well for me. I got mine at Granger, though.

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Originally Posted by 50cal

I tried those for a while. Then, at Wally World (Walmart), I found some sunglasses with bifocal inserts with various magnifications. I found that the stick on lenses tended to dry up after a while.

Hmm, it's pretty dry here in NM, but I haven't had that problem. Maybe it's the brand of the lenses. A YMMV thing I guess.

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Originally Posted by albertasaurus

This!

Do yourself and your eyes a favor, and go get some " real" glasses. The two things I will never cheap out on are my eyes.

I tried that. The eye doctor told me it would be a waste of money, my vision is excellent past about 5 feet out from my nose, especially "for someone of my age." haha. So some of us only need reading glasses.

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05-01-2016, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonesee

As for your etiquette lesson, you called every poster a troll. I wouldn't consider that proper board etiquette.

A troll sows discontent or provocative posts. None of those were posted.
Honest sincere opinions are not trolling behavior.

You originally quoted a comment that didn't officially exist so as far as "etiquette" is concerned you should have edited your comment that quoted something that didn't exist.

I'm done here.

**I'm moving on**

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