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Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / August 2007Another product recommendation
Following a few suggestions from people here, I'd just like to say that glassesdirect.co.uk rock a fat one. Memoflex frames with anti reflective, scratch resistant and UV coating on the lenses, £61. Delivered in 4 days. I is chuffed.  SignatureDan White (dan@finex666.org.uk) Perform an exorcism when replying. > Following a few suggestions from people here, I'd just like to say that > glassesdirect.co.uk rock a fat one. > > Memoflex frames with anti reflective, scratch resistant and UV coating on > the lenses, £61. Delivered in 4 days. I is chuffed. Dan.... How do you get on about centreing the lenses to the pupil, like they do in the opticians with a ruler across the forehead. Prescription is easy enough, just get it from your optician, but it is the measuring that has put me off buying online. Bill <snip> > Dan.... > How do you get on about centreing the lenses to the pupil, like they do in > the opticians with a ruler across the forehead. Prescription is easy > enough, just get it from your optician, but it is the measuring that has > put me off buying online. Read the PD figure from the prescription, that's the Pupillary Distance figure that they need. Typically it's about 60mm in total, which I believe is the distance from the centre of one pupil to the other. SignatureDan White (dan@finex666.org.uk) Perform an exorcism when replying. ><snip> >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >figure that they need. Typically it's about 60mm in total, which I believe >is the distance from the centre of one pupil to the other. That still won't centre the lenses over the pupils, because your nose may well not be half way between the two. SignatureColin Irvine YZF1000R BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk <snip> > That still won't centre the lenses over the pupils, because your nose > may well not be half way between the two. That's why I said "in total". It just happens that my PD reading was 30.0/30.0 too. SignatureDan White (dan@finex666.org.uk) Perform an exorcism when replying. ><snip> >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >That's why I said "in total". It just happens that my PD reading was >30.0/30.0 too. Er... so you're agreeing? SignatureColin Irvine YZF1000R BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk >><snip> >>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Er... so you're agreeing? Yes, but I'll argue if you want ;-) SignatureDan White (dan@finex666.org.uk) Perform an exorcism when replying. >><snip> >>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >That still won't centre the lenses over the pupils, because your nose >may well not be half way between the two. Surely it'll be close enough unless you've got a face like a muppet. Ah... SignatureChamp I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race) neal at champ dot org dot uk We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Bill" <co10@hotmail.co.uk> saying something like: >How do you get on about centreing the lenses to the pupil, like they do in >the opticians with a ruler across the forehead. Prescription is easy enough, >just get it from your optician, but it is the measuring that has put me off >buying online. Mirror, ruler - ruler, mirror. Easy. SignatureDave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the river cleaned out in a day. >Following a few suggestions from people here, I'd just like to say that >glassesdirect.co.uk rock a fat one. > >Memoflex frames with anti reflective, scratch resistant and UV coating on >the lenses, £61. Delivered in 4 days. I is chuffed. Well, I'm going to chalk one up for the local optician[1]. Walked in to a branch I don't normally use and told them I was after a sunglasses version of the existing specs I have. First off they managed to source the frame, which they no longer. Then they priced them up with ultra-thin[2] Nikon Transitions lenses and they came out at 400 quid. They then reduced the price to just over 100 quid because I've been with them so long (20 years) and I have a contact lense subscription from them. Delivery in a week. [1] Dolland & Aitchison [2] Because bats have better sight than me and bottle tops look silly in small frames. SignatureZX-10R > [2] Because bats have better sight than me and bottle tops look silly > in small frames. My new prescription will make my lenses somewhere between 8 and 10mm thick. Don't talk about bottle bottoms to me. -- Lozzo >> [2] Because bats have better sight than me and bottle tops look silly >> in small frames. > >My new prescription will make my lenses somewhere between 8 and 10mm >thick. Don't talk about bottle bottoms to me. Mine wouldn't be far off that. They're 2-3mm thick at the edges with the thinnest lenses you can get. -5.5 and -6.75. SignatureZX-10R >>My new prescription will make my lenses somewhere between 8 and 10mm >>thick. Don't talk about bottle bottoms to me. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > -5.5 and -6.75. Luxury. -9.5 and -11.5. Which is why I wear hard gas-perm contacts.. Phil. SignaturePhil Launchbury, IT PHB 'I'm training the bats that live in my cube to juggle mushrooms' >>>My new prescription will make my lenses somewhere between 8 and 10mm >>>thick. Don't talk about bottle bottoms to me. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Luxury. -9.5 and -11.5. Which is why I wear hard gas-perm contacts.. f.ck me, you're more short sighted than me and I thought I was the UKRM bat! Perhaps we should have BAT#s for those that aren't likely to see the tree before they hit it. >> Luxury. -9.5 and -11.5. Which is why I wear hard gas-perm contacts.. > > f.ck me, you're more short sighted than me and I thought I was the UKRM bat! > > Perhaps we should have BAT#s for those that aren't likely to see the > tree before they hit it. Cool. You can be KOTL and I can look myopically at the list.. I once moved the car without my lenses in (and without my glasses). Not a pleasant experience. It's hard to describe to people with good vision how terrifying it is when *everything* is blurred (except stuff within about 4 inches of my eyes - if I want to read anything I have to close my left eye and read it with just my right eye because I have to hold it so close that steoscopic vision doesn't work..). I can just about function without glasses or lenses but only at a very basic level - I certainly can't do any of the things I find enjoyable like reading, using computers, driving etc etc.. But I do get help from the government towards the cost of my lenses (I count as partially-sighted) to the princely total of GBP 1.95.. Phil. SignaturePhil Launchbury, IT PHB 'I'm training the bats that live in my cube to juggle mushrooms' > It's hard to describe to people with good vision how terrifying it is > when *everything* is blurred You don't need to describe it. Just let them try on your glasses. Actually if you are short-sighted that would make them long-sighted and vice-versa but you see what I mean. SignatureEiron. >> It's hard to describe to people with good vision how terrifying it is >> when *everything* is blurred > > You don't need to describe it. Just let them try on your glasses. Or if you have an SLR camera to hand, let them look through the lens at an object say ten feet away, and the turn the lens around a bit. '_That's_ what I see when I take my glasses off!'. D. Signaturedes | 'trop d'la balle, j'kiffe grave!' > >> [2] Because bats have better sight than me and bottle tops look silly > >> in small frames. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Mine wouldn't be far off that. They're 2-3mm thick at the edges with > the thinnest lenses you can get. If we're talking concave lenses for myopia, then the greater the diameter, the thicker the lens will be at the edge. My regular specs are rimless so don't use the thinnest lens available (too brittle) and my Oakley sunnies are pretty much on the limit - any thicker and they'd be unwearable. Being blind blows goats at times, but I wouldn't dare risk unnecessary eye surgery. Signatureogden sv650 - surprisingly quick for a girl's bike > > >> [2] Because bats have better sight than me and bottle tops look silly > > >> in small frames. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Oakley sunnies are pretty much on the limit - any thicker and they'd be > unwearable. I'm talking about having serious double vision[1] which requires a 15 prism shared between both lenses. At the moment I have a 3 prism in each solid lens, with a 9 prism floppy fresnel lens stuck inside the left lens of my specs. It's been like that for about 2 years while I made sure that's what I needed - with a pair of lenses alone costing around £270 I wasn't taking any chances on my prescription changing soon. I'm also terrifically long sighted in my left eye but my right is only slightly short-sighted. > Being blind blows goats at times, but I wouldn't dare risk unnecessary > eye surgery. If my double vision had required anything above a 18 prism I would have been up for surgery that involves adjustable sutures being fitted at the edge of each eye. They tweak each suture up over time until the eyes are pulled into the correct place to cure the double vision. [1] Caused by a combination of smashing my head one too many times[2] in bike and car accidents and having a TIA a couple of years ago. I only needed a 6 prism until I had the mini-stroke. [2] The final straw was smashing the old works van through the armco on the A1 near Baldock, that time I lost 2 tyres and drove it into the Little Chef car park. I hit my head against the B post and side window quite hard in that accident. -- Lozzo >> If we're talking concave lenses for myopia, then the greater the >> diameter, the thicker the lens will be at the edge. My regular specs [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > at the edge of each eye. They tweak each suture up over time until the > eyes are pulled into the correct place to cure the double vision. <scribbles notes> <adds data to "works with troubled teenagers, must be f.cked in the head" hypothesis> Signaturewessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS "Wessie is a lovely man with many wonderful qualities" TM Blaney >>> If we're talking concave lenses for myopia, then the greater the >>> diameter, the thicker the lens will be at the edge. My regular specs [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > <adds data to "works with troubled teenagers, must be f.cked in the > head" hypothesis> <re-reads> f.cked in the eyes, surely? Signatureplatypus somewhere to go for the night > > > >My new prescription will make my lenses somewhere between 8 and 10mm > > > >thick. Don't talk about bottle bottoms to me. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I'm talking about having serious double vision[1] which requires a 15 > prism shared between both lenses. Oh, I know you're a special case. I meant "we" as in "Ben and I". Signatureogden sv650 - surprisingly quick for a girl's bike > speedys...@googlemail.com wrote: > > I'm talking about having serious double vision[1] which requires a 15 > > prism shared between both lenses. > > Oh, I know you're a special case. I meant "we" as in "Ben and I". <licks window> -- Lozzo speedyspic@googlemail.com wibbled: > > [2] Because bats have better sight than me and bottle tops look > > silly in small frames. > > My new prescription will make my lenses somewhere between 8 and 10mm > thick. Don't talk about bottle bottoms to me. Fark. They must weigh a ton - have you tried the ultra thin lenses? Not cheap, but worth every penny IMO SignatureBuzby There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, speedyspic@googlemail.com typed >> [2] Because bats have better sight than me and bottle tops look silly >> in small frames. > >My new prescription will make my lenses somewhere between 8 and 10mm >thick. Don't talk about bottle bottoms to me. He wasn't. He was talking about bottle *tops*. Are you bli... Oh! Wait... SignatureWicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400 |
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