sunglasses

[wannafly]

I fly with a set of Rayban sunglasses.With age comes a need for a set of magnifiers for close in sight. I have looked for a combo sunglass/magnifiers. Does anyone know of a brand that has bifocal sunglasses so I don't have to have two pair of glasses in the cockpit?

[BigJohn]

You can find the magnifiers that simply adhere to your regular sunglasses, I have used these for a couple of years now and you can trim them to the shape you want, I have found them at various glass shops but I know that Aircraft Spruce carries them. You will need to specify the Magnification you want 1.25 1.5 1.75 2.0 etc.

[rcnut]

try Zurich , they are at Oshkosh every year and they started making PX sunglasses, if I can find the web site I will post it later
gary

[jtpitkin06]

You can get the stick on lenses at Spruce, Sporty's and several other places.

I think the cheapest source is Amazon.com for $10.

http://www.amazon.com/Stick-on-Readi...uct/B0006HUNQI

[DesertFox6]

I picked up another set of those lens stick-ons from a Wal-Mart optics department rack in Cauldwell during the factory fly-in last September. I've been using them for several years now with no problems. If they got 'em there, they've got 'em everywhere!

"E.T."

[Dorsal]

I have tried the stick on readers but don't like them, I have also tried the basic bifocal sun readers but I do not like the line.
I now use and like the following
http://www.readingglasses.com/produc...show_popup=yes
no-line, very thin temple parts for minimal interference with headsets.

[HighWing]

This may sound a little hokey, but I like the flip up clip ons. It allows for the use of my regular prescription glasses, and the added convenience of being able to flip up the lens in the event that the chart is hard to read.

One thought on this, though. I use the progressive lenses with no lines. The problem I have is there is no correction on the peripheral vision sides and height over the runway is sometimes difficult to judge and some landings are not as smooth as I would like. I have plans to go with the typical bifocul with the correction lines going fully across the lens giving peripheral correction and see if that helps.

One other thought, as I understand it, polarized lenses are discouraged in aviation sunglasses.