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My wife bought me a pair of Ray Bans for my birthday after I told her that I was having trouble driving with the sun glare. I think she spent about $200 on them. Anyway, I`ve been trying to get used to them but the damn things blur my vision.

 

Has this ever happened to any of you?

 

I have 30 days to test drive them but I`m bringing them back and trying another style. I don`t know if I got a bad pair.?

 

I need some good quality eye wear. I have bad eyes to begin with. I do alot of driving and I need something that will protect and be comfortable.

 

Suggestions...

 

Thanks.

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You might have what's called a chromatic aberation - - If the glasses filter out the colors you are able to easily focus on, you won't be able to focus.

 

I have something a little similar. When under florescent lights, if I look at a thin black line on paper, I see two lines, one yellow and one above it that's blue. This doesn't happen with incandescent lights. I had to add a small halogen spotlight to my bench at work to make it easier to focus.

 

I've been told the florescents make white light by mixing two phosphors, one blue and one yellow. Hmmm....

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I've read that sunglasses are bad for you - they filter out the UV info your body needs, via the pineal gland, to adjust the body to the external sunlight, i.e skin protection etc. They are also connected with cancer :eek:

 

All the natural eyesight people advise against sunglasses.

 

I've never worn them

 

cheers

john

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Originally posted by Ernest Buckley

I thought so too until I was in Dunkin Donuts trying to read the prices with my Ray Bans on and couldn`t. Took the glasses off and then I was able to read it fine.


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Hmmm... Sounds like you need to make an appointment with an optometrist. :cool:

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I'd have to agree, go see an optician! Even if you do have good eyesight they should be able to tell you why the new shades are blurring your vision! This may be a silly comment, but you haven't been accidentally given someone else's prescription lenses have you??

 

I always get a pair when I get new regular specs, they usually have an offer of 2 pairs for the price of one so I just get one with tinted lenses.

 

Which reminds me it's about time I made an appointment!

 

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I had a pair of Sundog glasses that had a curvature to them that would slightly alter my vision. It was one of these "wrap aroundd the sides of the head" jobbies I bought for to wear cycling/running.

 

They got stolen from my car.

 

The next pair I bought (also Sundog) had the same degree of curvature, but they don't alter my vision (at least, not that I can perceive). Strange.

 

As for not wearing anything - nuts to that. I went temperarily snowblind as a youngster one very bright wintery day because I wasn't wearing eye protection from the glare. Shades ever since.

 

Cheers!

Spencer

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Originally posted by John Sayers

I've read that sunglasses are bad for you - they filter out the UV info your body needs, via the pineal gland, to adjust the body to the external sunlight, i.e skin protection etc. They are also connected with cancer
:eek:

All the natural eyesight people advise against sunglasses.


I've never worn them


cheers

john

 

That's insane.

 

Sunlight & Vitamin D 3rd item

 

And this one is the Aussie Eye Doc Association

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Wow, something I can actually speak about with authority, having spent a small portion of my youth in the sunglass industry. :D

 

Ray-Bans are excellent glasses. They are made from optically-ground glass lenses, just like prescription eyewear.

 

Any serious sunglass will use lenses, be they glass or plastic, that are absent of any areas of distortion that will cause your eye's lens to attempt to refocus, creating strain and headaches. Also, all good sunglasses do block 100% UV, and are as color-neutral as possible (specialty glasses, like those used for skiing or driving, will sometimes incorporate tinted lenses in amber or brown to deal with specific issues relating to those activities). Ray Ban uses the G15 lens, which is very slightly greenish but mostly allows you to see colors naturally as possible.

 

Kiwiburger's mistake is that he's referring to cheap glasses that do not block UV completely. Ray-Ban is one of the best glasses you can buy. If you continue to feel there's a problem, take them back to the retailer where they were purchased and try on some other Ray-Ban models to see if there's a difference, in the off chance that you got a pair with some kind of defect.

 

- Jeff

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Originally posted by Jeff da Weasel

Ray-Bans are excellent glasses. They are made from optically-ground glass lenses, just like prescription eyewear.


Any serious sunglass will use lenses, be they glass or plastic, that are absent of any areas of distortion that will cause your eye's lens to attempt to refocus, creating strain and headaches. Also, all good sunglasses do block 100% UV, and are as color-neutral as possible (specialty glasses, like those used for skiing or driving, will sometimes incorporate tinted lenses in amber or brown to deal with specific issues relating to those activities). Ray Ban uses the G15 lens, which is very slightly greenish but mostly allows you to see colors naturally as possible.


Ray-Ban is one of the best glasses you can buy.


- Jeff

 

 

Did you just land the Ray-Ban account?

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Jeff, I`m taking your advice and going back to the shop where my wife purchased them. I`ll try on the same pair and see if that makes a difference. If not I`ll try other pairs. This issue cannot be my eyes because if it were I would have trouble seeing without the sunglasses.

 

Its only after I put them on and try to read the road signs that things get funky. If I take the glasses off I see fine.

 

EB

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One question, Ernest: are they polarized lenses? They would probably say "Ray Ban P" on the lens if so.

 

If that's the case, I'll tell you why you may be running into some problems. If not, go with Plan A and check out some other pairs of shades.

 

- Jeff

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Originally posted by Ernest Buckley

Jeff: The model # is RB3221. The shade is 06.

Yes they are polarized.

 

 

AH! Now I know what's going on.

 

You should try and exchange the polarized model for a non-polarized lens. Here's why: polarized lenses are intended for stopping glare, rather than just letting in less light.

 

The reason you're having trouble is that the way any polarized lens works is by including a microscopic mesh screen in the lens. If that mesh oesn't line up with another mesh (i.e., an LCD display, etc.), you'll get areas where they cancel each other out and you don't see much. Not good.

 

Polarized lenses are great for fishermen and other people who deal with glare a lot. You probably want a standard (non-polarized) pair of sunglasses, and you should be fine.

 

- Jeff

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Originally posted by Johnny Storm

Sounds like you need to make an appointment with an optometrist.

 

 

Certainly not a optometrist.

 

Eat some carrots and wear a hare costume.

 

http://www.unit-ten.co.uk/j01/jcp01/hare01.jpg

 

Then go to the next super market, i am sure when they see you they rent, or even lease carrots to you.

 

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