Its time to admit I need to wear glasses and not just safety goggles when blatting with an aeroscreen.
Any suggestions for suitable goggles that fit over small glasses?
AB
Its time to admit I need to wear glasses and not just safety goggles when blatting with an aeroscreen.
Any suggestions for suitable goggles that fit over small glasses?
AB
Alan,
Have you considered prescription goggles? I used to have bifocal goggles from UKSportsEyewear, light sensing and ballistic rated. Not cheap but with the amount of touring I used to do it was well worth it IMHO.
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I don't do many road miles, though that might increase as the roads are more fun now I've escaped Surrey. Looking for cheaper options first.
Having tried cheaper options, settled on Leon Jeantet Aviator T2 Goggles, more comfortable, better made etc.
I've been using Wiley goggles for years, I think they are XL-1's although the design looks like it has changed a little now. They come with both a strap and arms so you can use whatever is more comfortable.
I use Wiley XL-1 as well but I don't think they would fit over a set of glasses.
I have a prescription insert in a different pair of goggles (found on a cycling site). The goggles were £30ish, the insert £150+ (curved in two planes).
The Wiley's are the more comfortable of the two.
Stephen
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Alan, Wiley's can be fitted with corrective lens inserts if you provide the prescription at purchase.
Malcolm
edit: I got mine from RX Sports a few years ago, the prices have gone up significantly !
https://www.rxsport.co.uk/categories/Prescription-Glasses/
I got mine from UK Eyewear with interchangeable lenses and a RX prescription insert.
Thanks all - have used Wiley XL1s previously - the rubber seal failed but otherwise liked them. Mixed reviews online for the over-glasses options, but £25 versus £150+ is appealing. And then maybe I should consider contact lenses..!
my local optician was great, he is a petrol head and guided to suitable sports frames that could handle my prescription, had suitable lens made in correct material with a 40% brown tint - this makes for a much brighter clear view, avoid greys and black tints shocking !!
A word on contact lenses: I got some for skiing and they worked well (though I still haven't really mastered getting them in!) but then my reading glasses wouldn't work, I suppose all I need is cheap reading glasses that magnify without my other corrections. Altogether, a bit of a faff just to drive a car.