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  1. Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
    £200 for a pair of prescription made wrap round sunglasses.
    Does anyone know where I can get some clip-on wrap rounds
    for my ordinary frames.

    thanks

    Jim R

  2. Jim Roberts said:

    Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
    £200 for a pair of prescription made wrap round
    sunglasses. Does anyone know where I can get some clip-on
    wrap rounds for my ordinary frames.

    I'd use contact lenses and normal sunglasses. But then
    contact lenses don't suit everyone.

  3. Jim Roberts said:

    Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
    £200 for a pair of prescription made wrap round
    sunglasses. Does anyone know where I can get some clip-on
    wrap rounds for my ordinary frames.

    Don't have to pay £200......

    Briko Endure Klip £72 (new wrap around model):
    wiggle.co.ukwiggle.co.uk

    Briko Klip £57 :
    wiggle.co.ukwiggle.co.uk

    ~PB

  4. "Jim Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
    £200 for a pair


    of

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    prescription made wrap round sunglasses. Does anyone
    know where I can get some clip-on wrap rounds for my
    ordinary frames.

    thanks

    Jim R

    Rudy Project Perception are £82 plus glazing. Fantastic
    frames and very versatile. They have a removable insert to
    clip in your prescription so you can take it out if you are
    wearing contact lenses. The front of the frame flips up so
    you can see if you go inside and the whole front removes so
    you can wear them as ordinary (though slightly bonkers
    looking) specs. It's also possible to replace the tinted
    (polycarbonate) front lenses with clear or differently
    tinted types.

    I don't work for them but I have sold some and was very
    impressed.

    ATB

    Paul F

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  5. Pete Biggs said:
    Jim Roberts said:

    Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
    £200 for a pair of prescription made wrap round
    sunglasses. Does anyone know where I can get some clip-on
    wrap rounds for my ordinary frames.

    Don't have to pay £200......

    Briko Endure Klip £72 (new wrap around model):
    wiggle.co.ukwiggle.co.uk

    Briko Klip £57 :
    wiggle.co.ukwiggle.co.uk

    ~PB


    Er, but that's just for the glasses. Then you have to get
    the inserts glazed with your prescription lenses, which
    aren't suitable for all prescriptions, etc - the price soon
    rises once you factor all that in!

    --

    Velvet

  6. Pete Biggs said:
    Jim Roberts said:

    Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
    £200 for a pair of prescription made wrap round
    sunglasses. Does anyone know where I can get some clip-on
    wrap rounds for my ordinary frames.

    Don't have to pay £200......

    Briko Endure Klip £72 (new wrap around model):
    wiggle.co.ukwiggle.co.uk

    Briko Klip £57 :
    wiggle.co.ukwiggle.co.uk

    Though you need to add on the cost of the
    prescriptions lenses.

    I looked at the Rudy Project Perception, similar to the
    above but the wrap around also flips up which is good for
    when light conditions change---going under trees say---as
    you don't need to lose vision! The CTC sell them, from 18
    pounds. Of course by the time you get the insert lenses and
    pay for grinding the cost is close to 200!

    Colin

  7. Colin Blackburn said:

    I looked at the Rudy Project Perception, similar to the
    above but the wrap around also flips up which is good
    for when light conditions change---going under trees say---
    as you don't need to lose vision! The CTC sell them,
    from 18 pounds.

    Sorry, that sould be from 81, eighty-one pounds!

  8. Velvet said:

    Er, but that's just for the glasses. Then you have to get
    the inserts glazed with your prescription lenses, which
    aren't suitable for all prescriptions, etc - the price
    soon rises once you factor all that in!

    How much?

    ~PB

  9. Quoted message said:

    I looked at the Rudy Project Perception, similar to the
    above but the wrap around also flips up which is good for
    when light conditions change---going under trees say---as
    you don't need to lose vision! The CTC sell them, from 18
    pounds. Of course by the time you get the insert lenses
    and pay for grinding the cost is close to 200!

    Colin

    It's £81.99 Colin. I got a bit giddy when I saw your post
    and already had my wallet out :-)

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  10. Pete Biggs said:
    Velvet said:

    Er, but that's just for the glasses. Then you have to get
    the inserts glazed with your prescription lenses, which
    aren't suitable for all prescriptions, etc - the price
    soon rises once you factor all that in!

    How much?

    It depends but for a comparison the Adidas Evil Eye is about
    99 quid for the basic glasses. Prescription lenses below +/-
    6 add 50 quid, prescription lenses above +/- 6 add 80 quid.
    That's from an online retailer. The Adidas insert is a lense
    so the cost above is for grinding. The Briko also need bare
    lenses factored in.

    Colin

  11. Velvet said:

    Er, but that's just for the glasses. Then you have to get
    the inserts =

    Quoted message said:

    glazed with your prescription lenses, which aren't
    suitable for all=20 prescriptions, etc - the price soon
    rises once you factor all that in!

    My Bolle Vigilantes were =A3110 with glazed prescription
    insert. Seeing =

    prices for these over time here some people have done better
    than I did=20 and others have done worse.

    Contacts and sunglasses may be another option.

    Pete. --=20 Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44
    1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
    Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net
    [email hidden] dundee.ac.uk~pjclinch

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    Quoted message said:

    Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
    £200 for a pair


    of

    Quoted message said:

    prescription made wrap round sunglasses.


    I don't know much about these people who advertise in
    the comic but their prices seem excellent (cheaper than
    my ordinary varifocals) www.optilabs.com All the best
    Dan Gregory

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  13. Jim Roberts said:

    Hi everyone. I dont like the idea of having to pay around
    £200 for a pair of prescription made wrap round sunglasses.

    You can do it for less than that. Have an optician make up
    a set of prescription inserts for Bolle Edge frames (the
    big one-piece wrap arounds). These aren't cheap, but
    they're as cheap as anything vaguely unusual that you'll
    get from an optician.

    Then spend 15 - 20 quid on a pair of cheap wrap arounds.
    Remove the rubber nosepiece and use a Dremel or sandpaper to
    adjust the nosepiece opening on the thin shade of the
    cheapies, Clip in the Bolle insert and ride off, whistling
    cheerfully.

    I have a genuine set of Bolle's, but only with dark grey
    lenses. For bug and wind exclusion near dusk, I also have
    cheapies with clear or yellow lenses. They're cheaper than a
    spare shade from Bolle.

    --
    Smert' spamionam

  14. Andy Dingley said:

    You can do it for less than that. Have an optician make up
    a set of prescription inserts for Bolle Edge frames (the
    big one-piece wrap arounds). These aren't cheap, but
    they're as cheap as anything vaguely unusual that you'll
    get from an optician.

    POI: Bolle have discontinued the Edge, though you can get a
    similar insert for the Parole and Vigilante glasses.

    Pete.
    --
    Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111
    ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382
    640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net
    [email hidden] dundee.ac.uk~pjclinch

  15. Hi everyone..........thanks for the advice.....will be
    pricing up various options. Its a real pity that i cant find
    any wrap round clip-ons for my ordinary specs. Still you
    cant have everything. thanks again

    Jim R

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