Prescription Sports Glasses?

[Justin]

Hi all,

Anyone out there with recommendations for prescription sports glasses/goggles (or websites to go find them)? I'm brand new to the world of corrective eyewear, and between baseball, ultimate frisbee, and flag football, I've decided to look for a sports-specific pair or two.

A quick Google search returned two types of sites: super expensive American retailers and super cheap sketchy overseas sites. I'm looking for something in the middle and I can't seem to find it.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Tksjewelry]

There is usually a cheap optical store in cities, we have a half dozen or so. Most advertise 2 pair of eye glasses and exam for $79. I saw decent ones there for $100 with scratch resistant coating. Sunglasses there are about the same price. 

I'm sure if you pull out the yellow pages, go old school, you'll find a few like that in your town. It's easier to find that type of thing in the phone book than using Google. 

[Richvee]

You're gonna have to spend a few bucks for a decent pair of corrective sports goggles. On the lower end, you can get goggles. Liberty sports eyewear (rec specs) has a large selection and are sold by most optical departments at any of the chains...Walmart, Cosco, Target and on line. Or, you can go high end and get Oakley Rx glasses. Most of their styles can be fitted with Rx lenses. You'll need to find an authorized Oakley retailer to get them. Lenscrafters is an authorized Oakley dealer. My advice is stay away from buying any Rx eyewear on line. There's no standards/tolerances that must be adhered to like there are when buying eyewear from an optician/optical department. Measurements need to be taken when you get glasses, and on line retailers are either making you do your own measurements, or flat out guessing. 

My advice, if you can swing it, there's nothing like the optics in Oakley Rx sportswear. State of the art manufacturing with exacting tolerances to your Rx and frame fit. If they're out of your budget, hit a walmart, or cosco , or Target optical or private optician and ask to see sport goggles. Make sure you get polycarbonate lenses. The impact resistance of polycarbonate in superior to plastic. Trivex works too, but isn't readily available at all opticals like polycarbonate is. 

Edited May 1, 2015 by Richvee

[kylehutson]

http://www.zennioptical.com/ - great stuff for the price.

[KenBAZ]

Oakley Rx glasses, Ray Ban Rx sunglasses.  Invest and take care of them.