# Should I get Transition lenses? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 22, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-transition-lenses/616496 "2012-03-22T13:27:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-transition-lenses/616496/41 "2012-04-03T20:11:40Z")
> [@doublevision](#): > > hey are the Transition Vantage Lenses really available to the consumers in May? I just came back from Lenscrafters and i told them i wanted polarized transition lenses. Well on my receipt, it say Transition Vantage Grey. are these the vantage lenses? did lenscrafters received it first? When you get them, tell us how you like them! ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-transition-lenses/616496/42 "2012-04-03T20:54:28Z")
I have a pair and didn’t realize the UV issue with windshields until I actually drove away with them on. Next time I go in, I’ll buy a pair of prescription shades for driving or riding in cars. Otherwise I like mine. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-transition-lenses/616496/43 "2012-04-03T21:35:56Z")
I have 'em. Hate the way they look on me. Will probably not get them in the future, and will stick with contacts/sunglasses. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-transition-lenses/616496/44 "2012-04-04T17:38:10Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > People looking AT you are going to see one lens darker than the other. And it looks WEIRD. No, it means I get to look like Le Schiffre in Casino Royale, which would be AWESOME. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-transition-lenses/616496/45 "2012-04-04T20:09:03Z")
More likely, you’d look like [Carmine DeSapio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TIME_Cover_-_Carmine_De_Sapio_Aug._22,_1955.jpg), whose glasses where a major factor in the end of Tammany Hall when he was in charge of it. ---
**Author:** ![doublevision](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@doublevision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doublevision)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-transition-lenses/616496/46 "2012-04-05T16:01:59Z")
> [@ratatoskK](#): > > When you get them, tell us how you like them! i will, look forward to it. my glasses haven’t came in yet. I did confirm that i was getting the Transition Vantage lenses through lenscrafters since they are part of a pre launch. I also spoke to a transitions rep who also confirm it. My glasses should cost me 750 bucks with all the bells and whistles but my insurance paid 500 bucks and i only have to pay $250! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-transition-lenses/616496.md?page=2)