# Teach me how to wear glasses **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-wear-glasses/763777 "2016-08-23T23:41:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-wear-glasses/763777/21 "2016-08-25T12:55:40Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > First of all, you can get any kind of prescription lens as a sunglass lens. But if you have a strong prescription not every sunglass \*frame \*will work for your prescription. My prescription is strong enough that even with the highest index lenses I can get, they’re too thick to use any sort of frames that “wrap” so I always have to get regular frames for my sunglasses instead of nice big frames like I want. At least I haven’t found any yet. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-wear-glasses/763777/22 "2016-08-25T13:51:15Z")
> [@AllShookDown](#): > > But if you have a strong prescription not every sunglass \*frame \*will work for your prescription. My prescription is strong enough that even with the highest index lenses I can get, they’re too thick to use any sort of frames that “wrap” so I always have to get regular frames for my sunglasses instead of nice big frames like I want. At least I haven’t found any yet. Try [SportRx](http://www.sportrx.com/). They’re an optical shop that specializes in sport glasses. > [@](#): > > Advanced Digital Technology – Okay, this is where we geek out. Since 1996, SportRx has been pushing the limits in the optical industry so we can provide four-eyed athletes with the best prescription sports glasses online – and in-person! (We know, the internet barely existed in 1996.) SportRx has the best optical lab on the planet! With digital wrap compensation, 3D CAD and MEI machinery, optical coating chambers, and digital lens surfacing, **we stay on the forefront of the industry when it comes to making the best wrap around sunglasses with even the most powerful prescriptions!** If you’ve had your heart broken by an optometrist because they told you it was impossible to get your favorite sunglasses in prescription, we welcome you with open arms! Working with challenging prescriptions is fun for us! ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-wear-glasses/763777/23 "2016-08-29T14:50:58Z")
Thanks **running coach.** I’ll check those out. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-wear-glasses/763777/24 "2016-09-04T22:08:08Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > \ > > (bolding mine) > > The bathroom? I need them, when I get out of bed, to find the floor without face-planting on the carpet. :rolleyes: Wow, that’s some Mr. Magoo/Velma from Scooby Doo type shit. I’m lucky, without my glasses/contacts, I just can’t make out any details or anything. Floors and stuff, no problem. I can get anywhere that doesn’t require driving just fine. And even the driving, it only really that pesky thing on my license saying I need lenses that prevents that. Sure I wouldn’t be able read signs, but other cars and obstacles, I’m sure I’d be okay not hitting those. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-wear-glasses/763777.md?page=1)