Why have prescription sunglasses got so expensive?

edinburgher

I've had my regular eye test and my prescription has changed slightly.

For anyone who understands these things, it's now:

R -2.50 +1.25 22.0
L -2.00 +1.25 160.0

I need to wear glasses for driving, so I'm now on the hunt for prescription sunglasses. Normal glasses were fine, just shy of £12 from Specky Four Eyes.

Prescription sunglasses, on the other hand, seem to be extremely expensive everywhere. My last pair cost less than £30 with a small voucher taken off, but struggling to get less than £65 or so now.

Any suggestions? Generic sunglasses, ideally polarised, prescription as above, no other tints/fancy stuff or brand names needed!

suki1964

I just stick a pair of ordinary sunglasses on over the top of my prescription glasses

You can buy special ones that fit better but any oversized ones do me just fine

rowansway

You can ask the optician to either dip your "old" glasses into sunglass solution if the prescription hasn't changed much, or purchase a cheap pair of glasses and ask them to tint them in the solution for you. They should be able to do it instore.

edinburgher

suki1964 wrote: »

I just stick a pair of ordinary sunglasses on over the top of my prescription glasses

You can buy special ones that fit better but any oversized ones do me just fine

That's a brilliant idea, never would have thought of it :beer:

bigfreddiel

CLip ons for your new prescription glasses.

Or what I used to do. Take advantage of any bogof offers get a normal pair of prescription specs with free prescription sunglasses as your free pair of the Bogof

WanderingWalter

suki1964 wrote: »

I just stick a pair of ordinary sunglasses on over the top of my prescription glasses

You can buy special ones that fit better but any oversized ones do me just fine

Why did I not think of that.

djpailo

edinburgher wrote: »

That's a brilliant idea, never would have thought of it :beer:

Its commonly done in labs. I wear safety glasses over my prescription glasses rather than buying specifically, safety glasses with prescription lens.