Life Transitions lenses

**007** · 05-01-2016, 04:52 PM

Do you have them? Did you like them? Did you feel it was worth the extra expense?

I'm going in for new eyeglasses this week and am taking the plunge into high end progressives. I already know I'm going with crizal for my scratch and antiglare coating. Just can't decide if the transitions is worth it or not for one extra added convenience.

splatbass · 05-01-2016, 05:33 PM

I like mine. The one thing I don't like is that they don't get dark in the car. The windows block UV, preventing them from darkening.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 05-01-2016, 06:10 PM

I like mine. Same complaint as splat.

Amnorix · 05-02-2016, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by splatbass

I like mine. The one thing I don't like is that they don't get dark in the car. The windows block UV, preventing them from darkening.

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

I like mine. Same complaint as splat.

Ditto.

To solve this, I have clip on sunglasses which attach to my regular glasses, which I keep in the car.

Unless I'm asleep, I'm wearing my glasses, so it's the full boat for me. Throw every advantage I can onto them, and just suck it up and pay it.

RedandGold · 05-01-2016, 06:21 PM

I usually wear contacts, but I have Transitions on my glasses. Overall, I am pleased, but they don't get dark enough when driving. One thing I'll say is that Crizal is a waste of money. My wife, uncle, and I each got it, and none of us would ever get it again.

Crizal provided little noticeable benefit, and it makes them next to impossible to keep clean.

**007** · 05-01-2016, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by RedandGold

I usually wear contacts, but I have Transitions on my glasses. Overall, I am pleased, but they don't get dark enough when driving. One thing I'll say is that Crizal is a waste of money. My wife, uncle, and I each got it, and none of us would ever get it again.

Crizal provided little noticeable benefit, and it makes them next to impossible to keep clean.

Transitions aren't supposed to get dark in the car because your windows block out the UV light. They make a new transitions now that does get dark in the car.

As far as Crizal, I've been told by several people its much easier to keep clean than standard anti reflective coatings. So you are saying its just as much a pain in the ass even for crizal?

RedandGold · 05-01-2016, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

Transitions aren't supposed to get dark in the car because your windows block out the UV light. They make a new transitions now that does get dark in the car.

As far as Crizal, I've been told by several people its much easier to keep clean than standard anti reflective coatings. So you are saying its just as much a pain in the ass even for crizal?

Crizal = same PITA factor with name recognition (you're just paying a premium for it)

**007** · 05-01-2016, 07:53 PM

Hmmm didn't expect that. I hate cleaning anti reflectives but they are too effective at killing reflections to leave them off.

Squalor2 · 05-01-2016, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

Do you have them? Did you like them? Did you feel it was worth the extra expense?

I'm going in for new eyeglasses this week and am taking the plunge into high end progressives. I already know I'm going with crizal for my scratch and antiglare coating. Just can't decide if the transitions is worth it or not for one extra added convenience.

id opt out. the quality is gone. basically the polymers used in glasses is from 3rd world factories.

**007** · 05-01-2016, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Squalor2

id opt out. the quality is gone. basically the polymers used in glasses is from 3rd world factories.

opt out of transitions, crizal, or both?

**SAUTO** · 05-01-2016, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

opt out of transitions, crizal, or both?

I think he meant opt out of glasses.

Squalor2 · 05-01-2016, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

opt out of transitions, crizal, or both?

both to be honestly.

**srvy** · 05-01-2016, 08:13 PM

Id just get a pair of prescript sunglasses. Everyone I know who come in from the field with those always look like doofs. The sunglasses in side thing because the take so long to transition back in office lighting.

**007** · 05-01-2016, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by srvy

Id just get a pair of prescript sunglasses. Everyone I know who come in from the field with those always look like doofs. The sunglasses in side thing because the take so long to transition back in office lighting.

That was the one thing I wondered about. They say that the transition indoors only takes a couple minutes but I was at my fathers today and his took a good 5 minutes. But they are a year old too.

One thing I want from my glasses is to see them last for at least 4-5 years. I do wonder if the coatings will last that long. These are going to be varilux progressives because the standard progessives I have tried suck ass.

Mike in SW-MO · 05-01-2016, 08:38 PM

Agree with the car thing.

But also wore mine snow skiing. They were so dark on an overcast day I could not see moguls. Skiing by braille the whole time.

05-01-2016, 04:52 PM	Topic Starter
007 Shaken. Not stirred. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Casino cash: $13980126 VARSITY	Transitions lenses Do you have them? Did you like them? Did you feel it was worth the extra expense? I'm going in for new eyeglasses this week and am taking the plunge into high end progressives. I already know I'm going with crizal for my scratch and antiglare coating. Just can't decide if the transitions is worth it or not for one extra added convenience.
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05-01-2016, 05:33 PM	#2
splatbass MVP Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Honolulu, HI Casino cash: $6640560	I like mine. The one thing I don't like is that they don't get dark in the car. The windows block UV, preventing them from darkening.
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05-01-2016, 06:10 PM	#3
Fire Me Boy! Cast Iron Jedi Join Date: Nov 2004 Casino cash: $9999900 VARSITY	I like mine. Same complaint as splat.
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05-01-2016, 06:21 PM	#5
RedandGold Born with Bad Habits Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Right Here Casino cash: $2539109	I usually wear contacts, but I have Transitions on my glasses. Overall, I am pleased, but they don't get dark enough when driving. One thing I'll say is that Crizal is a waste of money. My wife, uncle, and I each got it, and none of us would ever get it again. Crizal provided little noticeable benefit, and it makes them next to impossible to keep clean. __________________
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05-01-2016, 07:53 PM	#8
007 Shaken. Not stirred. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Casino cash: $13980126 VARSITY	Hmmm didn't expect that. I hate cleaning anti reflectives but they are too effective at killing reflections to leave them off. __________________ My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done. Such as, drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.
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05-01-2016, 08:13 PM	#13
srvy Fight, build, win! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: KC Casino cash: $1471250	Id just get a pair of prescript sunglasses. Everyone I know who come in from the field with those always look like doofs. The sunglasses in side thing because the take so long to transition back in office lighting.
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05-01-2016, 08:38 PM	#15
Mike in SW-MO Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $2014176	Agree with the car thing. But also wore mine snow skiing. They were so dark on an overcast day I could not see moguls. Skiing by braille the whole time.
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