Transition lenses

[7ronin]

Really colour blind. Nearly black and white. Sometimes funny things happen because of it (I'll mistake chocolate for blood, or wear a blue sock and a green sock, etc.)

How difficult is driving an automobile?

 

[ironduck]

Really colour blind. Nearly black and white. Sometimes funny things happen because of it (I'll mistake chocolate for blood, or wear a blue sock and a green sock, etc.)

Wow, that must be really impractical. I figure you rely on someone else to match your clothes

How do you see colour then? Do you only see very specific hues? Or just see all colours very faintly?

 

[El_Machinae]

I've lived with it forever, and the lights and signs are very different shades.

The only issue I have is late at night, and I cannot tell a flahing red light from a flashing yellow light until I get close enough to see if the light is on the end or middle (and I have to slow down either way, anyway)

 

[Fifty]

Transition lenses are horribly unstylish.

Get a pair of better-looking perscription sunglasses.

 

[EolTheDarkElf]

Have any of you tried these transitions lenses?

For a number of years.

do they work well?

For me they sort of did, they had their plusses and minusses. But now I resigned in favour of normal lenses + contact lenses + normal sunglasses if I need them. I wear contacts during the day and glasses on the evenings.

Transitions lenses do work, but there are problems.

are they too dark?

That depends on how much you are willing to spend I think. I had ones that always were at least 10% dark. At the time I was buying them I did not think it was much. But I soon learned that it did bother me when I was at home and working at the PC, for example. They are just not 100% clear. And that's why I did get rid of them.

You also do get addicted in a way. Now I have problems on a really bright day, the Sun hurts my eyes. I don't know, maybe this will recede in time, but I don't like it.

light?

They can be when driving. Theoretically I had ones that should get darker in the car, but they really didn't, not enough. I had to use overlays.

Other than that in the open sunlight they worked well.

 

[Hitro]

In general I'd advice contacts but they aren't really a feasible option when you go under water...

 

[El_Machinae]

Wow, that must be really impractical. I figure you rely on someone else to match your clothes
How do you see colour then? Do you only see very specific hues? Or just see all colours very faintly?

I get help when I purchase clothes, and I'm careful to buy clothes that are easy to mix and match. Some of my shirts require specific ties, so I memorise which ties are okay for that shirt.

I see mostly in black and white, and it often takes me sometime to realise that I'm watching a black and white movie (or that portion are in black and white, like during American History X). What's quite funny is that I can tell what colour clothes are during a black and white movie, because I'm used to predicting what colour things are based on their hue. Things are usually capable of being 2 or 3 colours, and then I guess what they're more likely to be (for example, I would 'guess' that a coke can is green, red, or brown, since those are shades it could be - but I know it's red from learning it earlier).

Basically, things 'might' be one of 2 or 3 colours (based on their shade) and then I guess. Sometimes I'm wrong. Sometimes I'm right.

 

[ironduck]

In general I'd advice contacts but they aren't really a feasible option when you go under water...

I've dived with contacts.. they have never falled out for me.

 

[EolTheDarkElf]

flahing red light

What does a flashing red light mean? Just out of curiosity, we don't have that...

 

[Hitro]

I've dived with contacts.. they have never falled out for me.

Hard or soft ones?

 

[Taliesin]

A flashing red light is treated the same as a stop sign.

 

[ironduck]

Mac, it's very interesting, but I don't really understand how you see the colours.. it sounds like you don't see them at all since you have to guess based on the luminosity, but since you say you can see it somewhat when watching a movie I assume you see some colours very slightly? If that's true, which colours are they? Does it help if they are very saturated? The coca cola red is very saturated so it sounds like you don't see red at all?

 

[EolTheDarkElf]

A flashing red light is treated the same as a stop sign.

Ah, thanks. We only have flashing yellow, which basically means "out of order".

 

[Anny R]

Your situation maybe different, since you will spend a lot of time in the sun, and need to be ready for emergencies. It depends on how bad your eyes are too. Perhaps contacs with sunglasses or laser surgery would be good for you. For myself, I never could get the habit of contacs, then my eyes got too bad for it to work right (astigmatism).
I'm also a rather forgetful, disorganized person, so separtate sunglasses would get lost ($$ to replace too) or never be where I need them.
Flip types never fit right over my glasses somehow, and seemed to distort things, but are perfect for many people, and probably and easy quick-fix.
I went for years just squinting a lot, but now I have 2 pair in different color frames, one regular lenses, one transition. I won't lose them, because I won't have to take them off, and they work perfectly for me. I might wear them for weeks, for the frame color, and forget they are transition. The change is gradual which suits me, but might not for others.
I would love to get rid of prescription glasses, so I would try that if I were you.

 

[ironduck]

Hard or soft ones?

Soft daily lenses (meant to last a month). They're not super soft like jelly, but they are very soft. It may be because they fit my eyes well, sometimes when I need to take them out I have to fiddle a bit because they won't come out easily. I have never lost one, I can rub my eyes etc, and they never come out if I don't want them to.

 

[Hitro]

Soft daily lenses (meant to last a month). They're not super soft like jelly, but they are very soft. It may be because they fit my eyes well, sometimes when I need to take them out I have to fiddle a bit because they won't come out easily. I have never lost one, I can rub my eyes etc, and they never come out if I don't want them to.

Hmm, most people who have soft ones told me not to dive with them and so I never did. Besides, it's a good excuse if you don't like to go swimming.

 

[ironduck]

Anny, you can use contacts that correct for astigmatism. I do, they work very well. It also took me quite a while before I felt comfortable wearing them since my eyes are very sensitive. It was really a struggle in the beginning, but it was very much worth it since I really dislike wearing glasses

 

[ironduck]

Hmm, most people who have soft ones told me not to dive with them and so I never did. Besides, it's a good excuse if you don't like to go swimming.

No one ever told me that or I might have believed them I have seen other people here say that they sometimes have their lenses fall out. So I guess it depends on the lenses and the person, mine almost fit too well!

 

[ybbor]

thanks for the feedback guys (FYI: I'm near sighted and my prescription IIRC is about 3.75 on my right eye and 4 on left)

assuming I don't want laser surgery (for both the cost, and I'm probably too young), and don't want contacts (not right now anyway), the consensus seems to be that transitions aren't all they're hyped up to be, and that clip-ons work well.

FYI, about the color-blindness: this is supposed to be a good site for converting into color-blind, however, this doesn't seem like machine as he said he sees B&W. Achromatopsia seems closest I would imagine

 

[Anny R]

er, I don't know about a consensus, I just meant that clip-ons are easy and cheap to try. I have had transitions for a long time with no problems. But my eyes are probably worse than yours.