What are your glasses' lenses made of?

[NickyJ]

I recently got a new pair of glasses. I've always liked traditional glass lens glasses because they're much harder to scratch, but it seems like plastic is becoming more and more popular. I suppose it is more light weight, but it seemed like just using paper towels to dry them after washing would scratch them.

How do CFC'ers prefer their lenses?

 

[Zelig]

Glass: http://www.mec.ca/product/5028-046/mec-flier-polarized-sunglasses/

I had a pair with plastic lenses for active events, but a frisbee to the face broke the frames and I've been too lazy to replace them.

 

[Berzerker]

actual paper towels? our microwave came with a warning, some paper towels have traces of metal

I got plastic but thats because my eyes are changing too fast to invest $300+ every year so I've been buying cheapos. I did recently scratch a lens but I'm gonna break down and get a new pair for golf

it'll probably be transitions brown with crizal.

haven't decided on plastic or polycarbonate (?)

 

[Kennigit]

air

#hipster

 

[Ajidica]

Glass, I think.

 

[History_Buff]

Glass.

And you shouldn't be using paper towel to clean your glasses anyway.

 

[Muhammed]

I dont know? how do i find out?

 

[Berzerker]

not sure, put a fingerprint on the lens and try to clean it - the print might smear with plastic while glass cleans up easier

 

[classical_hero]

I assume glass.

 

[The_J]

Glass here.

It's in general glass, because apparently plastic costs a bit more, so you normally know when you have plastic lenses. At least that's how I remember it. The optician always asked when I was a child if I wanted to have plastic lenses for sports class (for safety), but we didn't go for it, due to the extra money, and I never wore my glasses during sports classes, so it didn't really matter.

 

[Akkon888]

Polycarbonate. Supposedly more crack-resistant than plastic, but I can't tell.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

20/20 ftw

 

[Silurian]

Plastic for the high refractive index

 

[Grendeldef]

Glass. I'm so far off from 20/20 that plastic lenses would be inconveniently thick especially with few extra coatings to protect from elements. Same with the combo sunglasses, glass is slightly heavier but better in everything else. I stopped wearing contacts some 15 years ago when knee injuries prevented playing football.

 

[Arakhor]

I've never paid more than £50 for a pair of glasses (God bless the NHS), so I'll assume that mine are made of glass.

 

[Mise]

I don't know what mine are made of but I'm happy with them. I assume glass? I don't have problems with the weight or anything. I get hit in the face a lot so I need strong frames; I also need relatively cheap glasses so I can replace them easily when I inevitably break them. I had to glue them back together just recently actually.

 

[Arakhor]

I get hit in the face a lot so I need strong frames;

I hope that this is because you play contact sports, rather than you being Piers Morgan.

 

[Atticus]

What? I didn't know there are glass lenses any more. They certainly didn't tell me there are in the shop.

I get hit in the face a lot so I need strong frames;

 

[Mise]

By footballs

 

[Arakhor]

Oh, so you're not an Asian Piers Morgan? That's a relief.