UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

What was the name of the wrap around sunglasses that some of you were discussing on here the other month.

I'm starting to struggle in bright light situations and thought I might give these a go.

I seem to remember they were fairly pricey but someone had found them somewhere on the high street reasonably priced.

Can't think of the name for the life of me

Ive been bangin on about my 'Oakleys' for a while which I get from Vision express. But £235 a throw isn't reasonble for a lump of plastic.

Hi

I bought a pair of Bolle glasses with the bells and whistles inc poloarised lenses..etc for £100 last week and there really good!...

I got them from here

http://www.outdoorgb.com/c/bolle_sunglasses/

you can get deals with 3 sets of interchangeable lenses etc......im really happy with them anyway

(PS - I have no financial gain or interest in the above site!)

My sunglasses are actualy safety glasses which have as much protection as sunglasses from UV light, but the lenses are scratch resistent and as part of the wrap wround, yu can see through the tinted side shield so less of a blind spot. They are also designed for outdoor use in dusty conditions. Mine cost me less than £10 from Nroth Safety and I now know of several people with normal sight who are using them in preference to sunglasses.

http://www.northsafety.com/euo/en/bs_pr ... ml?GID=909

Hope this helps

I got a pair from Boots

I got a pair for out on my bike as I was really concerned about getting dust/flies etc. in my eye.

Ended up getting a pair from http://www.wiggle.co.uk,

I got the dhb Triple Lens glasses, they're still on offer at £19.99

Out of the 3, I like the blue lens as the tint is stronger at the top and fades down, so it blocks out the glare from the sun but still lets you see the ground. I find this better than even tinted glasses as sometimes they can actually make it harder to see.

For my hols I got some polarised glasses from Next for about £15 which are good because they are not very dark but still really filter out the glare.

They also had photochromic sunglasses for about £20 which vary in tint depending on how bright the light is. I thought you could only get this feature in expensive prescription glasses like in the adverts, so this is a good solution for contact lens wearers.

When are we gonna get photochromic contacts?!

I hardly took my sunglasses off on holiday and when I got back because I found the bright light particularly uncomfortable - turns out that was down to 3 broken stitches! Went the hospital only last week and the sun is no problem now. Can't believe the difference it has made!

Rob.