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dear LJ brain trust (glasses)
I'm looking for an eyeglasses solution for bright sunny days. Currently I use clip-on sunglasses when driving and squint the rest of the time, but there's got to be a better way. Here are some parameters:
I don't carry a purse, briefcase, backpack, etc with me all the time, so carrying around an extra pair of glasses is challenging. That said, I'm willing to accept breakage in cheap plastic sunglasses stuffed into a back pocket (or on a belt, or something like that) as a recurring cost. (But not for prescription glasses; that's way too expensive.)
Clip-ons are kind of uncomfortable for routine use.
I'm interested in knowing about tint/polarization/??? options for a sole pair of glasses, if there are any that also work well indoors and at night. 20 or 30 years ago there was a fad called, I think, "photo-gray" -- lenses that automatically darkened or lightened based on light levels. Whatever happened to that approach? (My ideal, I-think-ficticious, pair of glasses involves a little knob for that. :-) )
What other options are there?
I don't carry a purse, briefcase, backpack, etc with me all the time, so carrying around an extra pair of glasses is challenging. That said, I'm willing to accept breakage in cheap plastic sunglasses stuffed into a back pocket (or on a belt, or something like that) as a recurring cost. (But not for prescription glasses; that's way too expensive.)
Clip-ons are kind of uncomfortable for routine use.
I'm interested in knowing about tint/polarization/??? options for a sole pair of glasses, if there are any that also work well indoors and at night. 20 or 30 years ago there was a fad called, I think, "photo-gray" -- lenses that automatically darkened or lightened based on light levels. Whatever happened to that approach? (My ideal, I-think-ficticious, pair of glasses involves a little knob for that. :-) )
What other options are there?
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1) They wouldn't get darker if the sunlight was coming through a window. (Wild guess: they were triggered by UV light that was filtered by the window)
2) They would get darker if it was very cold, whether it was light or not. This could be a problem if I was walking at night in the winter (and remember that "at night" could mean "after 4pm" in December).