dear LJ brain trust (glasses)

[cellio]

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?

Comments

Two words: Solar Shield(R)

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

I have the same problem, being both light-eyed and nearsighted/astigmatic and only owning plain ol' prescription glasses (contacts make my eyes hurt, and LASIK is at best under consideration; I take a dim view [no pun intended] of any procedure that involves taking a knife to the corneas of the only pair of eyes I own). I've been using Solar Shield(R) sunglasses for awhile now. They're slightly-larger-than-normal sunglasses designed to fit over regular eyewear, and they're the cheapest, least-dorky-looking solution I've found. Around $13 (less at Wal-Mart) at most drug stores. As long as your scrip glasses aren't hugmongous-lensed Swifty Lazar Specials, these might work.