Stick on reading lenses

[Roger Long]

I bought some great plastic reading lenses at the drug store that stuck on my sunglasses. I lost them
and went back for replacements and was told that they can't get them any more. Does anyone know if they
are still available and where to get them?

Roger Long
19 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA 04107

[mike regish]

I saw them a while ago in a pilot catalog, but haven't seen them since.
I want to get some too.

mike

--
mike regish
1953 TriPacer
N3428A

[Jim Fisher]

"Roger Long" <rwl...@ctel.net> wrote in message
news:_ilh5.666$P2.12972@harpo...

> I bought some great plastic reading lenses at the drug store that stuck on
my sunglasses. I lost them
> and went back for replacements and was told that they can't get them any
more. Does anyone know if they
> are still available and where to get them?

Sporty's.

I was gonna get me some of those (1.25's). However, I asked my plane
partner, who is an optometrist, what he thought of them and he said, "Not
much."

He bought some a few years back. Said they were made of the same stuff as
the window thing you usually see on the back of a motor home. He said it
made the sectional really fuzzy and wasn't worth it. Got him some
prescription sunglasses instead.

So, have these stick-on things improved or is his description pretty
accurate?

--
Jim Fisher
North Alabama
Cherokee 180

[Stephen McNaught]

They are some in Sporty's catalog (July through October 2000, page
85). - Steve
"Roger Long" <rwl...@ctel.net> wrote:

>I bought some great plastic reading lenses at the drug store that stuck on my sunglasses. I lost them
>and went back for replacements and was told that they can't get them any more. Does anyone know if they
>are still available and where to get them?
>
>

[mike regish]

A while back there was a post about them that gave a glowing report.
Right now, I use a small pair of cheap 1.25's on the end of my nose
while my sunglasses are where they should be. It works, but it pinches
my nose and restricts my breathing. I haven't seen them in Sporty's
catalog recently. Do they still carry them?

mike

Jim Fisher wrote:
>
> "Roger Long" <rwl...@ctel.net> wrote in message
> news:_ilh5.666$P2.12972@harpo...

> > I bought some great plastic reading lenses at the drug store that stuck on
> my sunglasses. I lost them
> > and went back for replacements and was told that they can't get them any
> more. Does anyone know if they
> > are still available and where to get them?
>

> Sporty's.
>
> I was gonna get me some of those (1.25's). However, I asked my plane
> partner, who is an optometrist, what he thought of them and he said, "Not
> much."
>
> He bought some a few years back. Said they were made of the same stuff as
> the window thing you usually see on the back of a motor home. He said it
> made the sectional really fuzzy and wasn't worth it. Got him some
> prescription sunglasses instead.
>
> So, have these stick-on things improved or is his description pretty
> accurate?
>
> --
> Jim Fisher
> North Alabama
> Cherokee 180

--

[karl l gruber]

>>I bought some great plastic reading lenses at the drug store that
stuck on my sunglasses. I lost them and went back for replacements and
was told that they can't get them any more. Does anyone know if they
are still available and where to get them?

The inventor, Peter LeHay, was killed in his Westwind last year. Maybe
that's why.

Karl
N185KG

[Roger Long]

Thank you very much for your reply, I just found the missing lens on the floor of the kitchen. The drug store said
they have had a rash of inquiries, due I presume to this humid weather making them fall off. I'm glad to know where
to get them though.

If you haven't seen my Avweb articles about lift and stall, you might enjoy clicking on the link in the signature file below
and following the links to them. I swear, these are just the facts as aerodynmics experts understand them, absolutly
nothing new or made up but some people get really hot under the collar at having the myths questioned, especially
since they made their way onto the FAA PP exams:)

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Roger Long Marine Architecture, Inc. Fax: same
19 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA 04107 rwl...@ctel.net
http://www.ctel.net/~rwlong
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[Projectilevomiter]

Roger Long <rwl...@ctel.net> wrote in message
news:_ilh5.666$P2.12972@harpo...

> I bought some great plastic reading lenses at the drug store that stuck on
my sunglasses. I lost them
> and went back for replacements and was told that they can't get them any
more. Does anyone know if they
> are still available and where to get them?

Try this site.......
http://www.neoptx.com/optx.html

[Roger Long]

Mine have a small ripple in them. I've used them reading outside in the sun and it's distracting. You wouldn't
want to use them as regular glasses. However, for a quick look at the chart and to make the panel a bit clearer,
it sure beats switching glasses. I would need bifocal prescription sunglasses as my distant vision does not need
correction.

--

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Roger Long Voice: 207-799-1824
Roger Long Marine Architecture, Inc. Fax: same
19 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA 04107 rwl...@ctel.net
http://www.ctel.net/~rwlong
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.

[Cub driver]

>Mine have a small ripple in them. I've used them reading outside in the sun and it's distracting. You wouldn't
>want to use them as regular glasses. However, for a quick look at the chart and to make the panel a bit clearer,
>it sure beats switching glasses. I would need bifocal prescription sunglasses as my distant vision does not need
>correction.

Apart from the cost, this is not a problem. You will end up with a
good pair of sunglasses with UV coating, and if you go for the
"gradual" bifocal, you will have reading glass below and plain glass
above and no line between the two.

You might want to consider getting them in regular (uncolored) glass
and using flip-up sunglasses over them. I don't like the effect of
wearing sunglasses all the time. (In fact, I don't wear them at all
except at sea. When flying I just pull my bill-cap down over my eyes.)
If your flying glasses aren't artificially darkened, you may find them
just the thing for driving, and they'll be useful night as well as
day.

all the best - Dan

Nothing New About Death: http://www.danford.net
Annals of Military Aviation forum: http://www.delphi.com/annals
newsletter: nothingnewabout...@topica.com

[C J Campbell]

When I wore contacts I used the stick-on reading things on my sunglasses. I
thought they worked great, certainly better than bifocal contacts, which I
tried for awhile (they have a serious glare problem at night). When I
switched over to glasses, though, I simply got a pair of bifocals. I can't
tell any real performance difference between bifocal glasses and the
stick-on things.

"Jim Fisher" <Var...@hiwaay.net> wrote in message
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| "Roger Long" <rwl...@ctel.net> wrote in message
| news:_ilh5.666$P2.12972@harpo...
| > I bought some great plastic reading lenses at the drug store that stuck
on
| my sunglasses. I lost them
| > and went back for replacements and was told that they can't get them any
| more. Does anyone know if they
| > are still available and where to get them?
|

| Sporty's.