Sunglass Options and their Advantages and Disadvantages

Today, there are many ways you can incorporate sun protection into your eyewear, to best suit your lifestyle, needs, and budget.



Sunglass Option

Advantage

Disadvantage

Separate Sunglasses

  • Larger frame with wrap shape around the face to block out maximum brightness
  • Looking through one lens surface for clearest vision

Sunglass Clip to Frame

  • Form fitting to existing glasses frame
  • Can be removed depending on bright or dark outdoor lighting
  • Extra device to carry around when needed
  • Adds weight and bulkiness to existing glasses
  • Looking through two lens surfaces creating some vision distortion
  • Easier to lose

Transitions Lenses

  • Lens darkness adjusts to all lighting conditions
  • One device
  • Looking through one lens surface for clearest vision
  • Not dark enough for driving in very bright conditions
  • Slow to change between light and dark in certain environment changes

Fitover Sunglasses

  • Larger frame to place over existing glasses to block maximum brightness
  • Very large and bulky
  • Looking through two lens surfaces creating some vision distortion

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