Aircrew Specs

[kemblejet01]

I have now succumbed to the old peepers starting to deteriorate and need some bins.

I am still lucky enough to get into the odd FJ, so I'm specifically looking for glasses that will sit on an oxygen mask.

Anyone steer me towards the RAF spectacle supplier or anyone else who can so these shades for me?

KMB01

[Wader2]

Specsavers.

[Spymovs]

Specsavers in Chippenham.
17 Borough Parade
Chippenham, SN15 3WL

01249 463636‎

[anotherthing]

Specsavers in Chippenham.
17 Borough Parade
Chippenham, SN15 3WL

01249 463636‎

For the short sighted

[kemblejet01]

My peepers definitely suit the bifocal/varifocal type rather than just hanging reader off the end of my conk.

My four-eyed collegues tell me that they dont like the line across the bifs and those who wear varifocals look like Stevie Wonder looking for the sweet spot in the lens. No win I guess

Agree with you on the lens quality issue tho Olive - thankfully the comb over is still some way off!

KMB01

[Pontius Navigator]

Originally Posted by kemblejet01

My peepers definitely suit the bifocal/varifocal type rather than just hanging reader off the end of my conk.

My four-eyed collegues tell me that they dont like the line across the bifs and those who wear varifocals look like Stevie Wonder looking for the sweet spot in the lens. No win I guess

Agree with you on the lens quality issue tho Olive - thankfully the comb over is still some way off!

KMB01

I wear the cheapest reading glasses I can get, string and aradlite and all. The only advantage of expensive specs is you will take more care of them. The only expensive pair I every bought were rimless. I couldn't see them and sat on them

Frameless have a problem where the lens breaks at the screw.

Bifocals as you say have a line. Depending on what you need depends on where the line must go. In the back of an E3 I found half moon were uesless and I could not see all 3 displays at the same time (lack of peripheral vision) so need a full lens bifocal.

Then the line might be OK for reading but no good for something else.

Finally, with SpecSavers, he said try these before you go. I put them on and could not see the end of the shop. But, he said, you can't have them any other way. I needed plano distance and corrected reading. Can't be done say all the opticians I have gone to.

Fortunately the Chinese don't know that.

So, try a bifocal reading glass with plano lens first. Get them for £10-£15.

[wub]

those who wear varifocals look like Stevie Wonder looking for the sweet spot in the lens

That's brilliant, only because I know the feeling exactly!

I vote for Varilux lenses by Essilor, I've used them for years and they are the lightest, easiest to adapt to and most comfortable. They can actually craft lenses to suit the environment the wearer most commonly experiences. Google Varilux Ipseo for a list of nearby opticians.

[Tankertrashnav]

Just like anything else in life, you get what you pay for with spectacles

You wouldn't have a combover hairstyle to hide your failing hairline would you?

I've got a pair from Specsavers and a combover - what I havent got is a pair of specs worth 20 quid with a nametag which cost 200 quid stuck onto the frame!

[On_The_Top_Bunk]

Don't forget you can claim £60 back if you need them for work thanks to the marvel that is JPA!

[Pontius Navigator]

Originally Posted by On_The_Top_Bunk

Don't forget you can claim £60 back if you need them for work thanks to the marvel that is JPA!

But the optician I went to would not sing the form.

So I wouldn't buy his specs.

The marvel of a free market.

[Clockwork Mouse]

But the optician I went to would not sing the form.

Perhaps he was tone-deaf.

[Pontius Navigator]

Originally Posted by Clockwork Mouse

Perhaps he was tone-deaf.

Yes, that too, they do hearing tests there.

Or it could be these cheep chinese spesc.

[GPMG]

Fricken lazer treatment?

Or is that not allowed for a pilot / too risky?



Wierd....I get an @ symbol substituted for 'a' in laser

[Pontius Navigator]

Originally Posted by GPMG

Fricken lazer treatment?

Or is that not allowed for a pilot / too risky?

Wierd....I get an @ symbol substituted for 'a' in laser

Try Manchester.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Police fight back on laser threat

[youngskywalker]

Not sure if fast jet crew are allowed contact lenses or not but I can certainly recommend them over spectacles. Daily disposable soft lenses, very comfortable and easy to wear. Advantages are that you can still wear standard sunglasses and avoids the light problems sometimes associated with spectacles. And nobody knows that your peepers are weakning!

[Tankertrashnav]

Wierd....I get an @ symbol substituted for 'a' in l@ser

That's odd GPMG. I notice you also get the letters i/e transposed in the word "weird". Better check that computer!