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I'll be doing the Camino Frances throughout the month of June, but will be leaving overseas in a week. I stupidly didn't think of the necessity of sunglasses until now. The problem is that I wear prescription glasses and so can't just buy a pair of sunglasses - would need to get prescription ones and won't be able to get them in time. I'd also prefer not to buy prescription sunglasses anyway because they would be very expensive for me - just my lenses by themselves cost $500... (Incidentally, I could've gotten prescription sunglasses at half price a few weeks ago when I purchased a new pair of prescription glasses, but stupidly didn't think of it at the time.)
I'll have a hat and my glasses have lenses which feature an anti-reflective coating and provide 99.9% UV protection.. So I'm really hoping I won't need sunglasses..
How many people on the Camino where them?
If you have access to Costco either on line or walk in they sell excellent over the glasses sunglasses that also shade perrifial vision. I forget the SPF factor but it is good. I use them all the time now after my first camino. I bought clip ons and combinrd with a sweaty nose the wait was enough to keep them sliding down my nose. The Costco ones fit tightly, come with a silky bag and a string to hang around your neck when you dont need themI'll be doing the Camino Frances throughout the month of June, but will be leaving overseas in a week. I stupidly didn't think of the necessity of sunglasses until now. The problem is that I wear prescription glasses and so can't just buy a pair of sunglasses - would need to get prescription ones and won't be able to get them in time. I'd also prefer not to buy prescription sunglasses anyway because they would be very expensive for me - just my lenses by themselves cost $500... (Incidentally, I could've gotten prescription sunglasses at half price a few weeks ago when I purchased a new pair of prescription glasses, but stupidly didn't think of it at the time.)
I'll have a hat and my glasses have lenses which feature an anti-reflective coating and provide 99.9% UV protection.. So I'm really hoping I won't need sunglasses..
How many people on the Camino where them?
I agree with this - I live in sunny San Diego and wear sun glasses all the time I am out doors - even on the rare cloudy days.Most people are aware of how harmful UV radiation is to the skin. But we don't realize that UV radiation can harm the eyes as well. My optometrist recommends that everyone, even children, wear sunglasses to protect their eyes from harmful solar radiation.
So I think you have had a vast assortments of replies, jsmck2!I wear sunglasses that fit over my prescription glasses.
Nope. I wear glasses. I broke contacts but broke my sunglasses on Day 2 and never replaced them. This was in 2012 during a heat wave. My sun hat worked fine.I'll be doing the Camino Frances throughout the month of June, but will be leaving overseas in a week. I stupidly didn't think of the necessity of sunglasses until now. The problem is that I wear prescription glasses and so can't just buy a pair of sunglasses - would need to get prescription ones and won't be able to get them in time. I'd also prefer not to buy prescription sunglasses anyway because they would be very expensive for me - just my lenses by themselves cost $500... (Incidentally, I could've gotten prescription sunglasses at half price a few weeks ago when I purchased a new pair of prescription glasses, but stupidly didn't think of it at the time.)
I'll have a hat and my glasses have lenses which feature an anti-reflective coating and provide 99.9% UV protection.. So I'm really hoping I won't need sunglasses..
How many people on the Camino where them?
If you have 99.9% protection in your prescription lenses you are probably safe.I'll be doing the Camino Frances throughout the month of June, but will be leaving overseas in a week. I stupidly didn't think of the necessity of sunglasses until now. The problem is that I wear prescription glasses and so can't just buy a pair of sunglasses - would need to get prescription ones and won't be able to get them in time. I'd also prefer not to buy prescription sunglasses anyway because they would be very expensive for me - just my lenses by themselves cost $500... (Incidentally, I could've gotten prescription sunglasses at half price a few weeks ago when I purchased a new pair of prescription glasses, but stupidly didn't think of it at the time.)
I'll have a hat and my glasses have lenses which feature an anti-reflective coating and provide 99.9% UV protection.. So I'm really hoping I won't need sunglasses..
How many people on the Camino where them?
I need to agree with you...well, because I've learned this the hard way. I developed severe cataracts within a 5 year span that necessitated surgery in both eyes just last month. I always thought cataracts was an 'old persons' issue. As my eye surgeon said, it isn't so much attributed to age, than it is to sun exposure. ( obviously, the older one gets, the more exposure over time ) Very young people, especially those in sunshine sports, get cataracts at early ages . In my case it was walking the camino ( and the training beforehand ) for months and months in the sun without sunglasses every year for the past 7 years. Hard lesson learned.Most people are aware of how harmful UV radiation is to the skin. But we don't realize that UV radiation can harm the eyes as well. My optometrist recommends that everyone, even children, wear sunglasses to protect their eyes from harmful solar radiation.
My husband Mike wears transition lenses in his prescription glasses and they were what he wore on his one and only Camino in June 2018. We live in San Diego Southern California where we have sun 90 percent of the time. I wear sunglasses but that is what transition lenses are for... so you don’t need sunglasses.I got transition lenses for my prescription glasses, so they darken in the sun and act as sunglasses. They aren't cheap but they have changed my life. No more having to carry extra sunglasses and no more lost sunglasses. When I go to bed, my glasses go next to the bed. When I get up, I reach over and put on my glasses and I'm good to go. If it gets bright out, my lenses darken and I look even cooler than I normally do!
I bought a pair of the flip up sunshades to attach to my regular glasses. Works fineI'll be doing the Camino Frances throughout the month of June, but will be leaving overseas in a week. I stupidly didn't think of the necessity of sunglasses until now. The problem is that I wear prescription glasses and so can't just buy a pair of sunglasses - would need to get prescription ones and won't be able to get them in time. I'd also prefer not to buy prescription sunglasses anyway because they would be very expensive for me - just my lenses by themselves cost $500... (Incidentally, I could've gotten prescription sunglasses at half price a few weeks ago when I purchased a new pair of prescription glasses, but stupidly didn't think of it at the time.)
I'll have a hat and my glasses have lenses which feature an anti-reflective coating and provide 99.9% UV protection.. So I'm really hoping I won't need sunglasses..
How many people on the Camino where them?
I think its like walking poles and phones, there nice to have but not necessary. It's the individual, whether they think its essential or not.I'll be doing the Camino Frances throughout the month of June, but will be leaving overseas in a week. I stupidly didn't think of the necessity of sunglasses until now. The problem is that I wear prescription glasses and so can't just buy a pair of sunglasses - would need to get prescription ones and won't be able to get them in time. I'd also prefer not to buy prescription sunglasses anyway because they would be very expensive for me - just my lenses by themselves cost $500... (Incidentally, I could've gotten prescription sunglasses at half price a few weeks ago when I purchased a new pair of prescription glasses, but stupidly didn't think of it at the time.)
I'll have a hat and my glasses have lenses which feature an anti-reflective coating and provide 99.9% UV protection.. So I'm really hoping I won't need sunglasses..
How many people on the Camino where them?
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