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Custom made clip on sunglasses


fayz To all my fellow visually impaired forum members, is there anyplace in Dubai that sells/makes custom clip on’s i.e. I already have a pair of eye glasses but they didn’t come with a clip, there is not one available so I’m looking to make a custom one.
Anybody here able to suggest a place to go?
Any info you can provide is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Palkid7 Mmmm. well friend, I was looking for such a thing last year, and I only found ready made ones in Dubai' Airport Shops the ones you see before going to the gates ! mmm... but I think and I am not sure that there are alot of shops that can help you with that in Sharjah Area, near Al Zahra Hospital. Well I gave up on this, and decided to go for a custom made sunglasses, that is making powered lenses for ur sunglasses !! and it is cool ! fayz Thanks Man, I'll give Sharjah a try and see if i can find anything there. I've also considered prescription sunglasses as well, if I have no luck I’ll go that route. arniegang Fayz, Why dont you consider having your lenses replaced with photocromic ones, that react to the light. They come in grey or brown tints and much better than clip on's. kanelli I have the same problem when I want to wear my glasses Fayz. Arniegang, I've looked into those and you can only have them if you have under a certain prescription strength. Apparently, I'm too blind for those photochromic lenses :) I'm going to get my old pair of glasses coated to turn them into sunglasses. Most of the time I wear daily contact lenses with regular sunglasses. The disposable daily lenses mean I have less eye irritation. Have you tried those Fayz? fayz
I'm not a fan as they always seem to be a light shade of grey or brown when indoors and never get as dark as I'd like them to be out. they do have pluses though, just not for me, good suggestion for others though :) A lot of people like them. fayz
I'm going to get my old pair of glasses coated to turn them into sunglasses. Most of the time I wear daily contact lenses with regular sunglasses. The disposable daily lenses mean I have less eye irritation. Have you tried those Fayz?
I'm not sure how blind you are but i'm a -12.00 and they come in my prescription, also a card holding member of the CNIB :) I have a problem where i can't get daily disposables, they only come in -8. I found getting reduced water contacts help my wearability in Dubai. i.e. in Canada i use to where 55% but here i wear 38%, I use monthlies, that work great for me, i change them on average every 2 weeks. I just wanted to start wearing glasses a little more as I always wear contacts and unless you’re wearing RGP lenses all others including daily disposables reduce oxygen to the eyes so I was exploring alternatives.
When I go back home I’ll get some custom clips made, I have a really nice pair of glasses that I’m partial to and they only cost about CDN 80 to make clips for any glasses back home, I’m just not planning to go home for a while yet.
The idea of tinting an old pair is great, a lot of people do this but I use glass not plastic lenses and they have an AR coat so tinting after the fact won't work, at least i don't believe it will.
thanks for all the suggestions though guys, glad i'm not the only one in this boat :) arniegang My wife bought a new pair of Versace glasses a few weeks ago and when worn inside they have no tint visible at all, and well dark when out in sun. Maybe worth checking Fayz, i suppose the new ones now maybe better than they used to be. fayz she may be using transistions, they are the plastic equiv of photocromatic, they are much better but even their high index is only upto a -6. I'll check it out though, thanks. arniegang thats the name Fayz - Transitions worth a nosey i think mate

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fayz well i think i know now why i can't wear contacts anymore, I use Renu solution. I have my apoint with the opthomologist this week :cry: For the rest of you, please learn from my misfortune, switch solutions until things are straightened out. MaaaD any luck with the sunglasses? I want aviators but all the shops are telling me we cant do those prescription since they are too curved :( Chocoholic Ooohohohohohoh, when I used to wear glasses. I found that in Dubai you can buy buy glasses which come with clip-ons. They attached using little magnets to the bridge of the glasses. They were ingenius. I got them from the opticians in the Al Ain centre in Bur Dubai. I don't need glasses anymore, I took the plunge and had laser surgery, best money I ever spent. IMJ
how long it's been since the surgery, I am thinking to get one, but still think what if in couple of years your eye sight get even worse fayz
Aviators don't have that much of a curve, unless you really have a strong astigmatism? I got my Oakleys which have a huge curve done no prob.
And Choco it is a very small world, I use Optx 20/20 in Al Ain Centre, I'd recommend them, great people. Chocoholic IMJ, it's been about 5 years now and I've had no problems what so ever. The only thing I find is when I'm driving at night the lights can splay out a bit with a sort of halo, but hey it used to happen all the time with glasses, so no big deal. Also my eyes are a bit more sensitive to light than they used to be, but so far I've had no deterioration. I went from a +6 to 20/20 vision - amazing. If you're considering it, it something that requires a lot of research and thought before doing, afterall it's your eyesight we're talking about. The procedure itself is pretty straight forward, just a little uncomfortable, and the smell is a bit gross - like burning hair. XRW-147 Chocs, what do you mean by light splays? I'm due to get my eyes done when I take my summer vacation. arniegang Chocs Can you tell us where you had your eyes done and cost please. MaaaD
No i dont .. the guy at Yateem in MoE basically told me they cannot do aviators or any of the curved glasses i guess he was just full of shit :)

i gotta check that place out :)
Chocoholic Ok light splays, erm how do I describe this, ok put on some glasses and smudge your fingers or a bit of vaseline over the lenses and you'll get the general idea. It doesn't happen to everyone, just some people, depending on your astigmatism. Kinda like when you go to the optician and they ask you to look at the little red and green lights and they take out the lense of the test glasses altogether and instead of you seeing the light clearly in a circle, light spreads out around it causing a sort of halo effect. It's no major thing, as I used to get it all the time with glasses, it just makes my eyes tired quickly. Wow the cost? Erm looking back I think it was about 1,200 pounds per eye. Obviously the worse your prescription the higher the cost as it take more effort to get it right. I had it done at Ultralase in Birmngham, UK. Using the Lasik system. You have to wear clear non prescription glasses and eye shields at night - you look like the fly - for 2 weeks afterwards as the lense of your eye has to heal as it's been cut and moved off so the laser can do it's thing, then they flip it back onto your eye and it takes a while to heal. You're not allowed to touch, rub or put anything in, on or around your eyes apart from the prescribed drops. One piece of advice, take a really dark pair of sunglasses with you when you have it done. A couple of hours later your eyes will be so light sensitive any light at all will be unbearable. I sat in a dark room for the afternoon and went to bed as I literally couldn't open my eyes, everything was sooooo bright. Woke up the next day and virtually perfect vision. Now don't expect things to be perfect straight away! Your eyesight should be much better straight after the op, then the next morning, but it's a gradual improvement that might take several weeks or even a few months for your eyes to become their best post-op. Take someone with you and for goodness sake don't drive!!! Expect not to drive for a few days afterwards, the doc will give you the OK on that. arniegang How does it compare with the cost in Dubai Chocs? fayz
I've been looking into this a bit as well, I've been told by several sources that you are better off going to Jordan then doing it locally. I know many that have. Costs here from what i've been seeing are about AED 8k/eye locally. they are cheaper in Jordan but more importantly they are supposed to be much better. But from your comments in another thread you are experiencing presbiopia i.e. you need reading glasses, this is caused by the weakening of your eye muscles and Lasik although will correct your eyes for the short term any legitimate doctor will not recommend it in your case as it will impede your long distance vision. For individuals like yourself, if vanity is an issue you can consider getting contacts one for your distance vision and one for your reading/near, the dominant eye for each distance will compensate for the other or you can consider progressives. Inter Ocular Lens implants would also be an option for you, they would be a similar solution to the contact lens thing.
Btw did I mention I am actually a licensed optician and hold an ophthalmic degree ;), I've also seem many botched surgeries (they usually make the best labs but I’d hate to be the guy on the other end).
Choco gave you the best advice, really research it and make sure you’re comfortable with the risk vs. reward return. shafique Fayz - where did you get your Oakleys glased with prescription lenses? Was it at the Al Ain centre? Also, isn't most of the cost of Oakleys the quality of their lenses? Does it defeat the purpose of having them reglazed?? (I'm a spectacle wearer and have your problem of having to switch to sun glasses - it's a pain. I've considered laser surgery too - but am not quite convinced yet, despite having friends in the UK who have had it done. ) Cheers, Shafique fayz
No I got them done in Canada, I have yet to make prescription sunglasses here, although i'm planning to go there to get some sunnies made in a couple hours. (generic brown tints in an old pair of Adidas lenses with a significant curve in them, Al Ain people said they could do it though)
Oakley, Ray Ban, Serengetti, Vaurnet and i'm guessing others actually do make prescription lens or offer services to get your lenses coated post grinding. For my oakleys I used serengetti lenses with Anti Relefective and mirrored front coatings, how it works is you get the lenses, your optican cuts your prescription in them (usually required as many people have astigmatisms at least to some degree) then the lenses go for coating, it is not cheap and takes time but in the end you get your prescription in a professional grade sport lens. fayz oh one thing though i would not recommend getting polarized lenses if your prescription is really bad, it never seems to work really well. Good luck in whatever you decide. fayz Just a quick follow up, the place in Al Ain said they would not do it, a bit frustrating because the first time i was there with glasses in hand they said they could :( It was because my prescription was too high and to fit the frame i would need high index lenses which would not work well with a wrapped frame, they did tell me that anyone with a -4 or less would have no prob though, so there may be hope for some of you :) shafique Sorry to hear that Fayz. I'm a -3 and so there is some hope. I have a pair of D&G frames with prescription sun glasses - but they aren't wrap around - Ideally I'd like something like the oakleys, but no sweat for now. Cheers, Shafique Chocoholic Hey Fayz, I've had regular check ups ever since the surgery and no-one has told me that I need reading glasses. My long distance vision is really good. Upto the last minute before my surgery, the surgeon was talking to his superior at their Harley Street clinic in London as they wanted to make absolutely sure that I was suitable for it, if he wasn't happy, he wasn't going to do it. My eyesight is far better now than it ever was with glasses. Like I said the night thing doesn't bother me in the slightest, I barely notice it now, plus the halo thing has gradually imroved over time as my eyes have compensated for it. I've heard that the South African lady based in the Fairmont is excellent with Lasik! My mother wwas looking into it with her, but sadly her eyes are not suitable for the procedure. But many people over estimate the difference they'll get. If your eyesight is really bad then they might only be able to improve it enough to warrant readin or driving glasses. Correcting long sighted vision is much much harder. With short sightedness it is possible to repeat the procedure to improve on the original result, but not so for people who're long sighted. It's all very complicated which is why it requires a lot of research. And I would never trust a surgeon who wouldn't refuse to do the op if he wasn't sure it would give good results. fayz
No no no my friend you mis read my note, the Prespiopia (requirement for reading glasses) was directed to Arnie, not anything to do with the surgery, in one of the other posts he said he needs to keep moving papers further away to read them, this is a sign of Prespiopia and all of us will get this at least to some degree the muscles in the eye get weaker with age, I was saying Lasik is not a remedy for this. You are/were a Hyperopic i.e. far sighted (+6) not the same thing you just had a funky shaped eye. I'd blame your grandma on your moms side :lol: :lol: shafique Fayz - you're a wealth of knowledge man! Given your ocular credentials - do you know whether it would be possible/worthwhile getting my plastic lenses repaired (the AR coating is all micro-scratched up now and I read that this coating could be disolved off and redone). The specs I have are rimless, hingeless titanium, so I could just get new lenses too... but I have asked an optician yet, and this thread came along.. Cheers, Shafique arniegang I am just going for Arm Extensions and will continue to complain to Stores about the cooking instructions on food packaging getting smaller and smaller :lol: :lol: Chocoholic Hahaha Fayz, Sorry dude, got a bit confused. Well my optician used to liken my eyes to rugby balls! fayz
There are people that will offer to remove and reapply an AR coating, don't do this it never works correctly. As plastic is a porous material the coating is absorbed into the plastic and is not evenly distributed, it will not be fully removed. This also goes with people who ask to buffer out scratches, this cannot be done correctly as the curvature of the lenses, index of the material, combined with the thickness are what gives you your prescription.
If you like the frames get new lenses, I’m not sure what costs are in the UK but Dubai is cheaper than Canada if you shop around, also remember your new Dubai motto everything is negotiable, you need to haggle hard especially if they smell you are new to the region. shafique Thanks Fayz - I'll just get some new lenses for the frame. I have a spare pair that I can wear whilst it's being made up. I'm learning to haggle hard now - I got a discount out of Plug-Ins when i bought a fridge, tv, cooker and microwave off them recently - despite the assertion on 3 previous occasions that they won't give discounts. It was hard going with them and at one stage I took the discount they offered me on the TV (Liban - I bought the new Samsung 40" tv - 300dhs off) and walked out saying I would buy everything else from Carrefoure. They rang me barely 2 mins later, asked me back and gave me 300dhs off the rest of the goods ... It also helps if you are not actually interested in the goods either... I was offered a nice fake rolex for under 100dhs last week and 2 cartiers (his and hers) and a wallet for 210dhs... I actually only wanted to get a wallet and only bought that.. but it does make you wonder how much it must cost to manufacture these watches... probably around 60dhs!! Amazing.. cheers, Shafique XRW-147 Shaf, you should have told me you're going to plug-ins. I get good discounts at the Al Ghurair one :D And those watches cost less than 60dhs to make too ;) fayz Hahahah, Shaf so you discovered Karama i take it? XRW is right they are way less than AED 60, the same watches that they sell here for AED 150ish I saw in Shanghai for US 7 and that included tourist tax, do the math, they are making a killing. The only problem with your haggling technique is you ended up with a Samsung :roll: shafique Karama, Gold Souk - but actually this last one for 110 was in the Al Ain centre on one of the stalls on the ground floor (just along from the Thai House - which has excellent food btw). XR- do'h! - I didn't know I was going to buy from Plug ins - the washing machine, fridge etc were the same prices in Carrefour etc, I managed to get a discount off the Samsung TV in Eros (I got 250 off) and then went to Plug Ins who beat it by 50. And for the watches - $7 = 22dhs, wow! I bought a fake Patek Phillipe off e-bay for about $30 when I was in the UK and thought that was cheap (it was shipped from China). It was a great watch until it stopped working :).. and proved my wife's point that it's not worth spending the dosh on these chronographs because only one person noticed that I was wearing an expensive watch in the 6 months I wore it (and even then, i told him it was fake). I'm back to my trusty Longines, quartz movement, now.. and the yen to have an expensive bauble on my wrist has passed. Fayz - they tried to sell me a plasma, but I'm happy with the samsung LCD I've got - it had better specs than the Sony Bravia 40" and started at 1000 dhs cheaper. The contrast is 5000:1 which is as good as plasmas and even my wife likes it (which says a lot, trust me). Anyway - you were selling one of these for a friend not so long ago..(it was a previous model though).. and said it was good... :) $7 wow! Cheers, Shafique arniegang All this talk about fake watches :lol: :lol: I do often wonder why people buy such things. When someone like myself see these things and actually knows the difference between real and fake, i wonder what message they are trying to send out to peeps like myself "hey look i can afford a 25k dhm watch" or "dohhhhhhhhh i wear cheap nasty shit" :? Liban
I got mine from Eros. They are the Samsung distributers here.
I have the same exact LCD that you got. Its an awesome TV. You will love it Shaf!!! :) XRW-147
I agree somewhat with your logic Arnie and although I don't condone buying fakes I believe people buy things cause they think its nice and may not be able to fork out 25k for the original item. I think its called living within one's means. arniegang I agree X to an extent. but as i actually wear the real thing and there are many others that do, it does result in sending out the wrong message. In trying to impress the right people, IMHO it actually sends out the opposite message, ie "hey look at me i cant afford the real thing so i bought this cheap piece of crap instead, how cool am i NOT" If worn to impress the taxi driver or bag packing assistant at spinneys i can see their point. But in a professional environment or socially it has the opposite effect. I mean lets be honest, i have a few Rolex's, and it take me 2 nanoseconds to know the difference between a fake and the real thing. When they make a fake with the "perfect sweep second hand", i will take back everything i say. kanelli I don't know why people want all that ritzy stuff in the first place. I have a nice two-toned Citizen Ecodrive watch that works well and is high quality. For watches etc. you can still buy quality items in a reasonable price range. arniegang I totally agree with you K. But on the other hand, there are those that wish to portray something they are not. :wink: Dubai Knight Swatch or Baby G...they are cheap, cheerful, work efficiently, waterproof, shockproof and there is generally a design in the range that suits the cool and trendy guy that I am! Not expensive enough to care too much about and cheap enough to ditch if you trash them. Rolex schmolex all that Gucci stuff is crap...probably got a set of Casio innards anyway! No flash, no bling...and I can always tell you the time if you ask nicely! :lol: :lol: :lol: Knight XRW-147
You obviously don't know ur watches DK :) shafique Arnie - the fakes are very good - the Patek Phillipe had a sweep second hand that moved in the same way as a real rolex, in fact that is the first thing I look at when I look at the fake rolexes on display. I was on the verge of buying a Jaeger Le Coutre, as I couldn't justify a Patek Philippe when my concience said I really did not need the watch and it was really just ego and a sense of wanting to impress. Mechanical watches are a thing of beauty and craftsmanship - but they aren't the best keepers of time. A cheap throw-away quartz watch is more accurate than the most expensive Rolex etc. The interesting thing was that I have a real quartz movment swiss watch that I've had for about 10 years now. I replaced this with a chunky Patek Philippe fake that looked authentic to me and also the other person that recognised the watch. In the time I was wearing the watch, I went to board meetings, ate at Gentlemen's clubs etc where others also were wearing expensive watches. No one took the blindest bit of notice of the watch. In the end I was just tired of the fact that it did not keep perfect time and was getting paranoid about checking whether it was keeping the right time. I dusted off my old watch and haven't looked back since. When I make my millions, I will then buy a nice watch - probably. :) I'm just impressed with the workmanship on the fakes - the Patek Philippes have crystal backs showing the workings, and the engravings on the movements (as well as the 'jewels') are convincing to all but an horologists. I have to say that I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to pens though - and it does make me a little mad to see all the fake Mont Blancs in the shops - but my Meisterstuck fountain pen is real and a pleasure to use - I've used it daily for about 15 years now, which makes it quite good value.. I fear the clip on glasses thread is getting a bit off track now.. Liban - the tv is gorgeous... It's also the biggest computer monitor I've seen! Cheers, Shafique Dubai Knight
Unfortunately I do. I have trashed hundreds over the years, some of them worth ,000's. The most reaction I got from people in this town about the watch I am wearing came from an emergency purchase on the beach road and cost 50Dhs.! Everyone thought it was something really nice just 'cos it looked blingy!
My best mate had a Rolex. Cost him £1,500 (many years ago now!) and I had a $25 fake picked up in Bangkok. Mine kept better time, was more shockproof and looked identical to his. He stopped wearing his years ago as it was never working. I still have my fake, and it still works fine!
Another solid one that is used by many pro divers these days is the Doxa.
Me, I currently wear one that has no brand name. Still keeps perfect time, has 12 and 24 hour face, compass (very clever!) waterproof, shockproof, glows in the dark and looks fab...cost £125! Had it for 10 years and only replaced batteries. Sound investment.
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Knight XRW-147 Easy buddy, sarcasm ;) Dubai Knight Yeah mate appreciated...just hacked off sometimes with the 'watch zealots' who bang on about how good their bling is! :lol: :lol: :lol: Knight XRW-147 Understandable mate. My view on watches is the same with everything else - each to their own. I buy things to please myself and not those around me. Afterall, its my hard earned $ that I'm spending. arniegang
mine is better than yours na na nana nahhhhhhhhhhh
:lol: :lol: XRW-147 How old are you Arnie? ;) arniegang Old enough to live and enjoy life to the max 8) 8) Dubai Knight He just has trouble telling the time these days!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Knight XRW-147 With so much bling glittering back from his wrist its not a wonder he's not already blind. I bet a diamond encrusted $ pendant is not far behind ;) Chocoholic I never understand buying fakes to be honest! If you've got the cash buy the real thing. What's the point of being a wannabe sheep and following the crowd just to look cool. Having said that many of the fakes around aren't truly fake at all, they're made by the same people who make the actual thing. My mate bought a knock-off watch and was a bit nervous about getting the battery changed in the UK, the watch guy had to look really hard to tell the difference between my friends and the real thing, it said it was so good, you really had to know what to look for. XRW-147 Chocs, did u just flame urself? :) Chocoholic No! :shock: arniegang Sushi is sooooooooooo gross yukky yuk :P XRW-147 U question people's motives in buying fakes... U criticized the objective of buying fakes... Then u say u have bought fakes :) shafique In the UK the low-cost clothing shops are in fashion - eg PriMark - who basically copy latest designer clothes and sell them cheap. The quality is good and they are very popular now, with fashionistas buying from PriMark. They copied a jacket (military style?) that was all the rage last summer - selling for only £15. Also, in terms of clothes at least, designer doesn't always mean better quality. In tests performed on blue jeans, the ones from Asda selling for £4 came out best, beating Levis at 10x the cost. Wearing 'fakes' is fashionable - well it is until fashions change again.. :) (There are also japanese stores that have all there goods un-branded - Muji I think they're called - and this no-brand is effectively another brand (they aren't the cheapest place to shop!). go figure? Cheers, Shafique Chocoholic X, I never said I bought any fakes, I have never bought any fakes! I was merely stating a fact. That does not imply that I have ever bought any - please read more carefully! Those fake glasses your wearing obviously aren't very good for your eyesight! :lol: leighbutler I couldn't find any and searched for a long time I got them in Australia when I was home. Pm me if you want more info. They will send them here. Dubai Knight (There are also japanese stores that have all there goods un-branded - Muji I think they're called - and this no-brand is effectively another brand (they aren't the cheapest place to shop!). go figure? I am discovered! My watch is by Muji and its the best thing since sliced sushi! Neat, cool, efficient, beautifully made...Japanese! Great to wave at the 'Copy Watches!' brigade in Karama..."Find me a copy of that then smart arse!" 8) 8) 8) Knight Chocoholic Man, I love Sushi! XRW-147
Ah, u're criticizing ur mate buying fakes... Must be those light splays I'm experiencing ;)



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