I finally got my custom rx biking/ orienteering glasses. I had a pair of Adidas in the past with an rx insert in the past, but found it pretty useless when they fogged up between the lenses, or when the insert cracked.
I have a high rx, and also need a progressive reading prescription.
I usually wear contacts, but I have problems with them, and I need a special reading rx along with sunglasses with a reading insert for reading maps or fixing bikes. I just can't see close up well with contacts.
I am not a good candidate for laser surgery either, or I'd do it in a second.
I had gotten some Rudy Project Horus glasses as they have an rx lens option, but nobody here could put my rx into it as it was too high.
At a local MtB race the Adidas rep swore it was possible to do an in-lens rx for me, and gave me the name of a special lab in Newmarket. After many go-arounds and a lot of poor communication, I finally got a second-hand message that I can only have the add-on rx insert with my rx. Total waste of time.
Bash happened to read a blog about a lab in the US that can do odd rx for sports glasses.
http://www.adseyewear.com/prescription-rx-sunglass...
When I contacted them, they said "sure, we can do it. Do you want photochromic, antiglare, mirrored..." Wow! I was a little leery of laying down a lot of $ for lenses by mail, and getting the reading rx right. Their comm was excellent, they sent me the frames with regular lenses and had me do photos of my eyes with one lens in and one out for positioning, and I got photochromics with anti-glare.
I got them yesterday. They work! Totally clear indoors, but darken up outside, so I can use them day or night. I can see distance, and read a map.
They look a bit odd when they are clear, because the peripheral lens is always tinted, while the rx portion is not. Bit of a vintage motorcycle goggle look, but once tinted they look normal.
http://www.adseyewear.com/prescription-rx-adidas-e...
I'll have to see how they work with fogging issues, but so far so good.
Great for my commute, better than my regular glasses for protection.
Maybe I will finally have a solution for reading o-maps properly.
These guys can do all sorts of glasses too. I was really pleased with them.