I was in a store over the weekend buying some shoes, and saw the strangest pair of sunglasses I’d ever seen. There were the typical lenses in front, but nothing on the side – No ear pieces. Instead there was a piece that went up over your head that held ’em in place.
If you can’t visualize it, imagine taking a pair of earmuffs and turning them 90°, so one of the earpieces is about where your nose is. Then change the earpiece in front to a set of sunglasses. The earpiece in back then becomes a rubber or foam pad.
I searched around and tried to find some on the net, but couldn’t. When I searched on “Runner’s Glasses” I got 14,000 hits.
Initially, I thought this was the dumbest thing I had ever seen. I asked the clerk what the heck they were. She explained that they were for runners. Normal sunglasses would slide off their noses, but these would stay put.
Later I got to thinking – Would this work for safety glasses? Seems like mine are always sliding down my nose, especially when I’m sweaty.
I can think of 2 drawbacks. First, it seems like it would make it harder to wear a hat. (I feel naked without one) ((Don’t try to visualize this at home))
Second is that it would obviously take some time to get used to just like any new idea. Can you imagine the crap you’d get from co-workers initially?
Just curious what y’all thought of the idea……..
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if you're having trouble with your glasses sliding, there are the elastic straps that hook over the ear pieces. can look a little nerdy, but keeps your glasses on, use to use them when i played B-ball.
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I think I had seen a picture, maybe on tv, of a pro-athlete wearing something similar. Looked like Buck Rogers Fan Club stuff. Of course, the wearer also had on a fur collar lots of neck chains, thumping music, etc.
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If your glasses are sliding down your nose, they're not fit correctly. I speak as a glasses-wearer for forty years. The earpieces are supposed to wrap around the back of your ears and stop the glasses from sliding forward and down. Good opticians will fit prescription glasses carefully so that they don't slide. For generic safety glasses that you don't get through an optician, you can generally fit them yourself. Bend the earpieces until they fit right. On plastic earpieces, it may help to heat them before you bend them. You can do it -- you're a builder guy, right?