Girls who wear glasses...

FrostyFeet

FrostyFeet

Well-Known Member
Joined
19 January 2013
Messages
249
Location
Cheshire
Visit site
Just a quick question to those of you who do: how do you manage with horses? As a long time contact lens wearer,on the rare occasions I've done the horses in glasses have ended up in a right pickle if it's raining (oh for tiny windscreen wipers and de-misters) & have never ridden in them; how do you cope with specs and hat?
I had a freak accident a couple of weeks ago (beware toggles on jacket when filling haynets!)which lead to surgery for a detached retina and am now in glasses for a few months,banned from the horses at the minute (agony) and pondering options. I am very,very shortsighted so going without isn't an option..
Any tips gratefully received 😃
 
Wear a peaked hat when its raining at all times. Also buy fleximetal glasses with plastic lenses in case of unsceduled dismounts
 
I cope fine, at the end of the day I'm blind without them so have no choice but to do the best I can.
If raining I also always wear a peak hat which really helps to keep the rain off your glasses . Riding in the rain is a nightmare but even with rain running down my glasses I can still see better then without
 
I'm blind as a bat without and can no longer wear contacts. I hate riding in the wet and hunting is the pits, you steam up and it is terrifying not being able to see where you are going.
 
I needed glasses but never wore them for riding - used contact lenses for years but then I got to the stage where after a couple of hours my eyes were so sore I felt like rubbing them raw. I bit the bullet and used my savings to get my eyes lasered - it was a revelation. My eyesight was near perfect after and that lasted about 6/7 years. They have deteriorated slightly now and I do have a low prescription pair I use for driving at night or going to the theatre/cinema, but I can still see far better than I could before the op and still well enough to ride.
 
Thatsmygirl and Clodagh-same here,going without not an option.. Was hoping there was some genius invention I hadn't heard of-hey ho. Thankyou both :)
 
Tern-that was me all over,started wearing contacts at 16 due to horses and eyes not so bad as they now are-roll on February!
Mrs G-I thought about lasering years ago but now not an option sadly..Thankyou both :)
 
Flexon frames, which are bendy and return to their correct alignment if they take a battering. Also plastic lenses. And peaked hats.

I've worn specs for the last 45 years (have 'dry eye' so can't wear contacts.) The flexon frames have transformed the practicality of specs wearing for this middle aged tomboy. I've had the current pair for 3 years, and haven't had to return to the optician to have them straightened out since I got them, despite numerous challenges to their integrity.

Did inadvertently jump my horse over a cattle grid many years ago whilst hunting on Dartmoor on a rainy day :eek3:. Thank goodness he was looking where he was going, I was steamed up.
 
I keep an old pair of glasses specially for the yard. They fall off sometimes when picking hooves out so they end up scratched and paint chipped (and filthy from the dust). I update the lenses in them occasionally.

I don't have a problem riding in glasses, but if I get an itchy eye I will not be able to replace the glasses if I remove them so I scratch under them instead. I wear a baseball cap under the hood of my coat in heavy rain.

I find contact lenses worse because inevitably a bit of dirt goes in my eye and because of the contact lenses, rubbing my eye is not an option so I was continually having to remove one lense. It was so much simpler to go back to glasses.
 
I just wear my everyday glasses for going to the yard and riding :o. Can't wear contacts and I'm dangerous without them so don't have much choice!

I don't ride if it's raining (wuss) so haven't had a problem with that, though I've been caught out a few times and my glasses have never steamed up - maybe something to do with the coating on the lens?

If your glasses are fairly well-anchored on your face then you should be fine to ride in them :).
 
Tiddlypom-will check out the flexon frames,thankyou!
And will be looking for a decent hat as per suggestions (thankyou to you too Firefly). I love my contacts but think will be wearing glasses more than I did,even once I get the all clear to wear them again-suddenly much more aware of how precious my eyes are.
 
I can't wear contacts for riding or yard work, for riding my eyes dry out really quickly with contacts in and for yard work (as above) that tiny miniscule piece of straw dust that gets in your eye will mean a trip home to take my lenses out and wash my eye out, repeat until bored and achieved zero down the yard. So... flexi titanium glasses I have, they are glass with a shatterproof, anti glare and anti fog coating. I carry one of those microfibre cloths in every coat pocket as they are brilliant for drying out wet glasses with no marks left.
 
FrostyFeet said:
MyDogisanIdiot-thankyou,will speak to optician re coating as they do steam up. Do glasses alter your hat size? Apologies for daft question ��
Click to expand...

The coating is brilliant, and the anti-glare is essential for driving at night imo. I've not noticed that the glasses have changed my hat size as the arms aren't that thick (Rayban Wayfairers), but I suppose it's possible if you're right on the cusp of one size. I have a massive head anyway so the glasses don't add much ;).
 
thatsmygirl said:
I cope fine, at the end of the day I'm blind without them so have no choice but to do the best I can.
If raining I also always wear a peak hat which really helps to keep the rain off your glasses . Riding in the rain is a nightmare but even with rain running down my glasses I can still see better then without
Click to expand...

Yep this is the case for me too! (but I hadn't thought of the peaked hat) In a way the glasses are useful for keeping dust and grit out of your eyes when mucking out and stuff but they can be a pain in the rain.
 
MyDogisanIdiot-thankyou :)
I never knew Wayfarers were anything other than sunglasses? Intrigued and off to google...
Skint1-my mum keeps saying glasses offer more protection. She's threatened me with safety goggles as I am so accident prone (hence glasses..). Even though am wrong side of 40 feel fighting a losing battle at the minute 😳
 
FrostyFeet said:
MyDogisanIdiot-thankyou :)
I never knew Wayfarers were anything other than sunglasses? Intrigued and off to google...
Skint1-my mum keeps saying glasses offer more protection. She's threatened me with safety goggles as I am so accident prone (hence glasses..). Even though am wrong side of 40 feel fighting a losing battle at the minute ��
Click to expand...

No problem! :).
They do come as glasses as well (http://www.ray-ban.com/uk/eyeglasses/clp), not cheap though, my frames were around £250 so it was about £350 including the cost of lenses. I'm not very careful with them but they're absolutely bombproof so well worth the money - they regularly get dropped and sat on and there's not a mark on them. They've also slid off my nose while doing feet a few times and have never been marked. I keep getting them re-lensed as there's no way I'm paying that for frames again :p.
 
Thanks for the link-went off googling but could only find sunglasses with lenses removed and prescription lenses put in.
Very tempted-can't get new specs until three months post op as surgery changed shape of eye,& hence vision (was hoping would improve it but s**s law it appears even blurrier at the minute!) so time to save pennies.
Thanks again everyone 😃
 
This was such a problem for me as well as glasses slipping down my nose at inopportune moments I had my eyes layered - best decision I ever made - wish I'd had it done 10 years sooner...
 
You could just wear one contact lens in your uninjured eye. That's what I have always done for the past 5 years or so because then I can read and also see at a distance (I am short-sighted). It sounds weird but your eyes easily adapt and its like have 20/20 vision again.
 
blitznbobs said:
This was such a problem for me as well as glasses slipping down my nose at inopportune moments I had my eyes layered - best decision I ever made - wish I'd had it done 10 years sooner...
Click to expand...
I've been put off having Laser treatment because it was reputed to adversely affect night vision. I'm often out at dawn and dusk doing the neds so value my night vision very highly.

Anyone know if modern Laser treatments are better in this respect?
 
Blitznbobs-that was my problem years ago and why I changed to lenses,just drove me nuts (although I did much more riding wise than I do now!)Dreamcometrue-I had toyed with that actually. I can't try at the minute as my other eye was found to have tears and had minor surgery (but ok for lens in a week or so) but wondered if it would be doable. Sounds as though it may be worth a try for wet weather 😃
 
I wear them 24.7 riding, when i was milking cows etc, just get on with it lol. Hats are a must if raining as has been said.

I want mine lasering too - just cost and worry over it going wrong i guess!
 
Tiddlypom said:
I've been put off having Laser treatment because it was reputed to adversely affect night vision. I'm often out at dawn and dusk doing the neds so value my night vision very highly.

Anyone know if modern Laser treatments are better in this respect?
Click to expand...

No night vision is still affected. A friend had his eyes lasted and said it was the best thing he had ever done but has to wear sunglasses when it's a bright day and sees halos when driving at night. However I work for a charity who deals with partially sighted people and have known people who went blind having had laser eye surgery so personally wouldn't do it myself! I stick with contact lenses and glasses when my eyes are very dry and sore.
 
Those of you that have had trouble with contact lenses. We're you using hard lenses or soft ones?
I'm very short-sighted and have been wearing lenses since I was 19, first hard ones which were awful for riding as always got bits under them and in the evening my eyes were dry. Now I wear soft 'moist' daily disposables and never have any problems at all. I wish I'd changed to them sooner but I kept listening to the advice of the optician who said my vision would be poor as I have astigmatism - load of rubbish! My vision is far better with soft lenses.
For those of you that had real problems with dry eyes there are now silicon gel lenses that retain liquid. Might be worth a try if you want to ditch the specs and don't fancy the risk of laser correction.
 
Re laser,I know several people who have had it done and swear by it. I was always put off by the fact that eye surgeons and opthalmologists plus opticians always stick to their specs; my recent surgery was done by a leading VitreoRetinal surgeon-who also wears glasses. It wouldn't be an option now,but for me,the risks outweighed the gains. Completely understand those who do though :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top