transition lenses.

[maggie01]

I have just ordered my new glasses. I am giving varifocals a go and also have had transition lenses. I know they darken in the sunlight but do they act as sunglasses or will I still need to use sunglasses on bright days?

[scoobysoo]

My friend has them, and they go really dark in bright sunlight, so she werars them as sunglasses. However, they also go dark in bright rooms, which can look a bit odd if you're somewhere like a nice restaurant!

[maggie01]

OH! I didn't think of that and no one in the opticians pointed that out. Just thinking about it also, I got new glasses because of my daughter's wedding in June (Wanted something a bit more stylish). but now I hope it doesn't look like I am wearing sunglasses. She would be mortified. Only joking. But it would look odd.

[CrazyBean]

Just in case your opticians don't mention this (mine didn't my mum told me!) they don't work straight away you need to leave them in sunlight for a while to "charge them up" so to speak. When I came out of the opticians and put them on they didn't change and I thought they'd given me the wrong lenses it wasn't until I asked my mum who also has them that she told me you need to leave them in sunlight!

[maggie01]

Have I done the wrong thing i wonder? Time will tell!