Prescription Ballistic lenses

[EngineerWannabe]

As the title says. Do they make them?

 

[Nfld Sapper]

You will get inserts to be placed behind the lenses.......

 

[PuckChaser]

You will get inserts to be placed behind the lenses.......

Which are the worst things ever invented.

I had to take mine off in Kandahar, was getting migranes while trying to crew command. Ended up just wearing normal glasses with sun/dust/wind goggles covering them.

 

[CombatDoc]

You will get inserts to be placed behind the lenses.......

I also used them in the Kandahar region and found them to work well - mine even had bifocals so that I could read with them on.  I suspect the key is to get your eyed tested before deployment so that your prescription is current and then get the inserts ordered.

 

[dapaterson]

The challenge is in ensuring the lenses are properly seated and properly centred; if they aren't, you'll suffer.

(I also prefer normal glasses with goggles over top; I find the insert moves too often and needs re-seating to avoid headaches)

 

[jollyjacktar]

Which are the worst things ever invented.

I had to take mine off in Kandahar, was getting migranes while trying to crew command. Ended up just wearing normal glasses with sun/dust/wind goggles covering them.

My eyewear fogs within minutes, then I can't see a friggin thing.  So, I stopped wearing them and just went with my normal glasses, even during contacts.

The lucky guys/gals without inserts did not seem to have the same issue of fogging.  Even tried the nice sprays etc.

 

[PuckChaser]

I got the fogging too, had to wear a scarf from all the dust and it just trapped hot air under the BEWs inbetween them and the inserts.

Thank god I don't have to wear them anymore (got Lasik). Was like living in a fishbowl and made me sick to my stomach with pounding migraines when in moving vehicles.

 

[EngineerWannabe]

I knew about the inserts I was just wondering for my recreational shooting.

 

[Lerch]

If you mean to buy your own (from someone like Oakley or ESS), yes, they're made. Check the manufacturer website and usually it'll be a prescription insert that you order and take to your optometrist.

 

[BDTyre]

I never got migraines but I did have some fogging on cold, clear mornings and I noticed significant distortion (flaring and "starlighting") when driving a LAV at night.

 

[Stoker]

I needed a pair for shooting on the range so I picked up a set of sawflys on ebay for $20 which are the same as issued. I went to the base optician and paid out of pocket for the lens. They threw in the inserts for free.