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Clip-on for glasses
Does Anyone know if there is a clip on magnifier for your glasses? Now i use a clip-on iris diafragma and i want to add Some magnification to iT.
Re: Clip-on for glasses
Don't fool around with gadgets. Get the exact glass(es) you need. It will be cheaper and work better in the long run.
Re: Clip-on for glasses
Getting new prescription shooting glasses every time your vision changes can get expensive. I tried to find clip-on shooting lenses for the team I help coach, and found nothing. So, I made my own:
http://www.targettalk.org/viewtopic.php ... 8&#p252438, and
http://www.targettalk.org/viewtopic.php ... 8&#p252468
I have several students using them successfully. However, adding an aperture to them will be tricky. If you use a Gehmann clip on aperture, you could try adding one of the same lenses I used to the aperture disk.
http://www.targettalk.org/viewtopic.php ... 8&#p252438, and
http://www.targettalk.org/viewtopic.php ... 8&#p252468
I have several students using them successfully. However, adding an aperture to them will be tricky. If you use a Gehmann clip on aperture, you could try adding one of the same lenses I used to the aperture disk.
Re: Clip-on for glasses
"Getting new prescription shooting glasses every time your vision changes can get expensive."
The price of a couple of cases of crap beer here: $29.
The price of a couple of cases of crap beer here: $29.
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Re: Clip-on for glasses
. . . when Rover's "BEER GOGGLES" don't work, try these for $8.65 from Amazon.
LINK: https://www.amazon.com/Elvex-RX-500C-Di ... asses&th=1
Available in: +0.5, +1.0, +1.5, +2.0 full-lens magnifiers.
All four glasses: $34.60
Cheap beer: $29.00
Shooting with Rover while intoxicated: PRICELESS !!!
LINK: https://www.amazon.com/Elvex-RX-500C-Di ... asses&th=1
Available in: +0.5, +1.0, +1.5, +2.0 full-lens magnifiers.
All four glasses: $34.60
Cheap beer: $29.00
Shooting with Rover while intoxicated: PRICELESS !!!
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Re: Clip-on for glasses
"The price of a couple of cases of crap beer here: $29."
God save Portugal and te price off portuguese beber.
God save Portugal and te price off portuguese beber.
Re: Clip-on for glasses
These are fine if you don't wear prescription glasses. If you already have prescription glasses, there aren't a lot of options. As far as I know, nobody makes "over the glasses" magnifying safety glasses. Your only options are custom glasses with your prescription boosted for shooting, or the clip-on lens that nobody seems to make commercially.atomicgale wrote: ↑Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:49 pm . . . when Rover's "BEER GOGGLES" don't work, try these for $8.65 from Amazon.
LINK: https://www.amazon.com/Elvex-RX-500C-Di ... asses&th=1
Available in: +0.5, +1.0, +1.5, +2.0 full-lens magnifiers.
All four glasses: $34.60
Cheap beer: $29.00
Shooting with Rover while intoxicated: PRICELESS !!!
I've never tried $29 prescription glasses, but I would be surprised if the lenses are very accurate for that price. Standard optometrist tolerances on lenses is +/- a quarter of a diopter, which is a LOT of slop for shooting well. I get my shooting glasses lenses in 1/8 diopter increments, and can easily see a 1/4 diopter error.
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Me, too. But the cheap glasses will still work better than his proposed kludge.
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Re: Clip-on for glasses
I make clip-on lenses at ShootingSight. They are available in both +0.50 and +0.75.
Cost is $50. These are ophthalmic lenses that I cut and drilled to fit the clips, so they work, and if your prescription is changing regularly, it probably is a cheaper solution in the long run. However if you get a used set of Knobloch or similar, you can get a new lens made for $40, so the cost isn't much higher, and you don't deal with looking through multiple lenses..
Cost is $50. These are ophthalmic lenses that I cut and drilled to fit the clips, so they work, and if your prescription is changing regularly, it probably is a cheaper solution in the long run. However if you get a used set of Knobloch or similar, you can get a new lens made for $40, so the cost isn't much higher, and you don't deal with looking through multiple lenses..
Re: Clip-on for glasses
I have one of ShootingSight's +0.50 and like it a lot. It flips up, btw, very convenient, and moves to any eyewear I happen to be using.