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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: a900 on July 20, 2009, 01:44:26 pm

Title: Sunglasses
Post by: a900 on July 20, 2009, 01:44:26 pm: This morning i was on a job i had collected payment and was just packing away when i decided to take my sunglasses off so that they would not get damaged. (Leaving them on the drive) :-[

Packed the van away. Spoke to the next door neighbour about doing there windows.

Yes you have guessed it. I walked back to the van stepping on the glasses. I think i would have forgotten they where there and drive off if i hadn't have stepped on them.

What glasses do you guys use. I know that you can get some that are flexible or rugged. Are they as good as they make out? Or should i just be a little more careful?
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Post by: Blue Frog Systems on July 20, 2009, 01:58:04 pm: I just use tight fitting ones and bend them in a little if they start getting loose.

Mine are just cheap ones that don't cost much to replace. I'd hate to spend a fortune on a pair to loose them or break them.
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Post by: steven ainger on July 20, 2009, 02:01:32 pm: i use one of those cord/lanyard things, that push on the back of the glasses arms, that way i have them hanging round my neck when i dont want to use them.
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Post by: traps7 on July 20, 2009, 03:24:08 pm: Mine keep steaming up in the hot weather.
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Post by: tomy jackson on July 20, 2009, 04:16:36 pm: iv got sum that clip on to my glasses
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Post by: Pole 2 Pole on July 20, 2009, 04:53:37 pm: I use cheap as chips £5 a pair from tesco. If they break,i buy a new pair of £5 sunglasses from Tesco. If they break, i buy a new pair of £5 sunglasses from Tesco............if i lose them....i think you can guess the rest ;D
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Post by: a900 on July 20, 2009, 04:58:16 pm: It was a nightmare finishing my work this morning squinting. I will get myself some cheap and chearful glasses. Tesco sounds good.

Do you think that i will get a discount if i by in bulk? lol
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Post by: wfp master on July 20, 2009, 05:35:07 pm: should have gone 2 spec savers. u must be blind if u never seen them.
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Post by: JS_Cleaning on July 20, 2009, 05:38:37 pm: i use the dewalt shaded eye protection glasses, 8pound
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Post by: simon knight on July 20, 2009, 05:46:04 pm: Ray Bans.
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Post by: martinsadie on July 20, 2009, 05:47:31 pm: only wear sunglasses on holiday
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on July 20, 2009, 06:36:25 pm: As I need glasses anyway I got some polychromatic ones that lighten and darken with the light.
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Post by: DaveG on July 20, 2009, 06:39:06 pm: They the really expensive ones Malc?
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Post by: steve m on July 20, 2009, 06:55:08 pm: use safety glasses of ebay. work out at £4:00 a pair. dont matter if anything hits them as they dont break
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Post by: GWCS on July 20, 2009, 06:57:43 pm: I buy safety sun glasses, i can claim legitimately as safety ware.
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Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on July 20, 2009, 07:17:29 pm: I use Oakley K metal juliets, £240.
Bought them 4 years ago and paid £150 on top to have my prescription put in the lenses.
I use them on Holiday, playing cricket, golf, and window cleaning lol.
Oakley have a return policy, if you brake them they will completely repair them for £75.
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Post by: steve m on July 20, 2009, 07:52:46 pm: I can get 11 pairs for that
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Post by: a900 on July 20, 2009, 08:02:06 pm: Quote from: mattinlester on July 20, 2009, 07:17:29 pm
I use Oakley K metal juliets, £240.

Oakleys for work. 8) lol.

I only need mine to stop the sun burning holes in my eyes from shining of the cleaned upvc and glass.
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Post by: matt on July 20, 2009, 08:04:30 pm: i sometimes wear my Oakley's

sometimes my fabris lanes

sometimes my animals

depends on the mood i am in
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Post by: Tosh on July 20, 2009, 08:10:23 pm: This year so far I've already broken one pair and lost another (I suspect I left them on top of my car), so I'm with the 'cheap as chips' brigade.
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Post by: windowswashed on July 20, 2009, 08:50:24 pm: Quote from: Malc Gold on July 20, 2009, 06:36:25 pm
As I need glasses anyway I got some polychromatic ones that lighten and darken with the light.

Me too, anti mist, anti fog, the biz, should be for £270. Keeping them on all the time, not taking them off to lose.
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Post by: R W C on July 20, 2009, 09:03:36 pm: I wear oakleys too as my eyes are very important to me so know cheap onesor me, I think theres more chance of losing or breaking a cheap pair as youll always have the thought of oh well there only a fiver from tescos.
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Post by: traps7 on July 20, 2009, 09:16:04 pm: I've had expensive ones and I still break them so cheap and cheerful for me. Well Boots cheapish and cheerful so they still block all the uv stuff. Agreed you only get one pair of eyes. Gotta look after them.
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Post by: dave.e on July 20, 2009, 09:56:07 pm: oakleys for me 2 mate got them from turkey cost me £10 so when he go's back told him i will have 2 pairs.
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Post by: R W C on July 20, 2009, 10:20:03 pm: Quote from: Dave@S2none on July 20, 2009, 09:56:07 pm
oakleys for me 2 mate got them from turkey cost me £10 so when he go's back told him i will have 2 pairs.

Sure there not oakneys ;D
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Post by: mark dew on July 20, 2009, 10:41:40 pm: I went through several pairs of raybans over the years. They always got lost so i just spend a tenner in the chemist whenever i need some new ones.
Gone are the days when you had to spend a few quid to get sunglasses that had uv protection. They all have now. Regardless of cost. :)
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Post by: tacky on July 22, 2009, 10:22:38 pm: still got the ones i had from woolworths last yr £1 .wish i bought 10 pair now .
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Post by: ftp on July 22, 2009, 10:26:43 pm: Tosh, do you squint with your sunglasses on?