Glasses wearing Peas...

I've been wearing glasses full time since the age of 12 and now work for as an Optometric Technician. So I see and deal with a lot of frames and lenses!

Personally I like metal frames with nosepads and plastics without. I can wear either style very comfortably. Some people HATE nose pads though. I actually quite like them because it keeps the frames from sliding down my face all the time.

I have transitions xtra active lenses and love them. I have prescription sunglasses but I hate the hassle of switching between two pair of glasses and the Transitions keeps me from having to do that. I get them with an anti reflective coating which has a lot of benefits, one of which is that the Transitions actually react faster. 

If by transitional lenses you mean the ones that change from normal glasses to sun glasses than my advice to stay very far away. They are horrible. I have my prescription glasses and my prescription sun glasses. That's enough for me. I have just the moulded plastic glasses and they are fine.
Also cheap if I need another pair.

I am also finally at the stage where I need glasses as well. I DESPISE nose pads and there is no way I will buy a pair of glasses with them. Apart from the fact that I find them uncomfortable, like ashley said they get gross and dirty. Plus they can and do break off. the moulded plastic ones have less bits to break.

Transitions, IMO, are a bit daggy. I wouldn't get them. 

Hi I just got glasses 3 months ago for the first time in my life. Honestly, I hate them. I hate them so much. I had them remade, I wear them when reading fine print when I just can't focus on words that small anymore. I have heard this is normal for people "our age".

I got glasses that sit on my nose. I sweat like crazy now and my glasses slide and get wet feeling. This is a "no schitt Sherlock" kind of thing. If you sweat, your glasses will get wet, too.

I have never had nose pads on glasses so I have no frame of reference. My son has been wearing glasses for about 18 months now and his don't have nose pads either.

Mom has worn glasses for 40 years or more. She has always had nose pads.

I have progressive lenses. I have one pair for screen work because I use my computer and phone and an iPad a lot. I have everyday ones, too, that I am supposed to wear all day every day. Yeah. I tried that again last week...

I am looking at the screen right now and @#$# I can't read it clearly. I am not tired, my eyes are NOT sore, in fact I am wide awake right now and as awake as I will be today. I can't see.

Moral of the story is buy glasses you will wear. It takes time to get used to them. I have asked a few people how to do it and the only advice I got that I should listen to is "Just do it". My eyes will adjust as his did. So just wear them even though you can probably see as well as I can without them.

I have worn glasses off and on since 4th grade. That's about 45 years of glasses. I used to wear the ones with nose pads but the past few years I find they hurt my nose so I have switched to the plastic, sit on your nose frames for comfort. I agree that generally if they are adjusted correctly they shouldn't hurt. I just don't think I have any fat pads left on that area of my nose. You should try on frames of both types and see what you think you look best in. As for transition lenses, no thanks. I had them once and didn't like them. My brother swears by them though.

Well, I had transition lenses in 1990. Does not sound like they have improved.  What I ended up hating was that they were often dark indoors, and they were ALWAYS dark or tinted in pictures.

As far as frames, I won't be any help.  My prescription is very, very strong-- I always end up with metal frames with more or less oval lenses because that's how I get the lightest glasses for the prescription.  

I love my transition progressives. My husband has polarized transition progressives and loves those. They lighten and darken quickly. I don't know the brand but it was through lenscrafters.

I have plastic again now after wires with nosepads. These are more comfortable. .

I have progressive bifocals with Transitions lenses, wire frames with nosepads. I like the nosepads now that I have finally gotten them adjusted to be comfortable. For some reason this pair took a few tries.

I like the Transitions lenses. It's nice not to have to dig for my sunglasses for quick trips outside. I do have a pair of darker RX sunglasses for times when I want more protection, but the Transitions do a good job, darken quickly and lighten up equally fast. I hesitated about them, but I am happy I got them.

I have Transitions tinting. They change very fast when I go indoors. My only complaint is it takes UV rays to change them, so in the car they don't change because the windshield has UV protection.

I've worn glasses for the better part of 35 years. I prefer no nose piece. That said, this time I wanted metal frames so I have the nose piece.

I had one pair that were transitions. I hated them. Never again. If you are outside you will always have sunglasses on. Sometimes, especially when traveling and site seeing, I prefer not to wear sunglasses.

I hate my progressive lenses. This is my second pair and I just can't use the up close part.

Another vote for plastic frames, no nose pads and no transition lenses. I've never liked nose pads no matter how perfectly they were adjusted.

I wear the plastic frames without the nose pads. I stopped wearing those because they got nasty after a while and sometimes fell off. I have transitions lenses (the ones that change from light to dark) because the pupil in one of my eyes doesn't contract due to an injury. That's killer in the South Florida sun.

I have to have the nose pieces because the bridge of my nose is small and the plastic ones won't stay put. The nose pieces also give more room to adjust for my eyelashes, which are long. I dislike the looks of the transitions lenses, particularly when people come in from outdoors and it takes a while for the lenses to catch up. I think of them as something that older people get.