Everyone who wears reading glasses knows how to juggle – juggle pairs of glasses, that is. We have all witnessed the scene at an outside café on a sunny day: 40-somethings switching between reading glasses and sunglasses as they read the menu, see their plate and try to block the pesky sunlight. One solution is to wear fit-over sunglasses that sit on top of reading glasses; however, many find wearing two pairs of glasses to be bulky, uncomfortable and unstylish. A solution to this dilemma is reading sunglasses.

These combine the features of reading glasses and sunglasses – a prescription to see and tinted UV protection. Reading sunglasses are perfect for any outdoor activity that requires seeing up-close objects like golfing, fishing or reading by the pool. Some drivers and pilots rely on reader sunglasses for their occupation. A good pair of sunglass reading glasses will protect your eyes from 99 to 100 percent of UV rays, including both ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) rays. Proper eye protection will lessen your chance of developing sun-related problems like cataracts, macular degeneration, corneal sunburn, cancer around the eye, and other dangerous conditions.

Keeping in mind that UV rays are stronger at tropical locations near the equator, sunglasses for reading are a must-pack for a beach vacation. Most reading sunglasses have a full lens of tinted UV protection. On a standard pair, the bottom of the lens contains the reading prescription, while the top is simply nonprescription sunglass so that your line of sight is not interrupted. If you wear bifocal reading glasses, there are bifocal sunglasses available that will correct both your distance and near vision, all the while blocking UV rays.