I just got a new pair of eyeglasses, and they’re just a tad slick, mostly because I went from wire frames with pads to plastic frames. I can get silicon pads to keep them on, but those need replacing every couple of weeks. For those that ride in eyeglasses, how do you keep them from sliding down, especially in hot sweaty weather?
Snarky response - “don’t bounce” - just kidding.
But seriously - have the eyeglass shop bend the temples around your ears more snugly.
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They do make plastic framed glasses with sports in mind. Have you looked into getting a pair just for riding? I wear sunglasses all the time because I am light sensitive, they never slip because I get the ones with the nose pads. Had cataract surgery so don’t need prescription glasses but I used to wear those riding and found the ones with the nose pads.
I’ve always worn and rode in plastic frame glasses with no nose pads and haven’t had a problem, so it sounds like you just got a pair that doesn’t quite work for you 
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Oakley makes prescription sports glasses. So do other companies. You should be able to get them where you get your prescription glasses. The oakleys are nice because they have silicone at the nose and above your ears, so you don’t have to have them wrapped around your ears. I find that uncomfortable. Mine are sunglasses, too. I never ride without them–even in an indoor!
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I use these silicone ear grips for my sunglasses when riding/showing otherwise they slide down, too. They really work!
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There are adjustable straps for eyeglasses. Amazon has choices. Search “glasses sports strap.”
I learned the hard way that they were not a great solution for my glasses playing soccer. After an attempted header resulting in broken glasses and a few sutures, I finally went to contact lenses.
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I have a pair of sports glasses that I wear for riding, running, and orienteering. Mine are RecSpecs and they’ve held up well. I don’t wear a strap with them and they don’t slide around at all even if I’m sweaty.
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As someone else said, the silicone ear grips work perfectly. They are very cheap.
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Loving all the advice!
I have no useful suggestions - I just suffer and tell myself it’s beneficial since it’s forcing me to keep my head up since they slide down my nose the second I glance down if I’m even remotely sweaty. I even have “eyes up” printed on the insides of one of the arms 
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Another vote for getting a sport pair of glasses if you can. They are awesome for other activities like gardening, housework, etc.
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I use the silicone hook behind the ear things currently and they work extremely well. However, I will be ordering frameless titanium next time as suggested by ?manni? on an ?off course? thread I made a few months ago though.
While I can deal with putting the ear things on after I’ve put my hair up (they eat my very fine hair 
) and taking them off after I’m done at the barn, I cannot stand them if I’m switching between bifocals and readers in regular life. I’d be bald around my ears! (P.s. yes, I need to switch for working - bifocals/progressives do not agree with me for looking at vertically stacked screens)
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Not a dressage rider (I’m a jumper) but I do dressage! I used to ride with glasses all the time, flatwork and jumping, until my eye surgery (cataracts) and what kept mine in place was my hair net. Occasionally I wouldn’t wear one and my glasses would slide down my nose. I have a very small head so the ear pieces sort of stick into the hairnet–maybe that would work for you?
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I hesitate to make this post because I was pretty rabidly attacked for making a similar comment not so long ago, but, in the interest of being helpful…Are contacts not an option for you?
I could not function in my day to day life wearing glasses. No matter what type of frame, nonslip guards, or even keeper straps, they move. Especially when looking down to pick hooves, clean stalls, etc. Add the dust factor and frequent rain, and they are just not a viable option for me. Never mind the whole no peripheral vision issue for those of us who are significantly visually impaired.
I’d save soooo much money if I could function in glasses. But I absolutely cannot. So I wear contacts and keep one pair of glasses for late night pre-sleep wear.
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I had to give up contacts lenses when I hit 40. My allergies etc. contributed I am sure. I got used to wearing glasses once I found ones that would not slip. I live in sunglasses even in the barn and indoor so the right pair (Smiths for me) do the trick.
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I would dearly love to be able to wear contact lenses again. But back when I hit 70 my eyes just could not handle them any more. I had worn rigid lenses for over 50 years, even before there were soft lenses and gas permeable lenses. The progressive vision contacts were a godsend in the OR since glasses would fog up (a glimpse of the Covid masked future).
The biggest problem I had with contacts was while fox hunting and cross country eventing where the wind was in my face. I ended up wearing protective glasses over the contacts, which kind of negated the contact lens advantage. I even tried jockey goggles, but found quickly that they are vented to keep them clear while racing, but at a check while hunting they immediately fogged over. And if we took off again too quickly, I was riding blind.
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Not all of us remember that thread that way. Rabidly Attacked Some of us may have felt like we were being confronted by a Contactahovah Evangelical EyeWitness 
I mean it doesn’t matter - I got the answer I needed and found a perfect solution for my situation and for even better frame choices the next time I get new glasses and maybe some people got an insight into why for some people wearing contacts is the only solution.
Really? You’re going to come here to pick yet ANOTHER fight over not liking my opinion?
I gave the OPs of both threads advice based on my experiences. You don’t like that my experiences are different from yours. You come back later to go after me AGAIN because you don’t like my opinions.
Get a hobby.
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Perhaps it’s you that needs to get a hobby. I suggest opening your eyes to the wide world. Biting your own tail until it bleeds is not that productive
p.s. I was the OP from that original thread and am pretty sure I’m also allowed an opinion on its contents. Nobody is going after you. Presenting another side of the “rabidly attacked” scenario? Absolutely. Nobody attacked you on that thread. Nobody.
I’m pretty sure following someone onto a thread WELL after a subject has died for the express purpose of picking a fight is the definition of “going after” someone.
It doesn’t take a detective to examine your posting history and identify a pattern of this type of behavior across multiple threads and subjects. Unlike others, I’m not going to play your game, though. Unlike you, I have better things to do than picking petty fights on the internet with perfect strangers.
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