Belay Glasses for Rock Climbing – Comfortable Red Prism Glasses for Belaying – Climbing Gear & Accessories for Belayers

I was belaying my daughter on a crag at Neist Point last week, craning my neck in the usual uncomfortable way, completely forgetting I had a pair of new BG belaying glasses in my bag. I waited for her to reach a resting place, tightened up the grigri and found the glasses, put them on and was instantly amazed at the clear view 20m's up the crag. The image of my daughter was crystal clear, slightly enlarged, with no distortion at edges, no glare, and most importantly, there was NO NECK PAIN !!!! The glasses are unnoticeable on one's nose; in terms of weight they weigh less than sunglasses or reading glasses. It's possible to see what's happening around you as usual, on the ground and side to side. As a small criticism, other glasses have a hole half way along the glasses arms to fit the neck strap, enabling one to more easily put the glasses on whilst wearing a helmet. These BG ones don't, you slide a neck strap sleeve onto each end. The glasses are well made and don't look like they'll break if treated kindly. They appear to me to be exactly the same glasses as another well advertised brand costing about £35 or more. I bought these from Amazon US for £ 27.40 which included postage. A small saving but why not? If you have reservations about looking foolish wearing them, fear not, you will ! But you'll not have a sore neck. I noticed a few people wearing belay glasses at our more local crag, Moy Rock, and they were unconcerned and looked comfy in their lack of neck pain. I should have bought a pair ages ago.