Peregrine Titanium Narrow with Bifocal Lenses

I own two pair of Kestrels with the bifocal lenses as well as a pair of Noctua clear bifocals with a clip-on sunglass. While all of these are extremely comfortable and light, I can only really wear them with a helmet or headset. Otherwise, I'm continually sliding them back up into position on my nose.

When I saw Gavin H.'s review of the Peregrine Titanium Narrow with Bifocal Lenses, I decided to give them a try. I don't have a particularly narrow face and definitely not a small head but thought the Peregrines might solve my problem. In fact, they did! The narrow frame still gives me excellent coverage but lets the temples hold tight. The titanium metal frame is excellent. Now I have Flying Eyes that I can use everywhere, driving, flying, walking, biking, without worrying about them slipping down my nose or off my face!

I own the golden eagle narrow , kestrel (cooper narrow) and now the peregrine narrow. All the bifocal configuration .

For reference I wear a 7” long oval in a cowboy hat ( sometimes it’s hard to get a reference with a med/small face)

The golden eagle are great for motorcycles , but the available field between reg and mag is fairly small so a little disconcerting in the cockpit.

The cooper narrow have a better field of reg/mag for piloting but harder to wear outside the cockpit because the temple tension isn’t sufficient to keep an errant gust from blowing them off your face.

The peragrine narrow has much the same field as the cooper with mag/reg and is now my go to pair for overall wear. It has enough tension at the temple to wear outside the cockpit , where in windy conditions they stay put. They are very comfortable and the reg/mag transition is perfect for reg outside the cockpit and just move your eyes down and POP the mag lets you actually see the numbers on your avionics. I can still read a sign at 1/2 mile, but he closer , the harder , the optometrist calls it “ early onset short arm disorder, you can’t hold it far enough out to read “.

Wholeheartedly recommend these to other aviators , though I’d recommend the golden eagle to riders .

The temple pieces on all of them are FAR better than Randolph or other issue aviator when it comes to headset/helmet/ or ballcap comfort . I think this is the defining feature of flying eyes.

Full disclosure I did receive a military discount on the glasses ( not free, basically covered shipping ) and in no way had an impact on my review .

Overall I really like these glasses. My Lightspeed DZ headsets still seal properly, they are comfortable to wear, and they look great. The bifocal portion of the lens is high when I wear the glasses normally and need to slide them down on my nose. Otherwise these are excellent!!

Peregrine Titanium Narrow with Bifocal Lenses

Fit and finish are great. Light weight and work well with a headset or motorcycle helmet. The bifocal feature is set too low on the lenses, which leads to having your charts held low (iPad) or tilting your head up excessively to read gauges or MFD. Hopefully, my optometrist will be able to fit prescription lenses!