What do you wear? Favorite brands or drug store cheapies?
I just got a pair of Oakley Flak Jackets for bumming around and a pair of Ray Ban's for dressier occasions for V-Day.
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What do you wear? Favorite brands or drug store cheapies?
I just got a pair of Oakley Flak Jackets for bumming around and a pair of Ray Ban's for dressier occasions for V-Day.
Maui Jim's - the Mauna Loa's
http://www.sunglasses-int.com/images...275/311-02.jpg
wife prefers spy
I left a pair of those in a casino in Vegas last fall. Unfortunately it was one of those all-nighter kind of nights, and I couldn't remember which casino the following day. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave04
I got a really nice pair of ray bans from Costco for an awesome price when I got my first miata along with some Vans classic slip-ons (to answer your other question) just for something to put on quick cause I can't clutch reliably in flip flops.
Next weird question should be what kind of hats do you guys drive in if any, lol.
$10 Target wraparounds. comfortable, inexpensive, and get the job done.
I only ever wear glasses in the car anyways.
I have a pair of Reptile Bushmaster sunglasses, very similar to the Asp sunglasses. I prefer a crystal glass lens due to the better scratch resistance. I was real suprised at how much of a difference the polarized lens made.
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Tommy's and cheapies... mine tend to take a lot of abuse due to my hobbies ;)
X-ray.
My experience with expensive glasses is that they are not any tougher than the cheap ones. I've been buying whatever $15-25 glasses I fancy lately.
Wouldnt have mattered anyway. I guarantee no one on the staff picked them up.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
The pricier ones definitely hold up better IMHO than the cheapies. I have a pair of Revos I've had for almost 18 years. Aside from the dated styling they are still great sunglasses. I also have some abused Oakleys that I've had for nearly as long.
I went through some cheapies but they just get beat up and loose to quickly.
Here are the two pair I got.
http://www.framesdirect.com/cdimages...ses-004-6G.jpg
http://running.zappos.com/images/733...6-457657-d.jpg
I have prescription shades but they're all scratched up. I need to either get new lenses or sack up and get Lasik - then I could wear cheap-ass car wash sunglasses.
I think it depends on the brand and the style. I still have some 10 year old polarized Revos that I use for mountain biking, but I bought a pair of frameless Revos (similar to the Mauna Loas) and they didn't last a year before they came apart.
I think the biggest difference is the optics. All of the Revos and Maui Jims I've owned had great optics. I've bought several cheapo pairs of shades from Sunglass Warehouse, and the optics have been fine on some, not so great on others. The build quality has been on par with the expensive brands, but the materials are cut-rate.
Lasik and Wally-World sunglasses FTW! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by trickyrix
Maui Jim Whitecaps
Oakley, revo, and shell specials
I voted Rx, but actually, I am doing out since the optician can't seem to get new lenses into my frames without wrecking them ::Rant::
Hopefully, I will soon have really nice expensive polarized shades.
Nothing more than $10, the average live span for a pair of sunglasses for me is about a month. Any longer than that and they are broken or lost.
I have clip-ons that are made for my RX glasses, but they are pretty scratched up. I will probably get some RX sunglasses made this spring.
I have a pair of Nike polorized by Marchon for when I wear contacts, other than that I have some Transitions with Ice Blue AR coating.
Sam, why such a hard time fitting your lenses to your frames? should be easy enough unless the Effective Diameter is too great and you are Myopic.
In such a case you would need to flatten the base curve of the frame using frame pliars and induce a little panascopic tilt. Your Optician should understand this and find is usefull in fitting your lenses in the frame. This is for a metal frame though with some carbon frames it is imposible and you would need to switch frames. if you are hyperopic you can go into just about any frame so long as the lens matches the base curve of the frame.
A few pairs of Oakley's and 2 pairs of Aviators.
Chris
My experience with the expensive glasses is that I will lose them faster than the cheap ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by boisking
That said, I still have the same like new RayBans someone else had lost that I found on the side of the road while walking to a Texas Tech game in Lubbock 4 years ago.::Banana::
I usualy get cheepo sunglasses. Recently I got a deal for Oakleys 60% off and no taxes strait from Oakley delivered. So I just picked up a pair of minute man polarized glasses. That fit pretty nice but I haven worn them anywhere yet.
10 dollar polarized foster grants from walmart. Liked em so much I bought all they had at 3 walmarts. Turned out to be 6 or 7 pair which I'm down to one now after about a year.
Had a pair of 100 dollar ray ban cats back in the early nineties that had diamond scratch lenses. They were the most scratch resistant lens I ever saw. Had that pair over two years then they got ran over and crushed by a truck. Now Ray Ban doesn't make that diamond lens anymore so I get the cheapies at Walmart.
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Ray Ban was sold off about 10 years ago by Bausch & Lamb. I had a pair of Ray Ban driving glasses that highlighted the red's and greens. Those were my favorite sunglasses until I dropped them and shattered one of the lenses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nails
Maui Jim - good pair for driving, walmart special - for river (Brazos b/t Cleburne & Glen Rose), both polarized!! I had a good pair of Roy Bans and lost them in the river!!
I found a knockoff pair of polarized glasses that look just like these MJ's at Bass Pro shops for about $30. I love them...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave04
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Originally Posted by Nails
Are they black wrap arounds with rubberization on them... if so those are the ones I bought...., Target had some recently for $12......
Nope they were silver metal framed with oval low profile lenses.
hmm... pics?
I love the foster grants I picked up because they are comfortable. I tried on a bunch of oakleys around xmas and nothing felt good. I have a big head :(
Those are really cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Blaze
CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP...I am always losing them. Except for my motorcycle sunglasses/goggles - don't want them shattering in my eyes.