These are my Dillons with their non reflective polarized lenses.
Are these big enough pictures to photoshop or what?
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Looking for new sunglasses. Ideas?
- Thread starter J. Crawford
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Are these big enough pictures to photoshop or what?
I have been sporting a pair of swap its from zeal optics whenever the sun is up. Having interchangable Rx lenses is a must for me for biking, fishing, hunting, shooting, driving, hiking etc.
Oh yeah, and chicks dig em.
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Oh yeah, and chicks dig em.
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I don't have time to read all the replies but I have some gascans and love them... Check out Tifosi though, especially if you are gonna play golf in them! You won't be disappointed. VERY reasonable, too, for what you get.
Pilgrim, I used to make those sunglasses, for about 6 years to be exact (one of many hats I wore during my stay at American Optical, then at "AOTec")....dunno how long you've owned yours, but there's a good chance I made them. I live, literally, 1000 feet from the front doors to the original AO Main building. I own what used to be one of the management's houses, as the town was built around that and a few other companies. My friend Gabriel is the curator of the AO museum (of sorts).
I unfortunately broke the last pair of Aviators that I built myself a couple years back...
As of now I have an Oakley fund.. So, unless a design sways me, looking like Oakley is where its at.
I cycle 4 pairs of sunglasses right now. Maui Jims, Ray Ban Predators, Rudy Project & Natives.
They all have good optical quality, my only issues with any of them are:
The natives if I clip them over my shirt occasionally I will knock one of the detachable arms off it and it goes down my shirt while the glasses hit the floor.
And the maui jims I chose are glass, so they can leave a ghost feeling on your nose (heavy) if you were them for long hours, but they have the best optics of the ones I have, being glass and all. They make some super super light ones also I gotta check out.
My advice, buy from a company that uses good optics. The rest is tint and style.
They all have good optical quality, my only issues with any of them are:
The natives if I clip them over my shirt occasionally I will knock one of the detachable arms off it and it goes down my shirt while the glasses hit the floor.
And the maui jims I chose are glass, so they can leave a ghost feeling on your nose (heavy) if you were them for long hours, but they have the best optics of the ones I have, being glass and all. They make some super super light ones also I gotta check out.
My advice, buy from a company that uses good optics. The rest is tint and style.
Oh yeah, I just placed an order for Ray-ban Wayfarer copies, aka "retro-styled", as my optician had a very good deal for basic prescription lensed sunglasses. Should get them in a couple of weeks.
sorry if this has been suggested, but im not about to read four pages of recommendations. personally, ive owned at least three pairs of the following:
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those are polarized. ive owned both polarized and unpolarized, and i have to say i like the polarized ones a little better, though i cannot translate that into dollars.
heres me rocking the oakley square wires on a hike (they are durable in even the soft case, but i straight up stepped onto all mine that i broke... not on purpose though... they were all in bags that i stepped on... meh...):
EDIT: oh- and im on the right if that wasnt clear. ive also been on several 3-5 day backpacks up in colorado where i had them on every day until it rained (gotta love co... rain comes down on time like old faithful...). also, i have i giant head, and a lot of sunglasses just look friggin weird on me, so i find the square wires to be the best for me. also, oakley has a pretty darn good repair policy (ie- you break $90 sunglasses and get refurbished ones for 10-20 bucks or something, and they have always been new looking new or close to it).
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those are polarized. ive owned both polarized and unpolarized, and i have to say i like the polarized ones a little better, though i cannot translate that into dollars.
heres me rocking the oakley square wires on a hike (they are durable in even the soft case, but i straight up stepped onto all mine that i broke... not on purpose though... they were all in bags that i stepped on... meh...):
EDIT: oh- and im on the right if that wasnt clear. ive also been on several 3-5 day backpacks up in colorado where i had them on every day until it rained (gotta love co... rain comes down on time like old faithful...). also, i have i giant head, and a lot of sunglasses just look friggin weird on me, so i find the square wires to be the best for me. also, oakley has a pretty darn good repair policy (ie- you break $90 sunglasses and get refurbished ones for 10-20 bucks or something, and they have always been new looking new or close to it).
One of my Oakleys has a set of Rx polarized lenes in them for fishing. The work great, cut glare and allow me to see through the water like no other lens. I CANNOT STAND to wear them for anything else BUT fishing. For me anyway, they cause glass to turn all sorts of strang colors, including my own windows when I drive. They also make traffic lights look weird. Unless I'm on the water, they feel like they're making me crosseyed and that gives me a headache 
