RAY BANS...yays and nays.....

[Jim Campbell]

If you do get some, don't get the glass prescription lenses. Get the lightest ones you can. It's an amazing experience...almost like you're not wearing them.

i got the glass lenses based on the store guy's advice that the others scratched more readily....

so ray ban/luxottica actually grind the lenses?...this is a sunglass hut at the mall,so pay now p/u later i guess?.....

 

[elgecko]

i got the glass lenses based on the store guy's advice that the others scratched more readily....

so ray ban/luxottica actually grind the lenses?...this is a sunglass hut at the mall,so pay now p/u later i guess?.....

Plastic does scratch a lot easier but I'm fairly careful with my glasses. I'm not sure that Sunglass Hut does prescriptions. Usually, I'll buy a pair, sell the lenses on Ebay and have an optician supply prescription lenses.

Incidentally, Sunglass Hut is owned by...you guessed it, Luxotica. 60 Minutes did an interesting piece.

 

[Marley's Ghost]

I have had these for about 4 years and they are awesome. Bought at BJ's for about $70. Great for driving and any outdoor activity.

 

[Passinwind]

They truly are durable. I had my first pair for something like eight years...long enough to have three different prescriptions in them. I always loaded them with Transitions lenses so I wore them a lot including a lot of "active" use. They're still intact; they've just become a little too loose for my taste. In addition to being incredibly durable and flexible, they're light as a feather. I truly believe that rubberized nylon is the perfect material. I plan on always having a pair.

My current pair have the newfangled polarized Transition lenses. They're kind of neat.

I loved polarized lenses for driving, but they actually worked a bit too well when windsurfing and robbed important visual cues to wind strength and wave shape/water texture, and at my age I need all the help I can get in that regard. It's a difficult, often frustrating sport anywhere, but can be especially gnarly and abusive where I live. I've pretzeled frames, lost a lens in the river, had screws come out at the temple several times, etc., even though I always wear a helmet sailing in the Gorge.

 

[slobake]

I have had these for about 4 years and they are awesome. Bought at BJ's for about $70. Great for driving and any outdoor activity.

They would work even better if you cleaned them every once in a while.

 

[Jim Campbell]

Plastic does scratch a lot easier but I'm fairly careful with my glasses. I'm not sure that Sunglass Hut does prescriptions. Usually, I'll buy a pair, sell the lenses on Ebay and have an optician supply prescription lenses.

Incidentally, Sunglass Hut is owned by...you guessed it, Luxotica. 60 Minutes did an interesting piece.

now that's something i never thought of....maybe someone on ebay has the non prescription lenses i want....i've carried both pairs so long no big deal

 

[RxFunk]

I have Zegna glasses, don't know if they make sunglasses, but these glasses have held up well and I've dropped them several times with no damage.

 

[Gorn]

I wear ray ban optical glasses. They've been on my face for every waking moment of my life for the last decade or so. They make a quality product.

 

[PWRL]

I have my Dad's old Ray Ban Daddy-O frames with my prescription lenses in them. They're over ten years old and doing just fine. Not sure what the new-new stuff is like, but these are good stuff.

 

[Happynoj]

I've had two pairs of fake Ray Bans. I dropped both of them and cracked the lenses. I now have a cheap pair of polarised sunglasses that I bought in an emergency on holiday in Norway, and a pair of Oakley Racing Jackets for skiing.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

 

[Marley's Ghost]

^^^ Well played.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Sunglasses make one look like a pretentious jerk. No exception.

 

[Jim Campbell]

Sunglasses make one look like a pretentious jerk. No exception.

you only get 2 eyes dude,and losing them is not advisable......

 

[cheezewiz]

I wear Ray Ban brand regular glasses, and I love them. They are sturdy, comfortable, and look great.

 

[nutdog]

Sunglasses make one look like a pretentious jerk. No exception.

Am I the only one that sees irony here?

 

[Gorn]

Am I the only one that sees irony here?

No. You're not.

I wear sunglasses when I drive and it's sunny. I'm ok with it.

 

[iamlowsound]

My eyes are very sensitive to light, so I wear sunglasses whenever I am outside during the day.

lowsound

 

[Funky Ghost]

I'm hard on sunglasses so I switched to gargoyles in the 90's and never looked back. I only keep two pairs around; drivers and walkers.

 

[Jim Campbell]

My eyes are very sensitive to light, so I wear sunglasses whenever I am outside during the day.

lowsound

mine didn't used to be,and i rarely wore them,but now they are .....and they gotta last for a while yet,so pretentious jerk it is...,.....oh well,i been called worse