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For a while now me and my brother have argued as to which brand of "sporty" sunglasses are best. I like Oakleys kind of a cliché I know but they are great. He likes Costa which I dislike completely. What about you fellas?




Mine are Oakley Gascan in Wood Grain with polarized lens (great for clear water fishing.)
 
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^^^^^^so true. If I buy a pair of $10 glasses, I'll have them forever, if I buy a pair of Ray-ban, Oakleys, etc. I'll either loose or break them with-in the first week!
 
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Bifocal Maui Jim. Have most if not all the usual high end suspects and for my eyes the MJ's are my choice. Good service too. Broke a frame on a five year old pair, sent them in, brand new pair came back no charge.

Usually wear transition type lens in cheap but sturdy frames for hunting though. Prefer the automatic dark and light for hunting.

- DAA
 
DAA do you have any trouble seeing through your scope, in the day or night with transition lens.
 
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Originally Posted By: sandy hicksCosta. Fische. 585 lenses blue mirror, and greem mirror. Polarized. Oakleys scratch too easy for my taste. warranty through sunglass hut takes care of that
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Originally Posted By: old catDAA do you have any trouble seeing through your scope, in the day or night with transition lens.

See really good through the scope during the day but haven't ever tried them at night. Rarely hunt at night. Probably been five years since the last time.

- DAA
 
Originally Posted By: old catDAA do you have any trouble seeing through your scope, in the day or night with transition lens. are you talking prescription transitions lenses? That is typically what I wear. For the most part I like them. They don't work when your driving in a car so you still need polorized prescription sunglasses for that. The problem I do have is when there is snow on the ground. The transistions work off UV light when there is snow the lenses stay dark after the sun sets and it creates a situation where the lenses are darker than I want in a lower light situation. If there is not snow they still are a tad darker than I want in the evening and on the last stand I make in the evening. however in that case its not enough of a problem for me. if there is snow I would change to a non transistion lense if I had them with me.
 
I am a firm believer that the very best glasses out there are Dillon Sunglasses.

I have had the same pair for 6 years. Only in the last year have they started to show minor tiny scratches in the lenses..

Once you look through them, it's just stunningly different.

I did have Oakley's and Ray ban's that were polorized. IMO it's not even close. They do look like the pictures on the site. That fogged non-gloss look. They don't reflect, and have that matted look. People think they are fogged up. But, i can tell you that you most likely won't run into another person that has them.
My wife liked mine so much I got her a pair of the gold Drake (aviator) style ones.

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Been wearing Serenghetti Drivers for nigh onto 30 years now, I like aviators and the rectangular styled lenses but they do have an array of sportier styles. Online venues can get the price down to $80 to $175. I've lost track of how many pairs I've bought 20 years ago, it highly annoys me to leave a pair in a restaurant when on the road.
 
I beat the tar out of glasses and lose them all the time. I buy several pairs of Jackson Nemesis safety glasses online and they last awhile. They are tough, they can be bent every direction and come right back to shape. UVA, UVB protection but they aren't polarized but unless I'm fishing I don't like the polarized shades anyways.

I had a buddy buy a pair of oakleys, he treated them like Paris Hilton treats her chihuahua, it was embarrassing.
 
Originally Posted By: Rock KnockerI beat the tar out of glasses and lose them all the time. I buy several pairs of Jackson Nemesis safety glasses online and they last awhile. They are tough, they can be bent every direction and come right back to shape. UVA, UVB protection but they aren't polarized but unless I'm fishing I don't like the polarized shades anyways.

I had a buddy buy a pair of oakleys, he treated them like Paris Hilton treats her chihuahua, it was embarrassing.

Lol! My buddy rags me all the time about mine, I treat them good though just because in my house $160 is a lot of money to spend on sunglasses. Only did it because I liked the Oakleys and was sick of cheap sunglasses as I don't have good eye aight anyways.
 
Yeah I've only tried that one pair of oakleys on but they were quite uncomfortable compared to my $6 glasses. I've looked at some spendier glasses but just can't justify spending the money, especially when they aren't safety rated. I just found a place online selling my favorite Nemesis VL's for $4 a pair, and as far as I can tell the new pairs are crystal clear.
 
Originally Posted By: Rock KnockerYeah I've only tried that one pair of oakleys on but they were quite uncomfortable compared to my $6 glasses. I've looked at some spendier glasses but just can't justify spending the money, especially when they aren't safety rated. I just found a place online selling my favorite Nemesis VL's for $4 a pair, and as far as I can tell the new pairs are crystal clear. The lady said mine are safety rated... just a sell tactic though. I'll never go into a [beeep] sunglass hut again though. So pushy. Once she figures out I wanted Oakleys she pulled our every pair they had and let me try them on.
 
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