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I've used the good ones and the used the cheap ones. I'm hard on them. Maui Jim, Ray Ban , and Vuarnet seem to be durable in that it takes me longer to bend the frames or script the lens. Ray Ban aviators last me the longest since the arms can be replaced.

The $10-15 ones I look at as disposable, but when I'm coaching on the baseball diamond they work since the good ones get scratched from the dirt, stepped on in the batting cages etc.

I like polarized to cut the glare.

What works for you?

I'm kind of a sunglasses junky. I am also very particular about the quality of vision that I get. The best I've found in that regard are my Maui Jim glasses with the titanium ribbon bows. Very light, comfortable, exceedingly acute visually. Have gone through a number of Ray Ban aviators over the years. Several styles of Oakleys work well for me too.

Somebody will probably come on and say cheap sunglasses protect your eyes from UV as well as expensive ones, but there's more to it than protecting your eyes from uv. (Just like there's more to a riflescope than magnifying what you're shooting at.)

All mine also wear straps. I'll no more use cheap sun glasses than I will hunt with a $30 binocular.


I've been wearing the same Costa Del Mar for the past 9 years.

Only one type of sunglasses exist.




Dave

Every now and then I wander into a cheap store and buy half dozen or so cheap pair that suit, I then proceed to lose, scratch, and destroy said items.
I came to this after watching the left lens of a very nice set of zeiss sunglass' drop out of the frame and merrily wing it's way to a bloody great big piece out of it via the cement I was standing on.

And if I buy well those half dozen pair cost me no more than $30.

Same type since 1980 by American Optical:
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Smith Optics

The very best sunglasses made and most are lifetime warranted.

Good grief...what the hell was that!

You don't know about ZZ-Top???? You been in a cave for five decades??

This in spades^

I usually go through a couple cheap pair every year. I like amber lens, not too dark.

This year I bought a decent pair of Serengeti. Like them quite a bit so far. Haven't lost or busted them yet.

Not really...I have skun cats before but did not expect to hear it on my computer.

Cheap safety sunglasses for me, mostly from CDNN but only on closeout like they are right now.

Oakley half jackets with multiple lenses. easy to replace and very good.

Native eyewear. my newest ones are the dash plus. again, multiple lenses and everything is replaceable.

both are really light and function as shooting glasses also.

Optically, I would say the Oakley's might be a bit better but they are a bit more expensive.

We have nice looking dark safety at work. Get all I want

What works for me is the cheapest pair of polarized one's I can find that fit well.
I will also use a pair of dark safety or cutting glasses till they get scratched up a bit.

Since I wear glasses, my options are much more limited. Prescription shades are too expensive and a pain in the rear. I've finally gone with cheap clip ons and have several lying around. They get scratched too easily and aren't as dark as I'd like but it work.
For fishing, I have a pair with side panels that fit over my regular glasses. They're too bulky for normal wear, though.

An friend of my brother's is a MD, he field tests Costa Del Mar sunglasses. He once recieved a case of them for his troubles and promptly gave them to the local firefighters and deputies in his area. He speaks very highly of them as does anyone that owns them.

I use to drive for a living and always had Revo's. They have always been great for me and fit my melon head. In the last few years there quality seems to have gone down quite a bit. My next pair will be the Maui Jims.