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I buy a nice pair and wear them til I lose them or someone steals them and then as punishment I buy a cheap pair and wear them until I feel like I'm adult enough to have another pair of Maui's or what have you. The cycle repeats itself.
I do think good sunglasses are important.
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I have a pair of Costa Blue Waters that I bought 3 or 4 years ago. They were spendy, but I have been very happy with them.
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I wore oakley's for years and they worked well enough. Made a change to the Native's about 10 years ago. REALLY like them. very light, and lifetime warranty. Top notch polarization as well.
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�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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Rock Chuck, go to zenni.com
I bet I have 15 pairs of sunglasses. I like polarized ones for fishing, but not for driving or golf. I would like them for driving, but they make the info screen in my car and on gas pumps impossible to read. I have Decot shooting glasses, NYX sport glasses, and several other makes. Most of them were $50 and under. I like medium amber (orange) tint for golf and shooting, smoke or dark amber for driving, and either polarized green or vermillion for fishing.
I have found that nothing beats a very light vermillion lens for night or bad weather driving. It cuts glare and increases contrast, especially in snow.
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Great choice. Mine are in silver/gray and not gold. kwg
For liberals and anarchists, power and control is opium, selling envy is the fastest and easiest way to get it. TRR. American conservative. Never trust a white liberal. Malcom X Current NRA member.
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Rock Chuck, go to zenni.com
I bet I have 15 pairs of sunglasses. I assume you won't even THINK about tellin' yer wife she has too many shoes..
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I have 2 sets of prescription Oaklys, 2 sets of prescription Maui's, and 1 set of glass lens prescription Costa's.
The Maui's are optically superior.
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After a lifetime of Ray Ban Aviators I went to Smith optics. I like them a lot. I would think they are pretty durable given the materials.
I used their goggles on my dirt bikes and street bikes and they were great.
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Oakley half jackets since 04.
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Been wearing the cheap safety shades we get at work for 30 years.
My Ray Bans have been in the safe the whole time.
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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 always get the cheap ones because they go MIA in a year or less.
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much" Teddy Roosevelt
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Nothing like the Maui Jim's.
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Edge Kazbek from Amazon. You can get them in polarized or not and with different lenses. They are about $25. They look like sunglasses, but are safety glasses with improved impact protection. Fog resist, scratch resist, and lenses that don't pop out. They have nylon frames and are very clear to me. I especially like that the fit keeps out most of the stray light from the sides or under the frame. I started wearing them about five years ago. Before that I had expensive Serengetis, Ray Ban, and Oakleys. I really like the Edge, esp. for the cost. My favorites are the copper and the G-15 lenses. Me with a pair of the Edge glasses a few months ago:
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Nothing like the Maui Jim's. That's what my friends say too, but they're expensive for the way I treat sunglasses. I learned the hard way on over-priced Native's and they're only half the price of MJ's. And I can't seem to locate deeply discounted anywhere.
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I like Maui Jim's. The ones I wear are very light,and the lens quality very good.
Often, a couple of hours behind cheap sunglasses results in a killer headache for me.
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I only wear sunglasses when I am fishing and then not always. I have two $30 polarized ones. Can't recall the brand.
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Nice glasses, but don't you need wings or at least a commission to wear those?
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