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Sunglass Brand Advice

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ORD_Buckeye

ORD_Buckeye

Wrong glass, Sir.
I need a new pair after I lost a pair. I've had these Ray Bans forever. Anyone have Persol (a lot of 50% off deals on their website right now), and are they a true step up from Ray Ban or just marketing? Anyone try (made in USA) Randolph Engineering? Any other recommendations, sunglass specific companies, not Chinese crap with a clothing designer's name attached to it. And no, I'm not buying a no-name $20 pair from a rack at 7-11 that are made in China from god knows what kind of toxic mystery plastic and have lenses that distort so badly that they give you a headache.
 
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Yep, they're all the same. That's the nice thing about wearing glasses, thanks to variable tint lenses I can have "designer" name sunglasses for a few extra bucks instead of buying another overpriced piece of plastic, and they generally look better than the bulky normal sunglasses.

As for actual advice, just find a pair of Oakley shades on clearance.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
All "designer" sunglasses are made from the same place. It's all an illusion.
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If by designer, you mean "attach name of clothing brand here," I wholeheartedly agree. But I think you can still get American or European made sunglasses from sunglass specific companies that don't conform to our lowest common denominator consumerism. I, however, am not sure that Ray Ban still fit that model, and I'm probably too lazy to start doing research as to the exact methods of their current production. And I also believe that $20 sunglasses are a menace to society. I forgot my Ray Bans on a weekend trip up to Port Washington last year (seems like a lifetime ago that you could do such things) and bought a pair at a truck stop. Absolute shit that distorted your peripheral vision and gave me a headache.

On the other hand, I have a bitching old school pair of Vuarnet from the 80s that I haven't worn in decades. One of the lenses is a bit scratched up and I'm wondering if that can be repaired/buffed out? These are so old, they've gone from out of style to cool and retro, so I might think of giving them a second act.
 
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I don't lose sunglasses, pens or pencils. I daily write with a Monte Blanc pen / pencil set that are from July '2000. I'm pretty anal about the stupidest of things. Seems like you may be similar in that you're not likely to lose things like that.

I've owned Ray-Bans that I still have today since 1986. Two pair of Wayfarers (one black, one tortoise) and a few from college days with scripts in them. Also have a pair of small format aviators for the Tom Cruise look from when I had my Honda Interceptor... yeah, it was a look. Damn hard to argue against the frame quality of either of those models. Still pull them out from time to time.

Since then I've owned, and still have for the most part:
* Oakley (4x)
* Bolle (1x)
* Maui Jim (1x) because they were lower cost replicas of a pair of
* Serengeti (6x)

Over time I've broken two pair of Oakley. Both times were a lacrosse ball to the face from one of my players. One pair of Serengeti smashed in a car door, one with a broken nose piece that was not repairable.

I prefer glass to plastic lenses. I also prefer amber to G15 that you get in Wayfarer and Aviators...

So, all in, my first stop for new sunglasses is always Serengeti. Always. Every day, driving and for coaching. I'll take the Serengeti.
 
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The acid test for sunglasses.. can you read small print (prescription labels or even cell phones with your sunglasses on)... Revos are expensive but superb...
so it's the value equation... the most common brand brands can't come anywhere close to the Revos of the world... but also not in the same price points

PS KEY LESSON LEARNED IN LIFE... if you never want to lose a pair of sunglasses, buy a $5 pair off a street vendor in NYC... suckers live forever...
Buy a pair of $300 sunglasses and you'll leave them in the stadium.. at the bar... step on them... but NEVER the $5 pair
 
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What style of sunglasses are we looking for, or do they have a purpose. I mean I have 2 pairs of fishing glasses and 2 pairs of sport glasses, plus ski goggles... Etc. All smith.

But, if I were looking for aviators... And I wanted made in thr USA and buy some optical glass AO aviators. They're heavy not gonna lie. (Left on a park bench once, sad day)

But what you need out of them is important. The 5 items above have 10.different lenses. (Well, 9 theres a duplicate and one is kinda trash)
 
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AKAK said:
What style of sunglasses are we looking for, or do they have a purpose. I mean I have 2 pairs of fishing glasses and 2 pairs of sport glasses, plus ski goggles... Etc. All smith.

But, if I were looking for aviators... And I wanted made in thr USA and buy some optical glass AO aviators. They're heavy not gonna lie. (Left on a park bench once, sad day)

But what you need out of them is important. The 5 items above have 10.different lenses. (Well, 9 theres a duplicate and one is kinda trash)
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Driving. Being out in the sun. Looking like the money when I walk from a cab to the bar. Wayfarer or Aviator style preferred. I looked at the AO site but liked the choices on the Randolph site better, so I think it's down to those or a pair of half off Persols which apparently and despite their Luxottica ownership are still made in the original factory to the original standards.
 
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