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Now,clearly no one is going to spend time or money on their image,right...
That now sorted,any favoured brands for boating,glass quality,UV etc
This is all too late for me..the last pair I wore had red on one lense and blue on the other..but SWMBO lost her favourite pair o/b and sat on the other pair...and I am fed up of getting to airports an hour early to stand around in Sunglass Hut or whatever it is called...
 
gjgm said:
Now,clearly no one is going to spend time or money on their image,right...
That now sorted,any favoured brands for boating,glass quality,UV etc
This is all too late for me..the last pair I wore had red on one lense and blue on the other..but SWMBO lost her favourite pair o/b and sat on the other pair...and I am fed up of getting to airports an hour early to stand around in Sunglass Hut or whatever it is called...
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Find Lidl or Aldi skiing or cycling glasses with a selection of lenses work very well and I do not feel too bad when they break or fall in
 
The best sunglasses I ever had are now at the bottom of the harbour - they went to join the best reading glasses I ever had!
I have two cheap pairs, one polarised, and keep spares dotted around like reading glasses and a hat with a peak.
 
I have these, which I use for fishing, but are perfect for on the boat as well.

Excellent quality lenses, and I don't get 'tired eye' headaches when I've had them on all day, which is something I used to get with cheaper sunglasses.

Not the cheapest, not the most expensive, but IMO you get what you pay for.

Bolle Sunglasses
 
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If I had to pick a "make" as my go to sunnies whenever I need to buy some then I'm with sprocker above, Bolle. They, to me, just seem to be really quite decent on the optics with regards to filters etc, some are polarised some not (must admit I've not noticed any advantage in polarised when helming), reasonable styles so you can be modern-ish without trying to look like an X Games refugee, and they're not too expensive. I've got several pairs dotted around the boat/car/home. Have also got pairs I use for snow skiing and never come back with any sun/eye strain issues. We all know they will get sat on ,dropped, nicked by mistake by guests etc etc so it's not too much of a blow when a £20 pair goes awol.
 
Montemar said:
The best sunglasses I ever had are now at the bottom of the harbour - they went to join the best reading glasses I ever had!
I have two cheap pairs, one polarised, and keep spares dotted around like reading glasses and a hat with a peak.
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One of the best pairs I ever had (a pair of Raybans) I found at the bottom of a harbour - somewhere in the Sporades. They were pinched some years later somewhere in the Balkans.
 
A TV prog recently exposed the con-market of sunglasses.
Most "designer" makes are made by one company (Italian, I think) with brand names added as required.
The moral was "if you like the look of them and you like how you look in them - buy them. Otherwise don't waste your money as they all do the same thing."

I know this doesn't answer the question of which brand might perform in the best way, but money does not buy best. Look for specification and performance figures.
 
Robert Wilson said:
A TV prog recently exposed the con-market of sunglasses.
Most "designer" makes are made by one company (Italian, I think) with brand names added as required.
The moral was "if you like the look of them and you like how you look in them - buy them. Otherwise don't waste your money as they all do the same thing."

I know this doesn't answer the question of which brand might perform in the best way, but money does not buy best. Look for specification and performance figures.
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I can believe that... I've always bought sunglasses from M&S or Boots - I just go on the quality of the lens, it's the frames that tend to break first..

Last year I also discovered the delights of bifocal sunglasses - I wear reading glasses and a little bit of the prescription at the bottom of the normal lens is surprisingly useful and effective.. dirt cheap too....
 
Serengeti http://www.serengeti-eyewear.com/Home.aspx?lang=en-gb They're photochromic, polarised and excellent sunglasses

Just to show how much I like them I have 5 pairs, 2 for each car, 1 for the bike, 1 for skiing and 1 for the boat

You have my total sympathy on the SWMBO's sunglasses. My SWMBO has £600 prescription sunglasses which she regularly loses overboard. Only a few weeks ago she managed to crush them whilst falling over skiing. I could have bought a nice boat with the money that she's wasted on replacing her glassess
 
I think you can tell quite a bit from peoples sunglasses... most of the time the phase that comes to mind is "what a cock". Therefore choosing a pair for yourself that you feel look OK and when you see your reflection you don't think, "Oh god, who am I trying to fool", is a bloody minefield. Over the years I seem to have gone through hundreds or pairs of expensive glasses, most of which I ended up leaving in cars when I used change my car every 3 months, the others are dotted around the solent, CI's and Brittany and the alps.. Now I have a prescription pair which are expensive, and look OK and are in my car and I have manage to keep for around 5 years. But last year after a few drinks I went shopping in Lymington in the Henri Lloyd shop picked up a pair of sunglasses and bought them, they were a bit pricey. I though they looked the dogs dooda's, but of course when the head cleared and I saw myself in them... oh dear. I still have them, left on the boat, and every now and again I might wear them, but usually not in company!
 
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The subject has caused way too many silly arguments on here - so I'll just say don't buy before having tried Maui Jim sunglasses.
 
thecommander said:
Lidls finest are good.
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I believe you, I bought a pair! they are quite good comfy polaroids. I wear polaroids nearly all year outdoors. I saw the tv program showing people paying through the nose for designer shades that were all made at the same place, using the same methods. People are strange, in Greece you can buy fake Raybans for 6 europs, they are a top seller, especialy to the chavs who wear them on top of their head at night in a Taverna:rolleyes:
 
I would say that -and I am probably destroying my eyes- I never seem to need any, so I find them more of an irritation than anything else, but SWMBO does seem to be extremely sensitive to sunlight and also to the quality of the glass,filtering etc, so she hasnt had alot of luck with the cheaper end.
Anyway, some ideas to look into, thanks
 
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