Recommended Sunnies

[Sledge]

Gday all,

Chasing some recommendations on prescription sunglasses. Currently looking at spotters for the durability and quality of the lenses. Unfortunately i generally manage to scratch most lenses fairly quickly, partly due to lack of care, partly due to the environment i use them in. reviews of spotters glass lenses indicate they should handle this pretty well. Can anyone make a recommendation of what they find useful when driving long distances but just as useful on the water and potentially out bush shooting etc.

Don't want to spend too much but should get a few hundred back on health insurance.

Contacts under none perscription sunnies,etc,  isn't possible as my perscription is quite mild but have stigmatism.

[Clouty]

Spotters all the way.. I've had mine for about 8 years now and wear them everyday all day long..
 

And my next pair of sunnies will be another pair spotters..

[speewa158]

lts getting to this isn't it , You warn out your hair , eyes & 2 sets of teeth  Silly Old Bugger ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,what was cthe question              But you still gots 

[D4D]

I also have a mild stigmatism and have Oakley glasses and sunnies.

[Patr80l]

RayBans have great lenses and I think you can get them with prescription lenses.  I'm fortunate that I can wear contacts so don't need prescription sunnies.

[Ratbag]

All my last couple of years specs have had a new ultra hard coating both sides.

Can't stand flare with my specs, so even microscopic scratches ("sleeks") are unacceptable to me.

My driving glasses are Hoya 85% with this coating. Normal sunnies are Hoya 75%, ditto.

My daily use bifocals probably cop the hardest use. They almost never see the inside of any kind of case.

Zero marks of any description with this coating.

[chester ver2.0]

I also have a mild stigmatism and have Oakley glasses and sunnies.

I have moved away from Oakley as i found they scratch every time you look at them

[Diesel Power]

Maui Jim make a very nice sunglasses, also available in prescription lenses.
I'm on my third pair in 8 years, cost around $220 a pair and they are polarised.

[paceman]

have always been an oakley man (currently have hijinx), but i am not fussed with the newer shapes coming out and i am not convinced the lenses are as good as they used to be...

spotters might be my next pair...

[Ratbag]

A bit of info for younger members ... FWIW.

My Optometrist and Ophthalmologist both put my very late start to the development of cataracts down to the life long wearing of high quality sunglasses that have a strong UV filter. I have worn these since I was around 5 y.o. when UV was discovered to be one of the major causes of the headaches I have had all my life. I am in my late 60s, and have the very slightest first signs of a cataract developing in my right eye.

My sunglasses and non-sunglasses have been 100% UV filter cutoff since about 1966 (my eyes didn't need prescription lenses until the 1980s, and I still have about 20/20 vision without glasses; about 20/10 with prescription glasses). Who knows what the UV filter figures were before that. However, always optical grade glasses.

They also reckon that this has contributed to the otherwise excellent state of health of my eyes.

It's worth knowing!

[tk421]

Gday all,

Contacts under none perscription sunnies,etc,  isn't possible as my perscription is quite mild but have stigmatism.

I'm short sighted with astigmatism. I got Toric contact lenses for that my astigmatism. I wear contacts under sunnies with no issue.

[Mikeb62]

I have Maui Jim's in a progressive ( multifocal) lens. Maui Jim one of the few manufacturers who do multifocal with all their propriety lens coatings etc. Most others just do a standard tinted lens and put in their frame. My 2nd pair and very happy with them. Only problem is the cost!

[Sledge]

Thanks for the replies guys. Currently waiting to hear back from Tonic.

Was quoted  close to $700 for spotters from an optometrist and a little cheaper at BCF.

I like Oakley's but i have scratched them very easily in the past.

Interesting info ratbag. Definitely worth while spending the $'s

[Nomad]

Raen and Otis for me. Great lenses, can get polarised and non polarised. CAn get Otis PRgaues for about $50 on runout atm.

[Bird]

I get BP servo specials for $30... if I **** em up then I don't cry like the Bolle's I bought when driving trucks.. they lasted 25 minutes before being sat on and breaking into 5 pieces... worst $150 I ever spent.

[oldmate]

I get BP servo specials for $30... if I **** em up then I don't cry like the Bolle's I bought when driving trucks.. they lasted 25 minutes before being sat on and breaking into 5 pieces... worst $150 I ever spent.

Lol I'm a bit like you bird. I lost a pair, so went to a servo on the way to the beach, bought a new pair, went in the surf, with hat and sunnies on, got smashed by a wave and lost hat and sunnies, got hat back as it floated, but owned those sunnies for about 15 min. 

[Ratbag]

Thanks for the replies guys. Currently waiting to hear back from Tonic.

Was quoted  close to $700 for spotters from an optometrist and a little cheaper at BCF.

I like Oakley's but i have scratched them very easily in the past.

Interesting info ratbag. Definitely worth while spending the $'s

If my experience helps just one person, it's worth the time it took to type. A photographer friend in his early 80s is almost completely blind because of UV damage to both his corneas and retinas.

My bifocals with every coating known cost about $400 per lens pair. I get about half this back from my health insurance, but I have 3 pairs of bifocals and two different pairs of monofocals (computers - focus distance ~550-900 mm; and "art" glasses for exhibitions - ~1,100-2,000 mm). My sunnies have my computer script in the lower part. My ordinary specs focus at 450-550 mm. The monofocals also have full anti-reflective coatings and hardening both sides.

Might seem silly, but having been blessed with exceptionally good vision, I am particularly sensitive to its degradation with age. But for the astigmatism, I wouldn't really need to wear glasses at all! I do driving vision tests without wearing my glasses.

[Jasman]

I haven't got prescriptions but I have both Spotters (polarised photo chromatic) and Oakley's (polarised) and I reckon the lense quality is better on the Oakley's.  I watched a video a while ago about what goes into Oakley's and was super impressed, I've attached the links in case your interested.

http://youtu.be/bpSNYVd85JU
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http://youtu.be/zcXbpwAIAlA
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The review is from a well known shooter but it's the same stuff that goes into all their glasses and makes you appreciate that there is a difference.

[Ratbag]

ANY Optometrist can fit plano lenses (flat, no script) into your frame of choice with coatings and tints of choice. My frames last me on average about 20+ years. In that time, they will have about 6-10 pairs of lenses fitted. Good optical frames cost about the same as a pair of lenses. They are also repairable. Normal sunglasses cannot be repaired.

I have never worn contacts for several reasons - eye health, and safety.

Modern Hoya lenses are basically a polycarbonate plastic. In a really bad prang, they will have to dig the lenses out of your face, rather than digging the contact lenses out of your eyeballs. I know which I would prefer! Once the lenses have been pushed into your face, they will further protect your eyes from physical damage.

[BigDog816]

I've always worn Oakley

Pair 1 - stolen after about a month I was so dirty.
Pair 2 - had for about 3yrs so comfortable didn't know you had them on, walked into the surf got smashed by a wave and gone.
Pair 3 - lost I still think they're in the shed somewhere.
Pair 4 - fell off table while camping and got stood on.
Pair 5 - on a mates boat and turned my back to the wind and they flew off into the water.
Pair 6 - changing a tyre and it got dark, took them off and reached up and put them on the bonnet, forgot them.  Wife drove off the next morning didn't see them, gone.
Pair 7 - now have the offshoot ones.  And have to agree with others here, the lenses are ordinary compared to my previous pairs.  About 18months old, they are badly scratched and the coating on the lenses is flaking around the edges, and they've been treated no different to the others.

I think I should get some cheapie next and I'll struggle to lose or break them

[tracker]

Spotters all the way.. I've had mine for about 8 years now and wear them everyday all day long..
 

And my next pair of sunnies will be another pair spotters..

What Clouty says x 2

                               Cheers Tracker.

[GGV8Cruza]

I wear Fuglies, they are super strong, don't scratch too badly and not overly expensive. I have the safety polarized ones which are great for work as well. Not too sure if they do prescription lenses.

http://www.fuglies.com.au/

GG

[Bird]

I wear Fuglies, they are super strong, don't scratch too badly and not overly expensive. I have the safety polarized ones which are great for work as well. Not too sure if they do prescription lenses.

http://www.fuglies.com.au/

GG

not bad for $30
http://shop.fuglies.com.au/specials.html

[paulo]

I too have Oakley Hijinx Prescription specs. They do scratch but I look after them big time, don't want to fork out $100's because I didn't look after them. I don't think they make these frames any longer though. My last pair had grey polarised lenses, and this pair have a browny bronze polarised lense. I hunt, shoot and fish in them all the time and like the colour. I went back to the brown lense as I found when driving in rain during the day there was a massive difference in vision between the brown and the grey. The grey would dark really quick and with the brown you could see better with the sunnies on than off. The broen seemed to cut through the glare/fog/spray.

Paul

[Gus01]

I used to wear dirty dog's as i could get them cheap through work but i kept scratching them and loosing them. I've got spotters now and they are awesome. Had them for about a year and wear them every day.