Lost my sunglasses - Suggestions please!

Lost my sunglasses - Suggestions please!

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anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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I have lost my Oakley 'Gascan' Polarised HD sunglasses, and I am annoyed at this because;
a)They cost me £140.
b)I only had them for about 12 months.
c)I really hate losing stuff!

I have some metal rimmed RayBan's for wearing with smarter clothes, but for driving, cycling, holidays etc I felt the Oakley's were ideal as I found them to be optically excellent. The clarity and glare reduction seemed very good.

I don't really want to spend another £140 on some plastic sunglasses, but I do need to replace them, so can anyone recommend anything that will be very good in the optical department but maybe a little lighter on price?

I had a look at some polarised Bloc sunglasses (think they were the Delta model which looked quite like my Oakleys) and they were £40 which seemed suspiciously cheap to me, but maybe I've just been conned by the price of others in the past??

Over to you smile


leggly

1,779 posts

210 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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Bloc are fine but the Aliens tend to snap in the middle. Avoid them or don't sit them on top of your head.

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

166 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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£20 is more than enough for shades. They cost about £1 to make.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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Willy Nilly said:
£20 is more than enough for shades. They cost about £1 to make.
I kind of agree which is why I started this thread, to see what else was out there as have really only ever experienced RayBan, Oakley and a couple of others.

You would hope that a company like Oakley genuinely would put far more resources into making top quality lenses than cheaper brands, or is it just marketing bullst?

Apparently my Oakleys had 'Pluntonite High Definition' lenses which are allegedly 'one of the most optically pure materials used in eyewear today that filters 100% of UVA, UVB, UVC and blue light up to 400nm'

I'm not 100% sure I buy all that sales patter...

Edited by NinjaPower on Saturday 28th March 16:52

pmanson

13,374 posts

252 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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Ordered some from here last year:
http://www.melonoptics.co.uk/sunglass/

Great quality and around £30. Didn't survive the dog chewing on them so need to order some more!

ecsrobin

17,017 posts

164 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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Your in luck the UK Oakley outlet is having a sale on their already cheap prices. http://www.eyewearoutlet.co.uk

(No I don't work for them just a long term happy customer)

They have a shop in gunwharf, Portsmouth with some designs even cheaper in store if your local. You will also often find them at big shows like the festival of speed. I think I saved about £140 on my radar locks.

Pagey

1,372 posts

233 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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Maui Jim cool

Makaha Reader or Ho'okipa Reader

Awesome glasses, superb for driving etc etc

RobinBanks

17,540 posts

178 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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I think I've lost my Oakley Oil-Rig MasterCraft Signature Series glasses.

Annoying!

ETA: what I came here to post.
I lost a pair of Oakley goggles last time I went skiing and replaced them with Julbo which seem very good and a lot cheaper. If their glasses are as good it might be worth looking them up.

Edited by RobinBanks on Saturday 28th March 19:58

HRL

3,329 posts

218 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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NinjaPower said:
I kind of agree which is why I started this thread, to see what else was out there as have really only ever experienced RayBan, Oakley and a couple of others.

You would hope that a company like Oakley genuinely would put far more resources into making top quality lenses than cheaper brands, or is it just marketing bullst?

Apparently my Oakleys had 'Pluntonite High Definition' lenses which are allegedly 'one of the most optically pure materials used in eyewear today that filters 100% of UVA, UVB, UVC and blue light up to 400nm'

I'm not 100% sure I buy all that sales patter...

Edited by NinjaPower on Saturday 28th March 16:52
Got to be PR bullst, hasn't it. My Oakleys are made of Unobtainium.

Actually need some new lenses as they've started peeling apart. Sand and water damage I suspect, not poor quality.

RDMcG

19,093 posts

206 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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I lose my glasses more often than I should na have tried lots of them. My vote goes to Serengeti Drivers. My optometrist recommended them and they really superb driving glasses.

ecsrobin

17,017 posts

164 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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HRL said:
Got to be PR bullst, hasn't it. My Oakleys are made of Unobtainium.

Actually need some new lenses as they've started peeling apart. Sand and water damage I suspect, not poor quality.
It has been discussed many times on PH why oakleys are expensive.

Watch this: http://youtu.be/c_GL9XNjcBI and you will see against some well known brands the impact tests that oakleys are superior - this will add cost.

And here's a more recent video covering more things like the lens technologies: http://youtu.be/bpSNYVd85JU

And more modern stress testing: http://youtu.be/zcXbpwAIAlA

It's not all money on PR

Edited by ecsrobin on Saturday 28th March 20:21

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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ecsrobin said:
Your in luck the UK Oakley outlet is having a sale on their already cheap prices. http://www.eyewearoutlet.co.uk

(No I don't work for them just a long term happy customer)

They have a shop in gunwharf, Portsmouth with some designs even cheaper in store if your local. You will also often find them at big shows like the festival of speed. I think I saved about £140 on my radar locks.
Really appreciate that link! thumbup

I had no idea there was a cut price UK Oakley outlet. I generally avoid even looking for web based sunglass outlet type places as they are almost always fake/scam places.

vanordinaire

3,701 posts

161 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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I buy cheap safety sunglasses from our local builders' merchant. I've found nothing better for driving, mountain biking etc and at £3.99 a pair I can afford to loose or sit on a few pairs a year. I honestly can't see why anyone would buy Oakley etc

http://www.jewson.co.uk/tools-fixings-ironmongery/...

rambo19

2,737 posts

136 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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I buy aviator copies of ebay from china, £1.99 a pair.
I drive for a living and have found them to be brilliant.

HRL

3,329 posts

218 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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ecsrobin said:
It's not all money on PR

Edited by ecsrobin on Saturday 28th March 20:21
Didn't really make myself clear. I was referring to Plutonite and Unobtanium rather than anything else. Real materials I know, but the names sound like they're straight out of a comic book.

Amazing clarity with their lenses though and the frame I've got seems bombproof.

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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Try a pair of Maui Jims and be amazed that not everything written in this thread is true.

Tidybeard

539 posts

188 months

Sunday 29th March 2015
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Zod said:
Try a pair of Maui Jims and be amazed that not everything written in this thread is true.
Seconded. Absolutely fantastic and a clear step above Oakley. Serengeti Drivers are great for, er, driving too. Oakley are decent but you owe it to yourself to try the first two.

ecsrobin

17,017 posts

164 months

Sunday 29th March 2015
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Tidybeard said:
Zod said:
Try a pair of Maui Jims and be amazed that not everything written in this thread is true.
Seconded. Absolutely fantastic and a clear step above Oakley. Serengeti Drivers are great for, er, driving too. Oakley are decent but you owe it to yourself to try the first two.
I never got on with Maui Kim's myself, same with ray bans mine just sit in a case doing nothing. I keep a set of polarised Oakley wires in the car for driving and radar locks for cycling.

However I'm very tempted on clicking the button on some polarised persol 714's

Starfighter

4,908 posts

177 months

Sunday 29th March 2015
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Checked the top of your head?

retrorider

1,339 posts

200 months

Sunday 29th March 2015
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RDMcG said:
I lose my glasses more often than I should na have tried lots of them. My vote goes to Serengeti Drivers. My optometrist recommended them and they really superb driving glasses.
Way above anything else on the market for driving.