What kind of sunglasses will you prefer to wear during your drive?

GI_Drewsifer wrote:

mad_machine wrote: as somebody who's eyes are VERY light sensitive, I tend to wear older Oakly Mframes. Not very trendy, but the wrap around protects my eyes nicely. And I have yet to break them in 5+ years of wearing them.. just scratched up the lenses a couple of times. Now that lenses are getting harder to find.. I may have to look into the flakjacket or the half jacket.

Might wanna checked out the new Oakley M Frame Hybrid. It's basically an M frame with a lense more like the size of a half jacket.

thanks, I will have to look into those

Unless you are actually flying a plane Aviators make you look like a douchebag, just sayin.

I have a pair of driving glasses I got at Target, the orangish lenses. I especially like them in the rain, for some reason you can see things more clearly in the rain with them.

SupraWes wrote: Unless you are actually flying a plane Aviators make you look like a douchebag, just sayin.

I don't really agree. Anybody wearing white sunglasses that is not a chick not only LOOKS like a douchebag, but has a 99% garauntee of BEING one

use to wear Ray Ban Balaramas all the time. After I went through 3 pairs in less than a year, I looked for something better. Found Uvex Bandits at work (construction). The were supplied by the company because we needed to use safety glasses as our personal protection. Liked them so much, I started wearing them all of the time. Could get a complete set for around 10 and when the lenses got too bad, new lenses could be had for under 7 if you bought a 10 pack at a time. They are UVA and UVB protected, but not polarized. Their standard smoke lens works great in light fog.

I did have some cheap sunglasses, but the lenses were not optic quality and gave me headaches. I am currenly wearing AO Safety fuel sunglasses with red lenses.

Another fan of safety glasses...

NYG95GA wrote: If you wear sunglasses while driving into the setting sun, you are smart, and should use RayBans. If you wear sunglasses all the time, you have something to hide, and can't be trusted. If you wear sunglasses indoors, you are a happy person with a polished finish. All the sunglass makers are owned by the same company anyway, so at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter.

This is the only part thats wrong. There is quite a bit of difference in the lenses. Spray on polarization vs. polarization that is built into the lenses will will make a difference if you hold onto your shades for a while. Although for most people, it doesn't matter.

D'ya s'pose wood.... or aluminum?

Wood frame with a canvas skin? Kind of a grassroots canoe?

Fiberglass maybe. Definitely not birchbark, that would be interesting.

2 brands I love but haven't been able to find are Snipe Hunters, and Goose Chase. I have combed the internet with no luck. It's hard enough to find sunglasses online, and even harder to find these rare 3rd world knockoffs.

If only someone had a place to buy sunglasses online, they would certainly earn almost a dollar a day.