Aviation Sunglasses

I fly with Serengeti's. Great comfortable glasses that arent too expensive ($100), they've lasted me 5+ years and are still holding strong.
 
Matt13C said:
Serengeti Velocity with drivers gradient. Ive had mine for 4 years now, been dropped, sat on, lost, found, crammed into flight bags, under seats, next to panels, had oil and gas tons of dirt on them and they still fit great. I highly recommend them.
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Their newer lenses are photo chromatic, which is awesome..they are pretty much perfect in any light. They have both polarized and non in all styles. I have the polarized ones, and only get the weird lsd window effect when the sun is 90deg to the right or left of the plane.. Maui makes good lenses, as well as the standard ray ban

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Serengetis are a great choice...I tried a pair, and I loved the lenses, but they didn't fit my face. That's kinda an issue, so I switched them for Oakleys, which are also very nice.
 
I don't mess with my hearing and I don't mess with my eyes. I'll spend extra money to protect both as down the road your income and safety may depend on it. You want non-polarized sunglasses for viewing glass tubes. Personally, I go with Randolph Engineering. A compromise of cost, comfort and quality.
 
I'd just like to point out that uscavalry is the tacticoolest thing I've seen for years. You should get a free subscription to Soldier of Fortune with every purchase. Awesome! You go in looking for some cheap shades and you come out a Mujahaideen.
 
houfo said:
How do the Serengeti glasses handle the CRT screens? I've heard polarized is an issue...
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You only create a temporary emergency if you turn your head 45 deg left or right.

That being said, cheap glasses that dont feature true mrc, uva and uvb filters may actually do more harm then good. The dark tint causes your pupils to dilate more. this response asked the correct amount of visable light in, which is fine. The problem is that the cheap lenses simply block light, and normally dont do anything to block things in the harmful spectrum. When your pupils open to allow the correct amount of visible light in, it asked "more" than the normal amount of uv in.

Most planes have windows which block uv radiation, but many do not, and there is no easy way to tell.

buy a nice pair, dont loose them. Your eyes will thank you!

You can buy the serengeti without polarization.

The shop near me will sell you the non-pol version at cost if you buy a regular pair at price other may do the same. I have never done that though, because I dont have an issue with the polarized lenses in the q. I had maui jims that gave me a headache..I've not had polarized ray bans in the q yet.

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TUCKnTRUCK said:
You only create a temporary emergency if you turn your head 45 deg left or right.

That being said, cheap glasses that dont feature true mrc, uva and uvb filters may actually do more harm then good. The dark tint causes your pupils to dilate more. this response asked the correct amount of visable light in, which is fine. The problem is that the cheap lenses simply block light, and normally dont do anything to block things in the harmful spectrum. When your pupils open to allow the correct amount of visible light in, it asked "more" than the normal amount of uv in.

Most planes have windows which block uv radiation, but many do not, and there is no easy way to tell.

buy a nice pair, dont loose them. Your eyes will thank you!

You can buy the serengeti without polarization.

The shop near me will sell you the non-pol version at cost if you buy a regular pair at price other may do the same. I have never done that though, because I dont have an issue with the polarized lenses in the q. I had maui jims that gave me a headache..I've not had polarized ray bans in the q yet.

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Anything labeled UV400 will block pretty much all damaging UV rays out. In fact, even the most damaging, the UVB, is blocked by glass, of which we look thru. I'm triple covered because even my prescription lenses are UV400. I wear $1 sunglasses on top though, for comfort. They are also UV400. It's a simple coating applied on lenses to give them the UV protection.
 
Also, something to think about, polarized lenses cut down on glare, of which we get a ton of when on top. So IMO, I actually prefer polarized lenses in our work environment.
 
I use L.G.R sunglasses and Ray-Ban Cockpit (ha-ha). The L.G.R. are on the expensive side but the lenses are custom made, I took the dark yellow graded, just fabulous for those bright hazy days, and got the G15 lenses with the Ray-Ban's for the bright sun. We put money in headset, I don't see why we shouldn't in eye protection... We often work in very high contrast situation, that can alter a lot of things, for color perception to depth.
About UVA/UVB protection, most pressurized/heated cockpit windows protect from these. Plastic windows DO NOT filter those radiations.
 
STS-41B said:
What about these, that I've seen on tv?
http://www.gethdaviators.com

Too toolish or cool? effective?
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I used to wear the regular HD Wraparounds over my prescription glasses...until I lost them. I bought another pair than promptly lost it. And now I can't even buy them in the store anymore, they've replaced the line up with the ones you linked to.

According to the web site lots and lots of incredibly hot chicks wear them so how can you lose?
 
I have a pair of Serengetis that I got at Sams Club, non-polarized ~$70. They do a great job. My last tour I had to pick up a pair of cheapy gas station models and it really highlighted the difference. I'd definitely recommend the Serengetis.
 
wheelsup said:
Anything labeled UV400 will block pretty much all damaging UV rays out. In fact, even the most damaging, the UVB, is blocked by glass, of which we look thru. I'm triple covered because even my prescription lenses are UV400. I wear $1 sunglasses on top though, for comfort. They are also UV400. It's a simple coating applied on lenses to give them the UV protection.
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Not sure about your plane... but mine doesn't have any glass windows There is wide thoughts on the durability of the "coatings" as applied. some are a film sandwiched (normally glass lenses) if you can get the coating on the back side of the lenses they last longer.
 
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