Sunglasses

jgdeleon

jgdeleon

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Hey guys.

I've been wanting to buy a good set of glasses for a while now, but today when I hit the store I came across you 2 sets. Regulars and Polarized glasses. Now the employee at the stored couldn't help me about, so before buying any, I decided to come here first and ask you guys.

For aviation, which one would be more effective?

thank you for your help.
 
jgdeleon said:
Hey guys.

I've been wanting to buy a good set of glasses for a while now, but today when I hit the store I came across you 2 sets. Regulars and Polarized glasses. Now the employee at the stored couldn't help me about, so before buying any, I decided to come here first and ask you guys.

For aviation, which one would be more effective?

thank you for your help.
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For flying I would recommend a regular set of sunglasses, because I know things can get a bit weird if your flying glass panel airplanes with polarized lenses.

As far as a brand, I personally recommend trying out the Serengeti brand. I have the flex series Siena, and they are great for flying.
 
Hey guys, thank you for the quick reply, I'm going to check out the Serengeti brand tomorrow.
 
$5.90! I'm down with that! I kind of got tired of buying expensive glasses, always end up scratching them or sitting on them or something! they're bad karma!

So once I buy them at forever 21 I can walk out the store acting like Leonardo DiCaprio! all I need now it's the pan am uniform :rawk:
 
That reminds me, you might want to consider investing into two pairs of sunglasses, your regular cheap "out and about" sunglasses and then something more expensive that you will use only for flying.
 
Just my $0.02 but I WOULD NOT spend a lot of money on sunglasses. Of course, I go through a cheap pair about every 2-3 months. You forget their in your seat, you put them on top of your head and forget they're there, it gets dark en route and you set them on the side panel and they end up getting scratched, and.... and you get the point.

I do, however, shop at the high dollar stores like Walgreens though!!!!!!


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And definitlty go for non-polarized. I have found that I like the brownish colored driving lenses the best.
 
I really like my Serengeti's also-Velocity is what i'm using because it curves around the side of your eyes a bit more than the standard "aviator" classes would-even though i like that stype also.

They were a bit pricey- but i've been using them for about 5+ years now.
Very happy with them.

The pair has the brown tent to the glasses-and i'm impressed how well it defines things-like for example the edges of clouds mixed in surrounding haze and so on.
Same for looking out for traffic.
 
I have a pair of prescription costa del mar sunglasses. They are non-polarized and they are great. No more getting blinded on final with those puppies.
 
I just bought a pair of Serengeti Vento glasses w/ polarized photochromatic Drivers lenses. So far, I love em. I had a pair of Serengeti a long time ago, and I had forgotten how incredible their lenses are.

For those of you that say "buy a cheap pair, you'll just end up sitting on them"...take a little care and responsibility in your investment and you won't have that problem. Put them in a case when not being used.
 
I'm in the market for new sunglasses and happened to come upon this thread. Any other recommended brands out there? I got a buddy who swears by his Ray Bans, but I was kind of hoping for something in between. I am going to go check out those cheap-o Forever21 glasses though. :cool:
 
TaleSpin said:
You want to get the nonpolarized ones, for aviation
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BAH! I wear polarized sunglasses everyday. The heated winsheild is easy to see through(very slight "rainbowing, and I can still see traffic), and I have yet to see a screen that I can't see when looking directly at it.
 
From my experience, I'd agree that cheaper is often better. I have 2 pairs, one $300 pair of SPY's and another $100 pair of Ray Bans. After chucking both of them into g-suit pockets, nav bags, helmet bags, etc the lenses on the SPY's continually pop out and are covered with scratches. My relatively inexpensive ray bans not only survived all of that but a week out in the field/desert during SERE school as well, and have nary a scratch on them and have always maintained their structural integrity. I'd say stick with a company like Ray Bans that makes a good product and isn't all about "fashion" without the benefits of durability.
 
mshunter said:
BAH! I wear polarized sunglasses everyday. The heated winsheild is easy to see through(very slight "rainbowing, and I can still see traffic), and I have yet to see a screen that I can't see when looking directly at it.
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I have flown with polarized 580 lenses from costa del mar for 3 years and have never had a problem UNTIL the other day. I got to fly an Eclipse 500 but unfortunately the PFD/MFD screens they installed render my costas useless.

Other than that I've never had a problem.
 
///AMG said:
From my experience, I'd agree that cheaper is often better. I have 2 pairs, one $300 pair of SPY's and another $100 pair of Ray Bans. After chucking both of them into g-suit pockets, nav bags, helmet bags, etc the lenses on the SPY's continually pop out and are covered with scratches. My relatively inexpensive ray bans not only survived all of that but a week out in the field/desert during SERE school as well, and have nary a scratch on them and have always maintained their structural integrity. I'd say stick with a company like Ray Bans that makes a good product and isn't all about "fashion" without the benefits of durability.
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Second the RayBans, they're probably the most comfortable sunglasses I've ever had, even if they make me look like a massive tool. I had two pairs of Randolphs and they were pretty miserable. They somehow managed to be too tight yet wouldn't stay on right.
 
My major experience with polarized lenses came just after startup in a plane with an LCD display. After turning on the avionics master, the Apollo GPS display appeared blank. After trouble shooting and failing to resolve the problem I removed the sunglasses only to see the display working. Glasses on, display blank. Bend head sideways (with glasses on) and display appeared. Conclusion, LCD displays and polarized lenses could be incompatible. Otherwise, I'd say, go for comfort.

As far as price goes,

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JordanD said:
Second the RayBans, they're probably the most comfortable sunglasses I've ever had, even if they make me look like a massive tool. I had two pairs of Randolphs and they were pretty miserable. They somehow managed to be too tight yet wouldn't stay on right.
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Cmon man, RayBans are stylin'.
 
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