Recommendations for sunglasses

  • slab-hunter
    Red Wing, MN
    Posts: 329
    February 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm #1510805

    Hi all!
    I’m looking for any recommendations from the group concerning polarized sunglasses. I need a new pair. I’m looking for a set that won’t break the bank (~ $80-$150) but are also tough and sturdy. I also need bifocals; getting up there in age…
    What brand do all of you use? Any recommended places to purchase?
    I’ll be heading to the tropics in a few weeks and don’t want to subject my eyes to the unrelenting sun with the cheap ones I have now.
    Thanks,
    Don

    hamms
    Mn
    Posts: 493
    February 12, 2015 at 6:34 pm #1510832

    I bought a pair of DVX sunglasses made by wiley x they were 78 bucks and are polarized and rated for ansi safety. I love them out on the ice and will love them in the boat. Come with case and cloth. Got mine at Walmart in vision center

    Dennis Edward Smith
    Posts: 14
    February 12, 2015 at 7:55 pm #1510865

    Go to steep and cheap, and look for the deals section. I got a set of Native polarized sunglasses listed at $150.00 , for $35.00. They have some really good deals there.

    tpmorgz
    Central Iowa
    Posts: 257
    February 13, 2015 at 7:00 am #1511002

    If you also need bifocals, the only good pair I have found are Maui Jim Readers. The were around $200 the last I bought a pair, but are durable and being able to read/tie knots while outdoors without switching glasses is worth something.

    http://www.mauijim.com/shop/en/us/makaha-reader

    eyecatchum
    Milwaukee WI
    Posts: 270
    February 13, 2015 at 10:06 am #1511108

    +1 on tmorgz recommendation for the Maui Jim readers if you need a bifocal, but do not have any distance correction. We sell quite a few of them in our store, and customers have been very happy with them. They are a little more expensive, but the lenses are very nice for fishing, and Maui Jim is a great brand overall with incredible customer service. Feel free to PM me if you have any more in depth questions.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18715
    February 13, 2015 at 11:01 am #1511122

    I can only recommend the brand that has served me well for over 15 years. Smith Optics. Currently I have their Chief Techlite Polarchromic Ignitor’s and they are the best I have ever had. So far I am at 1.5 years on these and I wear them every day driving and fishing. Smith’s are popular out west where you will find them the choice for many fisherman including all the guides I ran into in Utah.

    PB2
    Posts: 329
    February 13, 2015 at 12:48 pm #1511201

    This is a record folks.

    The correct answer is Costa Del Mar glass.

    fishthumper
    Sartell, MN.
    Posts: 12103
    February 13, 2015 at 3:09 pm #1511279
    PB2 wrote:

    This is a record folks.

    The correct answer is Costa Del Mar glass.

    I’m with you there. But at $80-150 that will be tough. If it were me I’d spend the extra money and get the Best.

    FryDog62
    Posts: 3696
    February 14, 2015 at 2:02 pm #1511582

    Do any of the Costa’s fit over regular glasses – like Cocoons do only not as dorky looking?

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