Glass is always your best choice for polarized glasses. Something about
how they are made (I think the plastic lenses have to be laminated or
something and loose optical quality).
Paul
On Mar 27, 2005, at 7:13 AM, Cliff & Karen wrote:
Rob,
I agree with you all the way on this. Three years ago I decided to buy
several pair of the really cheap polarized glasses - the Bill Dance
Specials
(or some such name) you find for something like $7.99 at Big Five or
Wal-Mart. I bought three or four in different lens colors and styles.
I did
this because I was always losing sunglasses and thought it would be
cheaper
in the long run, than better glasses. It is cheaper, but as you say,
the
optics, or lack thereof, really cause you to not want to use them for
any
length of time. Some of the really cheap ones have "seams" running
through
the plastic lens that can play havoc with your eyes. Worse of all, the
cheap
plastic lens get scratched up very easily no matter how well you take
care
of them .They do work, though, you can spot fish.
I'm actually going to be going down to Outdoor Emporium to look for
some new
polarized glasses this next week, and I'm hoping I can find something
good
in the $30-$40 range. By the way, I've found that my lens color of
choice
always drifts towards the amber colored lens. If I use the gray lens
it's
usually only during extremely bright conditions.
Cliff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Blomquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: Sunglasses
On Saturday 26 March 2005 22:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does it pay to spend for a "good" pair of polariod sunglasses, or is
the
result (seeing fish in the water) the same regardless of price?
Thanks
for
any insights.
Good polaroids are well worth the money, even on gray days. Now very
few
people pay what I do for a pair of custom polaroids, but they are
worth
it.
On the other side, however, there are a large number of polaroids in
the
$20
range that work very well, and have good optics, just stay away for
the
plastic models. What you want is a good, distortion free lens, and
that's
available fairly inexpensively.
As to the result, yes, all polaroids will allow you to see fish more
easily.
But the eyestrain of distorions in the lens will limit the time you
want
to
spend wearing them.
Rob
--
Mountlake Terrace, WA
USA
