Re: Sunglasses

[MT Williams]

Roger, Thanks for this info and website.
Michael in Eugene, Oregon
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From: "Roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <waflyfishers@waflyfishers.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Sunglasses


Years ago, during my flying days, I bought a pair of H3O polarized 
sunglasses, which cost about 40-50 dollars and have interchangeable 
lenses. Best investment I have ever made in sunglasses, after years of 
buying cheap sunglasses which never held up, got scratched, or bothered my 
eyes. They have a corded system so they can hang from your neck, and have 
amber, dark and light gray lenses, which are interchangeable. I always 
find myself with the amber ones on. Replacement lenses are about $15. They 
have really good optics, which is good from an eyestrain standpoint, very 
light, good looking to boot, plus are highly scratch resistant..

I hate to tell this on myself, but after about 5 years of using these 
constantly, I noticed the amber lenses were getting hard to see thru, so I 
ordered up a replacement lens. When the new lens came, it had that plastic 
film on it which you see on new cell phones, watches, etc. I pulled it 
off, and as I was changing out the lens noticed that the original lens 
still had the plastic film on it. Pulled it off, and viola, lenses were 
just like new. The reason I never noticed it was because the film was the 
exact same size as the lens. I just noticed a tiny bubble. Duh! Anyway, I 
can highly recommend these glasses.  I bought the sport series.  Here is a 
link to thier site

http://h3opolarized.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=H3O
Roger
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From: "Cliff & Karen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <waflyfishers@waflyfishers.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 7:13 AM
Subject: Re: Sunglasses


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: <waflyfishers@waflyfishers.com>
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

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