Can you recommend me some good aviator sunglasses?

Question

I'm looking for some good, fairly cheap aviator sunglasses. If any of you know some good brands and could post a link I'd be happy. The best answerer gets ten points. Thanks.

Answer 1

I've been wearing a pair of Spy sunglasses for around 2 years now, for $80, they're cheaper than the old Oakley M Frames I had for years.  They're also lighter because of the polycarbonite frames rather than the stainless of the Oakleys.

If you're talking cheap, wrap arounds, (my preference,) Easton makes a cheap polycarbonate sunglasses for baseball. Remington makes some for shooting at outdoor ranges.

As far as true "Aviators," Rayban probably has the best. I stopped buying them because I could never remember to check the screws and the lenses kept falling out over cement, thereby shattering them before I could catch them.

A gift I give to a friend who routinely looses sunglasses as an annual sort of deal, is about $100 worth of dollar store sunglasses that I think will look decent on him. It's my return to he and his wife for feeding me and keeping beer for me in stock.

Oakleys are pushing $150 at the low end. The Spy's were about $80, and I was paying about $50 a pair for Raybans 15 years ago.

http://www.spyoptic.com/

http://oakley.com/

http://www.ray-ban.com/Welcome.html

If those don't help you find a style you like that's available on e-Bay, Sporty's Pilot Shop should have something.

JT

Answer 2

try diesel

      they rok

Answer 3

I know they've been recommended already, but I'll add a vote for Serengeti glasses with driver lenses.  The amber color of the lenses helps cut right through haze and they work well in all lighting conditions.  They aren't cheap, but, like most other things in life, you get what you pay for.  Most pilots spend several hundreds of dollars protecting their ears... why not give the same priority to protecting your eyes?

Answer 4

Randolph, Seregetti, Ray-Ban..

Check out this page..

http://www.sportys.com/acb/showprod.cfm?...

Answer 5

I have oceanic from Wal-Mart.  They are made to my prescription.  I think they only cost me around a hundred bucks.  Ive had them for several yrs!

Answer 6

Mosy of the guys use the real ray bans and not the fake ones,

you really need to block out uv in the air.

Answer 7

You can purchase regular military type pilot sunglasses at the following site.   I love them.

http://www.actiongear.com/cgi-bin/tame.e...

Answer 8

I use Maui Jim sport. the titanim frame. they are great for bright days, especially over water. They are very slim, so they fit behind the earseals on a headset without causing noise or a headache.

Downfall--they are polarized. this is actually a good thing, but when looking at the LCD displays inside a cockpit, the display will go blank at certain angles.

Answer 9

Love my Serengetti's one my second pair. Non polarized

Answer 10

Go cheap.  They get lost all the time.

Answer 11

Only buy cheap sunglasses if you are protecting cheap eyes.  

I wore Randolph aviator glasses through most of my military career, because you could pick them up at any military exchange store, but I really like the Serengeti Drivers because the amber color makes them much more effective in low light or overcast conditions, while still blocking harmful UV rays.