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By Redbeard
#82597
i usually wear a pair of Oakley's...but this weekend I'm trying out the GIRO "Convert".
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By David W. Johnson
#82600
I never fly without glasses. One bug in the eye during landing could ruin your day. I also wear glasses on my motorcycle for when I raise the visor.
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By Vrezh
#82610
Avoid metal and hard plastic frames.
Get soft, "rubbery" goggles with minimum nose grip (the small pointy things that rest on your nose).
Especially beginners.


Me?
I am all about streamlining, so I fly with a visor.
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By tizeagle
#82612
CHassan wrote:Choosing Tint Color

Because white light is made up of many colors, picking tints carefully can improve the performance of your eyewear in specific environments and activities.

A rose tint is cosmetically appealing, soothing to the eyes, and seems to provide a degree of relief when the wearer is working in brightly lit offices. A rose tint is often recommended for computer users to help reduce eyestrain and glare.

A yellow tint makes objects appear sharper against a blue or green background. Blue light bounces or scatters the most and can create a kind of glare known as "blue haze". Yellow tints are sometimes marketed as "blue blockers" because they are fairly opaque to blue light. Yellow tints are good for overcast, hazy or foggy conditions and are a favorite of shooters, skiers and pilots. Yellow is generally NOT a good choice for any activity that depends on accurate color perception.

Brown and amber tints work well in variable light conditions and provide good contrast because they filter some blue light, although not as strongly as a yellow tint. Brown lenses are good general purpose lenses and work especially well for sports where judging distance is important like tennis and golf.

Green tints filter some blue light and enhance contrast in low-light conditions. The human eye is most sensitive to green wavelengths of light so green tints offer the highest contrast and greatest visual acuity of any tint.

Grey - A grey tint provides good protection from glare and keeps distortion of colors to a minimum. Grey is sometimes referred to as a "tru-color" tint. Grey is available in a wide range of densities and is an excellent choice for general use and driving. Grey is the most popular sunglass tint.

G-15 - This sunglass tint is sometimes called the "Ray-Ban" tint. It is essentially a combination of a grey and green tint that transmits 15% (blocks 85%) of the light.

Purple is balanced color which provides natural color perception while shading the eye. Purple lenses can be a good choice for hunters.


Blue can be a good choice for fashion tints in lighter shades. If the lenses are intended for outdoor use, remember that blue tints can increase glare. In this case, consider using a brown or grey lens combined with a blue mirror coating.

A “gradient tint” describes a lens with a darker tint at the top, fading gradually to little or no tint at the bottom of the lens. This provides additional protection from light coming from above, without blocking too much light from straight ahead or below. Gradient sunglasses work particularly well for driving; glare coming through the windshield is blocked but the speedometer and other instruments are easy to see through the lighter bottom portion of the lens.

Double gradient tint - A “double gradient tint” describes a lens with a darker tint at the top and bottom of the lens, and a medium tint in the center of the lens. Double gradient tints are good for skiers, because glare coming from above (sun) and below (snow) is heavily blocked but a clearer viewing area is present in the middle of the lens.

Mirror Lenses - A mirror coating applied to the outside of a lens helps deflect reflected light. The outside of the lens looks just like a mirror but the wearer sees only the tint.

"Fun" Photochromics - Some plastic photochromic lenses are available in unusual colors. These lenses are one color when UV light is not present but change to a totally different color when activated by UV. There are teal-blue lenses that change to green, yellow lenses that change to orange, and red lenses that change to purple.

Ultraviolet (UV) Protection - Lenses with ultraviolet (UV) protection prevent potentially harmful radiation from reaching your eyes. According to United States Federal law, all sunglasses sold in the United States must have UV protection. However, many low-priced sunglasses for sale through street vendors do not comply with this rule. Using tinted sunglass lenses without UV protection is extremely damaging to your eyes, because the dark tint causes your pupils to dilate and increases the surface area of your retina that can be damaged by the ultraviolet radiation.

Chassen are you an IT guy for a sunglass company? :thumbsup:
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By ifly4funn
#82630
Always wear some sort of protection, as momma always said. Could be dangerous, or at least unpleasent, with it !
Also, up in the shop at Lookout, they have something that I use to ensure that I dont loose my glasses on the ground OR in the air. I forget the name of them, but they slip over the ends of the arms or the glasses and connect one to the other, and hang arond your neck. You never have to put them down, or leave laying anywhere that you forget. Very cheap, and has saved me from loosing many a pair.
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By Tex
#82645
Sky_Walker wrote:
UVEX Cybric cheap enough to have a few pairs lying around ($12).
Wow I really like these, apparently they are way too cool and inexpensive to be sold here in the US. Seems only the Uvex models around 100$ available state side, go figure.

Based on the tint information provided by Chassan, I'm gonna order both a pair of amber and a pair of grey.

Guess I'l have to have them shipped from overseas :cuss:
HMM Seems odd not available in the US, let me know if you need some help getting some! 8) Also I have tried the grey, they are not much chop, the brown is better IMHO. Amber is good also but a bit to bright if you want to wear them as just casual sunnies also.
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By CHassan
#82648
Crtl-C Ctrl-V

My old Opto loved to pass on information!
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By Radwhacker
#82649
I find that my trusty old x-ray spec's work well for both flying and people watching.

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