Polaroid Sunglasses

**Vern** · 7th September 2013, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by roverrescue

Vern,
I dont disagree but these days "polaroid" $20 sunnies are $50 - $60 and are made with plastic lenses. I use to buy them and was happy.
I would go through a pair every 6 months due to scratches from chucking them in the centre console, bashing through scrub etc etc

Spotters may be $200 but mine are now going on 2 years, scratch free and clear as the day I got them.

And besides $50 polaroids vs $200 Spotters is kinda like comparing a 300tdi to a zuzu
both are diesel, both rattle and make noise, both get you from a to b,
B..U..T...

Steve

yeah totally agree, but 20+ years ago there wasn't much around, and in the fishing game, $200 sunnies would have died pretty quick. I wear cheap sunnies for work, and good sunnies for looking cool (Otis). I like the real glass lenses, so much better than plastic, I was looking for sunnies last week (cool dude looking ones

) and all the plastic lenses $200 sunnies just felt cheap and way over priced, so once again I opted for Otis eye wear sunnies, made in WA, but couldn't justify $300 for polarized ones, so just got there normal ones, this is my third pair, so nice to look through, but the only problem with glass, it smashes

kenleyfred · 11th September 2013, 10:53 AM

For those of you with Spotters, I'm after a decent pair of sunnies.
I've tried the Penetrator and Halide, they are both fantastic and I'm struggling to choose between the two.
Are there any reasons why one is better than the other?
Kenley

**Stuck** · 11th September 2013, 04:20 PM

And you post this this side of fathers day

.

Just joking.

**roverrescue** · 11th September 2013, 07:14 PM

For those of you with Spotters, I'm after a decent pair of sunnies.
I've tried the Penetrator and Halide, they are both fantastic and I'm struggling to choose between the two.

Kenley,
Just this week wifey and I just went down to the local guy and bought a pair of Spotters for her...
The difference between Penetrators and Halides is simple
Both are photochromatic crown glass lenses with a "brown" tint.
Halides are a darker tint than Penetrators
Sooo in middle of day Halides will be darker, in low light Penetrators will be less dark.

Kris preferred the look of the halides and went with them

I still prefer Penetrators - they are dark enough in full midday sun for me and I love that while walking through closed in rainforest scrub I can still keep them on and save my eyeballs from stinking wait-a-while!!!!!

I reckon it will come down to a personal choice. Go to a friendly stockist grab a pair of each and go outside and play with both pairs. If they wont let you do this find someone who will!!!!!

Steve

Ean Austral · 11th September 2013, 07:33 PM

When I was fishing I tried many different brands of sunnies, in the end I went to a optical technician and got him to make me some sunnies.

Sounds expensive but wasn't anywhere near the price of ray-bans or Bolle etc, and got him to make the frames to suit my needs... I don't like wrap around sunnies, but got him to fill in the sides for me cause that's what I needed.

They were by far the best sunnies I ever had, lasted me for 4 yrs till they ended up going to the bottom of the gulf of carpenteria and if I was still at sea I would track down another tech and get the same done again.

These days just wear the standard polaroid from the cancer council stand.

Just my 2c

Cheers Ean

**LandyAndy** · 11th September 2013, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by kenleyfred

For those of you with Spotters, I'm after a decent pair of sunnies.
I've tried the Penetrator and Halide, they are both fantastic and I'm struggling to choose between the two.
Are there any reasons why one is better than the other?
Kenley

I just bought the Halide.They are awesome,only used them for work sofar,BUT I have stopped at creek crossings and looked into the waters,have seen yabbies crawling around,cant see them without the glasses.
Looking forward to a sea test

Andrew

kenleyfred · 18th September 2013, 04:35 PM

WOW. Thanks for putting me onto Spotters, and for the advice on which type. Although side by side I think I preferred the penetrator I ended up buying the halide today. I think the more advanced glass might serve me better.
Only used them for the short drive home so far, but what a difference over the old crappy pair I had. Can't wait for work tomorrow to give them a prolonged test.
Kenley

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