lens color

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5 hours ago, K1500 said:

I’m guessing you will love them. The 580g in blue mirror are great, and at that price you did good. 

 

If he's never tried the glass lens before he may not like them.  They are noticeably heavier than a polycarbonate lens.  This is why I went to a retail store before I bought mine to see the difference between glass and poly on my face.  I didn't care for the glass, but many people do.

 

But as you stated, those are easily $200 shades so if he had the chance to buy some for under $100 then it may be too hard to pass up.  At worst, if he doesn't care for them, he could likely turn a profit and re-sell them.

[Deephaven]

Glass is better in every way other than weight.  Even then the new Maui Jim thin glass is extremely light.  Besides the clarity you can clean glass lenses without scratching so much easier than plastic.  I have a pair of Maui's that are 15 years old and still super clear.

 

For me amber in low light and green for mid day sun.

[J Francho]

13 minutes ago, Deephaven said:

Glass is better in every way other than weight.  Even then the new Maui Jim thin glass is extremely light.  Besides the clarity you can clean glass lenses without scratching so much easier than plastic.  I have a pair of Maui's that are 15 years old and still super clear.

 

For me amber in low light and green for mid day sun.

100% agree.  My MJs are only a few years old, but they have outlasted any other pair I've had that weren't glass.  I loved my 580s too, but they're at the bottom of Lake Erie.

[Deephaven]

Good point.  The one thing that killed a pair of MJ glass lensed shades for me was driving a wee bit fast across the lake and having them fly right off my head.  When you get nice glasses make sure to tether/float them in case.

[fissure_man]

25 minutes ago, Deephaven said:

Glass is better in every way other than weight.  

 

Weight, and shatter resistance.

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5 minutes ago, fissure_man said:

shatter resistance.

Glass is not shatter resistant.  Polycarbonate lenses are.  Its says that right on Costa's website.  This is the same reason that safety lenses for shooting are not glass.  A stray BB can shatter the lens and then you've got all kinds of glass shards potentially in your eye.

[fissure_man]

That's what I'm saying.  "Glass is better in every way other than weight, and shatter resistance."

 

A reasonable argument can be made for wearing safety lenses when pitching/flipping (or during all fishing)

 

An MLF cameraman ended up in the hospital to remove shards of glass from his eye a few years ago after taking a punch weight to the face.

[MN Fisher]

I'm still trying to find a decent and affordable pair of over-the-glasses sunglasses. The flip-ups I'm using currently are alright, but don't cover the periphery. I'm not worried about shatter-resistance as my tri-focal prescriptions are polycarbonate.

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10 minutes ago, fissure_man said:

That's what I'm saying.  "Glass is better in every way other than weight, and shatter resistance."

My bad, I misunderstood your previous post.  Carry on