Polarized sunnies. What are you using atm ?
Submitted by Markie on Wed, 2016-11-30 19:02
Wondering what everyone is using atm and what lense they are using for there desired style of fishing (deep blue, estuary etc)
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Polarized sunnies. What are you using atm ?
Submitted by Markie on Wed, 2016-11-30 19:02
Wondering what everyone is using atm and what lense they are using for there desired style of fishing (deep blue, estuary etc) |
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dodgy
Posts: 4580
Date Joined: 01/02/10
Maui jims bronze for my day
Maui jims bronze for my day to day. Got some smoke flying Fishermans that I prefer for offshore and looking at spreads.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Swompa
Posts: 3902
Date Joined: 14/10/12
Ray Bans but like Maui's
Ray Bans but like Maui's
Jim
Posts: 1336
Date Joined: 05/05/06
Aerials in dark grey.
Aerials in dark grey.
Bend over
JorgoF390
Posts: 23
Date Joined: 14/11/16
As I have over time
As I have over time developed a bit of a obcesive compulsive dissorder for good quality GLASS lens Polaroid glasses - Maui Jims - last time i counted i have 7 pairs - bronze, grey, rose and blue lens's - I still have my first pair I bought over 14yrs ago and where them regularly - I use them for their awsom lens quality and salt water durabilty.
Bronze - low to medium light - esturary / river
Rose - for driving
Grey - Riding
Blue - Deep sea - high glare - I swear you could almost weld with these there thaf dark....
The only advice I can give is by GLASS only and BUY overseas if possible - cause their Freaken expensive here in Aus
Otis Glass are very good aswell - check out sunnyside website
trymyluck
Posts: 908
Date Joined: 06/05/12
Ive stopped buying
Ive stopped buying Spotters,the last pair were pretty ordinary and I found the cheapies were just as good, no more $300 Spotters or $500 Maui Jims.
big john
Posts: 8758
Date Joined: 20/07/06
Cancer Council
Whatever $30-$40 pair of Cancer Council sunnies are on special at the local chemist when I realise I've lost my current pair.
WA based manufacturer and supplier of premium leadhead jigs, fligs, bucktail jigs, 'bulletproof' soft plastic jig heads and XOS bullet jig heads.
Jigs available online in my web store!
Tradewind
Posts: 754
Date Joined: 18/09/12
Maui Jim in BronzeThe
Maui Jim in Bronze
The oversized ones fit a big head like mine comfortably
I slay the crabs scoopipng with them and great visibility on the ocean
Edit: If you've got a big head and the spotters etc don't fit well the model I suggest to check out is Haleakala
Bodie
Posts: 3758
Date Joined: 05/11/07
Spotters for me, glass
Spotters for me, glass lenses, nice polarized sunnier but for me it's more about comfort than cost or quality
Travisd
Posts: 315
Date Joined: 07/05/11
Otis sunnies
brown polaroid glass lenses from Sunnieside. Maui Jim's are nice but you can buy two pairs from Sunnieside for the price of one maui jim
Good quality and very comfy
Baron Sportsman
Just the depth that Varies
striker
Posts: 226
Date Joined: 26/09/14
Used to buy spotters
but the last couple of pairs have been Maui Jims always go the glass lenses though , one bronze and one blue pair.
Wouldnt go back to spotters now just feel a bit clunky n heavy in comparison.
Boydy
Posts: 623
Date Joined: 26/09/12
Maui Jims
Peahi's with the bronze ultra thin glass lens.
Best sunnies by far for me, frames and lenses.
Previously had Otis, Spotters, Mako and Oakley.
dodgy
Posts: 4580
Date Joined: 01/02/10
Yep. That's what I find most
Yep. That's what I find most comfortable.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
fishcrazy
Posts: 1235
Date Joined: 27/01/07
ugly fish
In smoke grey but not very impressed mako too narrow fit . Was lookin at spotterss maybe
Shimka
Posts: 465
Date Joined: 06/02/14
Spotters amber photochromic.
Spotters amber photochromic. I wear them every time I set foot outside between sunrise & sunset. They perform best for freshwater/estuary but they are good enough to get by on the blue stuff. 3yrs & they are as good as new. Seriously, there's not a mark on them anywhere. Considering what I put mine through, it really makes me wonder how people treat their glasses when they say Spotters don't last.
streaker boy
Posts: 527
Date Joined: 23/05/09
Costas in the 580's glass
Costas in the 580's glass
mullows
Posts: 738
Date Joined: 25/12/08
Had Costas and the lenses
Had Costas and the lenses were very good but the frame disintegrated around them over an 18month period. Have Maui Jims now and I like them as well.
Cheers
Mullows
The Older I get the better I was :-)
jng
Posts: 488
Date Joined: 03/08/07
maui jims
maui jims
mickconn
Posts: 47
Date Joined: 24/03/13
Mako in Copper
Sleek Xl Photochromic, I like them and wear them all the time,cracked the glass on a pair that I had for 6 years couple of weeks ago and picked a new pair $150 so not too pricey.
Rick
Posts: 1115
Date Joined: 22/12/06
Maui
Maui Jims for me also, found them to be the most comfortable. Not the cheapest around, but they are great quality, and comfortable when wearing all day long !
PGFC Member
crasny1
Posts: 7003
Date Joined: 16/10/08
Fishing
Mako's for sure, driving and general wear the Rayban New Wayfarer Tortoise shell (Polarized).
Have tried both out scooping for crabs and swear the mako's are better.
Have a nephew that comes scooping during summer, and he uses my glasses for this as he is a poor student. He grabs the Mako's before I even have a chance.
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact!!" _ Elon Musk
Uluabuster
Posts: 725
Date Joined: 12/12/10
You guys are lucky. I am
You guys are lucky. I am short sighted and that leaves with very few choices.
Wanted to go Maui Jims, but either the frame I want couldn't fit the thickness of my lens or they couldn't make it any thinner. Spent at least 3 weeks going in and out of Bupa Optical to find a solution but couldn't find any.
At the end, my prescription sunnies from Spotters solved the problem.
Had another pair of Rudy Project prescription (they have separate lens clipped onto the sunnies) but the clarity and contrast ain't as good as Spotters.
With low nose bridge, my choices for sunnies are even more limited. :(
fishing fanatic
Posts: 809
Date Joined: 01/05/09
spotters with pentrator
spotters with pentrator lenses for shallow stuff, river, general use. oakleys in the deep water prizm for blue water stuff or spotters in the blue chromatic glass
fishing fanatic
Posts: 809
Date Joined: 01/05/09
spotters with pentrator
spotters with pentrator lenses for shallow stuff, river, general use. oakleys in the deep water prizm for blue water stuff or spotters in the blue chromatic glass
catchalittle
Posts: 1875
Date Joined: 04/09/08
mako's barra in the blue
mako's barra in the blue glass lense or oakley polarized lenses
Nathan
Noxious
Posts: 504
Date Joined: 22/12/11
Just bought a pair of
Just bought a pair of Spotters 'Cruiz' with the ice blue lense. Did a bit of research and apparently the blue lense is best for high glare and bluewater. Which suits most of the fishing i do perfectly.
I've worn my mates Spotters with the penetrator lense, while they work great and you can see detail under water I didn't particularly care for the way they showed colour, which seemed very unnatural to me.
joycey
Posts: 251
Date Joined: 28/05/11
Maui jim
Maui jim
sphere
Posts: 101
Date Joined: 07/01/15
Used to have a few pairs of
Used to have a few pairs of Makos. Last two lenses have been some iridium thing from OPSM with Oakley Frame. The Frame for comfort and the lenses for refelction. As my eyes are rooted and have to wear visual aids I havent bothered not wearing anything less than polarized sunnies for well over 10years.
As I work at sea my main focus is about the glare. They come in handing scooping or checking out the beach conditions occassionally
Iseedeadfish
Posts: 36
Date Joined: 27/01/15
My first ever pair was Mako's
My first ever pair was Mako's with a poly lense. Was real happy with them for fishing and driving. Just grabbed another one in the GT in rose glass and its even better.
More importantly though they fit my head perfectly.