Tips on ski sunglasses

Huwcyn wrote:Until I can be convinced that there are good science/technology reasons for their high price, being a Cardi, I will consider Oakleys a rip-off.

they do seem expensive, I use bollé, cebe and alpina in harsher conditions than skiers would experience and they're fine without the price tag

My OH has bollé ones and he loves them!

ise wrote:

Huwcyn wrote:Until I can be convinced that there are good science/technology reasons for their high price, being a Cardi, I will consider Oakleys a rip-off.

they do seem expensive, I use bollé, cebe and alpina in harsher conditions than skiers would experience and they're fine without the price tag

They're not cheap either.

I can't see that they do anything more than a decent pair of polarised for £10 -£15 would do. People think they need the brand name to be credible - sad.

I wear dirty dog polarised sunnies. They rrp at £50, you can buy them online for £12 plus P&P and they look cool too.

I concur

Huwcyn wrote:

ise wrote:

Huwcyn wrote:Until I can be convinced that there are good science/technology reasons for their high price, being a Cardi, I will consider Oakleys a rip-off.

they do seem expensive, I use bollé, cebe and alpina in harsher conditions than skiers would experience and they're fine without the price tag

They're not cheap either.

I can't see that they do anything more than a decent pair of polarised for £10 -£15 would do. People think they need the brand name to be credible - sad.

It could be you've damaged your eyes already then :)

The problem is a lot of cheap glasses don't offer adequate eye protection for prolonged use at height in intense sunlight. I've bought cheap glasses in the UK for driving there and they're just fine, but they don't work well day after day at height.

As a point of fact, having polarised glasses isn't going to help you in snow, reflected light from snow isn't polarized, as a recap about 80% light hitting snow is reflected so that's quite a bit of light. Obviously it doesn't do any harm to have polarized glasses but if that's the measure you're using to select glasses for skiing or mountain use it's not a good measure.

I only mentioned bollé, cebe and alpina because you can pick them up for under 50 quid a pair and they seem to last well, I wear them for work and they're fine and I know other people that do as well.

Huwcyn wrote:

ise wrote:

Huwcyn wrote:Until I can be convinced that there are good science/technology reasons for their high price, being a Cardi, I will consider Oakleys a rip-off.

they do seem expensive, I use bollé, cebe and alpina in harsher conditions than skiers would experience and they're fine without the price tag

They're not cheap either.

I can't see that they do anything more than a decent pair of polarised for £10 -£15 would do. People think they need the brand name to be credible - sad.

Have you tried both?

People just like having brands that represent style and quality, not everyone thinks they 'need' the brand name.

ise wrote:

It could be you've damaged your eyes already then :)

The problem is a lot of cheap glasses don't offer adequate eye protection for prolonged use at height in intense sunlight. I've bought cheap glasses in the UK for driving there and they're just fine, but they don't work well day after day at height.

As a point of fact, having polarised glasses isn't going to help you in snow, reflected light from snow isn't polarized, as a recap about 80% light hitting snow is reflected so that's quite a bit of light. Obviously it doesn't do any harm to have polarized glasses but if that's the measure you're using to select glasses for skiing or mountain use it's not a good measure.

I only mentioned bollé, cebe and alpina because you can pick them up for under 50 quid a pair and they seem to last well, I wear them for work and they're fine and I know other people that do as well.

At least I don't blindly :D buy anything just because there's a designer label on it.
I hadn't realised that height affected lenses. I can understand why polarised lenses don't necessarily help, and can sometimes even hinder, visibility when skiing. That is because of reflected light being horizontal in polarity, and disrupting that with polarised lenses can make moguls etc. more difficult to 'read'. A plain 'black' lens should be sufficient to mitigate the brightness of snow therefore, and an even cheaper pair should be adequate