As a Northern European I may be more sensitive to sunlight than most.
I (44m) used to wear Oakley’s in my late teens/early 20s, loved them for snowboarding or just on a day out.
Fast forwarding two decades to last summer when I saw these Oakley Turbine Rotor while shopping with the family and absolutely loved them!
My wife surprised me with a new pair for my birthday at the end of the summer. As an avid sailor spending loads of time on the water, she went for the transparent frames and Prizm Deep Water Blue lenses. She had to have them custom built because the combination of transparent frames and deep water lenses isn’t offered by default. Absolutely stunning!
I noticed that these lenses were a lot less dark than the ones I normally have, but the summer came to an end and I didn’t think much about it, until…
We went to the Canary Islands for Christmas to go sailing. I’m starting to really hate these glasses and regret I didn’t bring my $30 Decathlon “category 4 polarized” glasses I normally wear.
To give you an idea how bad these are, let me start by saying that when wearing a hat and the lenses are in the shade, it’s doable (but just barely). However, when things get exiting on the water and wearing a hat is no longer feasible, these glasses become utterly useless:
•The transparent frames reflect sunlight, so at certain angles you consistently have to deal with the sunlight glare in your eyes
•The lenses are polarized, but barely so. If the sun reflect on the water, it’s squinting galore! It’s literally impossible to look at buoys if these are in the glare
•If the sun is anywhere in sight, you are squinting
•When I’m on the front deck and looking at the crew in the cockpit, while the sun is behind them, I can’t tell who is who, their faces are just shadows and it’s impossible to see any details.
I don’t know what to do. Again, I absolutely love the frames and the fact my wife went to so much trouble customizing these for me that I really want to make this work.
Does Oakley offer (MUCH) darker lenses with stronger/better polarization that would suit me better?
How can it be that these $30 cat.4 glasses from Decathlon are doing such a better job than a brand like Oakley? I’m afraid to think how these glasses are going to fare during in the blazing sun of the Caribbean.
Any help or insights is greatly appreciated!
I (44m) used to wear Oakley’s in my late teens/early 20s, loved them for snowboarding or just on a day out.
Fast forwarding two decades to last summer when I saw these Oakley Turbine Rotor while shopping with the family and absolutely loved them!
My wife surprised me with a new pair for my birthday at the end of the summer. As an avid sailor spending loads of time on the water, she went for the transparent frames and Prizm Deep Water Blue lenses. She had to have them custom built because the combination of transparent frames and deep water lenses isn’t offered by default. Absolutely stunning!
I noticed that these lenses were a lot less dark than the ones I normally have, but the summer came to an end and I didn’t think much about it, until…
We went to the Canary Islands for Christmas to go sailing. I’m starting to really hate these glasses and regret I didn’t bring my $30 Decathlon “category 4 polarized” glasses I normally wear.
To give you an idea how bad these are, let me start by saying that when wearing a hat and the lenses are in the shade, it’s doable (but just barely). However, when things get exiting on the water and wearing a hat is no longer feasible, these glasses become utterly useless:
•The transparent frames reflect sunlight, so at certain angles you consistently have to deal with the sunlight glare in your eyes
•The lenses are polarized, but barely so. If the sun reflect on the water, it’s squinting galore! It’s literally impossible to look at buoys if these are in the glare
•If the sun is anywhere in sight, you are squinting
•When I’m on the front deck and looking at the crew in the cockpit, while the sun is behind them, I can’t tell who is who, their faces are just shadows and it’s impossible to see any details.
I don’t know what to do. Again, I absolutely love the frames and the fact my wife went to so much trouble customizing these for me that I really want to make this work.
Does Oakley offer (MUCH) darker lenses with stronger/better polarization that would suit me better?
How can it be that these $30 cat.4 glasses from Decathlon are doing such a better job than a brand like Oakley? I’m afraid to think how these glasses are going to fare during in the blazing sun of the Caribbean.
Any help or insights is greatly appreciated!
