Just 1 Month into it.

[SecretNinja]

She doesn't want a pair of X Metals. I asked and pretty much insisted. She is afraid that she will mess them up or lose them.

 

[kronin323]

I really don't classify those in the Metal family. I bought those really cheap, as a gift for my wife. She's been wearing cheapo sunglasses. I thought she deserves a pair of good ones.

Correct - I have nothing against the neXt-metals; I own two madmans and would own a badman if they fit me well (but they don't). But calling them x-metals is just marketing retconning, and IMO has actually hurt their reputation - people compare them unfavorably (and justifiably so) against the originals, when, if evaluated for their own merits, they're decent. See dead horse #2...

---Official "Dead Horse" thread--- | Oakley Forum

 

[OakleyFrankFMJ]

Correct - I have nothing against the neXt-metals; I own two madmans and would own a badman if they fit me well (but they don't). But calling them x-metals is just marketing retconning, and IMO has actually hurt their reputation - people compare them unfavorably (and justifiably so) against the originals, when, if evaluated for their own merits, they're decent. See dead horse #2...

---Official "Dead Horse" thread--- | Oakley Forum

If only there was a photo of something that Oakley put in their stores describing what an X-Metal truly is/was.

 

[SecretNinja]

I wear my Oakleys all day everyday. If I could only get that Rx made for some Juliets in a clear lense.

 

[kronin323]

Hey @kronin323. I knew you would be popping in this one soon.

Really I rarely browse the collection area; posting here turns into a bunch of alerts for "looks great"-type posts...

But I noticed the activity here and checked it out...

 

[kronin323]

If only there was a photo of something that Oakley put in their stores describing what an X-Metal truly is/was.

Hmmm, you mean like this plaque???

 

[SecretNinja]

I always seem to create some kinda trouble when I come in. See what I started by name dropping Ikon lenses?

 

[OakleyFrankFMJ]

Hmmm, you mean like this plaque???

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And THERE IT IS!!!!!

 

[kronin323]

See what I started by name dropping Ikon lenses?

Nothing wrong with that. We have aftermarket manufacturers LineGear and Walleva as forum sponsors; used to have Fuse as well but they seem to have dropped it...

I've said before, I'm not saying all aftermarkets are crap. Just that subjective opinions are worthless; objective tests are required to prove quality.

It's proper skepticism - not being closed-minded, instead being open-minded to anything... as long as there's objective proof to back up the claims.

 

[SecretNinja]

I agree @kronin323.