Post your sunglasses! (56k need not apply) - Page 2

Typhoid · 04-06-2008, 11:45 PM

My tip on sunglasses, is fuck the price.
Don't get brand name.
Sunglasses are sunglasses.
I spent 170 on mine.
I re-thought that purchase, yet still have them.
Save yourself the money.

Happydude · 04-07-2008, 12:13 AM

so...these are the first sunglasses i had gotten

which cost about $200...i loved them...then they got lost

So i got me these ones...which weren't any cheaper...

except mine are black...i just didn't have any pictures...

then just this past November i got my girl these:

for those of you who FROWN upon expensive sunglasses, i'm not naming anybody in particular...i frown upon you! you do not cherish your eyes enough

props to all of you who have nice sunglasses.

Dyne · 04-07-2008, 03:28 PM

My polarized folding Ray-Bans are here! Finally. They are so flipping sexy.

I can't believe they fold into something smaller than my wallet but that's hard to believe now amirite!

Seriously though, I totally recommend these. I got them off ebay for $99.

Dyne · 04-19-2008, 05:35 PM

So I've been absolutely torn on buying Persol sunglasses, but I thought I'd treat myself for finishing off strongly this semester. However, I've searched and phoned everywhere, and apparently Persol sunglasses are discontinued up here. What the fuck.

I've been searching for deals on eBay though, and I homed in on this pair, which I posted in the first post of this thread:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...TODAY.m238.lVI

However, I came to the conclusion last night that I'd prefer to have another pair with brown lenses. With a bit of searching, I found this pair, finally:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PERSOL-2720-SUNG...2em118Q2el1247

So for $20 more, I found a polarized version that, overall, looks way more sexy. And guess what? Shipping is $5 less than what the first pair was, and it's 1-2 day UPS express shipping rather than $30 for shitty 3-5 day US postal service mailing. I think I lucked out here.

-alpha- · 04-19-2008, 08:16 PM

I bought these like 6 years ago, I don't wear them too often because I think the blue looks kind of gimmicky, but they're fun to use when I go down south, and also because of the grip on the side, they stay on very firmly letting me use them when skiing instead of goggles.

gekko · 04-19-2008, 10:05 PM

Oakley Nano-Wire 2.0

Professor S · 04-20-2008, 08:34 AM

If you want to see my sunglasses, you just need to walk into a drug store or five and dime and look at the rack. I've never spent more than $20 for a pair of sunglasses in my life.

BlueFire · 04-20-2008, 10:18 AM

...and I never wear sunglasses :P

Seth · 04-20-2008, 04:00 PM

What do you guys think of this article? Sun helps eyes
I only every spend $20 on sunglasses. I probably go through 2 or 3 pairs a summer because i don't take care of them.

ulala06 · 04-20-2008, 08:46 PM

$1.50, on sale... aeropostale. lol i love how stores think that you don't need sunglasses in winter and so they drop the price... i rock my shades year round AND i wear my sunglasses at night.

jeepnut · 04-20-2008, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seth

What do you guys think of this article? Sun helps eyes
I only every spend $20 on sunglasses. I probably go through 2 or 3 pairs a summer because i don't take care of them.

I don't believe one bit of that article.

Dyne · 04-21-2008, 01:42 AM

I didn't read the article, but I live by the fact that sun is healthy for 20-30 minutes, and everything after that is probably negligible. I know for a fact you need at least 20 minutes in the sun to get your serotonin flowing (which, in the winter, really affects some people when they don't get any.)

Of course they're going to test the people who ONLY wear sunglasses/glasses twenty-four-slash-seven against the people who have never worn glasses in their life.

jeepnut · 04-21-2008, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyne

Of course they're going to test the people who ONLY wear sunglasses/glasses twenty-four-slash-seven against the people who have never worn glasses in their life.

I doubt they even did that much. From my reading of the article, it seemed that the "evidence" was all anecdotal.

Angrist · 04-21-2008, 04:28 AM

Yeah, it was more of an "I believe you should do this because I think nature is healthy" article. He may have a point, but they need to do research.

I personally love the feeling of sun on my face. I often close my eyes and try to walk as far as I dare without opening them.

Dyne · 04-22-2008, 03:11 PM

So I'm a crazy son a bitch who decided to end his sunglasses shopping spree with a pair of old Persol's off this german vintage sunglasses site that was having a 50% off sale on Persols. I really couldn't refuse. It was between the Persols that Arnold wore in Terminator 2, and a toned-down version of the classic Persol 649's, which are way too round.

Persol 624:

Plus it has all the cool features of the 649's - victor flex on the bridge, which means the front part of the glasses bend just like the meflecto arms do. The entire glasses mold to your face. Not to mention, the badassery of the pure mineral lenses. Awwww yeah.

So yeah, that's it for glasses for me for a long time.