Palmetto Proving Grounds

I've never understood the concept of paying a lot of money for sun glasses. Even walmart has good polarized glasses, and considering how easy they are to break or lose I'm more worried about how they work instead who sees I have expensive sunglasses. Protect my eyes, and help me see better on the water the few chances I get out there each year. I'll spend my $ on a nicer charter boat instead lol. To each their own however.

Over the years i have owned nearly every brand of sunglasses including MAui Jim rayban Oakleys smithetc.
All have served me well. Maui jims were the lightest pair and very comfortable to wear. to me great lenses. i Currently ride a Motorcycle on the weekends and wear Costa's Man o war glasses with side pieces that block wind and peripheral glare. love the glasses.

iAs a youngman went through 10 or 15 pair of 10 to 15 dollar sunglasses working in myrtle beach. i would leave them on a table or sit on them or some girl would work her ways and end up with my glasses. After i bought my first pair of RAy BAns from Moe Levy"s in columbia (Aviators) i took car of every pair i had and all lasted for years. mattter of fact my 18 year old daughter found my old aviators in a drawer last year and wore them for 6 months . now i don't know where they are. LOL
to each there own

Highly recommend Maui's...had mine for several years and will not buy anything else again. Esp. if you like to fish.

I have a pair of Costa's because I like the way they look and the way they feel. They are obviously overpriced, but I don't care.

Not all Maui's are 300. You can get some great pair between 159-200

Being an eye doc, I can tell u the old adage applies in that u get what u pay for.

IMO- you should always get polarized as this treatment to a sunglass blocks all reflected light from different surfaces like water, snow, and the road. So it's a must when you are talking about increasing your quality of vision. As far as MJ- they go a step further than other sunglass companies in that they treat their lenses with anti reflective coating on the front and back surface of the lenses to cut down even more error potentially entering into the eye.
My favorite lenses are Oakley just for the fact that they have a vast assortment of different lens tints and colors. Maui does not vary the selection there. It usually has a gray tint or amber. Oakley has about 10-15 different tints that can enhance your vision for any situation. For example, I have a patient who is a mountain biker but doesn't want it too dark but wants protection. So in his case Oakley was the best as far as light transmission.
One other point I make to my patients is that the sunglasses that do not have a UV protection sticker on it.....do not buy. It's just a tinted lens and actually can allow for more UV light to enter in with a dilated pupil behind a dark lens. So be careful there.
Also remember that the name brand sunglasses that historically are good, like the ones posted in this thread, have the tint INSIDE the lens and not coated on like the $25 jobs u will find at Wally world. Not that it is bad but again you get what you pay for.

All this clear as mud? Anyone who read all this crap will be sent a bill.....go cocks!!!

i don't know, but costas for me for any reason outside.

falling off any month might

Own Oakelys, Costas & MJ.

I bought the MJ's for playing golf and love them, hardly tell they are there and don't fog up on me.
All my golfing buddies have MJ's ,thats how I found out about them.
Love the Costas, But they are a heavier set I use for fishing, beach and driving.
There are online sunglass outlets that will save you major $ if you know exactly what style you want.