costa del mar sunglasses

[passingwindII]

So i buy a pair of costas (TTII blue mirrored)sp) within 2 months the lenses start delaminating. what a bunch of crap i say. I get on there web site,it says pack in box, pre-pay this $10 handling fee to fix our shotty glasses and mail. We will give you a # so you can watch how fast we fix your glasses.So 2 weeks after thet received it, i've tracked it UPS for delivery. NOthing, says there waiting for glasses on the web site. Tried talking to someone on the phone, here let me put you on hold for 15 minutes while your there listen to this sh*tt& music.and than Sorry for the wait all of our people are busy ( no kidding lots of lenses sdrewing up)leave us your phone # and we'll call you, I promise. 24 hrs later no phone call. I had a pair of maui jims prior for 5 yrs should have stuck with what i known.

 

[SgtMaj]

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I wonder why they didn't just mail replacements? Sunglasses can't be that expensive to manufacture.

 

[bjcsc]

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I had a pair of maui jims prior for 5 yrs should have stuck with what i known.

Agreed. Mauis are the only sunglasses I wear. Years ago, I was wearing the first pair I ever bought (have three now) while riding my motorcycle. Somehow something flew in the exact trajectory to make it over my windshield and smack me in the face. All of a sudden, my glasses were hanging around my neck, one arm was broken off the lens frame with that lens missing, and the other lens was shattered, The short story is that they completely protected my eyes. I sent them in to Maui with a letter of praise and went and bought a new pair. Out of the blue, as I expected to not hear back from them, I get a package about 2 weeks later and it contains a letter thanking me for sending them in, my old destroyed glasses, and a new pair of the exact same model. I was quite surprised!

 

[gonefishie]

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Man, forget costa del mar or maui jim and stuff.......a $15 pair of solar bats from wally world is just as good as any of them.

 

[i386]

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I can only see out of one eye (birth defect) so eye protection is important to me. I wear Oakleys. You can shoot them with a shotgun and the lenses will only dimple. They're expensive, but I wear them every day for 3 or 4 years before I get new ones so I get my money's worth. I buy them at my local Honda motorcycle dealer. They handle all the customer support/warranty stuff right there in the store.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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I can only see out of one eye (birth defect) so eye protection is important to me. I wear Oakleys. You can shoot them with a shotgun and the lenses will only dimple. They're expensive, but I wear them every day for 3 or 4 years before I get new ones so I get my money's worth. I buy them at my local Honda motorcycle dealer. They handle all the customer support/warranty stuff right there in the store.

I was going to say, I also use Oakley.
Oil Drum is my choice of regular sunglasses.
Radar Path in my prescription glasses.
Pricey, but worth it.

 

[Bob_VT]

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I can only see out of one eye (birth defect) so eye protection is important to me. I wear Oakleys. You can shoot them with a shotgun and the lenses will only dimple. They're expensive, but I wear them every day for 3 or 4 years before I get new ones so I get my money's worth. I buy them at my local Honda motorcycle dealer. They handle all the customer support/warranty stuff right there in the store.

When I worked at a motorcycle dealership the oakly's have a 50% mark up..... and do not believe that they will protect you from a shotgun.... the shotgun blast will just drive them right into your head and maybe through it!!! Yes, they are safety rated.

 

[aspeck]

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There was an article in American Hunter about a year ago testing sunglasses for stopping BB's from a shotgun blast. Some of the best performers were the $10 & $15 glasses... Wish I could find that article ...

 

[Bob_VT]

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There was an article in American Hunter about a year ago testing sunglasses for stopping BB's from a shotgun blast. Some of the best performers were the $10 & $15 glasses... Wish I could find that article ...

This one?? 'http://www.nrapublications.org/TAH/Glasses.asp'

 

[aspeck]

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Yep, that is the one ... Good look-up, Bob! Thanks.

 

[i386]

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the shotgun blast will just drive them right into your head and maybe through it!!!

Only if the shot is moving fast enough to escape the force of gravity.

 

[Mike Robinson]

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I I wear Oakleys. You can shoot them with a shotgun and the lenses will only dimple.

Sounds like a good project for MYTHBUSTERS!

 

[SgtMaj]

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I wear Oakleys. You can shoot them with a shotgun and the lenses will only dimple.

At what range would be my question...

But hey, if you ride a bike, then anything that protects your eyes from flying debris or pebbles is well worth any price, and as long as it does that, then it's done enough.