Which sunnies do you use?

[Mr Bomb]

My Oakley's are about had it with scratches etc and I find that it is also a lot harder to get a good seal with my new Bose X headset.

Was wondering what you guys and girls might use that is a decent set of sunnies, that has a thin frame, that doesn't affect the seal on your headset and also doesn't impose pressure spots when wearing them under a headset.

All info greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Mr Bomb

[kiwiblue]

hmmmm... a similar thread here a few months ago, complete with poll if I remember correctly. Done to death.

However: Serengeti's for me. None better.

[tail wheel]

Search function (http://www.pprune.org/forums/search.php) should save us a lot of repetitious threads every week or so, ad infinitum!! :=
Buying Serengetis in Sydney (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=268585&highlight=sunnies).
Good Sunnies to wear for flying (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=259542&highlight=sunnies).
Contacts+Sunnies VS Sunnies with correction (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=239996&highlight=sunnies).
Contact Lens (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=167356&highlight=sunnies).Or read all the threads (http://www.pprune.org/forums/search.php?searchid=1748059) yourself! :ok:

There - I've even done the homework for you! :D

Tail Wheel

P.S. Which brand throws in one of those "Jetpilot" stickers for my car back window? They must be good sunnies! :ok:

[Scurvy.D.Dog]

...ditto Kiwiblue .... Serengeti's hands down :ok:

[Hailstop3]

Serengeti's hands down. Cost a packet, but tax detuctable for our job. Awesome performance, comfy, and so scratch resistant its unbelieveable

[Lefthanded_Rock_Thrower]

Just got a new pair of Serengeti Aviators ( not like the tossy Raybans ), absolutely awesome ( rather expensive but worth it )

[ScottyDoo]

Silhouettes.

Very light-weight, very thin arms to fit under your headset, good UV specs, too.

Flexible.

Good coverage of your field of view and no blind-spots due to the frame.

[Tiger 77]

Can't really afford sunnies so I just close my eyes. Flying inside clouds also helps.

Tiger

[training wheels]

Yeah, with trying to keep my MECIR current, can't afford anything decent :ouch: .. for those bright sunny days however, orange cellophane over the eyes does the trick!

[haughtney1]

A $20AUD pair of el cheapo sunnies purchased off a dodgy looking italian bloke at a stand in the centre-point shopping place when I was in SYD earlier this year.
They work better than any serengeti/oakley/Rayban pair I have ever owned:ok:

[Lancelot37]

>>
Just got a new pair of Serengeti Aviators ( not like the tossy Raybans ), absolutely awesome ( rather expensive but worth it ) <<

Knock £100 off and they would be still too expensive!
I'm still wearing some that I got in Fremantle, Oz for $6 about 10 years ago.

[Sunfish]

Whatever you do, don't use polarised lenses, and I'd stick to quality glasses especially as your eyes age.

Tried a pair of my polarised fishing glasses last summer, they were really a treat on hot glarey days, very restful on the eyes..........I had two near misses at intersections while driving that week.......and on the weekend missed a fuel pump switch and a few other things while flying.....and realised that the problem was the glasses - peripheral vision and also looking down. They also can blank out any display using LCD technology like the Garmin transponder and a few others.

I stick with Serengetis, but they don't go on until cruise because the lenses are just thick enough to distort a little on the periphery.

[Aussie]

Raybans courtesy of the company :)

Working well so far :ok:

[knox]

Arnette for me. Probably not the best optics in the world.... but damn they look cool.

Knox.

[Lancelot37]

They are all probably made in China for £3 a pair regardless of what it says on the label.

A friend had a factory making jeans for one of the largest companies in the world. They supplied the materials. He was paid 68 pence a pair in 1980. They sold for around £20 then.

[Lancelot37]

>>Arnette for me. Probably not the best optics in the world.... but damn they look cool. <<

How does temperature come into it?

[kingtoad]

I'm into the $20 servo sunnies atm. If I drop em, stand on em, drop heavy stuff onto them after I've dropped them - I don't cry, I just go to the nearest servo.

I even don't care if my 1yo son gets ahold of them. Still meet all the UV standards etc. And think of all that money left over for chocolate, icecream & other sticky things.:ok:

[Tarq57]

I use squints. And sometimes blinks/rubs/shakes. Or just look away.

[NZFlyingKiwi]

I've recently bought some Serengeti's, and they're definitely very good. Very lightweight, and they don't get uncomfortable even under my crappy cheap headset.

[PA39]

Big W $10 specials

[SmokingHole]

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb319/hairyplane/EdnaPink2.jpg

[aero junkie]

$25 pair from trademe :}

Mirror tinted of course :E

[Howard Hughes]

I use squints. And sometimes blinks/rubs/shakes. Or just look away.
Putting an ERC up on the window also works quite well!:ok:

For some reason CASA seems to frown on this when you are 'single pilot'...:rolleyes:

[Towering Q]

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/towering_q/termA.jpg

[White and Fluffy]

Whatever the punters leave in the back of the aircraft. Hence I always claim the flights with the rich clients, they have better sunnies!

[ScottyDoo]

Whatever you do, don't use polarised lenses

..........I had two near misses at intersections while driving that week.......and on the weekend missed a fuel pump switch and a few other things while flying.....


Bit rich to blame your driving on the sunnies..... :cool: I wear polaroids all the time at work. $25.00 Cancer Council 'Glarefoils' from Kilo-Mart.


and realised that the problem was the glasses - peripheral vision


That would be the arms.


the problem was .... also looking down.


I think I know what your problem is: you're flying with your head pointed at the floor!


They also can blank out any display using LCD technology like the Garmin transponder and a few others.

They are polarised glasses. The symbol-generator in the LCD screens should be aligned with the 'X' axis to the vertical and therefore your polaroids will only blank out the screen if you fly with your head on sideways.

If the LCD screen is incorrectly oriented, simply fly with your head leaning sideways. :cool:

:zzz:

[404 Titan]

ScottyDoo

Your “X” axis theory is all very nice in theory only. Try them on in any flight deck with windshield heat and EFIS and your world becomes psychedelic. Polarised sunglasses have no place on any flight deck, period.

[ScottyDoo]

I do use them with EFIS (LCDs) and don't have a problem. Window heat, too.

Maybe you're confusing your psychadelia with LSD :8???

Polarised sunglasses have no place on any flight deck, period.

Stop being such a scare-monger... :rolleyes:

[404 Titan]

ScottyDoo

I will grant you LCD’s generally aren’t a problem but CRT’s most definitely are and in 22 years I haven’t yet found a heated cockpit window that doesn’t look like an oil slick through polarised lenses. Scare-monger? No. Realist? Yes:ok:

[PA39]

The same ones Stevie Wonder wears!!

[Towering Q]

I don't suppose it matters if his are polarised.:8

[UnderneathTheRadar]

...you could wear them out at night too....

http://www.orsm.net/fem/2007/got_to_be_gay/images/got_to_be_gay_05.jpg

[neville_nobody]

Maui Jims are the way to go IMHO. The best lenses around, and you can get them prescription if required.

As for polarization the CASA documentation says you should not wear them whilst flying because it screws up your depth perception whilst landing. I thought it was bollocks as I had always worn polarised lenses, however after chatting to a ophthalmologist he agrees with CASA.

[Sunfish]

Errr, no Scotty, the glasses I was wearing were designed for "polaroiding" trout (Fly fishing technique), and most definitely screw up your view of an LCD display especially if its on the RHS of the cockpit and you are looking at it on a slant.

And I stand by what I said. after a week of wearing these things every day, I was getting more and more irritated by something I couldn't quite put my finger on, plus two near misses driving and aforementioned cockpit screwups. The depth perception and peripheral vision was definitely screwed up and it had nothing to do with the arms of frame design. I've never experienced this before or since.

They were very, very restful on the eyes on a glary day, however, and they now stay where they belong - with the fly rod.

[cficare]

A pair of $9 wrap around safety glasses (smoke lens) are the best i've had for flying and driving. When you scratch/lose them ....who cares!

[BUSH PILOT]

Eagle Eyes are the way to go!
I have a pair of eagle eyes aviators and they are the most comfortable sunnies around and are so easy on the eyes. Also there is no distortion and no loss in depth perception.
Check them out at www.eagleeyes.com (http://www.eagleeyes.com)
They're relativley cheap too and IMHO can't be beat.:ok: