Photochromatic Sunglasses??

COVEC

I am thinking about getting some sunnies and fancy some of the variable tint ones,

What I would like to know from any one who has them is are they any good and do they work as advertised? I am thinking about getting either the Spesh adaptalite ones or the Rudy Project Rydons.

Cheers
COVEC

Barrie_G

Personally I'd just look to get a good pair of polarised sun glasses as these will cut any glare better than a variable tint

I've got a pair of Oakley half wires that I hardly wear preferring to wear a pair of £15 polarised shades that tend to give better visibility than the Oakley's do :roll:

musto_skiff

The trouble with polarised glasses is that they can make LCD's look odd; my HRM is hard to read with mine on ...

SteveR_100Milers

I've got some Rudy projects with a photo lens and a standard mnirrored black lens. I found that the photochromic ones are good up to a point, the problem is they don't go dark enough on very sunny days. On days of sunny intervals and worse they are pretty good, don't really notice them changing with the light conditions which must mean they are working pretty well i.e. unintrusively. Hope that helps.

magliaceleste

I'm lucky enough to have both Rudy Project Rydons (with the rose coloured photocromatic lenses) and Specialized Adaptalites for MTB work. Both are excellent.

The only time I don't wear them is when I'm in and out of trees a lot (for example an MTB race in the forest). This is purely because they don't change quite fast enough so you can't see when entering dark woodland. Not a problem on the road though.

johncp

I have some spesh adaptalite road glasses and have been delighted with them - dark enough for sunny days and also go light enough that even when I've stayed out a bit too long in the evenings the last couple of weeks I've not had too much difficulty seeing where I'm going. They're also very good at keeping the wind out of your eyes and very rarely steam up even on long slow uphill grinds

System_1

My Spesh San Remo's are fantastic. Perfect for everything but riding at night. So much better than pissing around changing lenses or having to decide which ones are best for the conditions. Just put them on and go out and ride.

nickwill

I've got Rudy Project Ekynox with photochromic lenses. They are literally 'fit and forget'.
I wear the same shades through English Winter, and the South of France in August.
They are first rate.

JonEdwards

Spesh Helix's here for both road and MTB.

Can't say I've noticed them lightening or darkening, but I don't have any visibilty problems either out in the open on a sunny day or then plunging into dense dark woodland either.

P_J_Rogers

Get Rudy Project Impact X Polarized Photochromic lenses. Does both! http://www.rudyproject.com/products/details.php?idLivello1=2&idLivello2=3&idLivello3=16&idLivello4=165&idL=1&headquarter=1&prodottiInglesi=0&ecommerce=0&idDealer=1&isADealer=&unicode=

Rehnquist

I have some made by BBB and really like them. They do as they say on the tin

portuguese mike

i have some by Zero RH and they work brilliantly (the lens is aslo made of a flexible, almost unbreakable, plastic that won't shatter in a crash- or break if you sit on them) they are absolutely awesome and i swear by them.

schlepcycling

I got some photochromatic glasses from Optilabs and they've been great in all light conditions.