Im looking for some oakleys?

BBH

Stanley222 wrote:

BBH wrote:

Got mine through on saturday (so fast delivery) - went for the white frames.

From eBay / fakes? From shiningstar?

Yep, shiningstar (link on page 1)

hulla the hulla wrote:

BBH wrote:

Got mine through on saturday (so fast delivery) - went for the white frames.
Look really good - lens clips in/out easily with same mechanism for jawbones.
Materials are probably (??) not as strong as the oakleys but they seem good for the money - only long-term test will tell. Will probably buy another pair if these hold up over the next few months - recommended, cheers chaps!!

I got the same ones. Already had a pair of real Jawbones that came with clear and dark iridium. Have taken the clear lenses and stuck em in the chOakleys so now I don't need to swap lenses over. Agree with some that the lenses from ShiningStar are not the best so should be avoided.

Why to be avoided??
I dont seem to see any evidence to back up these claims about the chinese lenses vs real oakley lenses. What happens to your eyes (wrt UV rays) if u ride without any glasses on in the 1st place?? or your riding with some safety glasses on?? - the safety glasses (in the majority) are not tested with protection against UV rays so what is the difference. I agree oakleys are great and I have tried some on before, but they are soooooo expensive, I may get some real lenses for £40 and put them in the frames, but for now I am staying put. I am not being argumentative but am looking for some evidence that these lenses are harmful, that’s all.

oldwelshman

I also got some more and some BOAO fakes from dealextreme, they have loads.
They are not advertised as brand, they are advertised as designer sports glasses :-) but they are advertised as UV400 so they should be ok, I have no probles with the ones I have so far.

cougie

BBH - if you ride without glasses at all then the iris constricts, reducing the amount of light and UV that gets in.

If you ride with darkened glasses that dont block UV - then the iris widens - letting the UV flood in.

If its a choice between those two - you'd be safer UV wise with no glasses.

hulla the hulla

BBH - reason for me saying to be avoided is that they are untested / unproven etc and from my personal experience when checking out the glasses when I first got the chOakley fakes, they were a little off optically and started doing funny things to my eyes whereas Oakleys are known and well regarded and IMHO optically superior, nothing more than that and I'm certainly not suggesting they are harmful. It could be that they are perfectly fine, will cause no damage and are as robust as the genuine article, I hope so for those that aren't willing / able to buy real Oakley lenses.

Perhaps my choice of words was poor, rather I should have said, Shining Stars lenses are untested, proceed with caution.

All in all, for £17.50 I have another frame to which I can add real lenses so for my purposes it's great VFM.

koicarp

The chinese lenses have stickers on them saying the lenses are made of Polycarbonate. Probably 90% of all sunglass lenses are made of Polycarbonate, including Oakley. Marketing in California has been hard at work: "For years Oakley has used a proprietary polycarbonate-like material called Plutonite..."

The question is whether the polycarbonate is an appropriate grade or not. A little research shows there are thousands of grades of polycarbonate available, ranging from stuff you use to roof your shed, through to stuff used in your digital SLR camera lens system. Oakley's tests involving firing ball bearings, dropping metal spikes and shining lasers do show that Oakley's lenses have better impact and optical properties than average sunglasses.

But my hunch is that normal sports sunglasses rarely have to protect users from heavy metal spikes falling from 4', or large ball bearings travelling at 100mph, so the impact specifications are overkill as all those other sunglasses seem to work fine. Yes there is an optical difference, but you can easily see if it's an issue. In my view these will be no worse than cheap sunglasses from Boots or the petrol station.

If you're still concerned, I'm sure some of you could develop some scientific tests in your shed. I'm thinking some sort of impact pendulum apparatus, plus a print out of the ANSI clarity chart to test the optics. Obviously Tour magazine or similar isn't going to provide a comprehensive test as Choakley doesn't advertise.

mrbrightside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_GL9XNjcBI

lochindaal

I use Oakley Half jackets with the XLJ lens which works perfectly for me. They are also about 1/2 the price of jawbones.

For riding in the winter I think the Choakleys are ideal.

for the summer real oakley lenses every time. For anyone wanting to debate the merits of UV resistance, blah, blah, blah I would say when you get the chance wear your normal full UV protection lenses and then try on some Oakleys as a comparison. You will notice a huge difference in clarity and your eyes seem to relax.

I got my wife to do this when driving in France by trying my glasses against her cheapo's and she now wears Oakley all the time.

PhildB

Couldn't agree more with the above post, - get the right lenses for the weather conditions for the day, and they are an absolutely pleasure and joy to wear, - like a graphics card upgrade for eyes 8)

mrbrightside

+2, i travel a lot with work and was suffering with eye strain/migranes... rectified wearing Oakleys on bright days.