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BOOMAN

VIC

333 posts

BOOMAN

VIC, 333 posts

11 Dec 2005 3:48pm

i saw an ad for blueye sunnies in australian kiteboardser they are a good price at 80 bucks has anyone used em or got any recomendations on kite eyeware?

RAL INN

2898 posts

RAL INN

SA, 2898 posts

11 Dec 2005 3:38pm

80bucks for them or 300 for waterjackets.
how much are you eyes worth?

One of my clients and friend is a bigwig at Oakley so I use waterjackets.

best winds
Tony L
ABK

BOOMAN

VIC

333 posts

BOOMAN

VIC, 333 posts

11 Dec 2005 8:31pm

much diffrence?

ickites

12 posts

ickites

WA, 12 posts

11 Dec 2005 5:50pm

Ive been using them for over one year LOVE THEM!!!!!
had few pairs of seaspecs, lost them or they have fallen apart
I paid more than 80 for mine, they came with two lens, one for sunlight other for dusk, where can you purcahse them for 80? I paid 150. Its nice to have the softer goggle frames touching your face.

BOOMAN

VIC

333 posts

BOOMAN

VIC, 333 posts

11 Dec 2005 11:17pm

in australian kiteboarder page 84 check it out and 85 is the dealer enquires page

sweet sounds good have u tried water jackets compared to them?

ickites

12 posts

ickites

WA, 12 posts

11 Dec 2005 8:31pm

Havnt tried them.... $300??? !!!! sounds expensive If your careless like myself, I went thru 3 pairs of sea specs in one year!!!
Ive had my Bluewear goggles for over a year still Have the same pair! amaaazing

ickites

12 posts

ickites

WA, 12 posts

11 Dec 2005 8:34pm

Are the water jackets google style??
do they have air vents like the blueyewear???

Thomo

204 posts

Thomo

WA, 204 posts

12 Dec 2005 7:08am

I use Industrial Safety Glasses Artic Gold (Smoke) 15 bucks and a stap from a sunnie shop TOO EASY!!!!! why the hell are you guys paying $300, must be for the fashion!!!!! I lost a pair in the water the other day 1st set in 2 years, no probs replaced the same day!!!!

RAL INN

2898 posts

RAL INN

SA, 2898 posts

12 Dec 2005 10:16am

the Blueye, slim, $145rrp
Those we've supplied them to are happy.

Oakley waterjackets, are great and do the job really cooly.

And isn't kitesurfing all about looking cool.

However if the nosepad starts to loosen quickly reglue it, they are made out of Unobtainium. also ditch the leash cord as that rubber joiner is as useful as tits on a bull. Make your own but be careful to allow for it not to choke you when they fall off and sea anchor.

If you want I can sus out a sly deal.

Just remember "10$ eyes $10 sunnies".

best winds
Tony L

Thomo

204 posts

Thomo

WA, 204 posts

12 Dec 2005 9:27am

The Industial Safetys are made to Aus Industry Standards so they are also very strong!!

Is that the same a cheap kite cheap rider!!!!

GalahOnTheBay

NSW

4188 posts

GalahOnTheBay

NSW, 4188 posts

12 Dec 2005 1:16pm

you guys buying water jackets must have way to much cash to ber buying those sunnies which will just get the shiznit scratched out of them after about 3 seesions

BOOMAN

VIC

333 posts

BOOMAN

VIC, 333 posts

12 Dec 2005 2:26pm

industrial......
are they polarised and all that stuff?

kitesufring is about lookinbg kool 2.... lol

how scratchproof are the blueye any one know?

Thomo

204 posts

Thomo

WA, 204 posts

12 Dec 2005 11:51am

The MSA Artic are wrap around and black framed and look good as far as Im concerned!!!!, but if you are shallow enough to worry about what other people think and looking realy cool go the Oakleys or the Blueyes and while your at it, putting the boardies on over your wettie.

Mine are great and do the job nicely with the worry of loosing or scatching them!!!

puppetonastring

3619 posts

puppetonastring

WA, 3619 posts

12 Dec 2005 12:02pm

quote:
Originally posted by Thomo

Mine are great and do the job nicely !!!

NTM they go really well with the hat

thats called payback - U know what for

ickites

12 posts

ickites

WA, 12 posts

12 Dec 2005 12:03pm

any lens will scratch, mine arnt too bad actually considering But...
I can only compare them to seaspecs, I will buy again blueyewear they are more comfortable than seaspecs, Personally I dont like polarised for kiting ( sure everything looks REeaAL Pretty, I do like for life off the water)
You cant judge the distance well when landing, anyway they dont come polarised, but have two easily chageable lens.

I just looked at your water jackets they look like they come from the same factory as seaspecs, ocean eyewear, sundogs

blueyewear have no hard plastic, rubber goggle stlye with comfy stretchy headband, I dont care how they look as long as there comfortable

carbine

1450 posts

carbine

WA, 1450 posts

12 Dec 2005 12:06pm

quote:
Originally posted by BOOMAN

industrial......
are they polarised and all that stuff?

kitesufring is about lookinbg kool 2.... lol

how scratchproof are the blueye any one know?

polarising, just reduces the glare it doesnt help you eyes out. Its harder to see the water with them on.

edit: beaten to it.

RAL INN

2898 posts

RAL INN

SA, 2898 posts

12 Dec 2005 4:44pm

My waterjackets are 2yrs old and unscratched(don't know how).

and I wear them in car etc

BOOMAN

VIC

333 posts

BOOMAN

VIC, 333 posts

12 Dec 2005 5:45pm

sweet ill go the bueye then sounds good
cheers for all the insight

appriciate lll the info

eightfootplus

NSW

298 posts

eightfootplus

NSW, 298 posts

12 Dec 2005 10:34pm

polarising, just reduces the glare it doesnt help you eyes out. Its harder to see the water with them on.

Not true. Polarising lenses cut the glare by filtering the light, thus reducing its intensity, they filter the light which is multi directional and only let light in one access passes through the lens. thats why if you hold two pairs at 90 degrees they dont let any light in.

ickites

12 posts

ickites

WA, 12 posts

22 Dec 2005 7:21am

Hey Boo
I just checked out the latest kiteboarder mag and these arent the same model that I have, mine are really like goggles, black soft rubber frames, still its the same company, how are they? did you buy them?

Ben De Jonge

819 posts

Ben De Jonge

WA, 819 posts

22 Dec 2005 10:20am

Gee Ral Inn,

those Eye Jackets do sound really good. Especially the defective nose piece that comes unstuck, and the strap that's useless.

Well worth $300.

'Oakley - Go broke and watch them fall apart.'

Your mate at Oakely will be really stoked with your props.

BOOMAN

VIC

333 posts

BOOMAN

VIC, 333 posts

22 Dec 2005 8:36pm

getting the new squids and the tadpole in the mail tomorrow ill let you know, so the goggle idea work? are they still ok even though there not polorised?

carbine

1450 posts

carbine

WA, 1450 posts

22 Dec 2005 6:18pm

quote:
Originally posted by eightfootplus

quote:

polarising, just reduces the glare it doesnt help you eyes out. Its harder to see the water with them on.

Not true. Polarising lenses cut the glare by filtering the light, thus reducing its intensity, they filter the light which is multi directional and only let light in one access passes through the lens. thats why if you hold two pairs at 90 degrees they dont let any light in.

What I said.
polarising, just reduces the glare it doesnt help you eyes out

Your reply.
Not true. Polarising lenses cut the glare by filtering the light

Isn't that what I said. Sigh.

Its the UVB, UVA and UVB filtering that stops your eyes from getting damaged not the polarising. As I said before polarising makes it darker.

Myself I like to be able to see well.

Back to the polarisation.

The form of polarisation material found on sunglasses goes by the trade name Polaroid. A Polaroid filter transimits about 80% of light that is polarised parralel to the polarising axis and about 1% of light perpindicular to the polarising axis. How it does this is another day and another lesson (think long chain molecules, I^2R and conduction). Polaroid doesn't block UV EMR.

tobes

NSW

1000 posts

tobes

NSW, 1000 posts

22 Dec 2005 9:34pm

All sunnies that meet the Australian Standard provide some UV protection, polarised or not. I think the issue you probably have with polaroids is that we see the surface of the water as reflection or "glare", with polarised lenses we can see through the water's surface. For the scientists-
A Polaroid is a trademark for a sheet/film polarizer which utilises oriented crystals as a substitute for nicol prisms and for reducing glare through lenses.
What is a nicol prism?
A nicol prism is two slabs of Icelandic spar, which is a crystallized form of calcium carbonate, cemented together and deflecting a ray of light in such a way that it is split in two. One part, the ordinary ray, being totally reflected and the other, the polarized ray passing through.

I just busted a pair of polarised "sea-specs" having owned em for only a couple of months, after a face plant I thought things looked a bit funny, when I got back to the beach a guy pointed out that one lens was missing. If anyone has a left lens for sea specs.......

I'll try the Blue eye's next, hopefully they're more durable....

I also use em kayak fishing and love the polarised!

RayQ

638 posts

RayQ

WA, 638 posts

22 Dec 2005 8:50pm

Sunnies, great ! but I have probs with sunscrean from face washing onto lenses, and after a while I see nuthin. got to take off, lick lenses , see for a while then milky again. please help me!!!!
Need sunscreen, need sunnies, what to do???

Ray

doustan

13 posts

doustan

WA, 13 posts

22 Dec 2005 10:25pm

I spent a night in the Peel Health Campus with radiation burns to the eyes after a days kiting last summer. Its one of the nastiest thing that can happen to you. After that i bought a pair of Sea Dogs. Since then theres been no problem. I think they cost me around $90. As for sunscreen smearing on them try some of that clear stuff that drys on your face.

fver

453 posts

fver

WA, 453 posts

22 Dec 2005 10:32pm

Ray,

We are at least two to have this problem...

Pleeease help!!!

Fred

BOOMAN

VIC

333 posts

BOOMAN

VIC, 333 posts

23 Dec 2005 1:33am

cheers fella's ok thanx for the insight appreciated muchly

my question i guess is im not going to be bitching in a week saying i cant see anything ect...
i cant find a pair with "polorisation" that fit so i guess i prob wont be getting any eh

sorry ray no idea

ickites

12 posts

ickites

WA, 12 posts

23 Dec 2005 6:25am

BOO, yes they work great! I think better, than others as have tried. tadpole? squid? who makes those

After suffering the sunscreen sunglass war now for over two years, I have come to finaly a solution that works for me

Buy really good quality sunscreen
apply sunscreen half hour to hour before going out on the water ( takes some planning )
Do not apply sunscreen to eye area, which I hope is protected by my goggles anyway.
Wash suncreen off finger tips.

I use to beleive it was running off my forehead onto my eyelashes, so used to curl them back before each sess, think Ive finaly got it sorted now, MUST WEAR SUNGLASSES!!!

4DICE

QLD

158 posts

4DICE

QLD, 158 posts

23 Dec 2005 9:16am

you can try just puttin the sun cream on the bottom half of your face.(doesnt run into your eyes) then wear a hat or sumthin for ya noggin

PsYLoR

QLD

927 posts

PsYLoR

QLD, 927 posts

23 Dec 2005 10:31pm

rofl, try putting on the suncream 15mins before you go into the water, let it soak into your skin then it wont run over you eyes, lenses, whatever.

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