Hi out there what do you use . Had seabreezes sunnys the big blue ocean monster just jumped up and grabed them . I would like to try some others if they come up to the test . I dont know the rider's name but in the killed the wind video 3.22 or 4.22 were the rider is doing the butter cutter trick he has a great looking set of googles . This is were i would like to go i would like sunglass that are more like googles and are polerised and keep water out of eyes .WHO CAN HELP.

the Dirty Dog water sunnies stay on well but fog up to the sh!thouse because they are so wraparound. I stuck a bit of board deck foam on the inside of the nose pad to keep them out from my face a bit (looks hot) but they still fog up. The Sun Dog ones are a bit better because of the insert surrounding the inside of the frame that keeps it slightly off your face but the strap around the back isn't elastic like the Dirty Dog ones.... so they don't feel as secure.
A good pair of goggles would be GREAT. SUBSTANCE over STYLE.

I had a pair of fuglies there good with a anti fog coating and come in a military version.from north qld too

ezza said...

but the strap around the back isn't elastic like the Dirty Dog ones.... so they don't feel as secure.

sorry ez but from experience Im going to have to disagree with this.

I've found sunnies with elastic straps are useless in a big wipeout. The elastic just allows the strap to lengthen on impact, pull over the back of your head and sunnies are gone.

A strap with no give is the way forward and as far as I have experienced, once adjusted into position doesnt pull over the back of your head.

Look for water sunnies without elastic in the strap or make your own with a shoe lace as strap and a pair of servo sunnies (drill holes in arms).

Call me cheap... but I wear tinted safety glasses - cost next to nothing and with a bit of Mr Sheen or Rainex on them, dont seem to fog or get covered in salt spray.

Load of different styles out there and they dont cost the earth if try em and dont like em.




Still not sure how 'google' is gonna help you see better though

dafunk said...

I had a pair of fuglies there good with a anti fog coating and come in a military version.from north qld too

+1 for fuglies, no fogging issues for me either.
They make goggle versions too.

I'm with the bunny man...safety glasses with Rainex.

I bought a pair on ebay a while back and they float.

They look the same as the seabreeze ones with the strap. I have had big crashes and they have come off. They are a bit hard to see in the water but if I lose them I just take my time to find. This has happened three to four times. No probs.

rod_bunny said...

Call me cheap... but I wear tinted safety glasses - cost next to nothing and with a bit of Mr Sheen or Rainex on them, dont seem to fog or get covered in salt spray.

Load of different styles out there and they dont cost the earth if try em and dont like em.




Still not sure how 'google' is gonna help you see better though

Yep, I 2nd this, drill a small hole in the end of one of the arms (or both if you can be stuffed using a Y type setup) and tie some old kite line from your harness to them so that you don't lose them in a stack and Robert's your mother's brother

And worst comes to worst, you only lose out on a few bucks not 100+

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Thanks to everyone . Savethewhales yer my son is a goer but you are right i will have too get him some too . I like the safty glasses idea sounds like the stuff . Burls iam with you more money is spent on geting the look part right then actual kiteing .

Bolles for me - do the job fine

Polarised el cheapos.

I loose mine every session, but I have a floating strap on them from the local ship chandlers, so I find them again.

I ride with prescription sunnies locked under a gath helmet.

Used Oakley water jackets for many years, was very happy with them, however when time came to replace, Oakley said they could no longer do my script in a wrap lens.

Tried Seaspecs, and had a very unsatisfactory experience. Long delay for delivery, when glasses arrived I couldn't focus. They initially refused to check or replace. Only after I had a local optom check the glasses and documented substantial differences in the script, did they accept they were at fault. Replacement set eventually arrived (6 months after initial order), this set had polarizing applied 90 degrees different in each eye, making them again pretty much useless. Wasn't interested in giving them 3 chances to get it right.

Ordered a set of glasses from Silverfish (www.silverfish.com), Mark was in touch within hours to confirm order and discuss frame options. Glasses arrived from USA 8 working days after order, well packaged, hard case, soft case, cleaning fluid, spare leashes. What a contrast!

Great service, great product, if you are in the market for prescription sunnies for kiting or surfing, then these guys really do the job well.

Andy

howdy kickaha
as these sunnies are on an 8 base the Rx lens that goes in them has to be ground especially(curve corrected Rx) so the lens can be altered/compensated for your Rx...otherwise the vision can get a little funky depending on the strength of your correction the guys doing the lens should have made mention of this and they should also be made from a hi-refractive index material to keep them thinner as the thickness of the lenses increases with greater curvature...you also have to consider whether you want polarised or not.From a technical viewpoint they should always be polarised to reduce the glare but from a practical viewpoint if you are not on perfectly smooth water (ie like to be in the surf riding waves which is all i do) i find i have lots of trouble with my depth perception as i can no longer judge the exact surface of the water and especially on waves..so i use non polarised to kite in...fogging can always be an issue so try them for more than 30 seconds in the shop and you will still need to use a cheap lanyard attached to the strap and onto your wetsuit if you dont want to loose them as i guarantee you will blow them off your head at some stage!! hope this helps you( even though you are a poledancer!! )message me if you have any other questions cheers

oh, and before I forget, here is a decent list of surf-relative eyewear brands.

good luck!

onestopsurf.com/directories/eyeware.aspx

googles ?