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Sunglasses - suggestions please
Not too pricey - cos I lose them.
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I recently bought some Rayzor sunglasses for £13.99 on Amazon, the Rayzor website sells them at £69.95! They seem pretty good although I haven't used them on the slopes yet. They are really for skiing, but have a couple of things that would be useful while walking in hills, i.e a head band strap to keep them firmly in place and foam padding on the frame which should reduce the wind getting to your eyes. They seem to have all the right UV credentials. I would be interested if anyone has use them in 'anger' and what the results were. I will put a review on Amazon when I return from our next skiing trip to Morzine in couple of weeks time. 
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TK Maxx is always worth a look - a got a pair of Bolles for around £25 (rrp £80) and a couple of pairs of Zero+RH for £20 each - these retail around £120.
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Mr Sworld wrote (see)
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Could buy some Okaleys, so bloody expensive you would allways want to make sure where they are!!!!

I've lost two pairs of Oakley Half Jackets so far but as I still have the extra lenses I have to buy new frames!

Great glasses though....


Long shot Mr Sworld but it might be worth giving Oakley Customer Service a buzz as I've had some excellent service in the past when an arm snapped on a pair of mine.

It was well outside of the warranty period but they replaced the entire frame at a fraction of the retail cost and offered to do the lenses whilst they were at it.

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Too late Simon! I already bought a new pair!
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Out here in Aust we have sunshine[!] so we have a standard for sunglasses called an 'eyeprotection factor'.  Just about all sunglasses here are rated EPF10 [you wouldn't buy anything else] so you can choose any tint of lens you like blue, yellow, brown etc and still get EPF10 protection. 

Cancer Council sell their own brand tho' their own shops for about 10-15 pounds so if you have anyone on hols here get then them to pick up a pair or two.  They're not Oakleys in style but they do the job - afterall the Council's main goal is protection not red carpet style.

Hardware stores also sell EPF10 glasses with shatterproof lens' as our tradies work outside too.  Some of those are pretty stylish too!

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I know I'm late responding, but I've found nothing wrong with Bloc glasses, again around the £30 mark. In fact they provide less tiresome use than the Oakleys they replaced. An as said above, the Cebes I've had in the past were pretty good....
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check out dirty dog sunglasses, cheap for what they do, finding a stockist might be hard tho.
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Ryders intersect about £40
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I know I'm late responding, but I've found nothing wrong with Bloc glasses, again around the £30 mark. In fact they provide less tiresome use than the Oakleys they replaced. An as said above, the Cebes I've had in the past were pretty good....

Same here - I've had a pair of Blocs for a few years and the lenses are very good for a £30 pair of shades.  Very good fit as well.
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Was over in Lincoln yesterday, and Intersport had a display case full of Dirty Dog shades, also around the  £40 mark. Believe they have stores nationwide.

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