joabmc, post: 427835, member: 10395 wrote: I completely understand. But I always spend a fortune on my boots and sunglasses. My boots repay me with many years of service and comfortable feet. Sunglasses are in the same category for me. I have them on from the crack of dawn until sunset. I've only owned 2 different pair in the last 10 years. I don't leave home without my hat, keys, wallet and sunglasses. They are a part of my routine and are never out of arms reach. I even wear them while driving in the rain as it helps cut the glare on the road.
It sounds like you're probably organized and don't lose things every time you turn around......I have trouble relating.
Tom Adams, post: 427809, member: 7285 wrote: I have trouble "seeing" spending hundreds of dollars on sunglasses. It really pisses you off when you lose them or scratch them. I typically just take them off when I can't read something through the glare.
Yep, for the past few years I've been using $40 Polaroids of various brands but generally similar style (like the ones my hat is wearing). I normally have four pairs on the go at any one time: 1 in the car, 1 ready to pick and go, 1 lost but probably easy to find, 1 broken but probably easy to fix (never works). I used to have a cunning plan to address walking out the door without them, by leaving them in the doorway on the floor so I would see them and pick them on the way out. But after standing on and crushing 4 or 5 pairs, I stopped doing that.
Tom Adams, post: 427853, member: 7285 wrote: It sounds like you're probably organized and don't lose things every time you turn around......I have trouble relating.
I'll remember my sunglasses and forgot the GPS batteries as I did on Tuesday! Stood in the kitchen and looked at everything.. data collector-check, charging cables-check, everything else-yep, so I can relate. Pulled into get gas on the way out and thought "da**it!" Back to the house!
Everything goes in my hat when I walk in the door or I'd be a mess.
I used to were Ran-Ban and then discovered http://www.serengeti-eyewear.com/Home.aspx?lang=en-US&apos ;">Serengeti. I have a pair with polarized lens + they are photochromic + have their spectral control. Best sunglasses I have ever had, way less eye fatigue than any others I have tried and yes with some LCD screens you do need to tilt your head!
I think I paid in the $200 range for these, but very good sunlight protection for the eyeballs!
SHG
I had a lot of trouble spending big bucks on sun GLASSES when they started to make all of the lens out of PLASTIC. Now I need prescriptive sun glasses and don't mind spending the INSURANCE dollars on them. Jp
I just bought new glasses and matching sunglasses. Ordered non polarized because two of my screens have polar filters. Got to the field and couldnt see anything. The nice young girl added polarized at no charge.
Im gonna kerp the glasses and hire somebody to read the data collector.
Regardless of which route you go it is always important to have a GOOD QUALITY set of eyewear in the sun that is polarized. Do not go with cheaper pricing on non polarized lenses, it will cost you in the end, just like it did me.
I worked in the field for over 20 years before moving to the office and never wore any kind of sun protection for my eyes. Roughly 4 years ago I was driving to work and noticed blurred vision in my left eye. I figured that it would pass but after a few weeks it didn't so I went to see the Doc who informed me that I had cataracts in both eyes that were bad enough to require immediate surgery. I was only 48 at the time and my Eye Surgeon attributed the damage to sun light over exposure.
I had both cataracts removed (one at a time over a 3 week period) and artificial lenses implanted in my eyes. The left eye was the worst so it was done first.
The surgeries were done in May when everything was in full bloom and when I got home on the day of the first operation I stood at my back door looking at the flowering trees in total awe to have restored vision and see the sharpness and colors that I had not seen in so many years and never missed because the degeneration occurred slowly over time.
Protect and treat your eyes good because however good you are as a Surveyor, it's not a job you can do if you can't see.
Just thought I'd put my experience on the issue out there and it would seem to me that amber would be the color of lenses to go to.
I now wear a $200 pair of Ray Bans and swear by them. I prefer the darker black lenses but it's been many years since I have run a gun or DC and am in the office all day.
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I wear pugs, I have three pairs, and some goggles when riding the 4wheeler
Wiley X, same as the military. Priced well and they meet or exceed all construction/OSHA standards. Good peripheral coverage while still allowing for a well functioning corrective lens.
Where shall i ship it?
Shelby H. Griggs PLS, post: 427877, member: 335 wrote: I used to were Ran-Ban and then discovered http://www.serengeti-eyewear.com/Home.aspx?lang=en-US&apos ;">Serengeti. I have a pair with polarized lens + they are photochromic + have their spectral control. Best sunglasses I have ever had, way less eye fatigue than any others I have tried and yes with some LCD screens you do need to tilt your head!
I think I paid in the $200 range for these, but very good sunlight protection for the eyeballs!
SHG
Been wearing Serengeti since Navy days in 1984. Lost quite a few pair to stupid things, always replace with same. Sent a few pairs back in pieces to get a discounted replacement. Still very good vision @ 51 yrs. old. So I agree with the quote above.
I used to scoff at those that spent big $$$ on sunglasses.
At that stage I was moonlighting in an outdoor gear store and running skitours in the weekends.
Then the boss threw a pair of Bolle at me and said "go try these."
I could really tell the difference when I came back after 8 hours driving and 7 hours on the snow and my eyes were not tired.
I still do a bit of flying so I prefer non-polarised with a brown lens so I can see cloud build-up
These days my best pair are Randolphs...
I started a similar thread just a few weeks ago. I require readers in the bottom of my sunglasses. I wear Costa C-Mates for fishing and everything non survey. But like others have said, the Carlson Surveyor 2 and Costa Sunglasses don't mix. Yeah, you can tilt your head, but you'll end up with neck problems by the end of the day.
Someone on this forum suggested I try Dewalt safety sunglasses with readers. They have worked great so far and were only $13.
I went through 4 eye surgeries in 1 year to correct for Recurrent Corneal Erosion, resulting from Dry Eye Syndrome. It was awful. I am good to go now. But I am very protective of my eyes from wind, sun, and dust.
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Shelby H. Griggs PLS, post: 427877, member: 335 wrote: I used to were Ran-Ban and then discovered http://www.serengeti-eyewear.com/Home.aspx?lang=en-US&apos ;">Serengeti. I have a pair with polarized lens + they are photochromic + have their spectral control. Best sunglasses I have ever had, way less eye fatigue than any others I have tried and yes with some LCD screens you do need to tilt your head!
I think I paid in the $200 range for these, but very good sunlight protection for the eyeballs!
SHG
Made the same discovery and now won't buy anything else. Best sunglasses I've ever owned.
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Polarized for best eye protection & relief. But it's the polarization that makes it so you can't read the digital screen.
Solution: Turn your head sideways to read the screen.
I disagree strongly on the polarization. I can not see any of my data collector screens with polarized glasses unless I tilt my head and or the data collector screen just the right way. With non polarized I can see them fine. It is a loan to find quality non polarized glasses but they work great.
Drilldo, post: 428856, member: 8604 wrote: I disagree strongly on the polarization. I can not see any of my data collector screens with polarized glasses unless I tilt my head and or the data collector screen just the right way. With non polarized I can see them fine. It is a loan to find quality non polarized glasses but they work great.
I'm with you on that one Drilldo - the polarization mucks with the screen and with the view out of the glider canopy. Makes it a non-starter...