Reason No. 5: Yours Are Hopelessly Scratched
Scratched lenses send your sunglasses stock plummeting. Yesterday’s pricy fashion shades, once scratched, might as well be gas-station sunglasses. Plastic lenses, especially cheap plastic lenses, are delicate. They scratch easily, and looking through scratchy sunglasses is painful. You may get used to it, but your eyes are straining. Better plastic lenses made of polycarbonate, NXT, or SR-39 (Kaenon’s proprietary material) are coated to resist scratching. But they can still get scratched. Replace your pitted shades with crisp new optics and the world will seem a better place. PS: Take better care next time! Use a case and a sunglass-specific lens cloth.
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Reason No. 6: You Lost Yours
Bummer. Two suggestions: 1.) Buy better ones this time. People lose Timexes, not Rolexes. You’re more likely to lose bargain shades than a good pair of Maui Jims. 2.) Croakies.
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Reason No. 7: Wrong Shades for the Job
Example: If the “job” is outdoor sports, you shouldn’t wear nice glass fashion lenses. They don’t wrap enough to provide peripheral protection, and an impact could shatter them and damage your eyes. Vice versa: Oakley Radar is a great model, but do you really want to rock the triathlete look on a stroll down Park Ave?
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Reason No. 8: Yours Are Too Light
If you bought sunglasses with a delicate fashion tint as a fashion statement, that tint is probably too light to do you any good. The Ozzy Osbourne look makes about as much sense as, well, Ozzy Osbourne. If you take your vanity seriously, listen up: Your wimpy shades might transmit 50% or more of visible light. That’s way too much. Over time, all that squinting and straining can lead to permanent crow’s feet—huge, unsightly wrinkles radiating from the corners of your eyes down the length of your body. If that’s not enough to make you aghast, know that excess visible light also harms your night vision.
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Reason No. 9: Yours Are Too Dark
If you bought cheapies at a discount store, they might be too dark. Your pupils are fighting to open widely enough for you to see—which is really bad if the lenses don’t provide 100% UV protection. Because as your pupils crank open, they invite the bad rays in with the good.
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