What are your recomendations for polarized and blocking sun glare from the sides or bottom? I would say affordable or low cost but that means something different to everyone so just tell me what you think are the best. Thank you

Action Optics Photochromic Copper

they werent when i bought mine ya tool...:)

Another vote for Smiths...I have a pair that actually has "locks" on the arms, I can twist them, which opens up the front and the lenses come out...and then you can put in either a different color polarized lens (there are three or four), or put in replacements if you scratch 'em.

I have another pair of Smiths that I love, but the lens got a scratch in it right in the middle, and that's it for them...no replacing 'em.

Fish on...

Todd

I tried on a pair of Maui Jim's last time out on the Columbia...

The optics were WAY better than on any pair of Smiths I've ever owned, and I've owned more than 10 pair.


...still rockin' the Smiths. The MJ's make the Smiths look like cheap sunglasses (price tag wise too).



I'm planning on winning the lottery, so we'll see...

Checked out the websites of all mentioned. Sorry KK some of the Kaenons are too Paris Hilton for me, functionaly they are probably the best, but I have to be seen wearing them. The Maui Jims win in the looks department but looks like they will let a little glare in the bottom or sides. Smiths are a little cheaper than the others and have a great warranty. But in all cases there too fuc%ing many to choose from. Lens color, style, make , model........................fu%k me. I have to find somewhere to try them out, sure cant choose from the website.

KK, it'll take more than a pair of glasses to make you look like Paris Hilton...maybe a total eclipse of the sun and a pair of really dark Ray-Bans...

Fish on...

Todd

Those arent too bad looking but WTF is Guy Piere? Is he a master of the art of angling ?

action optics has been owned by smith for years.

later....

ryan

Another vote for Smith.

smiths fo sho

cheap ones from walgreens. i either toss my gear on top of them or lose them eventually, so i'm not doing myself any favors by paying more than 20 bucks.

A year ago I found some sliders at Costco for about $30. 4 sets of lenses- dark polaroids, light polaroids, yellow, and clear. I abuse glasses, too, but these have held up very well.

love my Maui Jim Offshore glasses.
Have both amber and grey lense models. Pricey but the best fishing sunglass I have used. Excellent spotfishing in low, clear flows.

I have had Maui Jims for about 6 years. I am on my 3rd pair and love them. After I broke my first pair I looked at a lot of others because of the price but could not find any that fit and blocked glare like the MJ's. I think I returned about 5 different other brands before I just forked out the money for another pair.

Mj's for me.... I'm on my 3rd pair. The best at blocking the water glare...

Keith

I vote "No" on Smith.

The reason is I took an ABC Marine fire extinguisher to the face after jumping a cargo ship wake and the lens popped right out and went overboard. The plastic frames did save me from a nice shiner though.



Boating with me gets pretty interesting.

I am also a big MJ fan. I have 3 pair, two dark, and one rose. They are hands down the best glasses I have fished with. I own smiths, and action optics (also smiths) and will choose the MJ's every time, and allow buddies who forgot their galsses to borrow the others.

I just got two pair back from MJ. Their customer service is awsome, and I had my new glasses back in no time. Now I have 2 new pair wooo hooo.

Fish Gillz, super light weight and they float.

I've been using Maui Jim's for 11 years or so, and on my second pair. Great customer service. Broke a pair when a sturgeon slapped my face. I sent them a letter and a picture along with the sunglasses. They sent me a new pair! Unsurpassed polarized technology. Not cheap but if you take care of them they will last for many years.
How I got hooked on them was when I guy in my boat kept spotting fish in the water. I thought he was full of crap until I tried his MJ's with the gold lenses. I could see into the water with almost no surface glare. Oh and there were plenty of fish to see!