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!

I bought some Mad Marlins on Ebay, 3 pairs for 60 bucks. A month later I see them in Yachting Magazine for $225 a pair. Go figure, but they were nice, good color, head hugging with a wide wrap around lense. Good style to have if you cast steelhead flies in the wind...safety first now!

I love my Natives...
they cover my eyes very well..dont get glare from the water...very important to me...

the return policy is totally awesome...i had to send mine in..they called me
the day that they got them in the morning, told me that they didnt make that style anymore, i was sad, but told her i would look at which ones that
they gave me the choice of at the store on lunch and see what fit...i explained that they were the first real sunglasses that fit perfect...she listened to me...she went out in the wherehouse and called me back and was afraid that i went to the store already...i didnt...she said she found a coulple pairs of the old model i love so much...

she didnt just send me a new pair...she sent me two new pairs...
i would recomend these anytime...i love mine...cost about 120 bucks...but i drive for a living, and fish all the time...i have them on my head constantly...they make quite a few with many other lenses that pop out...
love em....c

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Bolle polarirized "Filp's" for me. $40 on sale. Have 3 pairs.

anyone know if MJ makes an interchangeable lens model?

I have an older pair of Smith I used to like, but they're glass lenses and heavy to wear for long days. Also have some newer Action Optics that are optically great, but are still relatively heavy and let light and glare in around the sides. Got my first pair of Maui Jims 4 years ago. They fit closer, so little to no glare gets in around the edges. And they are hands down the lightest most comfortable glasses I've every worn. I'm on pair number two since pair number one took up residence this winter under a large boulder now known as Maui Jim Rock on the Bogachiel River (don't ask). I wore pair number two all day every day for eight days in blinding sunlight in southern Utah last week, and they are so comfortable that I often forget I have them on. Pricey, but I'm sold on them.

Salmo, do you know which specific model of MJ's you have? I'm going to buy another pair to go along with my MJ and AO glasses I have.

Exceleent suggestion. Shopped around and tried a few out. Got our stimulus check and went and got a pair of the Maui Jim Offshore (gray lens). Awsome, stopped by the river to check on the springer attack. I could see twice as deep into the MUDDY water as I could before.

Only MJ's for me. Copper lens.

Usually wear Smiths.
Another couple to check out are Haber and Guideline.
Guideline's with the built in bifocals are nice. Sure helps this blind dude who can't tie on a size 18 dry fly for his life. They come in + 1.50, 2.00 and 2.50 power.

Wntrrn,

I have the MJ Kanaha. It's a plastic tortise colored frame and copper lenses I think. Saved $30 getting them off Ebay.

Sg

Costa Del Mar -They rock, they are the best if you don't mind paying for real glass & spending the bucks.

Vuarnet's

So, what do all the numbers mean on the MJ's?
551-23
16-23
165-23
302, 306, 139, 409 etc.

Costa's all the way! Polcarbonate lenses suck, they scratch at the blink
of an eye. The costa lightweight 580 glass is the mutts nuts!
Chrome