Cory
2022-02-14
99% of all non-name brand shades on Wherelight are total junk. Sometimes the frames are decent but the lenses are always plastic crap with a cheap coating. As a profession I am a photographer and I have learned to spot the differences between cheap filters, and valuable ones.
I was looking for affordable shades that used actual glass with interior polarization (instead of a coating) and these are the only brand I came across. Maui Jim is the only other brand I know of that some of their models still use 100% glass, and these have the same stunning clarity as those, at less than a third of the price. I was also surprised at how great the contrast is. It brings your highlights down, and shadows up allowing you to not be blinded by the sun, while still seeing into the shady areas clearly.
Other than my Maui Jims I compared them to my second favorite pair of glasses that have high end, but still plastic lenses. The difference is night and day, and now I have a hard time even wearing them. Not just because of the clarity difference, but because the plastic has scratched over time just from cleaning them, which glass should not do.
My only real complaint is that I am not in love with the frame. I wouldn't say it is cheap, but I do not like glossy black shades. The listing also does not inspire confidence in an unknown brand by being littered with typos.
I only wish they had a more classic 'Aviators" design, with more lens color options (please do a Wherelight green!) and I would buy another pair in a heartbeat.
Cory
2022-02-14
99% of all non-name brand shades on Wherelight are total junk. Sometimes the frames are decent but the lenses are always plastic crap with a cheap coating. As a profession I am a photographer and I have learned to spot the differences between cheap filters, and valuable ones.
I was looking for affordable shades that used actual glass with interior polarization (instead of a coating) and these are the only brand I came across. Maui Jim is the only other brand I know of that some of their models still use 100% glass, and these have the same stunning clarity as those, at less than a third of the price. I was also surprised at how great the contrast is. It brings your highlights down, and shadows up allowing you to not be blinded by the sun, while still seeing into the shady areas clearly.
Other than my Maui Jims I compared them to my second favorite pair of glasses that have high end, but still plastic lenses. The difference is night and day, and now I have a hard time even wearing them. Not just because of the clarity difference, but because the plastic has scratched over time just from cleaning them, which glass should not do.
My only real complaint is that I am not in love with the frame. I wouldn't say it is cheap, but I do not like glossy black shades. The listing also does not inspire confidence in an unknown brand by being littered with typos.
I only wish they had a more classic 'Aviators" design, with more lens color options (please do a Wherelight green!) and I would buy another pair in a heartbeat.