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22 June 2014, 08:43
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Sunglasses..
A great day out from whitby yesterday but I sat on my £15.00 glasses bought from a French supermarket 10 years ago . I new I wouldn't get value out of them .
Without going mad and trying not to look like something out of Miami vice what sunglasses would you lot recommend . It did take me an hour to learn how to blink when we got back last night !
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22 June 2014, 08:50
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If you refer to your plotter/sounder a lot then be cautious with Polaroids - sometimes they can make a screen unreadable. Equally, the "stronger" shades (Cats 3&4) can darken a screen so much that you can't see it. I've found that grey tinted Cat 2 glasses work well for me.
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22 June 2014, 08:54
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Originally Posted by willk
If you refer to your plotter/sounder a lot then be cautious with Polaroids - sometimes they can make a screen unreadable. Equally, the "stronger" shades (Cats 3&4) can darken a screen so much that you can't see it. I've found that grey tinted Cat 2 glasses work well for me.
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Never even thought of the chartplotter and yes as a beginner I use it a lot ? Are there boating specific brands and if so what is the difference
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22 June 2014, 08:59
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Originally Posted by stevedonna
Are there boating specific brands and if so what is the difference
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Yes, they'll be ten times more expensive 
Get a cheap set - you broke the last pair after only ten years...
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22 June 2014, 09:13
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Originally Posted by willk
Yes, they'll be ten times more expensive
Get a cheap set - you broke the last pair after only ten years...
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Don't get me on a mid life rant !! I don't mind paying a bit for quality but not for millions on marketing but on the same note I don't want to buy ones that don't protect me . Hence the thread .
So am I just looking for a cat rating when looking
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22 June 2014, 09:36
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Dunno, but my Gill Floatables with the built in strap are pretty good, specially at speed. Sub £40 if you look around online too.
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22 June 2014, 09:42
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dewalt make safety sunglasses - thats what i use. around a tenner a pair and have lenses big enough to keep the wind and spray out. at that price i have a few pairs.
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22 June 2014, 09:48
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+1 for Gill
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22 June 2014, 09:49
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nos4r2
Dunno, but my Gill Floatables with the built in strap are pretty good, specially at speed. Sub £40 if you look around online too.
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Did you mean gul ?
Do you remember when cars were G. GL or GLX
There's more spec on sunglasses now .
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22 June 2014, 09:50
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Originally Posted by stevedonna
Did you mean gul ?
Do you remember when cars were G. GL or GLX
There's more spec on sunglasses now .
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Found gill sorry
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22 June 2014, 09:58
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I listened to a talk on sunglasses the other day and it made me think.
They were explaining the different levels of protection glasses offer and the general consensus was that anything under UV 400 protection was damaging to the eyes.
How they explained it was that the cheaper glasses that didn't offer the UV400 protection actually let your pupil open more due to the tint effect of the glasses but in turn this let even more harmful UV rays into the back of your eyes. Makes sense I suppose.
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22 June 2014, 10:02
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Originally Posted by A1an
I listened to a talk on sunglasses the other day and it made me think.
They were explaining the different levels of protection glasses offer and the general consensus was that anything under UV 400 protection was damaging to the eyes.
How they explained it was that the cheaper glasses that didn't offer the UV400 protection actually let your pupil open more due to the tint effect of the glasses but in turn this let even more harmful UV rays into the back of your eyes. Makes sense I suppose.
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It does make sense and I guess I knew that this would probably the case . Who was the man doing the talk .. A sunglasses salesman !!!
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22 June 2014, 10:08
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He was an eye specialist, they didn't go in to any more detail.
It was on Radio 2 iirc.
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22 June 2014, 10:40
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The Gill polaroid glasses are pretty good. The lenses are quite dark but that is a good thing if you're out on the boat all day. I also have a pair of Oakley polaroid sunglasses which have a lighter, brownish tint.
BOTH work fine on the Garmin GPS / Depth sounder and on B&G race instruments.
Value for money - Gill rock!
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22 June 2014, 11:27
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Definitely go polarised for sea use
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22 June 2014, 11:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pikey Dave
Definitely go polarised for sea use
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Right so polarised gills with uv rating 400 . Can't seem to see what the uv rating of gill glasses are
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22 June 2014, 12:30
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Mine had a UV400 sticker on when they arrived.
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22 June 2014, 16:20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nos4r2
Mine had a UV400 sticker on when they arrived.
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Yours being gill ?
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22 June 2014, 17:25
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+1 for the Gill floaty ones, that floaty bit has saved them twice already this season!
£40 at a chandlery in Dartmouth
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22 June 2014, 17:44
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Quote:
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Mine being these, in black. Not from Mailspeed though!
Gill Floating Racing Sunglasses, Accessories | Mailspeed Marine
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