Me too, have had a couple expensive brands, some I bought, some were given to me and now I just buy the budget ones and I don't cry if they fall in the sea or get scratched. Struggle to see the difference between them and top end brands. If there was a clear difference to me I would cough up again but have not seen the need to date.I may be wrong but I suspect that to a large extent the high price name tags are going to just be a mid range pair of specs with a name on it. I buy polarised glasses in the R200-400 range that have lasted well and allow me good visual penetration into the water. I was marveling just yesterday at the clarity I had in looking at my line on the water through a pair of sensation glasses. Maybe I'm just a cheapskate but I can't see the need for glasses costing the same as a mid range Shimano reel full of very clever engineering.
I remember a couple of years back Carte Blanche showed a test my some Uni and the pavement specials beat the name brands . Not all though. Polaroids are a must for fishing. It was conducted by CSIR.
I think the Amber lenses is probably the most versatile...?
Blikkiesvis wrote:
I think the Amber lenses is probably the most versatile...?
I've got amber photochromatic glasses that I got for about R500. I use them mainly bass fishing at my local dam, but for some reason, I reverted to my green lenses on 2 recent offshore trips because they felt so much better and offered better visual penetration into the water.