Sunglasses on duty

I have multiple pairs of Oakley's and a pair of Ray ban Justin's. The Oakley's are all I wear on duty. I have beat the hell out of them and they're still in great condition. My ray ban's lenses, however, started looking like crap after a week of owning them. They are far too fragile.
 
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teedubbyaw said:
I have multiple pairs of Oakley's and a pair of Ray ban Justin's. The Oakley's are all I wear on duty. I have beat the hell out of them and they're still in great condition. My ray ban's lenses, however, started looking like cheap after a week of owning them. They are far too fragile.
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Ray Ban base lenses aren't very good I'll agree with that. My Rx ones were polycarbonate if I remember correctly and they looked brand new even after a year and a half in the field. The frame started to fall apart but I'm rough on sunglasses no matter how hard I try not to be.
 
Personally, I wear cheap-*** Elvex range glasses, 12 bucks a pop, I wear them for 3 months (On average) until I either scratch them up too badly or lose them.

The style I wear are in fact mirrored, half-frame wraparounds. the mirroring is because that's the darkest I can get, and if I'm going to wear sunglasses, I really want to cut the light. The wraparound is partially for that reason, and partially because I wear them while I'm riding with the visor up, and I want to protect my eyes from the wind/random crap blowing in the wind (Which is where the safety rating comes in handy.)
 
I have vision imparement and use dvx safety sunglasses perscription sorry spellin on phone
 
Native hardtops. Love em!
 
Wow I was not expecting so many replies on this thread. :D

-For those of you who use clear lenses on Oakley M-frames, is there a particular cut/style which works best for BSI, especially blood exposure?

-I gotta admit, I am not really into the M frame or "jacket" style wrap around sunglasses myself, just not my style, so I was curious why so many emergency responders chose to wore these.
 
I recently got contact lenses and i am spoiled now. Love having sun glasses. I have a pair of polarized iron mans that i got at cvs for 20 bucks (cheap and get the job done) and yesterday i got a free ray ban wayfarer knock offs that have UV protection.
 
I seem to lose every nice pair of sunglasses I buy (or have them stolen :angry: ) so now I go with the el cheapo ones I can pick up at Walmart.
 
ExpatMedic0 said:
This is kind of a silly topic so I posted it in the lounge. Has anyone noticed most Emergency responders (EMS included) wear sports type glasses (like styles popular with Oakley for example) Most of the time these are wrap around sunglasses with mirrored lenses of some type. I am curious what poses people to choose this particular design of sunglasses for on duty? Is it a crime or unprofessional in some peoples eyes to wear something else, like a ray ban wayfarer for example? Pretty stupid topic, but I noticed %99 of our staff on duty do this, and the regular population does not.
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I never liked the "sports style" sunglasses you speak of. I've always rocked Oakley Holbrooks or something similar. I'm a big fan of the Wayfarer too. I usually go with a dark lens tint, usually black or dark mirror, but I'm not opposed to something loud like the fire lens. I do feel like the professionalism is questioned sometimes, especially by senior police and fire guys, but I feel like professionalism is relative. I have long, shaggy hair, I wear a fitted hat, and I say "bro" quite often, but if your attitude is on point, you provide exceptional patient care, and you know what you're talking about, nobody cares in the long run. Then you just become known as the bro.
 
90% of sunglasses are all made by luxoticca, but I rock these
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sublimaze said:
I never liked the "sports style" sunglasses you speak of. I've always rocked Oakley Holbrooks or something similar. I'm a big fan of the Wayfarer too. I usually go with a dark lens tint, usually black or dark mirror, but I'm not opposed to something loud like the fire lens. I do feel like the professionalism is questioned sometimes, especially by senior police and fire guys, but I feel like professionalism is relative. I have long, shaggy hair, I wear a fitted hat, and I say "bro" quite often, but if your attitude is on point, you provide exceptional patient care, and you know what you're talking about, nobody cares in the long run. Then you just become known as the bro.
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Ya I am in the same point, except for the "bro" thing. Knock that off man. :P
 
does anyone in this thread know if Oakley throws EMS a bone as far as price?
 
rmena said:
does anyone in this thread know if Oakley throws EMS a bone as far as price?
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Doesn't US Standard Issue accept EMS? I'm fairly certain they do.
 
They accepted my work ID...
 
Oakleysi.com is supposed to.
They do require a work ID or pay stub. I tried sending in my pay stub from a stand by job and my license and they didn't accept it. Never got an explanation why. Tried following up and was told that it would be looked into and I would have to re-send it in. Never heard back after I did.
So, not too sure on what the actual criteria is.
 
So at Oaklysi.com, assuming you have the right documentation, what are we talking? like huge discount? I know Sig sauer and Glock both have their first responder/ems/fire/pilot/copper discount and its substantial!
 
rmena said:
So at Oaklysi.com, assuming you have the right documentation, what are we talking? like huge discount? I know Sig sauer and Glock both have their first responder/ems/fire/pilot/copper discount and its substantial!
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Not sure the exact discount. I tried finding a price list and found a post on another forum stating that over 50% is not uncommon.
 
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