Ohhhhh you guys are talking about eyeglasses I was thinking

 

Nothing wrong with Wiley (i have a pair of them too) but price depends on what you buy. For me I needed darker when I was living in Florida.

 

1) The video is a bit disingenuous, the Willey's have the greatest amount of lens surface area of all 3 pairs. The XT's have a smaller surface area than even their standard eclipse, when lighting them from behind the smaller aperture helps it appear as if they are darker.

2) If you go with a prescription lens like I have the whole comparison is a moot point anyway.

3) The age of the lenses also makes a difference, in plastic lenses the photochromic material is organic and breaks down over time, also the depth of the photochromic substrate has an effect on the darkness level achieved as well.

I've been wearing photochromic eyeglasses since the days when you could only get them in glass.

 

I agree. Wiley X makes great glasses with the foam that keeps the wind out of your eyes. I also tried the transitions and they are fine except for really bright sunny days. Another top quality to look into is "7Eye". I need readers and these can be ordered with small lower lenses in varying strengths, making it a breeze to read the Boom 6.5 and still have great sun/wind protection.

 

The glasses I wear don't have a foam gasket. They don't need one. They're huge.






SPY Touring are an alternative you may definitely like especially if your pumpkin is on the large side. They are a rugged build and lens quality is excellent. Shop for sales as prices can vary widely. Don't go too cheap though because the Chinese are knocking em off owing to the brand / reputation.

 

I bought a pair of WWII fighter style goggles from England. They are Halcyon goggles and very will made with brass and leather. They have a screw in the middle that is adjustable for width, and they fit over my rather large glasses fine. Nice leather padding with chrome around the edges.

The keep the wind out really well as I am 75 years old and have that same problem with tearing up, but not with these. They do have the angle glass and have great visibility. They were around $80,00 shipped. Very well made if you like Red Baron style goggles.

 

I use these, they're inexpensive, have foam padding around the eyes and are transitional, so you can wear them all day into the night!!!!

 

I buy 3M Safety glasses from Amazon. Comes in clear or tinted.

 

I have a ricer bike shop less than a mile from my house. They have this off brand of glasses that I get from them for like 20 bux apiece. I seem to break mine on the reg, so I guess it's somewhat of a deal. They work really well. They have foam, but it's vented, and doesn't make a seal around my eyes.

I have all types of helmets. An HCI, for that almost but not quite novelty look, a Fulmer Bobber Knievel, for when I am all patriotic, and want to ride without a screen, and a Scorpion Full Face.

In the full face I have a Sena. On my cheapy Kyocera Hydro Wave, I have a Tomtom GPS, Google play music, and the FP3 app, all right there on the home screen. When any of these devices is connected, it keeps the phone unlocked. The phone itself is waterproof. I can take and make calls, get gps instructions, and listen to music. It also has an intercom, for those of us that can't get a fairing bike into the house. The x-grip works aces, and I still need to add a charging cable to keep the phone charged, but it'll last from here to somewhere, for the most part.

I will wear the same sunglasses for all of the above helmet applications, and the rarer these days times when I ride without one. They seem to work good, because they fit my face, and my eyelashes don't get hung up on them when I blink. I have a tendency to leave the face shield up on my full face, because it quiets the wind noise while I'm rocking the sena, except on the I. The 3/4 seems to work better when I am not using the screen, and I hardly even know I have it on. I like to use the shorty helmet when I am going somewhere that requires me locking up the helmet, or it's just too hot. These 20 dollar knock offs work really well in all applications, but I don't wear scrips.

They're made by a company called Global Vision. The ones that work for me have the little nose bridge crook in them, and I guess they are smaller. I take a small/xsmall helmet. Sometimes they fit really tight when I first get them, but they break in in about week. Anything else gets too loose in the same amount of time.

 

seascapes for me---no fogging w/rear strap