[pct-l] Sunglasses ... cheapos Vs brands ...

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

A friend of mine, Beeman, uses these sunglasses called Sport Eyz.  
They're just plastic film with an elastic cord. He wears them over  
his glasses and seems to really like them. I bought a couple pairs  
just for fun. I don't wear prescription glasses and found they feel  
sweaty and uncomfortable right against my face. But I carried a pair  
in my pack in case of emergency. They are rolled up and inside a  
small container like a film canister. At one point I lost my  
sunglasses and was happy I had these as a backup. I would have gone  
snowblind because I was in the Sierras. The little canister had a  
flip-top lid so I used that to make a protective cover on my  
camelback hose. Now I don't have to worry about germs and dirt when I  
set down my pack. All in all, the $5 sunglasses turned out to be  
worth it, both the glasses themselves and the packaging.
On Feb 5, 2011, at 5:31 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> And for those of us with glasses.... sigh... It never has been fair  
> that we
> get the short end of this stick. lol. I get mine with feature that  
> makes
> them go dark outdoors, but not sure if all that other fancy stuff  
> can be
> done to them these days.