Serengeti - AVIATOR, Sunglasses, Men sunglasses, Women sunglasses, Sport, Drivers

They are light and comfortable to wear even after 7+ hours behind the wheel. I’m not a pilot but have similar needs for driving my car. I don’t want sunglasses that hamper my driving or distract from it: enter the Serengeti Aviators. They have the features I want and skip the ones I don’t. Large lenses cover a greater field of view, shading more of the bright light. Gradient lenses make the instrument panel and other controls easier to read while keeping shaded eyes to the road. (See photo.) With non-gradients, it often took several seconds or a lifting of the glasses. The heads-up display on my car is almost invisible with polarized lenses, but not so with non-polarized lenses. I always wear these Serengetis outside unless I’ll be at the beach or on a boat; you need polarized lenses in those cases. Dark lenses are a problem with the patches of low-level cumulus clouds in south Florida. The road goes from bright sunshine to gray overcast with enough frequency that you can move the glasses several times a minute for better visibility. Light-tinted lenses remove this distraction. The lenses are lightly photochromic. (See photo.) Helpful outside and not a problem when you get back in the car with the minutes it takes to lighten. Photochromic lenses darken under UV radiation which is blocked by the windshield. The feature is unnecessary for driving purposes. The only nit I have is that one of the screws came out of an endpiece – it draws the rim together to hold the lens. Easily fixed with a thin wire, just wasn’t in my expectations for this manufacturer. My rating dropped a quarter-star. Meh. I like these sunglasses and will continue to purchase them. I’m on my second pair.

Im my profession as an airline pilot, I have purchased numerous pairs of sunglasses in my 25 years in the air, and these are simply the best I have purchased. I'm sure glass technology has changed a bit, but for the money, these are far superior to glasses I've paid over $400 for. First, they are not polarized due to the polarization of the flight deck windows and displays in the flight deck. As you know, if you wear polarized glasses and look thorugh a polarized windshield, you get the "oily" smear of colors. Worse yet, if you wear polarized glasses in the flight deck, and rotate your head to the right or left, the polarization of both the glasses and the displays will cause them to black out at extreme angles. Obviously not a good scenario. If, on the other hand, you need the polarization for water activities, snow skiing, etc, then I would most definitely purchase the polarized version. Next, these glasses seem to have x-ray capabilities in hazy, smoggy, overcast sky conditions. Also, when looking for other airplane traffic at altitude, these glasses allow me to be the first of the 3 pilots to actually spot the other airplane the controller has pointed out. This is especially helpful as most of my flying is done in Europe, which is notorious for hazy sky conditions. Lastly, they come with a hard sided case which protects your purchase and also fits handily in the flight bag. Overall, a great pair of glasses at a good price. Yes, you can pay more, and I have. But I'm not sure you can get a technically better pair of sunglasses.

I purchased my first pair of Serengeti Aviator Drivers >30 years ago. Since that time, I’ve experimented with other name-brand glasses (Oakley, Xezo, etc…), as well as a number of highly-touted newcomers (always the next greatest thing!) After all my tries, I alway come back to the tried and true Driver lenses for what I believe to be the best road presentation available. I won’t “brand” myself as a Serengeti expert; however, I would like to cover what I believe to be a few misconceptions and/or errors in other reviews. These are very high-quality GLASS lenses – if you’re prone to drop your glasses on pavement, these likely aren’t the sunglasses for you. [I’ve read some reviews that show 1 or 2 stars because their glass lenses broke when they hit the pavement – really?!] Also, there’s the debate about polarized vs. non-polarized. Please note that Driver non-polarized lenses allow 8% more light through when lightened, and 2% less light when darkened. In other words, Driver non-polarized are brighter on dark days, and darker on bright days – that’s the reason I choose non-polarized in my main glasses. [“PHD Polarized” are closer in performance; however, they’re also higher-priced, and not available in the Medium Aviators... ] “Gradient” simply means the lens is darker at the top – it doesn’t mean the lens darkens on bright days – that’s “Photochromic” As far as “Medium Aviator Drivers” (6826), they are photochromic, gradient, non-polarized lenses Possibly a bit confusing; however, the website does a great job of covering all their products, including technical specs. One other point to discuss is how the glasses have changed over the years – some say they’ve “cheapened”. I disagree. Yes, they lighter, but that’s mainly due to improvements in the lenses, and the lightness (at least to me), makes them more comfortable on longer trips. Quick summary is these are very high-quality lenses, in a very atrtractive frame. They come with a super-quality case and cleaning cloth, and are the result of many years’ dvelopments and improvements – highly recommended.

Adquirí estas gafas x la fama de las lentes d serengeti para la conducción y la sensación ha sido agridulce. Quizá puse el listón demasiado alto. Mea culpa. Se trata de unas gafas muy grandes (ya lo sabía), fotocrómicas (muy buenas) y no polarizadas (también lo sabía). Lo q desconocía y no esperaba es q no vienen con lentes minerales sino de Trivex, un material muy bueno pero sin la luminosidad ni la definición de unas simples lentes minerales. En cuanto a ser fotocrómicas ( oscurecerse de categoría 2 a 3), la mayoría de parabrisas de los autos actuales bloquean los rayos ultravioleta, q son los q activan el oscurecimiento de las gafas. Únicamente lentes muy especiales y muy caras se oscurecen dentro de un coche y, creo, q estas no son el caso. Y como no son polarizadas, en exteriores y en superficies con muchos reflejos como el mar, aunque se oscurecen rápidamente no son tan efectivas. No son malas lentes, tienen un filtro cálido muy bonito y se oscurecen muy rápido, pero ni funcionan bien dentro de un coche al no oscurecerse, ni tampoco son excelentes en exteriores, ya q al no ser polarizadas no bloquean tan bien los reflejos. Y como son d plástico o"polímero X" carecen de la claridad y transparencia de un simple cristal. No son malas pero las esperaba mejores. En cuanto a la montura es d metal, bien rematada y no significativamente pesada. En resumen, x los 130€ a los q se pueden encontrar en oferta, son relativamente interesantes. Pero las q tienen cristales minerales se van a más de doscientos euros y hay otras marcas conocidas q , excepto x la fotocromía pero con filtros oscurecidos muy buenos, ofrecen cristales minerales por menos de ese coste. A ver las siguientes.

I have never had any issues with these sunglasses after 4+ years of daily use, EVER ! No loose screws, nothing. My ONLY concern is that the case wore out before the sunglasses! I can live with this. The manufacturer suggests ALWAYS putting sunglasses in the case when not in use, so I followed this religiously, so my case had a lot of use! But the Sunglasses are holding up. The Frame is solid, lenses are optically correct, still 100% clear with no scratches after 4 + years of daily use. Very happy, highly recommend. I am a professional driver( bus) and use them daily, for 9-10 hrs straight. Never any headaches, optically correct. If you want the best sunglasses ever, buy these, you will not regret it!!!

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