Shades

Randolph and Miss Sixty.

Serengeti’s for work (EFIS), Randolph for everything else. With the bayonet arms Randolphs are the most comfortable over long periods, even when wearing a helmet.

Bolle also do aviation glasses with thin stems to fit with headsets

Nothing beats Serengeti’s IMO. I have tried Raybans and a whole host of others but the others all have some minor hitch with them (either a wacky rainbow effect looking through the elements in the windscreen or polarising difficulties with EFIS screens or audio/transponder panel displays). I use Serengeti’s with the 555nm lenses which have a peak in the graph which allows increased passage of light for the colour frequencies used in EFIS displays. Lots of guys I work with have tried them and converted to them since.

I used to go sailing and the richer end of the Portsmouth student fraternity all used to pose with Oakleys on deck. The Solent has claimed many pairs of Oakleys lost overboard and many bent on deck. So I can see where the durability issues would be expensive.

So Oakleys or Ray-Bans for looking cheesy and cool in the cockpit? Or neither?

Where’s the cheapest to get them with a sight ‘script?

Revo seem to be edging their way into the cockpit (sponsor Red Arrows)

Oakleys are good unless you do anything remotely sporty, as the special lens coating scratches very easily. I almost bought a pair for sailing in Greece last year, but bought a cheap american copy (X Loop) instead, I was glad I did when I got smacked in the face by the Boom on an un-intended Gybe, Expensive Oakleys would have been in pieces, but my cheap things hung together, and are still going strong!

Randolphs.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AVIATOR-SUNGLASSES-RANDOLPH-ENGINEERING-MILITARY-PILOT_W0QQitemZ120050327926QQihZ002QQcategoryZ15666QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem

Moggy

Where’s the cheapest to get them with a sight ‘script?

I’d like an answer to that one!