Racing Sunglasses

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Maui Jim and Oakley are my two preferred brands. With proper frame selection and design peripheral vision isn't obstructed. More important than anything is fit of course, I wouldn't chance ordering sunglasses online unless I've already tried out a particular model locally and liked it. Big fan of "rose" tints, they're really more of a ruddy brown color, they leave colors looking true but with a warmer saturation and high contrast. Traffic lights really "pop" with a rose tint. Maui Jim has their Maui rose lenses, and Oakley's closest equivalent is VR28. Even though they both block out alot of light (9% transmittance), I haven't had any issues until it's almost nighttime. I'll leave polarized or not to personal preference, if you go maui jim you can't get them without it, it's optional on most Oakleys. I almost consider it a must for my sunglasses as glare reflected off of other cars really bothers me, but they can also cause some road surfaces to not reflect light the way you're used to, wet surfaces may appear dry with polarized lenses as they can eliminate the reflection from the water.



Edit: Almost forgot to add. Anti-glare coatings. Big fan of them, at least on the back of the lens. It's one of the reasons I really like maui jims, all of their sunglasses have it and it makes a big difference in clarity when you're facing into bright light, especially near sunrise and sunset. Only a few Oakleys have it and I consider it oakleys biggest weakness. There are some other brands too that have them but I wasn't really attracted to their lineups, all a matter of personal preference.