Dirt Sunglasses (w/ Zebra Antifog Lenses)
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Almost perfect.
The glasses are a bit on the big side. They lower frame actually comes in contact with my upper cheek. Your face may vary, but this is a new phenomenon for me and I've had many different sunglasses in the past. Other than that, they do what they are supposed to do. Vision is perfectly clear as long as you keep them clean. Which brings me to another small issue. The inside of the lens is coated with the anti fog stuff and it is very sticky. Hard to just use a cloth tissue to wipe down as it tends to smear more than a normal lens would. You have to use dish detergent, water and a micro fiber cloth to get them clean. Even then, smudges are a constant battle. Not a huge deal if you use these as "fashion" glasses, but if you use them like they are designed "mountain biking", it is difficult to field clean them from all of your sweat!
June 21, 2011
Almost excellent!
My first pair seemed to be "off" a little with the arms and tilted. Emailed Altrec and they sent me another pair ASAP. I bought these to climb ice in as they are sold for MTB also. I have been climbing since 1995 and racing MTB/Road/Cx since 1993. I usually never try to match style with function but these actually fit the bill there. I typically wear Smith/ Oakley for sport and Electric/Arnet for style.
These are very sweet looking on my face, fit well, and the white is very PRO! I do love photochromic lenses and gold is excellent of winter and contrast. Overall a nice lens but have not tested dusrability yet. As for the Anti-fog. They are tough to fog and have run, shoveled, and done some cold road riding with them. Maybe the best yet for anti-fog as there is an inside coating, which can be harder to clean. For ice they may be a bust for me. They mildly fog when leading and then ice up due to condensation on the inside. They are a close fit and not much air compated to my vented open rim glasses. I have given up on these for ice for that fact, although may try them again above 32 deg.
Other than that, a little snug but really sweet overall. I am still keeping them because they have multi-use and can drive in them too with low light overcast days.
March 3, 2011
Julbo Dirt
Upon recommendation from George Dunn (International Mountain Guides) I bought a pair July 2010 for a Mt Rainier climb via the Kautz Chute. After 4 days on the Glacier I would not want to be without them anymore. The field of vision is as large as possible. The glasses sit close to the face. They are great for bike riding and even car driving. The zebra lenses keep the vision always clear, no squinting or lenses that go too dark. I bought these as a gift for my partner.
January 1, 2011
Great Glasses If You Don't Sweat
I have two opinions on these glasses. For cool weather activities, or activities where you're not going to be doing a lot of sweating, they are great. For warm weather or intensely aerobic activities, the glasses just have too close of a profile to your face to prevent sweat from running off your face onto the glasses. The same close profile makes them great for protecting your eyes from the wind during snowboarding or other high speed activities, but for intense activities such as mountainbiking, where you may be sweating a lot, even on cool days these glasses end up with so much sweat running down them and/or condensation building up on them, that they are far less than ideal. Great optics, photocromatic lenses are very nice, and overall the glasses are high quality with no complaints, aside from the fact that the close profile makes them just too sweaty/foggy during aerobic activities.
November 8, 2010
