PullStrings wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 3:23 am
$200 is nothing for an important piece of equipment
Look at the price of a new Ride Engine 2019 harness Elite carbon....from $358 to $418
Even other brands lower priced 2019 harnesses are around $200
People need great quality harnesses for riding comfort...same for quality sunglasses for vision comfort plus protection
So a harness is comparable to sunglasses?????? Just a bit disingenuous, don't you think? I mean the frame, as well as the lens pretty much pops out of a mold. No hand sewing is really necessary on sunglasses right?
Here are the $1 sunglasses (and safety glasses I use at work):
MCR Checklite "Crews"
Pulley, please don't think bad of me for doing this (my response in red)...
PullStrings wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 3:23 am
Not safety rated frame to keep lenses in on impact
Yes they are
Not safety rated lenses to prevent shattering
Yes they are
Not hydrophobic surfaces to make water droplets bead at a 100 degree angle
Honestly, I have never measured the angle
Not oleophobic surfaces to make oils and sunscreen wipe off easily
I use McDonalds napkins to wipe them off once after the first half hour and they clean up with just a few rubbs
Not scratch resistant surfaces
Who cares, they are a dollar so I stuff them any where in my car, drop them in the sand and wipe the sand off with my fingers, and occasionally step on them without a care in the world because I can just get another one out and then I have no scratches for only $1
Not anti-reflective on the back of the lenses which is very important to see effortlessly through the lenses
Just checked mine and I can see through them, as well as have thousands of sessions without any eye fatigue
Not built with prism base in ( some call it decentered ) for horizontal vision comfort in 8 base wrap frames
c'mon man, is that just "word salad", or are you an optometrist? Can you give me an explanation of "horizontal vision comfort" vs "vertical vision comfort" vs "diagonal vision comfort"?
Not distortion free from edge to edge
Fortunately, my head turns almost 180° so I almost never really have to stare through the edges of these glasses - I just turn my head when something catches my attention on the periphery
( cheap lenses in cheap sunglasses are made real thin and are wavy )
SO THAT'S WHY FLAT WATER LOOKS WAVY AND THE BREAK LOOKS FLAT! it must have been my cheap sunglasses all the time (sarcasm for ESL forum users)
Look, pulley, here you go.
$200 sunglasses are a great way to express your own sense of style.
$200 sunglasses are a great way to save the environment by not going through lots of disposable sunglasses like I do.
$200 sunglasses are a great way to support some business owner that has a 1 in a million chance of actually creating a true innovation in the market.
But $200 sunglasses still cost you $200. And that is cool. Go for it. Just don't try to put off on everyone here that $200 sunglasses are a necessity for kiteboarding.
My kit is below -
1. Buy a 1/8" drill bit and glue it into a piece of wood or "melt" it into a piece of plastic
2. Buy a small pair of needle nose pliers
3. buy some 1/8" bungee or shock cord in bulk
4. Buy some MCR Checklite "Crews"
5. Using your new hand drill, make a hole at the indent on the end of the ear piece
6. Clean off the rough edges of the hole with the edge of the drill bit.
7. Fray the end of the bungee cord (a fresh cut without burning is best) so that you can put that through the hole you just made - but it will be tight THUS ADJUSTABLE!
8. Pull the bungee cord in with the pliers and make the length you want (I make mine loose so the glasses are not pulling at the bridge of my nose)
9. Knot then burn the ends of the bungee and use your new $1+ sunglasses for kiting