I really want a nice set of sunnies but how do i justify spending £200 on a pair of Oakley Jagwires? Especially over some equally as good Spesh Divides at <£70?

Only if you want them. No possible functional advantage over bolle safety glasses and probably less functional.

No justification possible apart from " I have the money to waste and I want a set"

HTH

No justification possible apart from " I have the money to waste and I want a set"

But if he wants them it's not a waste is it.

Folk on here do mention the supposedly fantastic customer service from Oakley…

There's a snowboarding shop in Edinburgh (http://www.freezeproshop.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue-_BRANDS_-OAKLEY.html) that was doing 25% off Oakleys.

Does that help justify it to you?

Tell the wife that you want them she will make you see sense mine always does.

AlasdairMc – Member
There's a snowboarding shop in Edinburgh (http://www.freezeproshop.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue-_BRANDS_-OAKLEY.html) that was doing 25% off Oakleys.

Does that help justify it to you?

maybe. the polorised ones are £165 so slightly better but still £100 more than the Spesh ones which will do the job just as well.

hmmm, think i'm talking myself out of them now.

Get yourself down to TK Maxx

To me Oakleys are worth it.

No possible functional advantage over bolle safety glasses

Sorry, but your wrong, but there is a notable difference in the lens quality between a cheapo pair and something like Oakleys/ Rudy Project / Spesh.

OK, functionally I could see through any set of glasses, but there is a difference in clarity. And thats me speaking from wearing my own Oakleys on the commute to work, and then wearing a set of work-provided cheapo's like Bolles to be cycling whilst at work. You really notice the difference.

No possible functional advantage over bolle safety glasses and probably less functional.

Well, apart from the advantage that they won't amke you look like a spoddy lab technician.

I'm playing the same game at the mo.

I have a perfectly functional, 4 year old, set of Spesh Helixes. I WANT a pair of Oakley Jawbones, which are the furst pair of Oakleys I've found that actually fit me when I'm wearing a lid.

I'm just having real difficulty in justifying that much cash on a pair of glasses that are going to get covered in sh!te. Hell my prescription glasses (also Oakley) weren't much more!

Fisha – well the bolles I use are optically as perfect as a lens can be – after all they are CE marked. No distortion at all.

CFH – thats hardly functional and arguably they are no more spazzy than oaklys anyway – which scream ****t with more money than sense to me every time I see someone wearing them ;-0

BigJohn – Member
Get yourself down to TK Maxx

why's that? do they sell Oakley's? or are you just suggesting that I buy something that they have in stock at the reduced price? And i'm not sure they will have the Jawbones as they are new and TakiMaxx only seem to sell old stock they have bought cheap.

which scream ****t with more money than sense to me every time I see someone wearing them ;-0

That's how most people feel every time they see you post on here 😉

No, but they sell sunglasses for about a fiver.