so if you were to ever come over to my place one of the first things you would see
is my sunglasses collection i have about 30 pairs of sunglasses sitting on the wall just
next to my front door so i can always quickly grab something on my way out now my sunglasses
aren't just nilly willy any pairs of sunglasses these all are special to me are very unique and
a lot of these different brands different styles there are some unique things here
i bet you've never seen so let's unbox some of these clean up the lenses and let's take a look
hey what's up dr joseph allen here from the dr eye health show and today's video is pretty special i
get to show off some of my sunglasses collection here if you've watched any of my videos before you
know that being an eye doctor i'm very passionate about protecting the eyes and taking good care
of them and sunglasses plays a huge role in that mainly because of uv light protection
but i myself have been light sensitive since i was a kid maybe it's the blue eyes not really
sure about that i've never seen a legit study confirming that blue eyes are more light sensitive
but i just appreciate good quality sunglasses especially if there's something unique about
them so let's dive into it now the first pair i want to share with you guys is funny enough
not like the most expensive or anything in fact these are quite affordable but these are probably
the number one pair of sunglasses i get the most attention from like people will stop me when i'm
going into the gym to ask me whoa dude what's up with your sunglasses these are the world's first
matte reflective sunglasses this company from the netherlands called mariner figured out some way
to make a reflective mirror on the front surface of the lens but able to make it a matte finish so
it really just looks wicked cool what's nice is that not only is the front surface that matte
finish but it doesn't affect the clarity of the lenses looking out through it and because of the
matte finish and nobody can see the reflections off of it i love using it for social media so if
i'm doing an instagram story or something like that no one can see the phone or the camera
i'm using to take that video so yeah these are probably one of the coolest pairs of sunglasses i
own and if you ever look them up they're actually pretty affordable there's like 50-60 euro or
something like that but they are a newer company so you may have to act fast before that price goes
up all right since we're talking about cool unique ones this pair here have to wash this one nothing
like the pet peeve of having dirty sunglasses lenses all right this pair of sunglasses i've
actually mentioned in a few of my videos but these ones are from a company called William Painter and
they call this the hook. Because on the temple if you look at it it's a bottle opener i guess they
own a patent on this but they made the temples out of pure titanium which makes them exceptionally
strong and then that allows it as kind of a party trick if you have a bottle of beer or a soda or
something you can just snap the top right off which does in fact work and is again just kind of
a cool party trick and outside of just having the cool temples of the frames the lenses are actually
fairly good quality i believe they're made out of nylon which is a very light material it's
harder to scratch but it has good otherwise good optical quality good polarized lenses in it and
i also liked kind of the red mirror finish all right next up are probably two pairs i have from a
company called Randolph Engineering now i've also mentioned randolph in several other videos mainly
because i think they're one of the best companies and brands out there making sunglasses do expect
if you're gonna pick up a pair of randolphs you're gonna be paying a higher ticket price
uh somewhere in the higher 290 300 plus range but if you're somebody who's serious about getting
good quality lenses good sunglasses you're gonna buy a pair that you're going to love and take care
of for many years it's worth the investment this happens to be my kind of favorite holy grail pair
that i own this is their randelf aviator style frame with AGX green lenses and i love the color
of green because it kind of enhances the contrast a little bit when you're outside and then on top
of that they have a cobalt blue finish so if you look them up this is part of the cobalt line but
one of the reasons i love Randolph engineering is because if you check out their website if you
find a store that sells them you can customize the specific lens materials you can customize if
you want them polarized or not and the lenses are just made with excellent quality and detail even
back to the anti-reflective coating on the back surface of the lenses and one of the best things
about this specific pair is that i was able to get the lenses made of glass which has one of the
highest properties of optical clarity that you can get and it's very hard to scratch and yeah they're
comfortable and i love them plus aviator styles look cool basically make everybody look badass
i also have this other pair from Randolph engineering that i love these ones have
kind of this cool kind of cotton candy reflection off the front surface it's kind of bluish pink and
then the lenses themselves are amber gradient lenses and that means that the top of the lens
is a little darker amber color and then toward the bottom they're a little bit more clear which
can be really helpful if you're coming in and out of doors all the time because then you can
just look through the bottom of the lens and see more clearly and also love that i was able to get
them into a round frame because uh just with the kind of the cool colors and everything it just
makes me look and feel like a rock star of some kind otherwise random engineering are probably one
of my favorite brands of all time oh yeah let's talk about these ones so these ones are really
special to me now not only is it a frame made of a natural wood here on the front and i just love the
grain because you can feel it but then the temples of the frame are made with buffalo horns so if you
didn't know a previous eye clinic i used to work at was in the town of buffalo Minnesota and so
i ended up getting these when i was there and i just loved it because again they had buffalo horn
in the glasses this is a frame by the name of roger ruder which is from Austria but just
having handmade materials something that is kind of one of a kind unique this is something i really
loved and gravitated toward me plus these have a sentimental value being that they are the first
prescription pair of sunglasses that i ever wrote for myself so yeah the prescription is like six or
eight years old and i did do that terrible thing where a doctor prescribed something for themselves
yeah this is my prescription but i think it's good to also highlight to people that
you don't just have to get any other brand that specifically makes sunglasses you can go to an eye
doctor's clinic and ask specifically to have your prescription put into any particular frame to make
sunglasses so yeah super cool pair okay these ones are the new ray-ban story sunglasses so i recently
did a review going more in depth about all the little nitty-gritty about the ray-ban stories
if you haven't heard about them before these are probably the leading contender for the best smart
glasses out right now they do have cameras built into the front of the frame both on the right and
left temple sides and then they do have built-in speakers and they wirelessly connect to your phone
so that you can record little videos take pictures listen to your headphones now if
you check out that review video i definitely don't recommend them for everybody but if you
are somebody who loves to go biking like myself if you're somebody who likes to go skateboarding
maybe you're a fisherman and you want to have like a heads up video recording of you
landing that fish then these do have that capability but i did vouch for like the
facebook or meta blue color including the blue lenses it's a little bit more expensive but
i figured you know what this might be one of a time thing so grab myself a pair and
yeah they're pretty cool all right so this pair of sunglasses here is probably what i would recommend
for anybody who's very light sensitive drives a lot and is bothered by glare and really just wants
to see their best while they're driving and these sunglasses come from a company called maui gym
now you can find maui gyms online but you can also find them in a lot of eye clinics because
they are of higher quality and just eye clinics always want to carry something in that higher
end range for people who really want a good pair of sunglasses now what i love about this pair is
that they do have a nice matte black frame so shout out to MKBHD and then the temples have a
nice grip on them so if you're wearing them on the water looking down toward the ocean they're less
likely to slide off your ears and into the water same thing for the nose piece there are little
grips there again so they don't slide down your nose now the real magic is in their lenses maui
jim does have a patent on their polarization technology or the filters in their lenses
i don't know exactly how they're better than other companies but it does seem to work really
good if you're on the water of course the back side of the lenses have anti-reflective coating
but what's really special about these ones and if you're getting if you're going to get maui jim's
i recommend that you look into getting a special lens that they have which is a bi gradient lens
what a bi-gradient lens is is that there's a gradient from the top of the lens to about the
top one-third of the lens and then there's another gradient from the bottom of the lens to about that
two-thirds of the lens and that leaves this nice strip across your entire vision of just kind of a
neutral gray whatever the color of the sunglasses are but having this gradient come from top and
bottom kind of gives the same sensation that you are getting when you squint all the time so i find
when i'm driving and i'm wearing these it just relaxes my eyelids my face so i just don't feel
like i have to squint to kind of negate or cut out any of that extra glare or light otherwise
other than randolph these are probably one of my more expensive favorite pairs that i like to take
care of now i'm really bummed i can't find this one pair of sunglasses that i have i really want
to show you guys because this is super cool and unique it's from a company based out of the uk who
has found a way to make sunglasses out of denim jeans they basically just take old jeans and then
stamp them in the shape of sunglasses and somehow cure them either with glue and metal and yeah you
can have denim jeans sunglasses i've actually had two different pairs of these i've given one away
to a friend and the newest pair i i'm just bummed i've misplaced them but if you're someone who
loves to wear denim jeans or just want something cool unique that stands out or you just like
recycling and just love all that then check out in the description below i'll put links to the most
epic brands who you can check it out so hey thanks for hanging out i hope this video helped you out
in some way if you were able to find a cool pair of sunglasses that you can find for yourself
or buy for a friend or a family member and hey perhaps you have a really cool brand of sunglasses
that you love let me know in the comments section if there's something that i should
probably pick up or maybe do a review on and if you want to know more about the health benefits
of wearing sunglasses then definitely check out my other video of why i'm always wearing them
yeah you can learn a lot of cool stuff from that video either way thank you so much for watching
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