so finding the best sunglasses for men
can be a challenge because yes as a man
i want my sunglasses to make me look
great
but i also want them to have a function
as well so in this video i'm gonna help
you find the best sunglasses for men
whether you're a pro athlete hitting the
trails fishing with buddies or just on
your commute to work
they're going to help you not just look
better but see your best as well
let's take a look
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hey what's up this is dr alan here from
the dr eye health show helping learn all
about the eyes vision
and finding the best vision products now
today again we're talking about
the best sunglasses for men now the
reason i'm talking about this is because
i am a huge sunglasses collector
and i know it can be a challenge for a
lot of people to find something that
just looks good uh but helps you see
better and in the sunglasses world there
are just
clearly some companies who are doing
things better that are
cut above the rest so today's video i'm
gonna talk about my top three favorites
that i think
are probably the best ones for you to
invest in plus i'll throw in two extra
honorable mentions toward the end
that are either just really cool or they
are a little bit better for tighter
budgets
again if you're not looking to spend a
higher price now the first brand i want
to showcase for you here today
is that from randolph engineering i
found out about randolph engineering
sunglasses
several years ago and instantly fell in
love with them mostly because the high
quality that they have as well as the
customization that's available
through their website now randolph
engineering in case you didn't know
is a hundred percent us-made sunglasses
company which is very difficult to find
most sunglasses are indeed manufactured
outside the united states but randolph
is the one company we know
it's 100 us made and in fact they are
the individual
sole distributor and maker of sunglasses
for the us
military so if you do ever see somebody
from the us military in the air force or
navy
who've been issued sunglasses they were
randolphs and what's nice about randolph
if you check out their website
they have many different options for
lens colors
different lens technologies if you want
glass or if you want a nylon type of
plastic which is more scratch resistant
as well as different options such as the
classic aviators and other cool shapes
and designs
plus they even allow you to choose if
you want polarized lenses
or not that's a big deal especially if
you're in aviation of any kind because
uh if you're gonna be flying an airplane
you don't want polarized lenses and
another cool thing about randolph is
that they do have
a patent on the soldering technology
that they use for their metal frames
and they have a lifetime warranty on it
so if for some reason the soldering goes
bad
you can go ahead and send it back to
them and they will replace your frames
now me personally i have three different
pairs of randolphs this one i'm holding
here
is part of their cobalt frame line my
personal favorite i got glass
lenses in here and just the optical
quality of these lenses
in the frame it's just superb and i
treat them like gold
but for all those reasons that is
exactly why i wanted to mention randolph
engineering
first now the second brand i wanted to
mention as the best sunglasses
is that of maui gym now maui gyms are a
little bit more worldwide famous they
make a lot of sales across the world
they originally are a company based out
of hawaii
but now their headquarters are based in
chicago and most of the frames are
either manufactured in italy
or they're manufactured in japan but
what i love about maui gyms is the style
the culture
and ultimately just the quality of the
lenses they have
they in fact have a patent on the
polarized filter that they make with
these lenses that makes it
just amazing especially if you're
someone who's on water a lot
on top of that if you go to their
website they have many different lens
options
available whether you're looking for
different colors again different lens
qualities if you're looking for glass or
plastic if you want something more
lightweight
they can again fully tailor and
customize those lenses based on your
needs one thing that i have in my maui
gyms here that i personally love
and would recommend is looking into a
bi-gradient
mirror that's something that a maui gym
kind of has special and i haven't seen
it in any other brand
but it allows for a gradient from the
top of the lens to about one-third of
the lens
and then again from the bottom two
thirds of the lens to the very bottom of
the lens
that leaves the central one-third of
just a standard kind of gray neutral
filter
but the top one third and the bottom one
third have a darker tint to them
which this helps with reducing glare
that could be
any sort of extra light coming from
above you as well as blocking out any
extra brightness
light sensitivity from light hitting the
floor or water and bouncing
up from the ground so really you're
getting like a three level mirror effect
which means that when you put the
glasses on if you see something that's
too bright you can always bring your
chin a little down
or bring it a little bit upward and you
get just that little extra protection
again whether you do your research by
checking out maui gems website or you
find an optical near you that has maui
gyms for you to try on
usually the price point is somewhere in
the mid 200s
up to the lower 300 price range now the
third brand i want to talk about
is probably going to be best for someone
who's a performance athlete or anybody
who just takes their sports
seriously now these are oakley frames
and not everybody loves oakley now that
luxxotica purchased them
luxxotica is a giant monopoly in the eye
care world
but i can't deny they make a good
product
oakley now has proprietary technology
which they call their prism
lenses and they are supposed to not just
enhance
contrast but help you detect subtle
color changes to improve your overall
performance
so whether you are going to be biking
running
finding something that is a little bit
more of a sporty look to it
they have a nice curve to the lenses so
that when you're wearing them
it doesn't hit your cheeks or bother you
there at all plus
the nose pads and the temples are made
with
kind of a cool silicone rubber so that
when you're wearing it
your sweat doesn't kind of cause the
frames to slide down
now again they have different lenses
available different colors and different
features and i highly recommend you
either try them on
at an optical store that has oakley
glasses so you can fully get the
experience
or you can check out their website i do
find it pretty helpful but again i would
say to get the full experience of what
the prism line lenses really look like
it's best to try it in person this pair
i'm holding here is part of their golf
line so these lenses are meant to
really heighten the colors of the green
so that when you're out golfing you're
able to detect your ball a little sooner
a little easier and able to read
the contours of the green and improve
again your skill set
in golf and again when it comes to price
usually oakleys are somewhere in that
200 all the way up to the 300 u.s range
again depending on what you're looking
for
i do want to mention that not all of the
oakley lenses have
polarized filters in them and part of
that is they find that if you
are into an extreme sport of any kind
where you have to make quick reactions
and judgments
polarized filters may mask things like
ice on the road
or like changes in gravel texture and so
they purposely
decided not to put them in in some of
their lenses but let me know in the
comment section below are you a
polarized glasses person
or not love to hear your answer so those
are my
top three favorites i would say are the
best sunglasses for men
are randolph engineering maui gyms and
then oakley's
now again there's many different
sunglasses out there and i did want to
mention two other
honorable mentions one of those is going
to be william painter sunglasses
these are ones i've never seen in an
optical store but i know they're really
popular online
i do have a frame review going over
their flagship
frame called the hook which is rather
unique and that has titanium temples
and that makes it really strong and
allows it to have
a bottle opener in the side of the frame
so this is a great party trick if you
are out and you're out with some friends
and you need a bottle opener you can
just use your own sunglasses
and pop it open the price for those
sunglasses i think have gone up and i
think they're in
almost the 300 us dollar range
thankfully they do offer a lot of
discounts online you can find them even
on their own website
but certainly for me because i've done a
review on their sunglasses they even
sent out some to my viewers
so if you want to check out the links
below i'll put one down there that saves
you like somewhere in like the 30 to 50
us dollar range so they seem like a
pretty cool company as well
they are based out of nevada although
the frames are manufactured in china
and then finally my last honorable
mention are that from the hobby
or hobie brand sunglasses now
this brand has largely been a surfing as
well as a sailing company
but what i like about them and i threw
them in here is because they
are very good lenses and they have good
options
that make them rather unique such as
sunglasses that
float in water they have polarized
lenses which are good for fishing
they have ones with side shields that
come up and protect from extra glare
while you're fishing
they even have ones with interchangeable
lenses based on different colors that
you may want depending on what type of
environment you're at what angle the
sun's coming in all those things
plus they are a cheaper option so if
you're somebody who doesn't he's just
not in the market for spending two to
three hundred us dollars on a good pair
of sunglasses
but you want something that functions
well looks good then maybe looking
toward them they're usually in the 70 to
maybe the lower 100 us range but i do
have several pairs myself and i do enjoy
them but hey i hope you found this video
helpful and i hope that whatever brand
you end up going with that you
absolutely
love them let me know in the comment
section what your favorite brand is that
we mentioned here today and if you have
another brand that you think
you would love to see in a future video
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