James E. Spencer
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No, I am not military, but I appreciate quality and function. These are the best designed and most comfortable sunglasses I have ever owned. That is coming from a blind man who wears sunglasses as part of his every day life. I cannot tell you they make the world look sharp, but they make me look sharp. They give me that professional image I need when walking into a board room wearing slanky cool shades is simply not the first impression I want to make. Ive owned more expensive, but not every designer label is backed by this level of quality. If I had a dollar for every pair of sunglasses I have broken, I would have a fat stack. This pair has already survived my walking into a half-open door. The spring hinges held up perfectly, as if they thought of me when they designed them to flex when I smash my head into things. The frame had taken on an odd angle for a minute, but they are real metal. That means I just gently work them back into alignment. In fact, the first thing I did when unpacking them was to fit them to my skull by gently bending the ear hooks. You just cannot do that with plastic shades. I say they are comfortable because you can make them fit your head like that. Im not a big man. Being only 5-foot 8-inches, my small stature should have pointed me to purchasing the smaller pair of glasses, but the wider glasses give me better coverage. They maybe arent goofy big, but the smaller pair would likely put the temple bars closer to my face. When I do finally kill this pair from misuse, I will go back for the smaller option. I figure if you can say you are a big person, go for the big pair, otherwise, take the more narrow frame. The temple bars are really the core of any glasses frame, and this pair feels like someone put a lot of thought into it. Rather than straight sticks you find on many expensive glasses, these are ever so slightly arched, curve into a thicker sturdy hinge connection, and have no tiny screw to drop out at the worst moment. It feels like a sealed hinge, so there is no replacing the temples. As if you were ever going to bother, right? Nobody ever repairs sunglasses. Ive never seen a carry case like this, but I really have grown attached to it. It has a snap hook so it can be hung from whatever you have. Its a sort of firm pack, being not hard and not quite soft. It would not withstand a good stomp, but it prevents the glasses from being crushed when packed in a bag. It easily fits the glasses and the buffing cloth. Overall, these sunglasses are clearly manufactured with attention to detail. The materials are obviously top quality. Every edge is finely finished, and no part of them feels less than perfectly tooled. I am checking them all over for any sign of lack of craftsmanship and its simply not there. The case is lined with some velvety material, and every seam is perfectly sealed. Even the zipper on the case closes smoothly. I have to say the case is overly large. It could easily contain 2 pairs, but that would not be proper safe storage. With the case hanging on me, the glasses rattle around a bit and the zipper pull jingles. Wearing this case clipped to my hip is sort of loud. The plastic clip is sturdy, but does have 1 tiny sharp-ish point where it was probably broken off its molding grid in manufacturing. Its just a tiny pokey edge, but I am trying to find fault.