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Pictures? Link? And what is / are the lenses like?

I still havent tested my POCs. The UV spectrometer here does look like it'd fit a lens or even the full sunglasses.
I can check for both visable and UV transmittance. I'm guessing I want the UV to be a bit
lower than the vis.

The fit is great though. And as they sit high, you get a frameless view. I really hate having sunglass frames in my Field of vision when cycling.

Ah no, thats annoying, both mine are fine. They also came in under a week and each was in its own polysterine box.

Looks good, the temptation grows...

cheers

agreed on the field of view. loads of space to the sides. feels like i am wearing nothing at all.

large lenses minimise wind-eye contact and therefore hayfever too

Here's a picture, not a great one. They're from aliexpress but they've since been removed from sale (by that seller). They were a tenner or so. They seem fine, quality-wise, at least as good as my knock-off Oakleys. Although I haven't used them yet.

weird, mine arrived this morning!

I ordered some last week - how long did they take to arrive?

As an addendum to my last, I wore these this morning. I'm sure I looked an absolute twat, but they covered my eyes well and the lenses seem good quality. One of them is a polarised lens and when I tried it last night, at 90 deg to my TV it blocks the light from it. Cool stuff!

Here's the aliexpress link.

So are people with fake glasses replacing the lenses with real ones if they like the shape?

im not

Isn't the (rather strong) possibility that they're exactly the same as the 'real' ones?

When I worked at Net a Porter, I remember a story of some Burberry thing being returned - it had Dorothy Perkins labels sewn in it. Ok, I'm not suggesting Burberry use the same materials as Dotty P, but the skills and workforce are the same.
If - and of course it's a big if - but if the fake POCs come from the same place as the legit ones, then they could well be more or less identical.

I'd wouldn't have thought so.

As a seller of fake goods why wouldn't you make the extra margin by using the cheapest materials possible?

and @Smallfurry Out of interest do yours have all the writing on the inside of the left arm?

Ie the Lenses by Carl Zeiss, etc.

I'd assume you go down the easiest route - if the materials and parts are there in the same factory, you would just do that. It's a few bits of plastic really. No idea how good the lenses are or aren't on the real ones.

@hugo7 nope, using the fake lenses.

@bashthebox I bought a pair of fake Oakley radars a while ago. A colleague has the real thing. We compared them and the real ones are a bit lighter, look a bit tidier and generally were more of a professional product.

The POCs feel better, but still a bit cheap, bit of swarf/excess plastic to peel off on one bit. Lenses fit pretty well though and I'm never going to fork out £160 on a pair of sunglasses so I'm happy with looking like a tit for a tenner. :)

If they broke or weren't available, I'd go back to my £12 bloc glasses.

Edit: @hugo7 yes it does say lens by carl zeiss and Blade DO.

Fair enough. Well as I mentioned, mine should get here soonish. And like you, fuck paying £160 for glasses that I drop twice every ride.

I've said it before but the main difference is the quality of the lenses. Fake ones are in a whole different league.

I've got some Bloc Titan's at the moment and they're still pretty cheap but the optics are just as good as the real Oakleys I've used.

Gotta call bullshit on the 'whole different league', at least in the case of oakley vs foakley (IMO, anecdotal, n=2, etc...). There are differences in the lenses (thickness and scratch resistance being the most notable, minor optical differences if you're really looking), but they are no worse than any other £10-15 pair of sunglasses and definitely not ~10 times worse, the price of oakleys implies.

You're welcome to call bullshit, it's just my experience. I've had 4 or 5 pairs of fake Oakleys now and I've given up on them, the lenses are so bad you may as well buy cheap sunglasses from a decent brand.

By bad I mean the depth of field changes around the lense, they scratch easily, they glare easily and they actually become harder to see with when in bright light.

Carl Zeiss

Yeah.

Probably more true if you never wear them over the eyes.

Again IMO, anecdotal, n=2, etc... being the major point. Had 2 real vs 2 fake. I know which I won't be buying ever again.