@funsyd Do it! You know you want them.

@TBoneZeOriginal Balls. I was very much hoping that polarization was standard but just not mentioned. If they aren’t polarized I’m not sure it’s worth it, even though it’s my favorite style and I’m desperate for a good pair of sunglasses.

@atravis6 @TBoneZeOriginal aren’t all the g-15 lenses polarized though? I see that in the specs for a few of them

@TBoneZeOriginal according to the ray-ban website they are polarized lenses on at least the wrap arounds I just bought.

@TBoneZeOriginal on second look, it does seem like they sell both style lenses. That meh didn’t say these are polarized makes me think they are in fact NOT.

@atravis6 @TBoneZeOriginal i think the polarized lenses have a “P” on the lens next to the brand name.

@jayman007 @TBoneZeOriginal The poll says they’re polarized

@DoctorOW @jayman007 @TBoneZeOriginal I’m willing to bet that they are NOT polarized. Meh would be bragging about them being polarized if they were, because I don’t think they have ever offered nice polarized glasses. I mean… this is Meh that we’re talking about!

@DoctorOW @jayman007 @TBoneZeOriginal @TimW exactly this. people have bitched since the first offering about the lack of polarization so Meh would make that shit the headline.

@TBoneZeOriginal G-15 lens are
<<< not polarized >>>

@CosmicTwister @TBoneZeOriginal The ray-ban site lists G-15 as available in both Polarized and non-. These don’t say, but the assumption would be non-polarized, as ray-ban lists the other version as “Green Classic G-15 Polarized.”

@DoctorOW @TBoneZeOriginal I received mine today and they are 100% NOT polarized.

@jayman007 @TBoneZeOriginal Sorry.

You must be a young one, or not from the US.

Channel surfing is “the practice of changing frequently from one program to another on a television, watching each one for only a short time“

@haydesigner but what’s a beeb?

@UncleVinny Sure.

1. The artist, GammaRay, lives in Cape Town
2. The 1978 film “The Wild Geese” was filmed in South Africa.
3. Sir Roger Moore has said in his memoirs that Ronald Fraser, a supporting actor in the film, gave up booze while making this movie, but Fraser decided to smoke the local pot instead, and was mostly stoned when working on the project.
4. Obvi - Duh!

@catthegreat @haydesigner Beeb or The Beeb is a nickname for the BBC.

No idea what it might mean in American though.

@Tadlem43 Depends on if they are polarized or not (debate continues on whether these specific ones are, since Ray-Ban makes both kinds). for glare off of water, snow, wet roads, you want Polarized. There are also certain reasons people do not want polarized, however, such as looking at certain types of LCD screens.

@pmarin Thank you. There’s so much I know nothing about. lol

@w_a_w Would be interested to hear what you think of the wrap arounds. I received mine today and they are super UGLY. I look like a blind man when I wear them.

@CosmicTwister Actually I did some research this AM on the ray-ban site. I looked up specifically the Green Classic G-15 (because that is one of the lens tints I like). On the ray-ban site, there is both the non and a Polarized version, which is listed as Green Classic G-15 Polarized.

So is the listing here accurate? (i.e. unless it says Polarized, it is definitely non-polarized?). Or is the listing here incomplete and possibly inaccurate. Not that something like that would ever happen on this site.

It looks like ray-ban continues to make both lens types in the same colors and frame styles, and as there is some discussion here, there are some cases where people don’t want polarized. So it makes sense for them to offer both. Just wish the naming emphasized it more clearly (or noted it at all,) in the case of this site – if it had just clearly said “non-polarized” in the description, we’d avoid all this confusion! But where would the fun be in that?

@accumulator …and since my puppy actually ate my Oakley sunglasses yesterday…
/giphy relished-endearing-credit

@BrinsonBeck I hadn’t heard that. In particular when there are areas with wet roads and glare. As I mentioned sometimes they won’t work right, like viewing certain LCD panels or looking through certain types of glass or plexiglass. I’ve heard that pilots avoid them for that reason, but I’m not a pilot so this is anecdotal.

Just curious what’s the reason you’ve heard for some drivers to prefer non-polarized?

@pmarin You hit it with glare. When I took my motorcycle safety course, in the course, they warned us not to wear polarized sunglasses. Wet spots or oil slicks on the road have to be treated carefully to keep the bike upright, and polarized sunglasses remove the glare that is a valuable warning sign.

@BrinsonBeck That totally makes sense! Thanks for explaining that. From my experience the best case where I really wanted Polarized was skiing (when I was younger and my bones worked better), and boating/sailing. I actually enjoy them in normal use because they make distinctions of light and clouds much more clear – actually just makes things “prettier” in many cases in natural landscape. On the down-side, I would see the “heat-treating” areas of the safety glass on some older cars I had (weird bluish circles not normally visible), and I still have some portable devices like an older Kindle Fire that I can’t see at all with polarized glasses on.

@BrinsonBeck Another comment mentioned heads-up displays. Though not common in cars, there were even some primitive ones from 20+ year ago. And military planes have used them even longer — not sure about commercial/private aircraft. But yeah those would all be cases where you do NOT want polarized.

@BrinsonBeck @pmarin

I still have some portable devices like an older Kindle Fire that I can’t see at all with polarized glasses on

Your Kindle is invisible if you wear polarized glasses? Wow…

But seriously, if you rotate the screen 90 degrees can you see it then?
And yes, I can remember those dots on windshields etc. when I was younger and would wear "Polaroids"™

@BrinsonBeck @pmarin Pilots can’t wear polarized glasses while flying

@firstcrack Yes but you will be much sorrier than with the $1-store ones.

@jayman007 to each their own; I received mine today - same style - and I was pleased with them. Happy to take yours off your hands…

@accumulator meh was kind enough to take them back. Glad you are happy with yours.