Oakley Half-X Sunglasses

I bought a pair of Half X glasses about four years ago. I've always loved the style, the fit, and the lens quality on the glasses that I bought.

The right earpiece just broke, you know that little part that connects to the earpiece. I just e-mailed Oakley to see if they can send me that part and an Allen wrench to fix the glasses.

I love the glasses, will see how they do with my request.

These are the worst rip-off. I have been an Oakley fan for years. My old Bottlecaps were awesome until I lost them in a parking lot at night. I had a brand new pair of Half-X's for maybe 2 months when out of nowhere one of the arms comes off. Turns out there is a very tiny allen head screw that holds the arms on. No hardware store, sunglasses shop, or eyewear store has an allen wrench small enough to tighten this stupid screw. I'm a mechanical engineer and I can tell you the only things I could have done to get this screw in also would have likely completely stripped it.

I sent the sunglasses back to Oakley. I bought them on ebay so I knew I couldn't claim warranty, but I figured how much could it cost to tighten a little screw? Well they called back and guess what? The won't tighten the screw. The only thing they'd do is replace the ENTIRE FRAME! On top of that, they "did me a favor" by not charging me for the entire replacement but only a $64.99 "tune up" charge. Turns out even if the crap sunglasses DON'T break on you, you are still expected to periodically return them and pay $65 for a "tune up" which mostly amounts to tightening the screws and cleaning the frame.

I'm ok with paying for a tune up for my car. I DO NOT expect to regularly pay $65 to tune up some sunglasses. Especially not sunglasses that retail for $400. And on top of that, they couldn't just tighten the screw and send them back to me? The only reason I'm paying the $64.99 is so I can get them back and sell them on ebay. Maybe I'll get enough to buy some plastic sunglasses.

I can only recommend that you stay away from all X-Metal sunglasses. They look OK, but they're heavy, expensive, tend to have screws fall out, and require expensive MAINTENANCE.

EPIC FAIL.

The Half-X's are my favorite Oakley design. Mine are plasma frames and ice iridium lenses. Ultra well-designed and constructed frames. Amazing hinge system. And the polarized ice iridium lenses are awesome. 9 per cent light transmission, true color. The ice iridium on the outside is a beautiful blue, the color of compressed glacial ice; the deep blue you see when you look into a big crevasse. These glasses turn heads, people literally do double-takes when then see them. Very impressive, very tasteful, very comfortable and very effective in dealing with extremely bright sunlight and glare.

These are pretty nice glasses. They fit well on a medium/small head/face. They were sung and did not move around in activities (biking, running, etc). Great for casual wear as well.

I didn't like the finish on the silver. Seemed cheap and the hinges felt loose. They were light but had a cheap look to them, almost plastic.

I bought these glasses on Steep and Cheap (part of BC) for biking and climbing, and with one(ish) exception they've been fantastic.
Pros: Excellent lenses and half-frame provide a perfect viewing area for me, and don't get in the way while I'm trying to look down and make a clip or find my waterbottle. Unobtainium padding and sprung hinges mean these do stay on my face, and also mean that I can move the glasses a little forward on the bridge of my nose to avoid the upper frame touching my eyebrows and steaming up. And, they're awfully stylish...
Cons: Despite the "Ultra-light!!!!" tag line, these do have a lot of metal above the bridge of the nose. Also, the sprung hinges are a mixed blessing. For my average-sized head, the hinges pull in strongly (which is why they stay on so well!). Both of these mean I can only wear these glasses for a few hours before my temples and nose start to feel a bit sore.
...which is a shame really, because otherwise I'd pretty much live in them.

Great glasses, very comfortable. Not very heavy but I didn't get them for performance and I like the metal frame. It's very well built and very clear vision on bright days with no glare.

I wear these about 80% of the day work/recreation. Working at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, glasses have to take a beating. So far after about a month of use, I've managed to slightly scratch one of the lenses. I did drop them once or twice.