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By Jersey Hiker Ranked #319 - Polarized Lifestyle Sunglasses November 26, 2008

I already have the whisker in brown/bronze polarized (love them - but light transmission is a little high for snow/sand). The titanium frame (incorrectly listed here as C5, which is the heavier alloy material) is super lightweight, noticably lighter than my other pair of whiskers. My first pair was returned because the frames were bent a bit out of alignment (could cause the lenses to pop out). The exchanged pair are perfect, no problem with lenses popping out (just don't sit on them!!). Besides, if you have any problems with the frame, my experience with Oakley (and Backcountry for that matter) is that the customer service is very pleasant to deal with, and there is a warantee to cover these sorts of problems (they've repaired/replaced stuff for me for free, even though the damage was clearly my fault). The titanium iridium lenses are just about perfect for me, still a little bright in sand and snow (significantly better than bronze polarized though), but I don't like lenses that are too dark. These have a pretty stong mirror finish to them, and a tint which improves contrast. Optical clarity is just as good as any Oakley I've owned (6 pairs and counting), no worries there. I suspect that the black iridium lenses might be *perceived* as being less clear because they lack any contrast enhancing tint (but nice because they give better color accuracy), and my experience again is that Oakley more commonly offers lenses with contrast enhancement rather than without. Anyway, great sunglasses as usual - highly recommended.

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