Great glass, stylish frame

By Niall MacRae Ranked #175 - Sunglasses May 15, 2009

The Smith Capitals are a great set of stylish lenses for the fisherman looking to escape the monster-sized black frame look. These are built on a pretty slim frame that carry large, curved lenses and will seal light out pretty well on medium to larger faces. The Capitals use Smith's top-drawer Techlite glass, and the lenses are good. My brown polarized lenses do a great job of increasing the contrast, and are great for driving. Fishing performance is also very good, helping me pick out cruising redfish on the flats and giving me a good view of the bottom on the spring-fed creeks in the Texas hill country. Smith's Tapered Lens Technology supposedly provides minimal distortion by tapering the lenses out toward the edges, but I did notice a little bit of a difference between the image through the lenses and the naked-eye view. Not a enough to bother, but just enough to be noticeable. The Techlite glass IS heavy when compared to polycarbonate, and I would not recommend these for any high-movement activities, or the bridge of your nose will be talking to you. Rubber inserts on the nose and earpieces will help keep these on your head pretty well, otherwise. Overall, great glass lenses and stylish Italian-made frames that are backed up by Smith's excellent, well-backed lifetime warranty. For the money: 5 stars

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