|
|
Average Rating
|
3.8/5
|
|
# of Reviews
|
120
|
|
MSRP
|
$ 175.00
|
|
Weight
|
|
|
More Products from Oakley
Submit a Review
|
|
|
Description:The sturdy keel of our Pro M Frame® was articulated with hinges and sloped for a tighter float across the brow. We reformulated its O Matter™, reengineering the flexible synthetic for even greater durability. It became the new M Frame®, a reinforced camber of POLARIC ELLIPSOID™ lens geometry that maintains visual clarity in a world of performance-sinking distortion. Three-point fit and full UV protection come standard. Choose from four interchangeable lens shapes, each available in a spectrum of hues that augment endurance with adaptability.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Submitted by
Jamba Jamma
a Cross Country Rider
from SoCal
Date Reviewed: April 17, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Oakley Store | | Strengths: | Clear, Low to No Distortion. Frame fits snug on cranium. The High Intensity Yellow lens does a great job in low light conditions to improve contrast and depth. Replaceable lenses. | | Weaknesses: | Its Oakley so its $$$ | | Similar Products Used: | Wiley X, Oakley Gas Can, Oakley Zeros, Oakley Minutes, Oakley Ewires | | Bike Setup: | XC Hardtail | | Bottom Line: | If you ride in low light conditions, get the High Intensity Yellow lens, it works wonders. If you ride in many different conditions, you can always get a few lenses and keep them around for when you need them. The size of the lens also offers great coverage and protection. Oakley also offers vented lenses, which I want to experiment with. (Last ride, my lenses fogged up) | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
brobbo
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: June 11, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Golf Stor | | Strengths: | There Oakley's - Lenses are super clear with zero distortion | | Weaknesses: | Price - but you do get what you pay for. | | Bike Setup: | Who Cares - I use the Persimmons Lens (Clear Orange Tint) | | Bottom Line: | For those who complained that the lenses scratch easy - Of course they do - your in a sport that most likely will involve dirt. More over you probably using lenses that have the iridium coating. For Mtn biking, use the no coated lenses and you should not have issues with scratching. Even if you do have the coated lens, get a hard case and take care of them. I have The M-Frames with various lenses, Ewire with Iridium, Both of which I have had for 5 plus years and no scratches. Currently My Orange lens has one noticeable scratch on it, and that was when I bailed and plowed my face into the ground. The frames held up perfectly. A few years later I left them on the the of car and drove off. Other than some scuff's on the frames - good as new, even the lens were fine.
For this sport get the Orange, Yellow or clear lens. They are substantially cheaper than the coated lenses. If you ride in the woods, tined lens are useless.
Yes, every few years you will have to replace the rubber stuff, but even that is no big deal. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
peter
a Cross Country Rider
from hiroshima
Date Reviewed: April 24, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | store | | Strengths: | light, stylish, many lens and frame color options | | Weaknesses: | light, cheap feel. Lenses easily scratched, replacement parts expensive. Obscene prices for the glasses and the replacement lenses. Warranty covers just about nothing. Absolutely not protective benefit in case of accident (they will be the first things that fly off your face). Non-areated lenses have a strong tendency to fog, and build up puddles of sweat along the lower lense edge, which dry into murky smudges. | | Similar Products Used: | All Oakleys, Serengetis, Nikes, Carreras, Panoptyx, Nikon, etc. | | Bike Setup: | several carbon bikes, including Trek STP 400, Giant MCM Team and Limited | | Bottom Line: | Why would anyone waste more than $30 on these? You could buy three pair of similar or better quality sunglasses made by other folks for the price of one of these. If we collectively stop paying their obscene prices, maybe someday they will lower them to a more realistic cost as a result. They simply are no better than many other choices at half or a third their price. If you think you can buy the "cool factor" by buying a pair of Oakleys then buy them. If, however, you actually have a head on shoulders, and are capable of making reasonable quality assessments of the tools you live by, then you will look elsewhere--there are several more intelligent choices available. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
eric
a Weekend Warrior
from La Habra, Ca. USA
Date Reviewed: September 9, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Great optics, Fully covers eyes. Has been dropped on several occasions and never a scratch. and some pretty hard branch swaps across the face and no problems with any scratching. | | Weaknesses: | None really, price but you get what you pay for. | | Bottom Line: | Great sungglasses, Can't beat oakley optics. Blocks 100% of uva, b, c and blue light. Get what you pay for | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Duane Smith
a Weekend Warrior
from APO
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Smith Lake | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | MacDill AFB BX | | Strengths: | light weight | | Weaknesses: | Nose pieces fall off easily. Lenses scratch easily. Hard to store and transport without breaking. | | Similar Products Used: | ray-ban, wiley-x | | Bike Setup: | Bike Friday Llama | | Bottom Line: | Short service life of 6-9 months. If you can afford to replace go for it! | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Randy Lee
a Cross Country Rider
from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: February 19, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$170.00 | | Purchased At: | sunglass hut | | Strengths: | cool looking design (especially vented), very light, great fit, great lenses | | Weaknesses: | pretty expensive, hard to change to lenses | | Similar Products Used: | nike interchangable square | | Bike Setup: | 2003 specialized epic disc | | Bottom Line: | Ive read some reviews of ppl having cracks on the frame but that hasnt happend to me. I really like the glasses even though they are expensive. I have a flat nose (typical for many asians) so it is pretty difficult to find glasses that dont slide off especially in riding position. But these m frame fit great! I never have to push my glasses up anymore. They are also very light and comfortable so sometimes i even forget im wearing them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sean
a Weekend Warrior
from Ft Hood
Date Reviewed: November 7, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$89.00 | | Purchased At: | Military Clothing Sales AAFES | | Strengths: | Great Fit, UV Filtering, Durable and ballistic lenses are a plus in the military. | | Weaknesses: | Very large lense, when going indoors I find myself carrying them in my hand smudging the lenses and afraid I will put them down and forget them. | | Similar Products Used: | I also love the ESS ICD glasses....for about the same price I got a case and four interchangable lenses. | | Bike Setup: | TREK 6700 | | Bottom Line: | A great pair of glasses if spending most of day outdoors, if in & out of doors all day then get something smaller. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tim Jones
a Weekend Warrior
from Ottawa, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | - | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$170.00 | | Purchased At: | Mall | | Strengths: | -> Light weight
-> Confortable
-> Hi Quality lenses | | Weaknesses: | -> Hi Priced
-> The paint on the logo wears off easily;
-> Depending on weather conditions lenses do fog;
-> After years of sun exposure, earsocks and all silicone rubber rips and shatters;
-> When exposed to excessive heat, tint wears off easily on Red Iridum lenses, and it blurs the view when wearing them. they're just more expensive. It's not worth. | | Similar Products Used: | - | | Bike Setup: | - | | Bottom Line: | I've been using a Pro M Frame for almost 8 years.
It's a green Pro M Frame, strike gold iridium lenses.
They're great for sports, and I recommend it besides the age effects.
If you have the care, they're a very fine sunglass. For having the care, I mean if you don't let it fall on the ground and don't let it exposed to sunlight or excessive heat (let it inside of a car for hours under the sun).
Good M Frame Shopping. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Calabrese Pat
a Weekend Warrior
from New Port Richey, Fl USA
Date Reviewed: August 5, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | In Florida? | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | Sunglass Hut | | Strengths: | Versatility. They also stay on my head with NO problem! | | Weaknesses: | Price | | Similar Products Used: | Nike, Knock-Off's | | Bike Setup: | Montague MX, Fuji Finest Road Bike | | Bottom Line: | Great glasses... I use them for off road riding and road riding. I'm a cop so use them for my patrol duties as well...I also switch to the low light lenses and BANG! I'm shooting in them on the range.
Bottem line is these glasses can be used in SO many different applications that the price becomes irrelevant. Buy these glasses, look around at all the lense options you have and don't look back. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Weekend Warrior
from Newmarket, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 26, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Fit, clarity, wind and bug protection. | | Weaknesses: | price | | Similar Products Used: | Ray Ban | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale F1000. | | Bottom Line: | I love the fit of these glasses! They are perfect for sports. I was out for a ride today and the sweat was literally dripping off my face. Any other glasses I've tried would have been fogging up and falling off my face - but not the Oakleys! They stay where you put them - and even though I think they are overpriced - I'm still glad I put out the cash - cause I don't think I'd fing a better pair for less money. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rolf Sindoe
a Cross Country Rider
from Kolding, Denmark
Date Reviewed: November 25, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Every one | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | www.rolsted.dk | | Strengths: | The frame fits well on my face and the quality of vision in all my lenses (iridium red/black, yellow and clear) is good. Cool design IMHO. Good light and wind protection. | | Weaknesses: | The glasses dew when the going gets hot (and the speed goes down) - even in cold weather. They are highly overpriced. | | Similar Products Used: | Briko Stinger, Rudy Project | | Bike Setup: | Scott Genius RC30 | | Bottom Line: | Cannot recommend these glasses to MTB riders because of massive dew build up. They are designed for road use. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob Kaufmann
a Cross Country Rider
from Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Sunglass Retailer | | Strengths: | Fit... not true for everyone. 3rd best optical clarity out there. Protection. | | Weaknesses: | Pricey, but worth the money if you want the best. | | Similar Products Used: | Tsunami by Gargoyle, Via Veneto and Argosy by Serengeti, Slitty by Revo, Half Jackets and M Frames by Oakley. | | Bike Setup: | Trek 8500 | | Bottom Line: | If they fit your face and you are willing to put out the money for them go for it, you will not be sorry. They are the clearest sports lenses out there... Serengeti and Revo sunglesses and clearer and have slighty less distortion but they are real glass thus you would have to be out of your mind to wear them while mountain biking. I am actually on my second pair of M frames... I had a pretty bad crash while training on the road and went face first into the tarmac. The lense and frame were severly scratched from being scraped across the ashpalt for a couple feet but they were intact and so were my eyes. I highly recommend these sunglasses. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Darci
a
from Milwaukee
Date Reviewed: July 26, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | Sunglass Hut | | Strengths: | Regarding Oakley Splice:
Great UV protection, great fit, awesome styling | | Weaknesses: | Because the fit is so snug, they tend to fog. This is easily remedied by pulling them away from my face. The big problem is that, after 1.5 months of use, the paint is already chipping/eroding away near the nosepiece where my left eyebrow makes contact with the frames. The chipping is making its way to the top of the frame. I am really surprised at how quickly this occurred, especially because I've been so gentle with them. The warranty is good--I'm covered for 12 months--but I had to beg Oakley to send me a manufacturer's return label (which would pay for my having to ship the product to Foothill Ranch, CA). | | Bottom Line: | My experience with this product has been a counterexample of the old adage, "You get what you pay for." I've never had this sort of problem, or any problem, with the $30-or-less sunglasses I've bought. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cecivic
a Cross Country Rider
from near Boston, MA
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Lynn Woods | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$85.00 | | Purchased At: | Hanscom AFB BX | | Strengths: | Lightweight, nice wrap-around design, grey lens good enough for shady trails | | Weaknesses: | Replacing lens not so easy, lens scratches easily | | Similar Products Used: | Oakley X Metal XX | | Bike Setup: | 2 wheels, seat, handlebars:-) | | Bottom Line: | Eventhough I could replace the lens, I decided not to do so. That's because the grey lens it came with still allows me to see pretty well in shady portions of my favorite trails. I also invested in an M Frame Soft Vault to help ensure the easy-to-scratch lens remains as good as new. Overall, it's outstanding for use either on the trails or on the road. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brad
a Weekend Warrior
from Kalamazoo
Date Reviewed: March 25, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$105.00 | | Purchased At: | Breakaway Bicycles | | Strengths: | They wrap around the side of the eye,face,I like that. | | Weaknesses: | I bought Oakley Pro M Frame with two extra lens thirteen months ago.My Oakley pro m frames got stolen.That left me with two Lenses.Yup you guessed it, Oakly won't sell just a frame. I said ok to Breakaway I'll buy a whole new pair. Guess what, My pro m lenses don't fit the new pro m frames that are in every Oakley display case. That tells me don't buy extra lenses.Nobody wants them. The store and oakley won't taken them back. What a racket. I wish I could sell stuff that doesn't work pluss extra stuff that doesn't work and didn't have to give money back.That's like buying a bike and extra tires.Get the bike stolen and now your tires don't fit the new bike. | | Bottom Line: | oakley sucks | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
George
a Weekend Warrior
from Lufkin, TX - USA
Date Reviewed: January 8, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tyler State Park; C&D loops | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$125.00 | | Purchased At: | East Texas Eye Associates, Lufkin, TX | | Strengths: | Clarity of vision is excellent.
Highest degree of eye protection of any other wrap-around style out there (sweep lens).
Comfort is unsurpassed - you forget you have them on!
I've never had a problem with this product performing as intended.
Frame allows you to swap out lenses - I have Red Iridium, Amber, Yellow, and Clear for different conditions.
| | Weaknesses: | Everybody out there has a pair. Lots of knock offs, too = "Foakleys" | | Similar Products Used: | Smith; Ray Bans; Nike Killer Loops. Those are all crap. I have several other styles of Oakleys, and love them all. | | Bike Setup: | Irrelevant, but trek hardtail with many tweaks. | | Bottom Line: | I am now on my 4th pair of M-Frames, and when these get trashed or lost I'll buy another pair! These are the best sun shades for athletes I've ever worn. I've run USA Track & Field in them, up to marathons. I've worn them in adventure races, snow skiing (I like them better than goggles), fishing trips, golfing, whatever out-doors activity comes up and they are great for everything. One pair bit the dust when I was playing softball, and a dude came rumblin' into 2nd base and did and Albert Bell "elbow to my forehead" move. Broke the frame into 2 pieces, but the lense was still okay. These things are great. Go buy a pair, you won't regret it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
T A
a Cross Country Rider
from St. George, UT
Date Reviewed: January 2, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Little Creek | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | Sante Fe, Optical TX | | Strengths: | Slim, no insert | | Weaknesses: | weak, fragile, and Oakley's customer service is going downhill | | Similar Products Used: | Oakley Mars | | Bike Setup: | Titus Racer X | | Bottom Line: | I have had these glasses a long time, although they haven't really received a lot of use...the first pair developed cracks around the hinge, and were replaced under warranty. Last pair broke on the shield where it is thin, Oakley can't fix it now, even after they told me they could and to ship them off...worse, and shocking, I got them sent back to me in a box with no peanuts, bubble wrap, or anything...shake the box, and those were my glasses shaking around, all by their lonesome. Quite frankly, I still can't believe it. A call to Oakley, and they can't fix 'em, and can't do anything for me.
Truth is I love Oakley, probably the best product out there, but not very durable, and when you are spending huge amounts of money on prescription sunglasses, you need quality and a company that will repair anything that brakes...I've spent over $2000 on prescription sunglasses, and I think I've decided to try somebody else. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Corey
a Cross Country Rider
from groton
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | anything fast | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$105.00 | | Purchased At: | Sun Glass Hut | | Strengths: | Looks cool interchangeabul lenses strong frame good protection from debris | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | adidas, smith | | Bike Setup: | GT getting a trek 6700 soon i hope | | Bottom Line: | These are awsome glasses good protection Oakley name, cant beat the M frame | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dennis Haas
a Weekend Warrior
from Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: July 29, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | High Meadows at Tahoe | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | REI Saratoga | | Strengths: | The lenses are of excellent quality. But... (see below). | | Weaknesses: | I've owned two pair of Oakley M Frame Heater sunglasses. One of the frames developed hairline cracks on the above-the-eyebrows bar which ultimately failed (broke in half). The other frame became deformed at both temple hinges until the frame was so loose it was unservicible. I owned the former pair of sunglasses for more than a year (not too much longer). The latter pair I had for about 6 months. I threw both frames away (in disgust). I didn't send in warranty registration for either. As mentioned above in "Strengths", the four lenses that I have are in nearly perfect condition. | | Bottom Line: | I'm looking for a replacement M Frame. (But it seems that only lenses are replaceable.) In the meantime, I'm wearing a pair of cheap sunglasses ($15) that have remained in good riding shape for 4 months. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jordan Brunett
a Racer
from Elk Grove, California, USA
Date Reviewed: June 26, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Around My Block | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | thebestreplicas.com | | Strengths: | Man they are awesome!! They were broken before i had gotten them from shipping. And guess what!!?? They didnt evan give me a refund, or sent me a new pair!WOW! i love that company. I had just bought some new ones and they were not broken but...they are evan greater than the other ones because they only have about 15 scrachs on each lens! And the lens are Irridium Lens!! I can't believe how the Oakley business is going to keep up with Foakleys or any types of replica oakleys. I love you Foakley!! | | Weaknesses: | The only weekness I saw about them was that when you where them the lens kept on popping out, and so i had to put it back in. | | Similar Products Used: | I bought some real Oakleys once and they wern't the same. Thereal ones are actually some sort of medal!! Can you believe that!? I couldn't. So I got my refund my full refund and I liked the style of the sunglass's but the real oakleys were to medally. So i looked on a website and I found the same sunglass's, but for a cheaper price!! Man, it was a deal. | | Bike Setup: | My bike is a replica/reproduction of a Mongoose A-15 3000. | | Bottom Line: | The Bottom line is that replica oakleys are way better than the real Product!! I can't believe all of you for buying real authentic sunglass's that cost $175!! seriously though, replica oakleys may be not the same as real Oakleys, but ,man, can you fool people easily. I just bought some Brand new replica Oakleys and he thought they were real. He has the same ones as I do, and he tried mine on and he thought they were real and they felt evan more comfortable than the real ones. If you are cool and you don't want to pay $175 for a brand new real pair of oakleys go to a replica oakleys web-site. If you are a nice person and dont have anything to spend your money and, and you have a lot of it, then go and waist your money on some real authentic Oakleys. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
rik koorenblik
a Cross Country Rider
from Deventer, The Netherlands
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | home trail | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$175.00 | | Purchased At: | Bos The netherlands | | Strengths: | It's one of the finest glasses on the market. Iff you are an real sporter (all sport not only biking but for ice speed skating it's perfect to) you have to buy an oakley.
The service is perfect too, if you glasses or frame is damaged and you send it to them ther is a change of getting a new one. | | Weaknesses: | none only ther are much fake oakleys on the market | | Similar Products Used: | got 2 pro M frames, a yellow and a carbon fiber, and a minute | | Bottom Line: | I think evverybode needs an oakley iff you are an real sporter. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aaron Fauser
a Cross Country Rider
from Edmonton.AB.Canada
Date Reviewed: February 26, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Anywhere | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | A friend | | Weaknesses: | I little bit wide for my head | | Similar Products Used: | UVEX safety glasses | | Bottom Line: | Wanted some Oakley's so I bought these aff a friend. They are awesome for riding Period | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kyle
a Weekend Warrior
from NJ
Date Reviewed: February 16, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$112.00 | | Purchased At: | www.oakley.com | | Strengths: | These are a great pair of glasses to buy. I am an avid golfer and i try to play 2 times a week. These glasses are the clearest glasses i've ever looked through and the frames are great and changeable. They come in an aray of colors and tints so u can pick the correct one for the correct amount of sunlight. | | Weaknesses: | Yes, there are some weeknesses but the strengths definitly out # the weeknesses. These glasses need to be mantained extreemly | | Similar Products Used: | the pro m frames, golf m frames, baseball ,m frames, and the signature series m frames. | | Bottom Line: | These are exelent glasses but if you are looking for a good pair, oakley has other sunglasses for much less(65-75$) I think that these are the best glasses that i have bought but there are products that are good products for less. But i still think that these are the best. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
GATORMAN
a Racer
from NASHVILLE,TN.U.S.A.
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | HAMILTON CREEK. LOCK-4 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$125.00 | | Purchased At: | SUNGLASS HUT | | Strengths: | VERY LIGHT WEIGHT.EASY TO CHANGE THE LINS.LOT'S OF LINS TO CHOOSE FROM. | | Weaknesses: | LINS SCRATCH VERY EASY.THATS IT. | | Similar Products Used: | OAKLEY RAZOR BLADES-KILLER LOOPS. | | Bike Setup: | MARIN PINE-MT.XT ALL THE WAY.CHRIS KING HEAD SET,ROCK SHOX SID 100,THOMSON SEAT POST,SELLA FLITE GEL TI,BONTRAGER RACE STEM,PROFILE FLAT CARBON BARS,SHIMANO 858 PEDALS,SHIMANO M-575 RIMS,HAYES DISC BRAKES,HUTCHINSON GOLD TIRES. | | Bottom Line: | THESE ARE THE BEST SUNGLASSES ON THE PLANET.I USE THE YELLOW LINS FOR MT-BIKE RIDING,THEY SHOW UP THE TRAILS VERY WELL IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS.I HAVE ANOTHER PAIR THAT I WEAR WHEN IM NOT RIDING THAT HAS THE MIRRORED LOOK TO THEM.GO OUT AND GET YOU A PAIR OR TWO OF THESE.YOU WONT BE SORRY....
5 BIG ONES FOR OAKLEY | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bike Maniac
a Cross Country Rider
from Black Forest
Date Reviewed: January 29, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Singletrails | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | bike buddy | | Strengths: | perfect fit, lens quality, interchargeable lenses, design, lightweight, good customer service (Germany) | | Weaknesses: | Price, lens can become foggy in wet conditions, must be cleaned very carefully when dirty otherwise will scratch. | | Similar Products Used: | Oakley M-Frame, Oakley Pro M-Frame, Briko Jumper. | | Bike Setup: | '99 GT Zaskar LE Team | | Bottom Line: | I use the "Sweep"-lens with the lens colour "Persimmon". This is my recommendation for mountainbiking. I ride a lot of singletrails in the forests and therefore, the contrast enhancing effect is a very useful feature. They are very light and fit my head perfectly. So it very often happens that I just enjoy the ride and do not realize anymore that i am wearing any eyewear at all. For me that's how it should be: the eyewear protects your eyes, looks cool and does that without you to notice. That's all you can ask for !
Oakleys are expensive (esp. in Europe) but worth it !
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Newtown
Date Reviewed: September 11, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$140.00 | | Purchased At: | Guy's Bikes | | Strengths: | Best overall pair of sunglasses on the market. I can't figure out why everyone is whining about them breaking or scratching. Take care of them, and they will take care of you.
- Reduces pressure on bridge of nose
- No presure on temple areas
- Relatively easy to clean (comes with a "sock")
If they are good enough for LANCE ARMSTRONG, they are good enough for you! | | Weaknesses: | Don't fold (Pro M-Frame Only) | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | GT Avalnche 2.0 (stock) | | Bottom Line: | Buy these glasses. They are awesome. Don't drop them, or they risk being scratched. If you beat the heck out of your eyewear, then you might want to consider:
a.) Not buying these
b.) Treating these nicely
I had them for more than a year and my only complaint is that they don't fold. It says a lot about the M-Frames | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex
a Cross Country Rider
from SF Bay, CA
Date Reviewed: August 26, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$140.00 | | Strengths: | Lens, Fit,interchageable lenses, wind shielding. Lens, Lens, Lens! | | Weaknesses: | Price, Need to buy extra lenses | | Similar Products Used: | Briko, Bolle, Other brands | | Bike Setup: | GT w/custom parts | | Bottom Line: | Everything people say about the M-frame is true: it is way over priced, easily scratcheable and it doesn't feel bomb-proof. However, the lens and the fit make up for most of that. The lens quality is fantastic- after a minute I forget that I have the glasses on. They have great periferal vision coverage and the lens is ohh-so clear.
Also, the fit is simly unbeatable- they stay where you put them ad they don't shift when you sweat. The clearance between them and your face is just enough to keep the sweat off them and still keep sun and wind out.
The M-frame is simply the best bike-speciic pair of sunglasses you can buy.
Now the bad part- Oakley should include at least one interchangeable lens for the price. Also, I highly recmmed getting the M-frame Soft Case- which is really a hard case designed to fit the glasses and an extra lens, very neat and very sturdy. Get Oakleys- they perform.
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug M
a Racer
from Austin
Date Reviewed: August 12, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | outstanding, distortion-free optics, frames fit any head well | | Weaknesses: | Oakley has to be making about 1000% profit margin, fragile frame and lenses, crappy mounting design, irridium lenses easily scratched | | Bike Setup: | Quattro assi w/Ult.&dura, Vector Pros | | Bottom Line: | M frames are extremely overrated. I got a pair from a pro who probably used them alot, and after a few months use and 3 or 4 lens switches, stress cracks formed in the rim. (I also have a small head, so that wasn't it) I bought a replacement lens, and within a few weeks, it started to develope a stress crack running down the middle of the "Oakley" label. I can't remove it now, or I'll probably break both the frame and the lens. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Downhiller
from Phoenix, AZ, US
Date Reviewed: August 6, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | The Yuma Dunes | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$140.00 | | Purchased At: | Oakley Dealer | | Strengths: | FMJ co |
|
|
