Sunglasses

I get nearly all my sunglasses from STP heavily discounted. I never pay more than 50-60 dollars and often less. I like glasses from Native Eyewear and Spy. They are what I use for all my backpacking and most mtneering.
Cebes are something I hardly see anymore—you might check out eBay.

I had never heard of Cebes before, but they are as low as $28 new searching via Google products.
http://www.google.com/products?q=cebe+sunglasses&btnG=Search+Products&scoring=p

Why do you prefer Cebe?

And would you know it—STP has Cebe's at the moment.

How about Wal-mart??

How does a $6 pair of sunglasses sound to you?

Kevin – who's STP? Not finding them and it's not ringing a bell.

Brett – I too would prefer Cebe's if I could find them. There are no longer any US retailers, but REI had them a few years ago. I had two pairs of Cebe 2000's that served me very well. Unfortunately both have been sacrificied to the river gods in exchange for safe passages from ill-advised swims.

I liked that they were fairly stylish looking glasses with removable side glacier shields. They blocked around 90% of light, so they were really comfortable for intense sunlight at elevation. Plus they were fairly windproof so they saw duty snow skiing on bright days and for all types of watersports.

STP = Sierra Trading Post

I buy whatever pops up on my Steep and Cheap alert. I've bought a couple of pairs of Smiths with interchangable lenses for under $40.

The Gossamer Gear SportEYZ use a simple elastic strap instead of earpieces. I find the elastic strap to be more comfortable than a conventional frame. However, the (grey) SportEYZ are not as dark as glacier glasses, so I’m on the lookout for a similar design with a darker lens. Any suggestions?

I'm a fan of Native Eyewear. Great customer service. Great glasses.

Brett,
Many thanks for the Google referral. I prefer Cebe's primarily because they do the job I bought them for, fit me well, are lightweight, AND I was, until recently, able to pick up the model I prefer(1500) for $35 at a local discount shop(Outdoors and More for all you Seattleites out there). Cebe is a reputable outfit that has been around for a while, but I have no idea how they compare to Smith, Julbo, et. al. Then again, I don't have to have the very best, just something that gets the job done cost effectively so I can allocate the savings elsewhere.

Tom, you are welcome.
Chris, Do you own Sporteyz? and which of the following contradictory statements from the product description is true?

"Once out of the canister DO NOT ROLL THEM UP AND STORE THEM..
When not in use, these glasses roll up so you can stow them anywhere!"

http://www.gossamergear.com/cgi-bin/gossamergear/Sport_Eyz.html

Seems like these would be good emergency glacier glasses (% cut not withstanding).

anyone know an British company or american company that ships SPORTEYZ? still in stock. Or a company that does a similar product.. ive looked everywhere, the company is no more. :(((

I have used sporteyz and like them. I bought a couple of pairs but they are about to need replacing. In my searches I ran across ZRE's. They come in three different tints and look pretty burly compared to the sporteyz and I don't think they have the roll up lens, but they might be worth looking into. I don't have a pair but am thinking about it.

http://www.zre.com/catalog/bluemirrorlensinfinityzresunglassessportswear-p-42.html?osCsid=c786e48b18c27d9cd8ade35220837fa9

Any recommendations for those of us who already have to wear glasses? I noticed Walmart had them for $15, but didn't try them on or look at specs.