What is the difference in quality between oakley and fossil sunglasses?

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Question by Average Guy: What is the difference in quality between oakley and fossil sunglasses? I'm torn between fossil mirrored aviators and the oakley hijinx. Thanks Best answer:

Answer by dwc_frr74
Not much to be torn about. How much is your eyesight worth? Fossil does not make their glasses. They're made by a 3 party company- there is no testing involved with the glasses. If you like the aviator style, Oakley also has aviator style glasses (the Crosshair, warden, inmate, felon, Plaintiff). There's a lot of technology that goes into Oakley glasses. Oakley has the most patents of any eyewear/sunglasses manuf. out there (over 300 patents). Oakley glasses (specifically the lenses) have been proven time and time again by both government and private labs to be the best Combination of clarity and strength out there. YOu can find glasses with better clarity, but often the strength (impact resistance) of the lens suffers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUoV-Nqru… I have yet to see ANY other manufacturer test their glasses like this, head to head with another brand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEjcwvKH5… http://www.youtube.com/embed/lZuQunJ7GJA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_GL9XNjc… There's a reason why Oakley is one of the few manuf. of eye wear allowed by the US military to be worn in combat situations. Oakley has always considered it's glasses eye "protection", even the fashion glasses. https://secure.usstandardissue.com/Page.… The facts speak for themselves. Consider this, a $ 20 pair of sunglasses from the gas station (or the Fossil sale rack) will provide you with UVA, UVB protection. Just like pair of Oakleys. However, they will not protect you from impacts. It may not be a bullet, but it could easily be a piece of gravel that a passing car kicks up while your walking to your car in the parking lot (has happened to me before). Shards of cheap polycarbonate cost a lot of money to remove from your eye. Gas station glasses do not provide UVC protection. As you wear cheap sunglasses remember, that your irises get bigger and will actually let in MORE non-visible light. Thus, you will be over exposing yourself to UVC rays, which, in the long run, causes eye damage. You would be better off NOT wearing sunglasses as your iris would get smaller, thereby letting in less light rays (visible or invisible). HTH d Source(s): Oakley Collector

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