which Polaroid glasses...

wes79 · Dec 1, 2014

As the title suggests, can you good folk please give a few name drops on your recommendations and why, also will Polaroids still keep the same effect when a pair of binoculars are used along side them.

cheers and beers!

binka · Dec 1, 2014

I've heard that Optilabs are very good if you've got the cash to splash, personally I'm still on a pair of £3.50 Aldi specials I bought way back last year and honestly cannot fault them.

Not sure about the bins question... Maybe if you hold the glasses in front of the magnifying lenses as opposed to wearing them perhaps?

Someone posted a picture some time ago using a phone or camera phone with polaroids held in front of it for a photo and it worked pretty well, iirc Sam Vimes?

Ray Roberts · Dec 1, 2014

wes79 said:
As the title suggests, can you good folk please give a few name drops on your recommendations and why, also will Polaroids still keep the same effect when a pair of binoculars are used along side them.

cheers and beers!

They will not have the same effect when used alongside a pair of binoculars, you would actually have to look through them.

I would recommend Optilabs and have used them for years, they are dear though. I have the Ultra 2000 Drivewear lenses which are polarised and photo-chromic as well. The lens doesn't just darken but changes hue.

greenie62 · Dec 1, 2014

binka said:
.... personally I'm still on a pair of £3.50 Aldi specials I bought way back last year and honestly cannot fault them.

Not sure about the bins question... Maybe if you hold the glasses in front of the magnifying lenses as opposed to wearing them perhaps?

Someone posted a picture some time ago using a phone or camera phone with polaroids held in front of it for a photo and it worked pretty well, iirc Sam Vines?

Spot on Binka,
I use the Aldi specials too, with a spare pair kept in the car permanently - they are fine for just gazing round the fishery - I also use a pair of the Grandeslam wraparound polies with a clear inset +2 magnifying lens for adjusting rigs, baiting, etc.

The polarising lenses should be applied to the outside of the first lens element in another optical device - ie infront of the camera lens or binocs - so that the light entering the device is polarised for the desired effect.

sam vimes · Dec 1, 2014

I've had Drivewear prescription lenses for a year or two now. I'll replace them should I need to update my prescription (I don't tend to break or lose glasses). I won't claim any special fish spotting powers, but a typical conversation when fish spotting in company usually goes something like this.

Me: There's two over there.
A.N. Other: Where?
Me: About ten o'clock, twenty yards or so travelling left to right.
A.N. Other: Can't see them.
Me: About eleven o'clock now, slightly closer.
A.N. Other: Are you sure?
Me: Twelve o'clock, ten yards now.
A.N. Other: Oh yeah, so there is.
Me: There's three more coming in from the right. Two o'clock, twenty five yards or so.
A.N. Other: No, can't see them. Are you sure?

and repeat.

binka said:
Someone posted a picture some time ago using a phone or camera phone with polaroids held in front of it for a photo and it worked pretty well, iirc Sam Vimes?

You've got a memory like an elephant. Took me quite a while just to dig it out.

wes79 · Dec 2, 2014

Lovely pic Sam!

the £3.50 Aldi's sound like my sort of price lol, I will at least look at the others as they sound amazing, cheers!

john step · Dec 2, 2014

If you have perfect vision fine then Poloroids are great as sunglasses. If you wear glasses all the time try the " clip over your glasses" type.
They work well over my vari foculs.

terry m · Dec 2, 2014

Agree John. And for me the "Polaroid" brand (as opposed to simply polarising lenses) is very difficult to beat.

binka · Dec 2, 2014

Wes... If you want to drill down a little further there's a good thread here which gives some opinions on the various different colour lenses if you've not already read it:

http://www.fishingmagic.com/forums/general-fishing/349205-polarizing-lens-advice-3.html

symonh2000 · Dec 2, 2014

I have a pair of ESP glasses, and they are pretty good.

I think they cost about £12...

I can't justify spending loads on polarised glasses, as I often loose or damage them.

binka · Dec 2, 2014

symonh2000 said:
I can't justify spending loads on polarised glasses, as I often loose or damage them.

Those are exactly the problems I have.

I once spent sixty five quid (expensive for me) on a pair of sunglasses from Boots in Penzance as I was doing a spot of fishing off the rocks at Pemberth whilst on holiday and I'd lost them by the end of the day

mg:

Lesson learned

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