Costa Glass Vs Plastic Reddit

37 points 3 years ago.

Costa glass vs plastic reddit.

All costa lenses have 100 uv blockage for maximum protection and 100 polarization to kill reflected glare. I figured if it is good enough for him then it is good enough for me. Few make rx glass sunglasses though. When you buy glasses you have the option of choosing conventional 1 50 refractive index or high index 1 60 lenses.

Costa s glass lenses will excel flawlessly in situations that require ultimate clarity. Continue this thread level 1. They tend to be thicker than plastic ones which helps protect against deeper scratches that would cut through the plastic and they re also much harder than plastic ones so they offer much more scratch resistance. One of the fishing pros that i know wears plastic lens.

I just splurged on a pair of costa 580 plastic lens glasses. Costa glass lenses vs costa polycarbonate lenses. When buying your new pair of costa sunglasses its key to understand the differences between their glass and polycarbonate lenses. How can i be sure other than what the box says that the glasses are indeed glass and not swapped out for plastic ones in a 580g box.

Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. If you can get onto a military base the bx has my same pair for 160 i paid 250 at the mall on an impulse. Plastic lenses can also be anti glare and they reduce harmful ultraviolet uv rays better than glass. Costa del mar has two structural varieties plastic and glass.

A lot of sunglass companies make glass plano lenses. I believe you ll be happy either way you choose good luck with what you decide. Obviously all the super cheap ones are poly or tac. Special coatings make lenses scratch resistant and an optional anti reflective coating makes the lenses more transparent than glass passing over 99 of all light.

Love my costas my only gripe is it s 89 for costa to replace the glass lens but tons of company s make cheap plastic lenses that are decent. Glass vs plastic has trade offs both ways. Costa del mar lenses how do i know if mine are glass. Both the varieties have their own benefits and features.

Erosr29 8 points 3 years ago more than 1 child. Glass is more clear more durable than plastic yet is imo noticeably heavier and of course costs more. Glass is normally chosen as it is scratch resistant and has the greatest clarity. I ordered 580g saltbreaks from cabelas.

Vaurnet costa del mar ray ban revo etc. Tempered glass screen protectors are usually a similar hardness to the gorilla glass that is already on your phone so having a second layer of a similar material is better. For instance their costa lightwave variety is even thinner and lighter than the most of the average polarized glasses. For our purposes these numbers mostly affect the thickness of the lens relative to its power with higher index lenses being thinner.

I heard that the plastic lens have better impact resistance whereas the glass will shatter on impact for example a jig or lure hitting it.