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Metal Frame
For the most rugged durability in your name
brand designer sunglasses, metal frames will
serve you well. Metal frames do have the
ability to hold stronger hinges and thus
hold your metal sunglass frames more firmly
to your head. Metal sunglass frames will
usually have a soft rubber nosepiece and the
ends of the temples will usually be rubber
or plastic coated for comfort.
For extreme sports competitors, the Bolle
gun metal sunglasses can lend a look of
confidence when you take the field. A
division of Bushnell, Bolle is a top
producer of quality metal framed sunglasses
for sportsmen the world over. They have
designs to fit many sports environments and
are reasonably priced compared to some
designer sunglasses.
Oakley is probably the most renowned brand
of high performance sunglasses in the world
and their Oakley "X" metal sunglasses are
designed to keep them there. Since their
inception in 1977, Oakley has repeatedly
pushed the limits to design the best styles
and most durable metal sunglasses available.
Ray-Ban of course continues to challenge
this reputation with their high performance
line of sports oriented metal sunglass
frames. Their aviator style metal frame
sunglasses are among some of Hollywood's
favorite shades.
If you plan on extreme activity you may want
to put out a little more for a set of
Gargoyles metal frame sunglasses. Gargoyles
have the contract to supply the military
with the sunglasses for our soldiers. So the
frames will be rugged and the high-density
lenses are made stronger than bulletproof
glass. In fact Gargoyles have been tested
and the lenses have withstood direct hits
from .22 caliber bullets.
If you don't want to be out the money for a
quality metal frame pair of designer
sunglasses, there are many replica versions
of all the name brand sunglasses available.
Cheap metal sunglasses are made to mimic all
the classic styles from square frames to
wrap around metal sunglass frames. There is
a danger though that these cheap knock-offs
will not contain the same quality metal and
may be more prone to breaking and bending
than their high class originators.
If you think you have encountered a cheap
replica, you can often check near the hinges
to see if the metallic look is achieved with
a coating over pot metal. The extra cost
metal sunglass frames will run you is worth
it to not have your sunglasses turn your
face green in a few days.
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