here is the professional opinion.

If you are on the water polarized is the way to go It eliminate the glare from the surface coming at you and making you squint thus reducing your capacity to judge and see low contrast object or details from the surface of the water.

Actually with polarized sungx you will be to read the surface of the water better since you will not be fooled by the glare and the changes in intensity of the light on those cloudy day.

Normaly if you have polarized sungx you need less of a dark tint so you can see better in various intensity of light.

They both protect from the UV light, Amber lenses will cut into lower wave lenght under 400nm; suppose to be better protection for the retina.

The quality of the sungx you will buy will make a difference on the quality of vision you will get, they all look the same from the outside but if you take the time to try some you will notice the difference in optic quality will show when you are in low intensity of light ( that is when you will notice cheap sungx are too dark and you can not see chh...) try Maui Jim sungx and you will understand.

Last thing, make sure when select your sungx you get total coverage form the side, the top against your eyebrow and your nose, also check that there is not a big gap under to eliminate the splash. If you have gaps you will feel the gx are never dark enough.

I also, have lost many pair in the water but if would see those eyes of people in there 60's and over with macular degeneration who are half blind it is pretty cheap price to pay for being able to see when your body will not be able to handle the wind!

Hope this help and take care of your eye guy's

Stephane

forgot to add: a bottle of rain-x will last about 30 years for use on your glasses. helps water and salt repel off very easily. must be re-applied more often in salt water.

Hey Matdog did you get yours yet?

Anyway I payed for Spex and few strange things happened

1st - transaction never appeared on my credit card transcript.
2nd - according to my credit card company I had one hell of the weekend. Used "professional" escort services in Istambul, bought myself a couple of $400 t-shirts in Mid West, bought whole bunch of "enhancing" medication off the Internet, payed for special massages, electronics etc. I wonder when all of it is going to arrive..... And what will my wife think?....

I'll be looking very cool all massaged, escorted, enhanced, wearing $400 t-shirt and Spex goggles. Imagine that!

May be just a coincidence, but......

Hi Ruskie,

No I didn't order yet. That's very wierd indeed. Last week I too bought $600 worth of Fido cellular service in Toronto . Visa caught it, phoned me and cancelled my card right away. They're good at that. Buying online with Visa ... I don't know anymore, eh? Paypal is much better

Ruskie,

I've been emailing spex a hundred questions and they've been emailing me back. If that's any indication of thier good character, dunno.

just fyi on the topic of rainX i found this tidbit on a cycling page:

Is RainX safe for Eyeglasses?

I posed this question directly to the customer support representative of the RainX manufacturer. Their reply:

Rain-X is a strong Alcohol solution before applied and would be an eye irritant. Once applied, however, the polymer will not harm the eye or be toxic in any way.

Rain-X is safe on all glass lenses that don't have anti-glare coatings. If your prescription lenses have such coatings DO NOT USE RAIN-X ON THEM or they will not be coated for very long.

http://www.gathsports.com/cart/index.php?product=HT ???

Damn, I might have to get a new helmet.
Does the force come with the Gedi helmet.
As usual, your on top of it JL.
I wonder how secure the visor part is?

I think I've the holy grail of eye protection. Contact Lenses (2 week accu view). I only use em for kiting. Plus Sea Specs polarized water specific sunglasses (also use a spot of Rain-X on these).
I can still see plenty of wind ripples and texture etc with the polarizing. No more sore eyes ... wooo hoooo

I'll be trying out the contacts with no sunglasses too.