Sunglasses / Spotters or another make

[adamk]

after searching on the forums have found that most people are using and/or recommending the spotters range of Photochromatic glasses.

I am now ready to buy one but would like to know what model and lens colour everybody is using

Also, is photochromatic different to polaroid / polarised sunnies

cheers
Adam

[Fishaholic]

Hi Adam

Photochromatic just means that the lens automatically goes darker in bright light, and faes back to a lighter tint shade in low light. Polarisation doesn't change during the photochromatic process.

Hope that helps.

Cheers
Gab

[Bream Master]

Adam,

I loaded the Spotters into the new online store last night, and we'll be having them on special as part of the launch. Should get a pair of P-Gold / P-Bronze for around $220 (Normally $250 - $270).

I personally use the P-Gold which are awesome for fishing. That being said, I'm a little conscious of wearing them as normal sunnies due to the bright gold mirror lenses. If I was to buy again I would consider the Penetrator Bronze Photochromatic lense so they look more "normal".

Hope this helps.

Warren.

[adamk]

thanks Gab appreciate it

Warren, are these available now. Are you referring to the Thunder-P Glass Bronze Penetrator. I saw these on the spotters web page and they look good.

I will go and try that on and get back to you
cheers
Adam

[Bream Master]

Styles will be Thunder, Ice, Pro and Tremor to start off with. These frames will have 4 options for lenses as follows:

Penetrator Gold
Penetrator Bronze
Photochromatic Grey
Photochromatic Brown

All in glass (not polycarbonate).

We have them in stock in the shop, I'm still working on the online store but email Geoff if you need the "yesterday"

Warren.

[Aquaholic]

Adam,
Mate I picked up a pair of theTremors last year with Photochromatic Gold lens but only ever used to use them when polaroiding for trout three or four times a year. Now that I've become addicted to this bream madness, they are the first thing I throw in my bag. Before this I just used to wear a crappy pair of $20 polarised servo sunnies which I thought did the job well enough, until I took out the Spotters one day a noticed a sizeable difference, they're worth every cent. Also helps if you wear a hat with a decent brim (pardon the pun),

Cheers,
Aqua H.

[Bream Master]

I wore mine for the first time during the Walpole prefish. I was fishing with MADFISH across the sand flats. He was wearing a pair of Mako's ($100).

I kept saying "there goes one" and he'd just say "yeh" so I thought he was seeing the fish. It wasn't until about an hour later that I took them off to clean and realised the difference they made. I said to MADFISH, "try these". He said he had a pair of polaroids but I urged him to put them on anyway. He puts them on, looks around and says "WANK". The difference was incredible.

Every rut in the sand was visible, you could see a drop off from 100 metres away, the sand flat just glowed. You could see fish coming up behind your lure even though it was windy and the sun was quite bright.

This is what converted me to good polaroids. They do make a huge difference to normal polaroids.

Now not everyone can afford over $200 for Spotters but if you're looking to spend $100 - $150 just buy less lures for a couple of weeks and jump up to the better quality. You're sunnies will still be going strong long after your lure ends up in a tree...LOL

Warren.

[Dave W]

You've seen mine Adam.... I didn't even think to give you a look through them, sorry mate next time...:)

Model: Spotters Penetrator Gold
Frame: 'Crush' in light Blue

I reckon they make me look dead sexy :D

[K.4.R.M.4]

As per Warren;

"Styles will be Thunder, Ice, Pro and Tremor to start off with. These frames will have 4 options for lenses as follows:

Penetrator Gold
Penetrator Bronze
Photochromatic Grey
Photochromatic Brown

All in glass (not polycarbonate)"

Are these just the same lenses but different colour or they're different type of lenses? What are the differences between the penetrator lenses and the photochromatic lenses?

Cheers

[LakeConjolaFish]

I really love my spotters but I did take a while to get used to the heaviness of them after having lighter plastic ones for years.

All in all it would be pretty hard to go back :cool:

What the????????
Is that our buddy Jim (Lak Conjola)?
Hows things mate... Long time no see!

Dave

[LakeConjolaFish]

LOL no excuses except that I have been ultra flat chat doing bloody everything EXCEPT fishing....its even comp weekend here and I haven't been near the boat :(

SPEWIN!!!!!!
Mate im the same...absolutely flat out...to the point of fishing twice in the last 3 weeks and having funds for a boat but no time to look for one or get one! LOL
It is great to see you back online!

Dave

[LakeConjolaFish]

Thanks Dave its been a while LOL......hows the leg or is that ancient history ;)

Leg is what i like to call ROOTED!
but its getting better. Playing high grade cricket as a pace bowler isnt helping either LOL. But yeah all is well (had some DohDohDohDoh happen lately but yeah things are lookin up now)!
Bream season starts in a month. The comps are gonna rock...and everyone is excited as you can imagine. Ira has done wonders for the comps over here. HUGE prizes up for grabs, team events, etc...
I feel bad stealing this thread LOL.
Hope you'll be on more often now. Seems quiet without ya mate!

Dave

[Mossops Morgan]

Fishaholic,
This is just a little bit of trivia for you. Photochromatic means that the lenses change shades with U.V Light.(correct me if Im wrong) Meaning that on a really bright sunny day they will go darker therefore making your eyes feel more comfortable? But what about on an overcast day? Will they the lenses get lighter or darker? Well unfortunately the answer is in most cases darker:eek:. Because on an overcast day U.V light is actually intensified therefore making the glasses darker which in my opinion is not the best thing for visibility. The first pair of Fishing sunglasses I bought were Spotters and when I bought them I was told to get the penetrator lense cause it is Polarised Photochromatic Glass etc etc, But what I wasnt told was that when I was fishing on an overcast day around structure and needed to see what was going on the Penetrator would actually inhibit my vision to a certain extent and would not be the optimal sunglass for fishing :eek:. How I found this out was through a mate at work who had always liked Stalker sunglasses and he actually told me to get them before I bought the spotters but I didnt listen:mad:. So anyway I bought a pair of Stalker Wrap eliminators lens sunnies and took them out fishing and compared them to my Spotters and there was a considerable difference. When it was extremely bright and sunny it was neck and neck but in darker times of the day(in between rain and lightning god I love fishing) the Stalker out performed them amazingly. Only because they got that dark that they actually made it harder to see although still being very comfortable to wear sight was impaired! Anyway guys I hope this has given you guys a little insight into purchasing sunnies and hopefully you wont make the same mistake I did:mad:




:cool:Jay(MOSSOPS)Morgan :cool:

[Richo]

Interesting advice Jay, I had my spotters run away from me at some stage last weekend - god knows what happened to them but Im spewing - more like headless actually, but after what you have said I`ll be having a good look around and trying to compare as many as I can. Quite a valid point you made there.


cheers

[Mim]

Photochromatic means that the lenses change shades with U.V Light.(correct me if Im wrong) Not exactly right and not exactly wrong. Photocromatic lenes do react to UV, but they also react to temperature. On a bright warm sunny day, they will darken to about 60%. On a bright sunny cold day, such as in snowy areas, they will darken to 80-85%. On a cold overcast day the lens will react to the amount of UV and glare, they tend to change to about 60%. When wearing sunnies and looking into water remember that you also get reflected light that can also cause photocromatic lenses to react.

Basically the best thing would be to have a different pair of sunnies for every condition, but that works out rather expensive, therefore, photocromatic lenses seem to be a good compromise.

Cheers

Mim

[Alex]

I have won a pair of Spotters Tremor in the comp. some time ago, therefore I did not have much choice really. But what I've noticed: on the sunny day if I look in the water, then no problem, they are great. If I get under the structure (i.e. under piers at Docklands) with Spotters on, I cannot see a thing! Have to fish without them.

That is my personal observation and experience only.
Cheers,
Alex