I wear my (BTB) sunglasses at night
Sunglasses are an essential piece of equipment for me, whether I am running or cycling. You’ll rarely see me without them. However, I hate to pay top dollar for good sunglasses because I do have a habit of breaking them/losing them.
Take for instance, what happened to a pair of my favorites recently: I lost them for about a week, only to have the kids find them by shutting the hatch of the mini-van on them. The glasses? Done. Toast. Bummer.
Enter BTB Sunglasses. This is a company that appreciates where I’m coming from on this. Their promotion is to sell sunglasses with the quality of a $100 pair for less than $50. They recently let me pick out a pair of running sunglasses to try and I went with the BTB 910s.
My impressions? A nice, lightweight pair of sunglasses. They did a good job of filtering out the rays that always bother my eyes. They didn’t jiggle around much, which is a pet peeve of mine with sunglasses. And I like the style.
The only thing I didn’t like was a sense of “waviness” whenever I turned my head one way or another. I got used to it, but it was a bit strange at first. Overall, for the less than $50 price tag, I’d give these glasses high marks. At that price, if I left them on a store checkout counter (who me?), ran over them in the driveway (no, that’s never happened) or stepped on
No doubt this cool cat will try to make off with them
them (yes, one of the kids has), I could live with it.
Interested in trying a pair? BTB is offering my readers a 20 percent off discount right now. Just enter Zippy20 at checkout and it will be applied. Stay tuned also, because in November, I’ll be giving away a pair.
Disclaimer: BTB gave me these glasses for free to review. All opinions are my own.
alway use to wear sunglasses, but now that I wear normal glasses I just don’t wear them that much any more. I have a nice pair of prescription running sunglasses, but I run a lot of trail and if I run into the shade I loose sight for a bit, not good.
I think I need contacts…
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Loving the new blog look! Very clean
I lose/break glasses ALL.THE.TIME.
MilesMusclesMom recently posted..The 1st winner is…
Thanks for the heads up on these! I really have wanted for a while to get a pair of sunglasses for running but didn’t know what to get!
Fancy Nancy recently posted..Wordless Wednesday….almost
I literally never wear sunglasses, I have no idea why. I have four or five pairs, but wear them maybe once a year. I’m a weirdo, I know.
kari @ Running Ricig recently posted..a number of other fun ailments
cool! I’ve never seen these before!
Molly recently posted..Follow This Mother!
I have had a pair of Bolle Sunglasses for 5 years now. My wife says if I break or lose them, Im done, so I go the extra mile to make sure they remain around.
Kenley recently posted..Racing Mistakes Volume I: A Fatal Pacing Error
I hadn’t heard of these glasses. I have a pair of Maui Jim’s that I love and by some small miracle have managed to not lose …though I think I just jinxed myself
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They look great!
Sara recently posted..Just a Half? How About JUST a Rant?!
I really need more sunglasses. I got a bug in my eye the other day
Beth recently posted..Tour de Shawnee ride
Hmmm. I’ll have to check out these sunglasses! Thanks for the review and the discount code, just in case.
Irene recently posted..Hey Soul Sister
My Maui Jims, rest their soul, met their demise in the back hatch as well. Sigh.
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Saw your review in the BTB Tweet stream, I just posted my own review of their BTB2100 Foam model. I’m thinking of using my own promo code to buy more, really like the models with the blue lenses…
john recently posted..BTB Sports Optics Sunglasses Review
I live in my sunglasses as well! And like you….always losing, breaking or just forgetting where in the world they could be! Found my last pair in my biking shoes after I crammed my foot into it! I must have thought that would have been a safe place to store them…if I had only remembered that! hahaha
Thanks for the review. I don’t always wear sunglasses, but there is definitely a time for them. BTW, I’m old enough to get the ‘wear your sunglasses at night’ reference.
2 Slow 4 Boston recently posted..Wichita Prairie Fire Marathon Race Report
I always run with sunglasses, usually my Ryders Hex – but perhaps I’ll have to try these out1
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I’m trying out a pair of these right now too, and while they’re good glasses, there’s no way I’d ever pay $100 for them! Have fun with the giveaway!
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Hi there,
This sunglass review is simply superb. Thanks!
Thanks,
Jenelia
tweeted it! Love the sunglasses and the blog.