Now, I'm definitely on record as being second to none in my contempt for the French, which makes it difficult for me because I try to avoid their products.

I still buy brie but I try to get the stuff from Normandy, I hear they still like us.

But in high end sun-glasses, Bolle is my favorite.

I have a convertible so I need anti-glare sunglasses and my usual preference, $5 sunglasses, just don't cut it (heh).
Bolle cost around $100, which is relatively cheap for high-end sunglasses, and they're the toughest. Last time I almost bought a more expensive, Hawaii-themed pair, but for $100 less, the Bolle looked to be at least as good and possibly better.
Better because if I break a $130 pair of sunglass I'm a $100 less bummed than if I break a $230 pair.

I treat mine like crap. I stick them in my front pants-pocket or shorts pockets with my keys and change regularly. I drop them, I walk into stuff (especially on the left side), and they don't get scratched too bad (the left lense has a bad scratch, but I don't need that one). They can bend like mad and don't break.

And most importantly, they're some of the best anti-glare sunglasses on the market. I started using them because I heard some skier friends say they were the best for goggles to cut the glare from the snow when skiing.

My last pair was getting rough. One side had cracked by the ear-piece thing and was ready to go when I took them out of my shorts pocket last week,the other side had broken clean off. Crap.
I called Bolle, and they said for $15 they would replace both ear pieces and for $35 they would change the lenses. I said, "Okay, do both".
The nice, helpful operator said, "Well, for $50 you get a new pair."

These are $100+ new and I just got my brand-new pair for $50.

It's the small things that make me happy.

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