Talk:Sunglasses

Need improvement

there should be citations for the ailments sunglassess suposedly help avoid. Currently there is only one for cancer. The rest are speculative, from what I've read elsewere, and mostly pushed by sunglassess companies to scare people into buying expensive ones. 38.96.176.66 (talk) 14:01, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree, and while I'm sure sunglass manufacturers tout dubious features in some cases, it is well understand how UV can harm the retina and cornea. Health benefits are barely mentioned in the current article. Other practical information is missing as well. For example, I use specific sunglasses for specific tasks: polarized with yellow or amber tint for fishing, orange or yellow tint for hunting, gray or brown tint for driving. While there are similar examples to this in the current article, there is not much to teach the reader why one tint is better than another for a particular task. Given that this has been tagged a fashion article, is it forbidden to include an intelligent technical explanation relating to light wavelengths and filters? 204.145.225.27 (talk) 08:19, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

You forgot the "eye-lens" and the development of cataracts. 69.9.28.55 (talk) 08:34, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry - I do not understand this sentence. Is something missing ? How were the emeralds used ? How were they acting as mirrors ?

"It is said that the Roman emperor Nero liked to watch gladiator fights with emeralds. These, however, appear to have worked rather like mirrors" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.208.128.87 (talk) 12:11, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Request for additional information

Nothing given on sunglass measurements. How do you interpret "Base Curve: 8", "Temple Length: 125mm", "Lens Size: 54 x 38 x 56mm, DBL 13mm" (from the [Serengeti Eyewear Napoli]http://www.serengetieyewear.com/products/serengeti_aviator/serengeti_napoli.cfm page)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Johnjacob10 (talk • contribs) 06:10, 7 April 2007 (UTC).

Sources

The second(2) source is unavaliable or corrupt. 78.82.190.14 (talk) 18:32, 28 May 2008 (UTC) The external link for reference #10 is incorrect. The actual link-to address is http://wcbstv.com/consumer/UV.Rays.Sunglasses.2.234545.html . 24.236.228.224 (talk) 13:43, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Related AfD

For those interested: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people predominantly seen wearing sunglasses. -AED 23:19, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

My Husband Beats Me Sunglasses

I'd like to see a single reference found for the paragraph JustinBlue101 added. (Nothing found via google at this time) His only other contribution to wikipedia before being banned was to repeatedly delete the content on Donald Trump's page. CraigWyllie 20:28, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Blah blah blah

I removed the phrase "blah blah blah" from the Mirrored Lenses section. Someone must have vandalized it... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.5.159.50 (talk) 18:26, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Although this happens so frequently it's usually not mentioned on the talk pages.Nastajus (talk) 12:53, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

red tinted

I heard red tinted glasses from a book called "Lights Out! Sugar, Sleep, Survival" helps sleep better/earlier. It talks about how have too much light at night, and this filters some of it out. I'm not sure how to cite this, what page etc, so I'm leaving it here in the talk.Nastajus (talk) 12:53, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

chicken in "egg factories" are fitted with red tinted glasses so they don't see the blood from injuries inflicted on their "colleagues". 69.9.28.55 (talk) 08:37, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Aviators?

These were popular through the LATE eighties (not early). This was due to the advent of the Top Gun movie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.100.25.14 (talk) 01:01, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

No, Alexander Gradsky started wearing aviators much earlier. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.198.140.215 (talk) 15:37, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Somebody's copying somebody else

[1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.17.153 (talk) 17:33, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Wraparounds = ?

The article talks about "Wraparounds"... but when I google "wraparound sunglasses" I find tons of pictures that do not fit the definition in the article (frequently more than 1 lense, so I added that they have separate lenses; the lense(s) often don't "wrap around" the fact/eyes; sometimes the lense(s) don't even merge into the temple arms...

So... is there any source for this definition of Wraparounds? Or at least vast Wikipedia consense? If we don't find anything, we should rather delete the section than leave it in the current sorry state... Thanks, Ibn Battuta (talk) 11:12, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Porsche sunglasses (like those Yoko Ono wore until John's death) are really wraparound. Do you understand me?

Self-tinting lenses

I'm not finding any discussion of self-tinting lenses, nor is there an article by that name. I'm talking about the thigns that go dark when you go outside and allegedly go clear again when you come inside, but usually stay just a little dark even indoors. Are they called by some other name? Or is Wikipedia's silence about these monstrosities a case of "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"? —Angr (talk) 17:37, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

"Transitions" (or similar) is used in the trade literature. 69.9.28.55 (talk) 08:31, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Photochromic, adaptive, or chameleons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.198.166.233 (talk) 09:45, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

See Photochromic lens Nsayer (talk) 17:48, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

wet lens ? low light?

Can you explain what is a wet lens and how it helps to the morning bla, bla, bla? Then you can re-write this paragraph and re-insert it: "Clear lenses are typically used to protect the eyes from impact, debris, dust, or chemicals. Some sunglasses with interchangeable lens have wet lenses to protect the eyes during low light or early morning activities." And what is "low light" (low intensity? low angle?) 69.9.28.55 (talk) 09:51, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

White lenses, ain't no wet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.198.175.53 (talk) 12:46, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Celebrities and sunglasses...

"Sunglasses have long been associated with celebrities and film actors primarily from a desire to mask their identity." Anonymity may well be a factor in this, as well as style, but the main reason celebrities wear sunglasses is that most of their jobs take place in front of incredibly bright lights. Most people don't realize this until they end up on a stage or set for the first time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.171.111.77 (talk) 20:05, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Градского не забудьте добавить. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.198.166.233 (talk) 17:14, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

"Protection" section & UV-A,B,C

Here are the UV bands:
UV-A is longest, 400-315 nm
UV-B is 315 - 280 nm
UV-C is 280 - 100 nm or nanometers; x10 for Angstroms.
The SHORTER the wavelength the higher the energy (see Planck Constant) and the higher the biological damage. So protection DOWN TO small wavelengths is most important. Most see-through materials, by their nature, lose transparency at extremely short UV (or far infra-red) wavelengths. That is fortunate, but leaves us with problems in the UV-A band. Technically, protection UP TO wavelengths closer to the visual ones we want to use is an evolving goal. I hope you can reflect these facts -- we push protection down to short wavelengths because they are ionizing, they break chemical bonds and destroy the body's proteins, while we work to push protection up to longer wavelengths as our technical abilities increase. In dermatology, the energy of UV-A radiation is low but still dangerous. UV-A is known not to be able to break many bonds of DNA (which would increase the risk of cancers like malanoma), but it leads to the generation of free radicals and they break the DNA. Clearly the lens (cataracts) and retina are more exposed and thus more in need of protection. Hope this inspires others to improve the way "Protection" is presented.
--jerry
Jerry-va (talk) 01:01, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Nomenclature

With the greatest respect, the term 'Spekkies' is rarely used for sunglasses in southern Australia. In fact, the term 'spekkie' usually refers to a spectacular mark (catch) of the football in Australian Rules football. Phil (Melbourne in southern Australia) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.63.0.55 (talk) 02:27, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Hatred to British English

Ain't you, really, think that sunglasses are used only in the USA? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.198.166.233 (talk) 09:43, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Nope. But neither are they used only in Britain. Angr (talk) 09:58, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

But ain't you deny that the Beatles are British? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.198.166.233 (talk) 18:46, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Unsourced POV section

Please stop adding a section called "When you should wear sunglasses" to the article. The section is completely unsourced, as well as POV. It is not appropriate for Wikipedia. Thank you. MsFionnuala (talk) 15:53, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Moalem research - link is to newspaper article should probably go?

I chased down the Journal of Investigative Dermatology and can't find any reference to a Dr Moalem or any research linked to sunglasses. http://www.nature.com/search/executeSearch?sp-q=sunglasses&sp-p=all&pag-start=1&sp-c=25&sp-m=0&sp-s=&siteCode=jid&sp-q-9%5BJID%5D=1&sp-advanced=true

So the article http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/8739/Sunglasses+raise+risk+of+cancer seems dubious in terms of value. Can't find any similar research either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexanderchalkidis (talk • contribs) 07:43, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

It's correct, in some way. When hot, neither sunglasses, even the darkest, ain't no protect your skin unless you dress properly. It means, e. g., a shirt with long sleeves and hood, long trousers, high boots, gloves (optionally), & aviators. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.198.175.53 (talk) 12:49, 8 October 2012 (UTC)