u/954CG — reddlx

Randolph Engineering Double Giveaway! (Cole Hauser Collection and all models)

Hi Everyone,

Randolph is highlighting the new Cole Hauser collection that features his distinctive style, together with several new lenses.

The giveaway will have two winners, one for any pair of Randolph's and one for the Cole Hauser collection.

If the winner has a prescription, they can get that as well.

How to Enter:

Simply upvote this post and comment with 1) the name of the frame and lenses you want from the entire Randolph lineup and 2) the name of the frame and lenses you want from the Cole Hauser collection (in the same comment).
The winners will be randomly selected and announced on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
You can get another entry by commenting your picks on this YouTube video.
No sign-up. No entry fees. Just join in!

Check out all Randolph sunglasses here.

Check out the Cole Hauser collection here.

See here for in-depth reviews on most of Randolph's lenses.

Tell your friends and family to subscribe to this sub because it’s awesome, and we are going to be doing a lot more of these. If you don't want to miss any giveaways or discounts, we have a post here with sign-up details so you get notified when they go live.

Note: Reddit giveaway hunters (accounts that only enter giveaways) will be disqualified.

Good luck!

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u/954CG — 12 hours ago

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Smith ChromaPop Glass Rose Blue Mirror Lens Review

Here is my review on the Smith ChromaPop Glass Rose Blue Mirror Lens. The short of it is that it is one of the best lenses out there, period. It does everything perfectly and is a pleasure to wear, year round. The only thing to consider is the aesthetics and the limited frame choices, but this is a lens that sells itself.

https://www.sunglassscience.com/post/smith-optics-chromapop-glass-rose-blue-mirror-sunglasses-lens-review

You can check out the Rose Blue Mirror from Smith here.

I would really appreciate any feedback about the facts in the review, anything I may have gotten wrong, any details or information I may have missed etc. Let me know if you like the layout and structure as well. Please help me improve. Any and all feedback is most welcome.

u/954CG — 1 day ago

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The Serengeti discount is now available in Canada

Hi Everyone,

I am happy to announce that our Serengeti subreddit discount for 30% off is now live on the Canadian website! Same details as before.

We are still working on getting it for the EU, and will update when I hear anything on that.

On the restock (in the US and Canada), there should be more in the coming weeks, but I don't know the timing or what models.

Thanks again to this great sub. We have a lot of cool things planned this year with Serengeti and other brands coming soon.

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u/954CG — 1 day ago

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Google, Samsung, Warby Parker, and Gentle Monster getting into smart eyewear

This must be their move to counter Meta with Ray Ban and Oakley, making a bet on the future of eyewear.

Personally I think there’s a limit to how much tech anyone would want at one time and this is mostly redundant with smartphones, but who knows. What do you think of this?

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u/954CG — 2 days ago

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What are your thoughts on the Randolph Cole Hauser Collection?

You can see the collection here.

Interesting they went with those frames and didn’t do anything with the Aviator or Concorde.

What do you think about this lineup?

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u/954CG — 5 days ago

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Rudy Project ImpactX Lens Tint Reference Guide

I made a gallery of all the ImpactX Rudy Project lenses I own. These are Trivex, photochromic, with a hard coat. I also have some of their poly lenses I will update the post with at some point. This might be useful for people choosing lenses from them. I will make reviews of all these lenses (and more) in the coming weeks/months.

https://www.sunglassscience.com/post/rudy-project-lens-tints-reference-guide

Let me know if you would like to see this kind of thing for other brands as well. Are there any tints you find interesting/surprising here?

u/954CG — 7 days ago

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For those who think half decent sunglasses should be $50 or less...

There was another post that referenced the Enemy sunglasses line by AlphaM on YT, so I looked up what happened to that, as I haven't heard anything about it in years. Turns out, it's gone.

https://alpham.com/aaron-marino-failed-with-enemy-sunglasses/

He initially started with a price point of $150, and to his credit, got Zeiss lenses and some sort of half-decent acetate, not cheap plastic like $30 amazon pairs (I have no personal experience with them and don't actually know the overall quality). He then lowered prices when he realized it was too high for his viewers (or more likely, he realized that $150 was getting too close to Ray-Ban and his viewers would just go for that, all else equal).

But he couldn't make enough money at that price, unless he got massive scale. But even with millions of subscribers, he couldn't get there.

It tells you something about how difficult it is to actually make a decent product at scale, and make worthwhile money doing it.

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u/954CG — 11 days ago

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How many mistakes can you count in this video?

This video is actually not as bad as most sunglass overview videos, but I still counted over 30 mistakes, including from the founder of LensCrafters. How many can you count?

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u/954CG — 11 days ago

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Sky Optics Amber Polar Lens Review

Here is my review on the new Sky Optics Amber Polar Lens. The short of it is that it is almost the same as the Serengeti Drivers in nearly all respects, a wonderful photochromic rose-brown. It comes in titanium aviator and navigator styles that are some of the lightest sunglasses with glass lenses I have ever worn.

https://www.sunglassscience.com/post/sky-optics-polarized-amber-sunglasses-lens-review

You can check out Sky Optics here.

u/954CG — 13 days ago

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Here is my review on the Smith ChromaPop Glass Opal Lens. The short of it is that it is a very pleasant rose-brown with a unique mirror that works well year-round. I'm on the fence about whether it's a Tier 1 or 2 lens, but it's borderline.

https://www.sunglassscience.com/post/smith-optics-chromapop-glass-opal-mirror-sunglasses-lens-review

You can check out the Opal Mirror from Smith here.

u/954CG — 16 days ago

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I made a gallery of all the American Optical lenses I own. This might be useful for people choosing lenses from them. I will make reviews of all these lenses (and more) in the coming weeks/months.

https://www.sunglassscience.com/post/american-optical-lens-tints-reference-guide

Let me know if you would like to see this kind of thing for other brands as well. Are there any tints you find interesting/surprising here?

u/954CG — 21 days ago

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Here is my review on the new Serengeti Onyx lens. The short of it is that this replaces the Smoke lens that was sort of redundant next to the 555nm lens, and fills a hole in Serengeti's lens lineup for a dark, bright conditions option. It is a dark grey polarized lens with a subtle mirror, it won't blow you away like the other Serengeti lenses but it does its intended job very well. This was made for people who live in very bright places who have avoided Serengeti until now.

https://www.sunglassscience.com/post/serengeti-onyx-polarized-sunglasses-lens-review

You can check out the options for Onyx here.

u/954CG — 22 days ago

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Sky Optics, which is the new house brand of Flight Sunglasses, has just come out with a new navigator (called "Pilot") and an aviator (called "Classic").

They do a lot of work with Serengeti, Randolph, and Maui Jim, and it seems these are the result of taking the best of all three.

The frame designs are reminiscent of Randolph, with bayonet temples. They aren't the exact same, there are noticeable differences, but the styles are there. Unlike Randolph, the frame material is titanium, which Maui Jim uses for a lot of aviators.

The lenses are not far from Serengeti. Glass, fully coated, mildly photochromic. There are differences in the lenses to Serengeti, but not far off.

I have not tried either of these frames yet, but I will soon hopefully. They sent me the lenses to review (and then ship back to them) and I will post a review soon. I have tried the Foil and Aerowire, which are more wrap aviators that pilots like. They might be the lightest glass sunglasses I have ever worn.

Titanium frames with these classic designs and top-quality lenses is a solid offering. Curious what other people will say when the reviews start coming in.

u/954CG — 23 days ago

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I don’t know any internal numbers for the brand, and they are in the process of being sold, but it seems we may have cleaned them out of their main styles.

The Delio, Carrara, Wayne, and Spello are almost entirely sold out. Almost all other models that have Drivers lenses are sold out. Even the new Navigator is sold out of the Drivers already, and it’s been two weeks. This wasn’t the case a few months ago before we got the sub discount.

They told me there should be a restock of top models soon, within days or weeks.

Great job guys. Word of mouth is real.

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u/954CG — 23 days ago