Bolle Parole - Various Frames and Polarized And Non-Polarized Lens Colors!
Sales Rank: 11991
List Price: $99.99 $47.24
At Amazon on 8-17-2011.
The Bolle® Parole Tennis sunglasses are designed to provide a snug, fitted design for performance and 100% protection against the sun's harmful UVA and UVB rays. The sunglasses boast a nylon frame material that is virtually indestructible while the polycarbonate lenses with anti-reflective coating are shatter resistant and lightweight.
Product Reviews I bought these about a year ago primarily for tennis. Here are my observations:
1) Then color of the lenses is GREAT for tennis. They nicely contrast the ball against the court. They have enough typical "sunglass" quality to block out the suns rays on bright days but still keep the court and surroundings sufficiently bright and contrasted. A+ for the lenses.
2) The frames accommodate different lenses including gray and rose colors. This is done by gently pulling the lenses to disengage plastic pieces on the frames that seat into indentations in the lens. I have never changed lenses in these glasses but the frames are loose enough that the lenses tend to fall out. Once the lens drops onto a court, be assured that it's scratched forever, usually right in the middle of the filed of view. This is maddening. Finally a lens dropped out onto a hard court and the intended part that seats into the frames broke. I superglued the lens in place to the frames and I've had no more problems. This obviously precludes any further lens swapping though.
3) The filed of view coverage is great and I don't have a problem with the top or bottom of my visual range being above or below the lens coverage.
4) The case is really nice.
All in all, great lenses and pretty shoddy frames. I solved the problem of the lenses coming disengaged from the frames by permanently affixing them to the frames. Since I use these only for tennis, no big deal, but if you're considering this purchase for multiple uses, beware.
