Buying expensive sunglasses

[Skyhighblue34]

Is it sinful to buy expensive sunglasses that look good on me if I’m only buying them for when I drive? I’m new to driving, and I’m often blinded by the sun. I decided to buy a pair of ray bans because they’re well made sunglasses, and my brother and father owned a pair. I also bought them because they fit my face well. But I’m wondering if it really counts as vanity, because vanity is about looking good before others, but I only plan to wear them while driving. I won’t wear them out of the car, so its not much of a fashion thing.

On one side, I feel like I’m trying to talk myself into thinking its not sinful… On the other, I’m trying to logically look at it.

 

[on_the_hill]

Logically, ask yourself how likely it is you will leave them on a counter somewhere, drop them when you get out of the car, sit on them by accident…

 

[Corki]

Is it sinful to buy expensive sunglasses that look good on me if I’m only buying them for when I drive? I’m new to driving, and I’m often blinded by the sun. I decided to buy a pair of ray bans because they’re well made sunglasses, and my brother and father owned a pair. I also bought them because they fit my face well. But I’m wondering if it really counts as vanity, because vanity is about looking good before others, but I only plan to wear them while driving. I won’t wear them out of the car, so its not much of a fashion thing.

On one side, I feel like I’m trying to talk myself into thinking its not sinful… On the other, I’m trying to logically look at it.

In the realm of sunglasses, Ray Bans are not really expensive. There’s a trade off. The cheap drug store glasses can have really poor lenses and ultimately be bad for you. But the $300 fashion ones are bad for your budget.

And it’s not sinful to buy something that looks good unless you are diverting funds that should be used elsewhere.

 

[Georgia]

My doctor once recommended a certain brand of sunglasses that retail in the $100 range. He felt it was worthwhile for the protection and for the quality of the lenses. I cannot imagine how buying those would be sinful.

 

[Auntie_A]

Yeah, you could buy some cheap pair and you might not lose them and they might not break easily but usually the cheap ones do break easily and do not protect your eyes. so what other costs might there be in buying a new pair(s) and dealing with macular degeneration or other eye problems? And could the multitudinous cheap broken ones be more wasteful?

My expensive pair has lasted for five years and, because they were expensive, I watch them carefully and haven’t lost them.

 

[pianistclare]

BUY:

1. a pair that protects your eyes
2. a pair that doesn’t impair your vision while driving
3. the pair that is the best quality you can EASILY afford.

I don’t want to be hit by a person driving a car in blinding sun because they didn’t have proper eyewear.
Neither would you.
Buying a costly pair for vanity or fashion is a totally different thing.
Safety first.

 

[OraLabora]

As a pilot, I can say that good sunglasses are worth their weight in gold. One needs to avoid glare to be able to see other traffic in the vicinity; one needs to protect the eyes from UV; the sun can be very bright up there, and of course there’s comfort.

I used to swear by Ray Bans until I needed reading glasses. Now I use progressive lens sunglasses: they are reading glasses if I look down at the map, GPS, instrument panel, but uncorrected when I look out the cockpit (my far vision is excellent). Their styling is exactly like Ray Ban aviators.

This is one area where it isn’t vanity to buy quality. We only have two eyes.

I also second the comment that it isn’t vanity to look decent, within reasonable bounds. All things in balance and moderation. I like European cars, but I drive a VW Golf, not a Mercedes or BMW

Often times it’s cheaper, in the long run, and less wasteful, to buy a quality article that will last than a cheaper one that will be throw-away in a short time.

 

[sunnygt]

I never buy expensive sunglasses because I can’t be trusted not to lose or break them, but Ray Bans are great glasses and provide great protection. If you can afford them and think you can take good care of them, go for it. It would be a reasonable investment.

 

[TimothyH]

As a pilot, I can say that good sunglasses are worth their weight in gold. One needs to avoid glare to be able to see other traffic in the vicinity; one needs to protect the eyes from UV; the sun can be very bright up there, and of course there’s comfort.

I used to swear by Ray Bans until I needed reading glasses. Now I use progressive lens sunglasses: they are reading glasses if I look down at the map, GPS, instrument panel, but uncorrected when I look out the cockpit (my far vision is excellent). Their styling is exactly like Ray Ban aviators.

**This is one area where it isn’t vanity to buy quality. We only have two eyes. **

I also second the comment that it isn’t vanity to look decent, within reasonable bounds. All things in balance and moderation. I like European cars, but I drive a VW Golf, not a Mercedes or BMW

Often times it’s cheaper, in the long run, and less wasteful, to buy a quality article that will last than a cheaper one that will be throw-away in a short time.

I’m blind in one eye and tend to protect the only other one I have. It’s Corning Optics Serengeti most of time for me. I think they are the finest made and typically buy a new pair every two years. Its less than most people spend on contact lenses.

-Tim-