Shooting glasses: lens colour

I have a set of Pilla's...with 5 different lenses. $$$$$$$

I use the darker purple and orange on the brightest days (16 & 24's) and the lighter 64's and 67's on the dreary days..I haven't used my banana yellow ones yet (1 1/2 yrs..lol)
This was the third season for shooting with them.
HOWEVER....For the exuberant price of them, they are NOT without their faults !

1) First...I have carbon fiber arms on mine...and apparently they have a very cheap polished steel / alloy lens connectors that RUST !! I always clean my lenses before shooting..sometimes during a shoot depending on the humidity / rain and sweat and afterwards before casing them up again ! My shooting buddy's Pilla's are showing the exact same issues. Rust on the arm tip connectors sand severe fogging also ! He sent a few emails but never got any reply from pilla canada at all !

2) They WILL SWEAT and fog up...so don't let that incorrect bit of advertising sell you on them.

3) Annnd lastly (so far that is) one of the center pins that are mounted in the lens popped out !!!

I was wondering what their warranty was. Sooo it took several emails to Pilla about this & these very disappointing issues, before I heard back...and the reply was NONE !!! Out of the goodness of their hearts tho, they sent me a new pin to put back in the lens...but told me to go buy some crazy glue first !!!
Great reminder ...You don't always get what you pay for.
CAVEAT EMPTOR BOYS !!
 
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Westward1 said:
If I had to choose one it would be vermillion. Sunglasses as well. The habit started years ago with Serengeti drivers before Dow Corning sold them off and the quality dropped.
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Is that what happened to Serengetis? I used them all the time but even in the old days they were only good for a couple years at most until the frames went and the last time I went back to buy a pair it seemed like they would be gone in 1/4 that time.
 
Love my Pilla X6 lenses with Outlaw (Y style) frames. Use them for shooting, riding motorcycle, bird hunting, and all my daylight driving.

Have 7 days of grouse hunting in this fall with over 35 miles walking. No fogging yet and it was hot for several of the days. Shot around 10 sporting clays tournaments this year, some with long walks around the course…no fogging.

I prefer the #64 Banana yellow lenses for overcast or treed use.

For open sunny stations on the range I use a Progressive lens that is lighter below and darker above. It is sort of a reddish bronze color that enhances orange (Max orange). Probably goes from a #45 up top to a #70 down below. Numbers indicate the % of light transmission.

I also have a #98 clear lens for dusk, nighttime and shooting under the lights. Great eye protection on the motorcycle or walking in the woods in the dusk/dark.

The 4th lens I own is a cherry red #47 that I don’t use. Would be a replacement for the Progrssive Max Orange but I don’t like it as well for my eyes. That said, most don’t like Progressives.

Pilla fan, post cataract surgery…. 9 grouse with 10 shots this fall….all on the wing off points. Best I’ve ever shot on wild birds. Decent sporting clay tournament results too. YMMV
 
Everyone's eyes are different so what works for me may not work for you. I have Pilla X6 Outlaws and I started off with the 40CN which is a purple chromeshift background neutralizer and it was pretty good against the forest background or along green fields but anything in the sky wasn't great. I bought a progressive yellow lens for dark/cloudy days. Don't use it much. Lastly, I bought a 16HC which is a high contrast red. That's the lens for me. If I would of started out with that I wouldn't of bought anything else. The orange clay really pops out in both forested backgrounds and sky backgrounds.
 
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