Just wondering if I am missing the point here, I read plenty about how amazingly better you can see into the water but I have had 2 pairs and only found them a little better than normal eyes
First pair were from Lidl so fair enough they might have been rubbish, 2nd pair werent hugely expensive either - £15 from a fishing shop, the brand is Eyelevel. Didnt notice any difference between the 2 pairs either although couldnt compare directly as the first pr got stood on!

I find I can see a little better as they remove some of the glare but theres always enough glare left to stop me seeing enough that they would seem worthwhile. Apart from the obvious advantage of protecting eyes from flies

Do you only get good results with expensive ones?

Do they work better with "gin clear" water?

I can't imagine cost makes a massive difference - they are either polarized or they're not - and I've always had fairly cheap ones and they've been fine. They certainly do make a difference compared to non-polarized glasses but they're not x-ray specs, as it does also depend on the angle of the light and water surface and if the water is coloured thats no good for fish spotting anyway. Their main benefit is on clear rivers, spotting fish.

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Thats what I'd assumed - polarised is polarised!
I understand the physics of how they work a little and it seems that any lack of surface smoothness would prevent the reflected light being completely polarised anyway. its always the glare that stops me seeing rather than the murkyness of the water.
I can see round my feet and a yard or 2 out ok but that seems like the least useful bit to be able to see
Maybe I just expect too much of them!

I have trouble with polarised sun glasses. They don't work wonderfully well for me. I have to wear strong presciption glasses anyway and have tried clip ons. The water has to be gin clear with little ripple before I can make out the grey torpedo shape of moving trout. For most anglers polarised glasses work well.

BK

i find my polariseds (grey) work very well in the right conditions, you can get different colour lenses that are supposed to be for different light conditions.

"Lens colours help you see what’s ahead
Yellow – perfect for seeing all the way to the bottom of shallow water. On overcast days, yellow uses all available light to enhance contrasts.
Brown– enhances grassy river or lake beds. Great for contrasts and low light at dawn and dusk.
Grey – ideal for spotting darker fish in deep water and for all kinds of weather."


extract taken from Fishing Sunglasses | Polarized Fishing Sunglasses | By Polaroid

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Yes, at long range, looking through a shallow angle on the water they're not that much help as you say. When they help they are real help to me though, although thinking about it, the most help they are too me is probably close range stalking - peering through undergrowth etc down through the water to spot fish (eg stalking for chub), before then crawling away to then fish for them from a safer distance. When wading, looking straight down at your feet I also find them helpful for seeing where I'm treading! Something else which also helps is cutting out side/top light either through the glasses design, hat, cupped hands etc

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They remove relfection under some circumstances sometimes .

I find it better to wear my normal glasses and have the benefit good vision over 'penetration'. I wear clip ons and when they work (depending on light levels etc) then they help to see through glare but probably 7 out of 10 occasions there is very little benefit.

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Time is a stream I go fishing in.

Clip-ons over prescription glasses were my introduction to polarized glasses for fishing.

The trouble is that you now have four surfaces to gather dust and spray etc, and then there's the problem of light getting in from the sides, and the different angles of the spectacles and clip-ons.

I treated myself to a pair of prescription varifocal polarised glasses from optilabs and what a difference.

The (old) model I have stops light coming in from behind and reflecting onto my eyes, and married to a wide-brimmed hat I see follows and spot fish that I never would have with clip ons.

Well worth the expense and still going many years on (even though my prescription has been changed several time since!).

While it is true that you don't always get what you pay for some (but by no means all) of the cheap ones are utter rubbish. Put on a pair of good polaroids and hold another pair in front of you, when you turn the cheap pair through 90 degrees (or put your head on one side) the ones you are holding should go black. Many of the cheap show very poor or patchy polarization when you try this.
On big open stillwaters polaroids won't help you spot many fish but by reducing glare they make fishing much more pleasant. On rivers or small stillwaters good polaroids will transform your fishing.


Andy

Hi all so from what I am reading these would be a good buy Dragon Carp Direct - Search Results for "avanti polarised glasses". Noel