A couple extra notes would be: All the metal frames by b&l were handmade in USA with 160 different steps (similar to Randolph engineering) and all the gold frames are gold plated with 23k gold, and in the case of the black a silver pairs, they are chrome plated, not sprayed painted, in order to protect them from rust.
@vijeeshmenon19829 ай бұрын
That's great info. Thanks 👍
@VictorHugo-lk6jv9 ай бұрын
Bausch and Lomb is the king❤❤❤
@Deshanhiralall2 ай бұрын
Concur that
@jthompson29838 ай бұрын
I have a pair of B&L Olympians that i still wear. The quality is fantastic.
@paulodacunhaalegre9 ай бұрын
I have a 1971 model, others from 1994 and, more recently, some models from 2019 onwards. The G15 B&L lenses have a slightly different (lighter) color than the Luxottica model.
@ShadeReview9 ай бұрын
Awesome collection thanks for sharing!
@EViLMinD768 ай бұрын
I've got a new pair of RB aviators with ambermatic lenses. They're photochromatic. Love the retro vibe, and they make everything look warmer. Gray days less depressing. Just wish they were made stronger. The metal bends too easily. Feels cheap. I'm afraid to overwear them. Limited run. Can't find another. Perhaps I'll look for a mint B&L pair. Wish Randolph made a yellow, orange or amber lens. Guess I could put custom lenses in a pair of Concords. Wouldn't be glass though, unfortunately.
@JimIBobIJones3 ай бұрын
I have a pair of both vintage B&L and modern Luxxotica Aviators in XL size. They are both gold frame and to me anyway - aside from the lens colour (the B&L one is very slightly mirrored brown/blue, the modern are polarised green) - they feel pretty damn identical.
@marcdee44274 ай бұрын
Greatest sunglasses of all time. Can you get the original caravan large size NOT new caravan, with brown crystal lenses?
@markzoldyck5 ай бұрын
I love the classic more durable!!
@williamferreira57984 ай бұрын
I have an aviator BL and theres no ray ban logo on the lens. I wish theres a way to find out the year it was made.
@marclafferty64163 ай бұрын
I have about 20 pairs of raybans and all but 1 pairs are vintage B&L. I have 1 modern pair of wayfarers that I take on holiday and they are no where near as good as the OG pairs.
@shtookatz4 ай бұрын
B&L every time! There are still plenty around.
@NOT_N7NO72 ай бұрын
I also noticed that one of the temples has a little bit of a tilt
@chepibe20118 ай бұрын
Got the opportunity to buy a pair of Ray Ban 1/10 12K GP small from the 40s probably. On top of the bridge they only say Ray Ban. Any good for actual use?
@ugai_broАй бұрын
Hi. I have the Ray-Ban W1535 Classic Collection IV Arista Sunglasses with golden ray ban logo, what year it is manufactured this collection???????
@TheCowthulu9 ай бұрын
The original would look more green likely because the glass is thicker. As the color is part of the glass and not a coating on the lenses the thickness of the glass would increase the green color of the glass tint.
@ShadeReview9 ай бұрын
Interesting thanks for sharing!
@harleycarpenter1856Ай бұрын
So do the modern lenses fit in the vintage set, or is there a way to replace the old lenses
@ugai_broАй бұрын
I was about to buy an aviator b&l, the frame said b&l rayban italy. And the glass had the r&b on the right only. And also in the middle
@ShadeReviewАй бұрын
Ya those were definitely fake
@ugai_bro29 күн бұрын
@@ShadeReview can you please tell me when was the classic collection IV made?
@sukhmanisingh23704 ай бұрын
I am from india and I want to buy b&L aviator plz reply if u provide me
@raselkhan77209 ай бұрын
Modern luxottica ones last 2 to 4 years but bausch and lomb ones 20 years that’s why the vintage one you’re reviewing is still in good shape . Night and day difference between quality. Luxottica sunglasses are fully crap now.
@attilab.28189 ай бұрын
Nope.
@MrSpiderlions6 ай бұрын
had a Luxottica aviators for over 5 years and lost them on the beach. they were in perfect shape.
@JrnBakken-qd8wk5 ай бұрын
Bausch and Lomb Ray-Ban was pretty crap in the end also. The last years of BL Ray-Ban they were sold in gas stations. The quality was terrible and Luxotica did save the Ray-Ban name from dissapearing. The older BL Ray-Ban was amazing, but the last years in the 90’s was much worse than today.
@BertieW0oster20 күн бұрын
How? They are still just thin metal and glass... I don't care how good the quality is, if you drop either one they will probably break... and if you take care of either one they will last equally.
@leandroalbertomoraissiquei16267 ай бұрын
Ray Ban B&L Italy is original?
@Ndrew5567 ай бұрын
Nope
@bc67909 ай бұрын
Nice guy 😍😍😍😍😍😍
@shafrizalmdnoor92545 ай бұрын
B&L please make ray ban back,just put The Ray Ban..😎🤓😎
@quanganghuu-ri8kg9 ай бұрын
Tuyệt vời
@vasilileung22049 ай бұрын
May I humbly make a suggestion: can you add a segment to your reviews where you pop them on the top of your head and describe how it feels from the way it sits and if they easily slip off. For those of us that likes to wear sunglasses on the top of our heads from time to time
@thcannabimon93909 ай бұрын
Shouldn't do that and no true sunglass enthusiast will forgive you. 😢
@Ndrew5569 ай бұрын
No one here does that my boy 😂
@vasilileung22049 ай бұрын
@@thcannabimon9390 I do that. And I’m not a “true sunglass enthusiast “ in your eyes. Is that ok?
@thcannabimon93909 ай бұрын
@@vasilileung2204 Why would you do that ?. It's an eyewear not a headwear. 🤣
@thcannabimon93909 ай бұрын
@@vasilileung2204 even if you call yourself a sunglass guy, no sunglass reviewer is gonna do such a review for you even if you personally ask them. We consider that as a barbarian act.