Hobie Cabo Sunglasses

Hobie Cabo sunglasses have a sporty design and offer quite a few choices for lens color, frame color, and even lens material compared to the average pair. Add that freedom to the hydroreflective, polarized lens qualities and you have a winner.

Features of Hobie Sunglasses

In addition to the hydroreflective, polarized lenses discussed later, this particular pair of Hobie sunglasses has a few more things to offer:

Choices: Choose between glass or polycarbonate lenses. Glass will be heavier and easier to shatter, but some people prefer it.

Colors: These glasses have a wide array of color combinations to complement any skin tone, hair color, wardrobe or activity.

Spring hinges: So they're less likely to break. You'll feel a bit of "give" at the temples so if you stretch them out a bit farther than they should go (past the outer edges of the frame), they won't automatically snap. Instead, the legs will go back into place when you release them.

Free shipping: This isn't a feature of the sunglasses themselves, but you'll find that some sunglass websites that offer Hobie Cabos also offer free shipping.

Reasonable pricing: These aren't available at local drugstore prices, but they're also not as expensive as some designer sunglasses. They're mid-range in price.

The Available Color Combinations

Hobie Cabo glasses are available in several color combinations as seen on the Frames Direct website:

• Shiny black frames with grey glass lenses
• Shiny dark tortoise frames with copper glass lenses
• Pacific blue frames with copper glass lenses
• Shiny black frames with glass grey and blue mirror lenses
• Shiny black frames with glass grey gradient lenses
• Pacific blue frames with copper and green mirror glass lenses
• Pacific blue frames with photocopper glass lenses
• Shiny black frames with grey polycarbonate lenses
• Shiny dark tortoise frames with copper polycarbonate lenses
• Pacific blue frames with copper polycarbonate lenses
• Shiny black frames with grey and blue mirror polycarbonate lenses
• Pacific blue frames with copper and green mirror polycarbonate lenses

You can find something to go well with your hair color, skin tone, and of course your sunglasses-required activities of choice.

Pricing

Hobie Cabo sunglasses are moderately priced. You can expect to pay anywhere from about $70.00 to $100.00. Check eBay to see if you can find a deal. It's refreshing to see a pair of sunglasses that delivers at a relatively low price.

They're not as flashy as some designer frames, but this is a type of "workhorse" sunglass. They're plain, but not hideous. They're sporty (and some even have mirrored lenses), but not so much that they look like they should be placed on a time machine headed for the 1980's.

Purchase Hobie Cabo Sunglasses

Aside from on eBay as mentioned above, you can find Hobie Cabo sunglasses at reasonable prices online. Check the following websites for the color combination you want at a price you're willing to pay:

• Frames Direct, mentioned above, has all the color combinations you could ever want.
• Sunglasses Giant not only has a warranty that covers defective sunglasses listed right on the site, it also has information about Hydroreflective polarized lenses which shed water and reduce glare effortlessly, and general information about polarized lenses.

Hydroreflective Lenses and Polarization

There are two terms you'll see wrapped around Hobie sunglasses: Hydroreflective and polarized. As mentioned above, hydroreflective lenses are designed for those days when you're out on the water.

Hydroreflective lenses don't, however, disrupt your vision when you're not on the water. Hydrophobic and anti-reflective coatings are layered on each lens in order to give you the least amount of glare possible. Plus they prevent water from hindering your vision by allowing it to run off as soon as it hits. Polarized lenses are more common than hydroreflective lenses, and these have both. Polarized lenses allow only the light you need to see through to your eyes, blocking out horizontal, glare-causing rays.

A Final Word

If you're looking for a simple pair of sunglasses that will protect your eyes, block glare, and just get the job done, consider the Hobie Cabo style. If you want something with a bit more pizazz that will garner stares of envy, these may not be your best bet.