Squad is budget and cyndrical. Flight deck is spherical. An I/O is a better comparison to flight deck and Line Miner is better comparison to Squad. I’m sure you know that, just wanted to point it out to OP.
14249938:Biffbarf said:
really like my oakley flightdecks with the purple/green lens. Vents amazing and the lens is badass for any conditions and works damn well even in shit light. Went from to that from a smith squad xl and the quality difference is noticeable.
Like others have said, OP, Smith and Oakley are really good options. I have actually put my I/OXs through the wringer in the past 5 years and they’re still kicking.
Giro is good too but the lenses are more prone to scratching. They use Zeiss, as do: Anon, Von Zipper, Spektrum, etc.
My experience is that Zeiss lenses tends to scratch a bit easier and flake.
Don’t have any experience with Dragon or Spy but they look sick.
One thing I will say is to get high contrast lens. They’re pretty common now for most brands. They go by the names of: Prizm, Chromapop, Vivid, Luma Lens, Happy Lens, Sonar, etc.
I think my next buy will be Oakley Fall Line XM or Spektrum Templet.
