junglechef Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I've been searching in the usual places with no luck looking for a pair of driving glasses, I prefer Seringetties or Persols but haven't been able to find anywhere that sells them in CM, but a place with a good selection of quality shades I'm sure I can find something that will do. Also need a new pair of sport sunglasses for Mt. Biking, preferably ones with interchangeable lenses (esp. if the price is over 3000 bht). Been to most the bike shops but very limited selection of mainly expensive ones with names I am not familiar with (like Ruby which are not Rudy Project which I would also love to find). Can anybody point me in the right direction? (Hopefully closer than BKK!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloFlyer Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Mai Sai.. Seriously. Three's a knock off shop on the other side that has quality reproductions. Not cheap for fakes, but quality fakes nonetheless. And far cheper than what you'd pay here, .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppalux Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Kad Luang would be your answer if you have a whole day to walk and t here's BB gun shop north , outer side of the moat , among the military stuff , have several sunglass , not cheap fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze01 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I would suggest Singapore as I have never bought a pair of glasses in Thailand that lasted month than a month. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 eBay. Sunglasses here suck. I bought an expensive pair in Hat Yai (from a relative). She warned me that the film could bubble or begin to peel around the edges and if so she would have them redone for me at the factory. Sure enough that happened even though I never left them in the sun or on the dashboard. Had them redone and now a year later -- same thing again. About a year ago I saw a pair of expensive sunglasses, Italian brand same as I own, somewhere in Airport Plaza. Upon close inspection, they were fakes...for 6K THB. I paid US $100.00 for mine at Costco in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydneycraig Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Assume the 100 baht sunnies available here don't have any uv protection at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglechef Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 Thanks for the thoughts, seems like I'm where I started. As for the Military Shops I special ordered a good rechargeable flashlight from America which cost over 3000 bht and it #$*@ the bed after a few uses. I guess I should have bee suspect when the US flag on the box only had 30 stars, but seriously the printing was so blurry and it was obviously a fake. Now I don't trust anything they sell and I definitely don't want to pay real prices for fakes. Heard some of the fakes are pretty good, esp. for the price, but I do wonder what kind of protection my eyes are getting with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRS1 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 whatever sunglasses you get i recommend getting some that are polarized, i prefer bronze tints to dark grey tint myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydneycraig Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 If polarized they can still offer zero uv protection right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amexpat Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Polorized UV400 - 299 baht at some Tesco's. Sometimes last a year, sometimes less before I scratch or lose them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outofafrica Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 E bay is the best and cheapest for sunnies.I bought some interchangeable ones Oakleys and they great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beng Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Go to the optician on Ratchavithi, before the big stationary shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaleySabai Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 You have to assume that everything is fake in this country....including the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellred Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 If you want real ones tell me and I'll get them here in the UK. You can pay me when I come Chiang Mai in around 2 months. Just in time for dry season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expatmakmak Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 If you want real ones tell me and I'll get them here in the UK. You can pay me when I come Chiang Mai in around 2 months. Just in time for dry season. Import! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRS1 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 If polarized they can still offer zero uv protection right? i think so, but my priority is polarized because it makes everything clearer. UV protection doesnt make things clearer. I also like like bronze tint because it also makes things even clearer vs dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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