While I know that smearing a companies reputation is not a good thing to be doing, the reality is, there’s a lot of crap being made and sold in just about every store you can go to today. To review the sunglasses I’ve had for more than 5 years now would be easy for me, so that’s what I’ll do. I’ll give you a quick review of my two models of Costa Del Mar sunglasses. These are really all I’ve had, so I can’t make a comparison to other sunglass companies. It’s just a review of the obvious good and bad, and unfortunately what I’m suggesting is for you to try a different company. Costa Del Mar is a South Florida based company.
I have two different types of their sunglasses. I have them with glass lenses and with plastic lenses. The glass ones were close to 200 bucks brand new. The plastic ones were 130-150 dollars, somewhere around there. These should be nice pairs. Additionally, I used to have a pair of Costa sunglasses that eventually went missing. They were one of the original models, back when the construction of the glasses was different. I’ve used them for many years. On a more positive note, the glass lens has held up over the years.
These two models of sunglasses have both given me a variety of issues. Despite having a lifetime warranty, as the company has always had, I’m just living with their issues now after learning that the company isn’t able to make any significant fix to the crap they sell. The company appears to have no interest in remedying the problems. The problems don’t make them completely unusable. I’ll just use them the way they are.
Problems:
The rubbery grip along the nose repeatedly comes off. I tried gluing it on with super glue. Don’t try that, it’s too hard to get the glue off the plastic if you don’t put it on perfectly, and it doesn’t do a good job of holding on the rubber. I’m currently using the glass pair without the rubber around the nose. I can still use them like that. The rubber fell off on both pairs.
The lenses on the plastic ones have lines across them. What’s unbelievable is the fact that I sent them in for warranty. They sent me them back only to have the exact same thing happen to the lenses not long after despite me not even using the glasses. Whatever it is they are doing to manufacture these things, they don’t appear to have any interest in fixing.
I really just wouldn’t even trust the company with your money. I can’t give you any advice on what sunglass company you should go with, sorry about that. If you’re wearing sunglasses though, you should definitely try to get polarized sunglasses. It makes a difference.
