Dave, sorry to hear you say that - I just ordered a pair based on some of the recommendations on the forum. What did you not like? Which lenses did you get? I bought the light adjusting gray.
I got tired of the scary trips through tunnels with dark sunglasses.
Ed
I did not get the transition lenses. I got the ones that stay dark all the time. I bought them at the rally in Johnstown and I wore them home on Saturday. My eyes were burning the entire way home. They just are not dark enough for me. My 7Eye's are about perfect for the sunlight. My RayBan's are the best in the sun, but they are so dark that I can't see the display on the radio, etc. and going through the tunnels is real bad with the RayBan's.
Back when I bought the 7Eye's, I had tried the transition lenses in both 7Eye and WileyX and I took them out in the bright sun to try them and they did not get dark enough for me. I read up on the trick with putting the transition lenses in the freezer to darken them up some, but from what I read, it's very temporary and they are supposed to lighten back up as they heat up again. I decided that I could live with switching glasses once per day to clear lenses if I ride late into the day and it's getting dark out, so I opted against the transition lenses.
I also seem to get a better fit with the 7Eye glasses than with the WileyX. I could feel my contacts drying on me with the WileyX. Fit is going to be on an individual basis though. The strange thing is that I can wear by RayBan's with no wind protection and not have the same problem that I was having with the WileyX's. That I don't understand. Luckily, I have a friend that wants to buy my WileyX's from me. He tried the same pair and didn't get them. He liked them and he told me he'll pay me the full price and take them off my hands.
I'm still not completely thrilled with the 7Eye though either, so I may try a different WileyX and see if they are any better. The 7Eye foam is ripping apart on both sides, even though I have been very delicate in handling them. The 7Eye frames seem much more delicate and prone to breakage, although I haven't had a problem with that yet. Once I find a good replacement pair, I'll send in the foam from the 7Eye pair for replacement, but the warranty is only one year, so I don't know what I'll do after they start ripping a 2nd or 3rd time. The WileyX frames and foam both appeared to be constructed much sturdier, so I would really like to find a pair of those that work for me...but I'm afraid that I've already tried their darkest lenses and they didn't do it for me.