Best Luxottica Oakley Releases in your opinion?

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Lol

 

[ShortChangeHero]

I say the torch, sapphire and baseball prizm lenses. Everything else is crap-tastic.

 

[Prjct]

Do Jupiter's count (2008 release I think)? Or would they still be mostly pre-Lux Oakley design & build?

I feel the original Jupiter & LX will last as a user wearing design, if not for collector value.
- Better Oakley optics
- A good modern update on the classic Wayfarer-Frogskin lineage, that still uniquely keeps the keyhole nosebridge
- More wrap around the edges = better coverage/less light leakage
- Good array of base colours to stay subtle & classic; or opt for the artists, signatures or colourful lenses to turn heads when wanted

Plus a personal win, a design that fits my small asian face!

 

[ucdavis4PT0gpa]

Do Jupiter's count (2008 release I think)? Or would they still be mostly pre-Lux Oakley design & build?

I feel the original Jupiter & LX will last as a user wearing design, if not for collector value.
- Better Oakley optics
- A good modern update on the classic Wayfarer-Frogskin lineage, that still uniquely keeps the keyhole nosebridge
- More wrap around the edges = better coverage/less light leakage
- Good array of base colours to stay subtle & classic; or opt for the artists, signatures or colourful lenses to turn heads when wanted

Plus a personal win, a design that fits my small asian face!

No- that was in development already. IMO you can count on many new frames having been in the design stages for probably at least 2-3 years before they release. That's why I say anything that was 2008 to 2010 even 2011 I consider in large part to be pre-Lux. I find such a development timeline telling because that means the lack of much of anything interesting the last 3 years means that once Lux truly took a hand in designing (say 2010, 2011- right about when they killed of the metals, moved manufacturing to China etc) things went stale/south.

 

[Valkie 2]

I'd have to say the Carbon Shift (often find myself going for these as a daily wearer)

 

[Rcga32]

Lately, it has been the Jawbreaker and the EVZERO Range for me... I love the gigantic cycloptic goodness of those frames. They made me forget about my Offshoot.

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I have to agree mostly with @QLR1 .
Jawbreaker and EV Zero (I would vote for Path though).

Those and Prizm lenses.

 

[Fresh]

Things I've loved:
*Prizm lenses (snow, dwp, road, waiting on swp)
*Carbon Shift (even though the plastic parts feel cheap)
*Jupiter Squared if those count
*Pitboss 1
*Gascan (my go to set for doing stupid thing)

I do have a couple of holbrooks and while they are cool, I do think they are not worth what Oakley asks for them in the store (got mine at fleabay for half price)

 

[THEGROUNDPOUNDER99]

Im gonna say the Tinfoil and Tincan were the best, or better stated, more innovated. Like most of the new stuff though it was sticker shock when they came out. I also liked the new Canteens but again, $190 for a polarized version when launched kept me from buying till a good deal came along. Some of the new technology in the lenses is nice but I'm not so excited about a lot of the newer frames.

 

[supersharp]

As Luxottica Oakley continues to become more of an apparel company and less a sunglasses brand, I really can't see any models in their current line-up becoming "classics" like x-metals did. IMO the Elite line was the last real collectibles with "Classic" potential. My only interest in current Luxottica Oakley products is in prizm lenses for custom cuts for X-Metals and PB1. Sadly, the ship has sunk

My sentiments exactly.

SF-16

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This would have been on the level, but never actually released though a few examples do exist.