SubscribeI have to admit it, this winter in Toronto has successfully chased me inside for running. All the snow, ice, black ice, lakes of slush, combined with Toronto’s seemingly increasingly poor drivers has had me running on the dreadmill watching Netflics.
I’d really wanted to spend more time with these shades before reviewing them, but they’ve been in my review queue for far too long and I need to get them done.
I’ll startout with a spoiler: I LOVE Rudy Project. I haven’t yet used a product of theirs that I didn’t think was excellent. I have prescription glasses from them that I race and do a lot of my training in and they are extremely well made and an excellent value.
The PROFLOW sports shades are absolutely no exception to my love affair with Rudy Project.
These shades are pretty sweet: of course they have all the standard Rudy Project adjustable nose/bridge and excellent anti-fogging lenses that are sharp and distortion free, but if these aren’t some of the lightest sunglasses I’ve EVER worn I’d be truly surprised!
They’re apparently forged out of some space-aged aluminum alloy called Kynetium… I’m not a metallurgist, but as a consumer and glass wearer, I’ll tell you it was a good choice. I have titanium frames that feel like a boat anchor in comparison. They also have a design feature on them called a “dorsal stabilizer”. I gather it’s something to do with the temple area of the frame that helps balance the weight of the glasses even when you’re heads down on the bike. I can’t say how they’d feel without the stabilizer, so I’ll take their word for it. A few times, while I was out running in the Proflow, I actually forgot that I had them on. They’re that comfortable.
I can attest to the anti-fog of the lenses: the days that I did manage a run in them it was cold out and I got pretty steamy. The lenses, however, did not. Magic! Dunno how they managed it, but I’ll just leave it at magic.
As with many of the Rudy Project glasses: the Proflow can be purchased with different types of lenses. Prescription, or insert, or no prescription. Polarized, tinted different colours, different levels of light transmission shading, anti-reflective coatings… the whole 9 yards!
Finally, the Proflow comes with a pretty nice hard-case that has a storage compartment for those extra lenses.
I just got my prescription updated… I’m in progressive bifocals now my friends (ack!) so I think I may just have to order some clear, amber and dark lenses in my new ‘scrip to take full advantage of these awesome shades.
If you’re lucky enough to be training outside these days, or you’re heading somewhere warm and sunny, definitely do yourself a favour and checkout the Rudy Project Proflow Shades. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
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