I looked in the "Articles" section and didn't see an article about the "Care & Feeding of your Oakleys".

I know these are special glasses (and watches & other stuff). Does anyone have rules for their shades? Like what are good cleaning tips (soap/water, no t-shirt, only the cleaning cloth). Are some lenses more susceptible to scratches than others?

Also, for those of you with work bags, what do you do in the morning? Get out of the car with shades on, get inside & take em off, where do you put em in your bag? I throw mine in with various other things (don't worry: not O's) and they're starting to show it.

Just looking for general tips & tricks so I can keep mine as nice as possible while wearing them.

i have my glasses on the top of my head when i am inside. and always on my face when i am out side. i have gone for a shower at night and forgotten that they are even on the top of my head. people know me for my glasses that are always on my head. they sit up on my head so offten thati have two dents in my skull (you can feel them and i have even seen them on an x-ray) where the nose peices sit on my head.

i know thats crazy but thats what the doc. says too.

Q

Search around, we've had very similar threads to this running in the past.

Cleaning:
http://www.o-review.com/forum_detail.asp?ID=3172

Wearing when not wearing:
http://www.o-review.com/forum_detail.asp?ID=4009

I wear mine as long as I can and as late into the night as I can until it gets ridiculously dark then I put it in my custom soft box

Cleaning: Liquid Dawn, the butt plain variant that's blue in color. Some soaps have moisturizers and extra stuff that can cling to your lenses and smear all over later when you try to dry them. So far haven't had this problem with plain Dawn. Rub it over the lens and rinse with warm water or cold water. I also carefully clean the Earsocks (and Nosebombs if applicable) with a very small amount of soap and water so that none of it gets inside of the Earsock. Leaving oils or liquids on Unobtanium rubber for too long can cause it to absorb it and then expand over time, a common sight on used Oakleys.

Drying: I use a Crizal lens cloth, which is the best microfiber cloth I've found so far...yes it's much better than the Oakley bags. Oakley bags are in reality pretty cheaply made and have a tendency to start fraying if you use them enough for cleaning. And then it just simply smears water everywhere instead of absorbing it. Crizal cloths are built much tougher and do not fall apart over time, and are very good at absorbing and drying without smearing or streaking. You can feel the difference in the cloth at first touch. Pack of 3 for $6.00 on their website.

Storage: when I'm out and about, I hang it on the front of my shirt. Sticking Oakleys in your hair is just asking for oils and scratches to get all over your lenses, especially since Oakley's Iridium is not a very tough coating at all. And you're also stretching the frame out. Otherwise when at complete rest, always in a microfiber bag.