Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses Reviews
Review score: 9.1/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £140 – Save 20% (RRP: £175)
Take a look now to discover what makes Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses worthy of a review score of 9.1 out of 10.
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Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses features
Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses
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Spec 1
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Colour: Polished Black Other Sunglasses found with this Spec: 21 |
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Feature 1
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Prizm lens technology enhances colour, contrast and detail Other Sunglasses found with this feature: 5 |
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Feature 2
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Brow-less design allows for improved upper field of view Other Sunglasses found with this feature: 3 |
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Feature 3
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Advancer nosebridge positions the frame to block light while opening airflow to combat fogging and overheating Other Sunglasses found with this feature: 3 |
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Feature 4
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Durability and all-comfort with lightweight O-Matter frame material Other Sunglasses found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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Non-slip unobtainium nosepads and earsocks Other Sunglasses found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 6
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Three-point lens retention system holds lens in precise optical alignment Other Sunglasses found with this feature: 1 |
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Frame suitable for medium to large face shapes Other Sunglasses found with this feature: 3 |
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Optimal precision and impact resistance that meet or exceed ANSI Z80.3 optical and impact standards Other Sunglasses found with this feature: 3 |
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Price
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Sunglasses. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Sunglasses. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Sunglasses. Brands like Oakley are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Sunglasses category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Sunglasses.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £140 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.7 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Sunglasses
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Sunglasses.
We found 224 in the Sunglasses category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £89.17, making it above average at £140.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Sunglasses. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £370.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £14.99.
With 224 products available we worked out that 24 cost more than Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses and 198 were cheaper.
Cost of Oakley products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 210 products from Oakley, of which 106 were in the Sunglasses category.
For now though we’re looking at Oakley branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £81.23 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Oakley product we found was £10.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £199.99.
Of the 210 from Oakley, 21 were more expensive than Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses and 187 were cheaper.
How much are Oakley Sunglasses?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Oakley products that are listed in the Sunglasses category.
The average price of the 106 products that match this search was £108.09, with the cheapest coming in at £40.00 and highest price was £187.00. With the average being £108.09, Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses comes in above average.
12 products that meet this search were more expensive than Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses and 92 were cheaper.
Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.4 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Sunglasses category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses or another similar product, like Oakley Radar EV XS Pink Prizm Road Sunglasses reviews or Oakley Frogskins Black Prizm Violet Sunglasses reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Sunglasses.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Sunglasses. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Oakley, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.1/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25520936343
- Product ID 2: 767684UK
- Brand: Oakley
- Model number: 0OO9401 94012137
- RRP: £175
- EAN: 888392462794
- Description: Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm SunglassesAerodynamic engineering at its finest, the Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses are built for speed and are great for running, cycling and all your other activities where speed is key.The brow-less design puts your vision first by opening up the upper field of vision. The large plutonite lens is kept in position by a three-point lens retention system that offers precise optical alignment for a restful vision experience.Prizm lens technology boosts contrast, clarity and colour allowing you to see subtle changes in the terrain.The lightweight, but durable O-Matter frame material ensures a comfortable fit throughout the day. Best suited to medium to large face shapes the glasses are stabilised by unobtainium nosepads and earsocks which ensures grip even during extreme movements and when in contact with perspiration.Keeping you vision clear and to stop your face from overheating the Advancer nosebridge allows you to open up the frame on the fly with a quick click. The Advancer positions the frame so that it still blocks light while opening airflow. FeaturesPrizm lens technology enhances colour, contrast and detailBrow-less design allows for improved upper field of viewAdvancer nosebridge positions the frame to block light while opening airflow to combat fogging and overheatingDurability and all-comfort with lightweight O-Matter frame materialNon-slip unobtainium nosepads and earsocksThree-point lens retention system holds lens in precise optical alignmentFrame suitable for medium to large face shapesOptimal precision and impact resistance that meet or exceed ANSI Z80.3 optical and impact standardsBuy Oakley Sport Sunglasses from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Accessories > Sunglasses
- Savings percentage from RRP: 20%
- Unisex
- 35
- Adult
Other options for Sunglasses
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Sunglasses. 224 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Oakley Flight Jacket Black Prizm Sunglasses included,
Oakley Frogskins Clear Prizm Violet Sunglasses reviews, Oakley Anorak Black Prizm Polarized Sunglasses reviews, or we really liked the look of Oakley Flak XS Polished Black Prizm Sunglasses, Polished Black reviews as another alternative.