Strike King S11 Optic Glasses 2024
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have anyone tried these glasses yet? ive seen a video of these glasses on TW and i thought that they might be great for the price. however part of me is saying that it might be a scam for my money. if anyone have bought these glasses, can u please tell me if they are actually worth it and compare it to other glasses. thnx for any reply
MarkH024 reply :
I have some on the way.I got the Atlantis with amber lenses. Ill report back when i get them.
Felix77 reply :
I bought the smoke and amberish ones. Love them. Great glasses for the price.
ww2farmer reply :
I just ordered a pair. I'll let you know when they get here, and I have had a chance to use them. FWIW, I always thought their "cheap" 19.99 glasses were great. I have never been one to spend much money on glasses because I am always losing them, breaking them, or what not. So $40 is a big leap for me LOL.
ripinthem reply :
Do they have a model that fits over glasses. I use the Cocoons , and they work decent, but do have some inner glare.
MarkH024 reply :
On 4/5/2013 at 10:56 AM, ww2farmer said:I just ordered a pair. I'll let you know when they get here, and I have had a chance to use them. FWIW, I always thought their "cheap" 19.99 glasses were great. I have never been one to spend much money on glasses because I am always losing them, breaking them, or what not. So $40 is a big leap for me LOL.
Im in the same boat. Ive used a $20 pair from Cabelas for 3 seasons. Served me well but have a lot of scratches and the frame paint is all worn off.
davew41 reply :
I got a pair 2 weeks ago for 29.99. They work just as we'll as 300$ plus for 30$ if they fall in the lake I don't care.
Hi Salenity reply :
I got a pair in amber and they're great!
I also have a $20 pair of SKs I've had for a year. I am not at all impressed with the $20 pair
Scorcher214 reply :
On 4/5/2013 at 11:04 AM, ripinthem said:Do they have a model that fits over glasses. I use the Cocoons , and they work decent, but do have some inner glare.
Nah, doesn't look like it. would buy them if they did though. Would like to see an OTG model, as the technology behind the S11s seems pretty neat. I too have a pair of cocoons (XL aviators) but they were ridiculously annoying. They also looked ridiculous Always were falling off when I looked down a bit. Ended up purchasing a $20 pair of OTGs at Gander mtn. They fit like a glove but have not tried them for fishing.
MarkH024 reply :
I got my glasses today. Obviously I haven't gotten a chance to use them on the water but so far they look and feel great. The plastic frames are tinge on the flimsy side for my liking to be 100% honest, but it is a $40 pair of glasses. I got the S11 Atlantic black frames with Amber lenses.
TNBassin' reply :
Surprised more people don't wear Oakley. I have some Batwolfs that are polarized and a day out on the water with those is amazing.
Fishing N Boots reply :
I just recieved a pair, and I love them. They actually fit my face which I was worried about, but most importantly it's like walking arond viewing HD. Plan to use them yesterday on the water, but it was so cloudy that they made everything too dark.
MarkH024 reply :
On 4/9/2013 at 3:15 AM, TNBassin said:Surprised more people don't wear Oakley. I have some Batwolfs that are polarized and a day out on the water with those is amazing.
I, like a lot of people, don't want to pay the high prices of sunglasses. Not that they aren't worth it, but glasses are easily crushed, left behind, dropped in the lake, etc... So I choose to go cheaper so that if I destroy mine, it's not a big deal. Ironically, every cheap pair I own last an eternity. Every decent pair I've ever had, I've broken or are in a lake.
ww2farmer reply :
I got mine the other day, and yesterday was the perfect day on the water to test them out. Sunny, calm, and gin clear water down to 12' or so. I had my $20 pair with me too, and the difference was night and day. There were no bass up shallow (that were out in plain sight), but tons of walleye, so I was just putting along looking. With the $20 pair I could see the fish, see the weeds, see dark vs. light bottom. With the S11's I could see individual zebra mussle shells on the bottom in 10 + FOW, and the shallower I went..........off the chart detail compared to what I could see with the $20 pair, I could even see a few walleye that I would have never known were there with the other pair. I'd have to say it was $40 well spent. Now I can't wait till the SM hit the beds in a couple weeks, hopefully the stars will line up, and I will get a chance to be there on a couple nice clear calm days to look at them.
gripnrip reply :
I purchased a pair of the amber lenses. I will be trying them out the next 2 Sunday's. I have a 2 day tournament at the end of this month and I will be able to give more of my experience then.
TiNuts reply :
Where are you guys getting the model names? I've looked at TW and SK.com and all I see are numbers?
ww2farmer reply :
On 4/11/2013 at 12:14 PM, TiNuts said:Where are you guys getting the model names? I've looked at TW and SK.com and all I see are numbers?
I don't know what they are talking about either. The ones with "names" are the $20 glasses. The S11's are all numbered from what I can tell. I got the S11 63's.
MarkH024 reply :
On 4/11/2013 at 8:12 PM, ww2farmer said:I don't know what they are talking about either. The ones with "names" are the $20 glasses. The S11's are all numbered from what I can tell. I got the S11 63's.
No. The S11 all have name references as well. You can see some at Cabelas website. Here These are what I got from an Ebay store.
ww2farmer reply :
On 4/11/2013 at 8:32 PM, MarkH024 said:No. The S11 all have name references as well. You can see some at Cabelas website. Here These are what I got from an Ebay store.
Ahhh.............I see what they did, named them after lakes and such. I got mine from TW they just have them labeled by #, same as the SK website. I guess I got the Eufaula glasses AKA the S11 63. I didn't notice if they were named on the box, I'll have to go look.
ww2farmer reply :
Yup, I'm an idiot, LOL it say right on the right "ear piece" of the glasses that they are the Eufaula model. Neither the tag or the plastic bag they came in says anything about it though.
rippin-lips reply :
You guys got me excited to get mine now. I was able to pick a pair up in the flea market for $25 shipped.
Felix77 reply :
Mine are officially tournament tested now. 
I took my S11's out on my Pike tournament this past weekend (Lake Champlain). I also brought my old glasses with me to compare/contrast what I can see. It was a night and day difference between the two.
When fishing submerged grass I was able to see it much, much farther out than with my old glasses. I also compared them to the costa's my partner was wearing and there was a marginal difference between the S11's. Not worth the over $100 price tag IMHO.
I am SO glad I bought these.
Made me feel so much more confident with what I was throwing over those weeds. Namely because I could see them soo much better. 
MarkH024 reply :
On 5/7/2013 at 10:46 PM, Felix77 said:Mine are officially tournament tested now.
I took my S11's out on my Pike tournament this past weekend (Lake Champlain). I also brought my old glasses with me to compare/contrast what I can see. It was a night and day difference between the two.
When fishing submerged grass I was able to see it much, much farther out than with my old glasses. I also compared them to the costa's my partner was wearing and there was a marginal difference between the S11's. Not worth the over $100 price tag IMHO.
I am SO glad I bought these.
Made me feel so much more confident with what I was throwing over those weeds. Namely because I could see them soo much better.
I officially tested mine last weekend and the same results. I had a cheap pair of Cabelas glasses and the difference was amazing. Very happy I got these and I will continue to at the price point they are. I am very happy with this purchase and would recommend it to anyone in the market for new shades. Great to be able to see all the holes in weed bogs and edges.
TrapperJ reply :
I have had some since Jan of this year and love mine. Glad they are reasonably priced too.
s freud reply :
Love seeing the follow-up reviews. I just lost my shades in the ocean but I have had them since '96 so I can't complain. How do these fit on the face? My face is pretty narrow, for reference, my old shades were oakley jackets and they fit well, they were not polarized though as they were pre fishing days.
MarkH024 reply :
Resurrecting this thread.
Today I noticed on the inside of my left lens, there is a big area that seems to be worn out on my lens. Almost as if a layer of tint wore off or simply evaporated. I only use a polyester lens cleaner to clean my glasses. The problem is now that when I look towards the sun or scan the horizon, it creates a glare that I'm not liking at all. I emailed Strike King about this today, so we will see what I hear back. I'm hoping they'll replace it but I did buy my pair from an Ebay retailer so I'm not sure they will. Anyway, I'm kind of bummed as I really do like the glasses a lot. I will post again when I hear from Strike King.
RoachDad reply :
On 4/9/2013 at 3:15 AM, TNBassin said:Surprised more people don't wear Oakley. I have some Batwolfs that are polarized and a day out on the water with those is amazing.
Hmm, I am pretty sure a lot of people wear Oakleys. This is just a thread about the other glasses.
Hi Salenity reply :
Mine have done this as well, I'm sure it was from the spray on sunscreen I use. Do you use a spray on sunscreen?On 8/23/2013 at 8:25 PM, MarkH024 said:Resurrecting this thread.
Today I noticed on the inside of my left lens, there is a big area that seems to be worn out on my lens. Almost as if a layer of tint wore off or simply evaporated. I only use a polyester lens cleaner to clean my glasses. The problem is now that when I look towards the sun or scan the horizon, it creates a glare that I'm not liking at all. I emailed Strike King about this today, so we will see what I hear back. I'm hoping they'll replace it but I did buy my pair from an Ebay retailer so I'm not sure they will. Anyway, I'm kind of bummed as I really do like the glasses a lot. I will post again when I hear from Strike King.
MarkH024 reply :
On 8/23/2013 at 8:55 PM, Hi Salenity said:Mine have done this as well, I'm sure it was from the spray on sunscreen I use. Do you use a spray on sunscreen?
No, lotion only. Did you get yours replaced or even try?
I use J Crew Fiber in my hair during the week. I am wondering if it is from the hair product when they were rested on my head. I typically don't use these glasses for daily wear, but my other pair finally broke.
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MarkH024 reply :
Wow man. that's much worse than mine. I'm not even sure I could capture the damage by picture but I will try when I get a moment.
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RoachDad reply :
this is good stuff. My Oakley's are ready for new lenses. I was debating buying new Costas. Now I will get these 40 dollar glasses and just get my lenses replaced in my Oaks
awesome.
MarkH024 reply :
I have to say, A++ customer service from SK. I got an email back in less than an hour:
Mark, we are sorry for the trouble you have had with the sunglasses. If you will send them to Strike King , we will replace them and send you a new pair and something extra for your trouble.
Thank you for using Strike King Products
I'm good with that. Shipping will cost me 5 bucks to get new ones. However, I would like to know what caused it.
RoachDad reply :
On 8/23/2013 at 9:43 PM, MarkH024 said:I have to say, A++ customer service from SK. I got an email back in less than an hour:
Mark, we are sorry for the trouble you have had with the sunglasses. If you will send them to Strike King , we will replace them and send you a new pair and something extra for your trouble.
Thank you for using Strike King Products
I'm good with that. Shipping will cost me 5 bucks to get new ones. However, I would like to know what caused it.
Please let us know and I am interested in that something extra!
ha
MarkH024 reply :
I got my package from Strike King today. My glasses were replaced with a brand new pair. I also was given a Strike King hat and a 2014 catalog. Free stuff is good, wait time was a bit longer than I expected but lapsed over a holiday weekend so I understand. All is good now.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
Just throwing it out there but if anyone is interested in trying a pair of Costa 580 Glass at a discount (250 retail, get them for 170), shoot me a message.
I know this is akin to posting Daiwa stuff on a Shimano thread, but we are talking about your eyes. Gear is replaceable, eyes are not.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
Wow, not a single PM?
That's surprising.
MarkH024 reply :
Post in the Flea Market, I'm sure someone will bite. Maybe they're scared of the beard.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
Nah, I'll just let it ride here.
I throw the offer out occasionally.
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