Back to the topic at hand, I wore my radars in the rain yesterday and as I have said before it seems like they do great with sweat or water dripping on them. Rain however seems to be their achilles heel, not that they don't repel rain, by all means they do, but what happens is when rain hits the lense the rain splatters across the lense creating a bunch of small droplets that do not roll off the lense.

If you run your radars under the sink they will likely roll of 99% of the water you pour rather than 70-85% of a normal lense. However in the rain the Radars seem to repel about 95% of the rain. A lot of little droplets gather and can obstuct your vision slightly. Not nearly as bad as the alternative.

My juliets tend to get to the point that they are unwearable in the rain because of all the water that collects on the lense, the Radars manage to stay away from the point of unwearablility. Any how I doubt a lot of you will be using them in the rain, but I thought I'd share my experience. Looks like it's time to get the hydrophobic kit for my other frames!

Interesting ... since they are better all-around than regular lenses (even with the rain splatters), it stands to reason that choppers will start turning to Radar lenses for their customs, except where M-Frames offer a different color (like +Red).

Price is a good deal higher too.

Price is a good deal higher too.

Not too bad, right? $70 for M-Frame, or $80 for Radar. The $10 difference ain't too bad, considering the hydrophobic kit costs $30 and requires multiple applications (albiet it purports to work for up to three pairs of lenses).

But the $70 price for M Frames is high enough just to do some chopping, so another $10 pushes it that much more. For me anyway.