Pros: Light weight, comfortable, unique design, and they don't interfere with a helmet.
Cons: Poor quality, easily broken, fragile. Need to carry carry multiple lenses, difficult to keep clean, expensive (unless you have vision insurance).
Rating: 3/10 points.
I had been asking my optometrist to carry Rx-able motorcycle glasses for a while. The closest item they had were ski goggles and they were big and bulky. So, I was optimistic when they told me about the Adidas line they just received.
I like the design. They are light weight and comfortable to wear. They have a prescription adapter that clips into the shield and acts as a nose bridge. Check it out:
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They also offer a variety of inter-changeable shields. The glasses came with the smoke shield and I purchased the clear one. The cool thing about the shield is that it is perforated across the top. This allows air to come through and vent the glasses - hence the name Climacool. You can see the holes (at the top of the glasses) and the removable rubber nose bridge:
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The glasses also came with a hard shell carry case and several prominently Adidas branded cloth cases / glass cleaners. I found that amusing as the glasses themselves only say Adidas on the inside of the frame. After a few shield changes I realized why there were so many cloths - they are needed because it is almost impossible to change the shields without leaving fingerprints all over the place. That's not good when you are trying to determine if the prints are on the shield or the glasses. Anyway, I used them around town for a couple of days and then went to field test them on the motorcycle.
First thing I noticed was that the Climacool perforations really worked. The glasses started to fog up while I was sitting at a stop light (still dark, cold air mixing with the engine heat, stop light that won't change). As soon as I rode off, the shield cleared immediately. This is a real plus. I have other glasses that cause me to lift them off my face to properly vent and remove the fog. The thing I did not like was the fact that I had to take both the smoke and clear lenses with me. In the morning, the smoke lenses are too dark and in the afternoon the clear lenses don't block any light. Fortunately, I discovered this while field testing them around town. I really liked these glasses until...they broke. It was about the fourth time I had changed between the smoke and clear shields. As I was removing the clear one, it snapped in half. The area circled, in the picture below, shows where it snapped (the shield pictured below is the replacement):
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This made the glasses useless. I could only use them during the day and half my riding was at night. To make matters worse, they broke in another place. As I was removing the prescription adapter, the rubber nose bridge broke. This was repaired along with the broken shield, but the nose bridge broke a second time. The circled area, in the picture below, shows the current break. I put an object through the rubber nose piece to show the break:
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Needless to say, I had to use some super glue to fix them. I guess it's acceptable for a $10 pair of glasses, but these run $240 (Rx) and $190 (non-Rx). I am not very happy with them and rarely wear these glasses.