 So the sun is out because in this little video I'm going to be reviewing the cycling sunglasses I'm wearing on my face right now called the Sun Guard Pace Breakers. Now for clarity this video is not sponsored I'm not getting paid to do it however. About eight months ago David from Sun Guard he's there head of marketing out of the UK reached out to me over at Bike Chaser it's an online marketplace I run for cycling products asking me if I do a review on the Sun Guard Pace Breakers and I said yes I wrote a review and they ended up becoming my criterium glasses and I've worn them ever since over the other cycling sunglasses I wear. As a result I've had a few people reach out well not a few quite a lot actually asking me about the sunglasses so I thought I would do a review now I've indicated to Sun Guard that I would be doing a review they've sent me over on a link which is an affiliate link so if you choose to purchase through that link I do get a slight commission however I've also negotiated with David at Sun Guard that we have a 10% discount to my YouTube supporters but that according to Sun Guard policy that link can only last for 48 hours so if you're watching this video within the first 48 hours you want to make a purchase link will be below so let's break this review into three parts now I've just taken the Sun Guards off because I like for you to be able to see my eyes while I'm talking to you so the first thing let's talk about what I like about them there's two key factors there number two is I've got other cycling glasses that I used to use my back pocket the Oakley radars and the Bollay B Rock so I want to do a bit of a comparison and number three let's talk about price delivery and overall experience so the first thing what I like about them number one is their dickhead proof now if you've been watching this channel for a while now you'll probably know that I have some dickhead tendencies and they include leaving things lying around dropping things stepping on things etc and the Sun Guards they've got a whole bunch of technical features which I'll put up on the screen which make them very hard to damage a couple of callouts that I'll make here is the frames are made of a material called memory polymer I think it's how you say it which is kind of anti-bend and flex resistant and David at Sun Guard has even said that they've had people drive over these things and obviously the lens haven't lasted but the actual frames have survived so it's a very strong material and it's meant that Sun Guard have actually give a lifetime guarantee on their sunglasses including accidental damage so if you do leave them on the ground in the driveway or something reverse over them and smash them to pieces they'll replace them it's pretty unbelievable the second part is the lenses have the outer surface of the lenses has three coatings to make them scratch resistance now I've scratched mine but if I compare these glasses to other glasses that I own the scratches are minimal so clearly this three layer coating system works the second big thing I like about the Sun Guards is their custom design you build your own now other brands do offer this but it tends to be rather expensive and this is part of the standard part of the Sun Guard process where you can pick your own frame your own lenses your own ear socks and also the Sun Guard logo on the side now when I built mine I built them with the inform make kit in mind black and white but if I was to do it again with the orange team inside on this kit this is probably what I would go for so I put them back on because I'm going to do a little demonstration for you here comparisons so now I've got on the Oakley radars now we used to wear these back in the good old inform racing days number of years ago now there's you might be able to see there's a few scratches on the lenses there but I don't know about you let me know below they have a very similar look to the Sun Guard paste breakers and definitely a similar feel the way they wrap around your face I'm not too sure on the Oakley radars what technology they have on their ear socks but on the Sun Guards is this hydrofolic material that as you sweat it becomes grippier and I've certainly noticed in some glen valet gray criterias when I was back in Melbourne the more I sweated the more they stuck to my face which is what you want you don't want them bouncing around on your face now the main sort of call out in terms of the design that I've noticed is you've got 10 mil more length in the glasses so sort of covers more of your vision below and surrounding but outside of that they look pretty similar so now I've got the Bolly B rocks on now I wore these sunglasses when I rode the entire length of New Zealand over 13 days in the middle of winter in 2017 and I love these then because they covered up more of my face it was freezing cold in New Zealand I was freezing my dick off most days and just have a little bit more extra coverage on the face was a good thing also as I'm getting older I've got the frown lines going so to cover up you know your frown lines to keep the wind in the air out of there while you're riding I think it's a good thing so the Bollies get a couple of big ticks they are a lot softer like the materials on the oak leaves in the sun gods the frame materials a lot harder these sunglasses are softer which makes them comfortable but I do notice like when I move my head around start sweating they do sort of tip forward on my face a bit and I'm pushing them back onto my nose a bit so that is a little bit frustrating and I think in terms of general design I prefer the smaller sunglasses of the oak leaves or the sun gods over these I don't know about you you can let me know below so just rolling home now on the beautiful Noosa River on my left hand side here and just to wrap up that last part I think all three cycling sunglasses are really well made cycling glasses if you want more technical specifications on the other two I'll provide links below but I think the sun gods have a competitive advantage and yes it's a specific shape but you've got a lot of flexibility around the color design etc so to wrap up on price you're probably going to hit 155 AUD you can get them a little bit cheaper depending on what you put on them but you'll probably land 155 AUD I'll put the other prices in other currencies up on the screen now that's a big competitive advantage over the other two because you're probably going to land anywhere between two to 300 for the other two depending on where you shop and I think it can be done through Sun Guard and have the same quality because they're direct to consumers similar to like the Canyon model for the other thing I really enjoyed about the experience was it says three-day shipping on the website but I got mine in two and also just dealing with David and the team at Sun Guard it's been a really pleasurable experience in fact I've recently handed them over to inform make because the inform team inside make cycling team may be wearing the Sun Guards next season so great brand great people great pair of cycling sunglasses if you're on the market I'll provide a link below and I hope to catch you all in the next video