A 20/20 Review on Electric's BPM View Finders
Manufacturer:
Electric®
Release Year:
2010
Type:
Sunglasses
Made in:
Italia
Low Price:
$75
High Price:
$95
7YW Score:
8.7 /10.0 Deciding on a pair of new glasses can be something to look forward to, something that allows the buyer to re-brand their visage; a poor man's face lift, if you will.
Stylistics of frames can shape or help redefine characteristics of one's face. Creating a façade of high cheek bones or minamilizing facial deformities (like that third broken nose from the overzealous line backer of a bouncer you were gifted) are just a few of the things a nice set of shades can deliver.
Upon visiting my local shred shop, I looked through various sunglass cases and came across a pair that worked well for the ol'face. The Electric BPM's rate their size at a 3 which equates to a medium sized lens and encompassing frame.
The lenses are from Electric's trusty recipe of Polycarbonates (which they have used from their start in 2000); Polycarbonate is a durable lightweight pellet which is heated, then injected into a lens mold, and then left to cool. The BPM's Polycarbonate lenses are thin, 100% deflective of UV/UVA/UVB and UVC rays, fair well to scratches, and are inexpensive to produce; hence it's manufacturing popularity amongst other sun glass companies.
The BPM's highest frame point (or vertical axis) measures to be two inches/fifty-one millimeters, thus as mentioned above earning it a frame size of 3 (Electric rates their frame dimensions from the smallest size, a 1, to their largest, a 4). The frames are constructed of Grilamid®-a strong plastic that is used in other products like phones and wiper blades and has excellent heat resistance and UV blockage. The glasses' arms are firmly fixed to the frames with a five barrel stainless steel hinge. This hinge system appears to be durable and lined-up properly (something not always seen with other companies).
The BPM's come in a variety of designs, are well fitted and are also offered with polarized lenses, if you choose to go this route.
A 3-D version of the BPM's will be available in 2011 for all you forty year-old virgins.
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