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There has been much coverage in the news about data breaches by online companies. It’s true that even relatively small e-commerce businesses sell their database of customer details and for some it’s become a useful income stream. In the 11 years we have been operating Sunglasses For Sport we have never sold or rented out any of our customers’ details. That was our privacy commitment from the start and something we feel very strongly about and we absolutely guarantee that we will never sell or re …

Easter is rapidly approaching and a popular time to head to the slopes in Europe (including Scotland!), especially this year as the snow coverage is the best for many years. If you have your ski tripped booked will you be wearing goggles or sunglasses? It's true that 20 years ago most skiers wore sunglasses and only a minority wore goggles but the huge growth of snowboarding coupled with greater awareness of the risk of head damage has meant the reverse is now true – there are more goggle than …

Most sports sunglasses use polycarbonate as the lens material. This material is favoured by manufacturers because it has 20 times the impact resistance of glass and is 3 times lighter. The downside of polycarbonate is that it can easily scratch so it’s important to protect lenses when not in use. The easiest way to do this is keep the sunglass in a soft carry pouch (as supplied with almost every sunglass we sell). Most pouches are made from a microfibre material – before you take the sunglasses …