Oakley Hijinx Review

I have owned at least one pair of Oakley Hijinx since late September. About a month ago I picked up two more pairs extremely cheap. I currently own the Art Chantry Hijinx, the Splatter Hijinx and the matte black/grey polarized Hijinx. After giving myself enough time to break them in and find out all there is to know about them, I will now write a proper review.

(My Personal pair of AC's)

Looks:
At first I was not wild about the shape of the lens or the earstems. The lenses are huge and the stems are rather plain. After wearing them for a while, the styling has grown on me. The top of the frame is not nearly as thick as the Eyepatch, which is my main complaint for that frame. The rounded corners also make the frame look less like the driving glasses that 60-year old women use.

Functionality:
Without unobtanium I thought this frame would fit very loosely on my face. I turned out to be wrong. They have not once slipped down my nose or off my ear. Whatever the problem was with the Fives 3.0 and them slipping without unobtanium they fixed on the Hijinx.
The large lenses provide excellent coverage and even eliminate the perihpheral problems found in Gascans. Unfortunately, the lenses are so large that when leaving one temperature extreme and going to another causes the lenses to fog up. This does not happen on many other frames. Since the lenses are so large it takes an even longer amount of time to for them to clear up that normal as well. Maybe a hydrophobic coating could help this.

Price Point:
Starting at $90 and only going to $160 for the premium colorways menas this is a great price point. Starting these lower than most other Oakley frames, these stand to become the next big hit like the Gascan was.

Major Positives:
Price point, stylings, coverage

Major Drawbacks:
Lenses fogging up

Overall Rating:
Overall I would rate these a 7 out of 10. They aren't as aggressively stlyed as Oakley usual runs, and they lack of unobtanium still makes me weary. Also the available colorways are lacking. If Oakley added hydrophobic lenses, more colorways, and unobtanium on the earstems then these would easily score a 9.

And there you have it, my Hijinx review. See you next post.

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you all the good news. I sold my +Red Radars for $350 to a fellow Oakley fanatic in Singapore.