>>858786Hats don't help with glare. I used to think that sunglasses were unnecessary, too, then I move to the desert.
American Optical make good stuff. Not very high-tech or /out/-looking, but they're built like tanks, work, look pretty good, and cost half of what similar sunglasses would cost you. They're also what the astronauts who went to the moon were issued, so they have that going for them.