Revisión: Proyecto Rudy Hypermask + Spinhawk

Review: Rudy Project Hypermask + Spinhawk

Hoy vamos a echar un vistazo a un par de gafas de sol realmente bonitas de Rudy Project. Uno es un conjunto deportivo específico, Hypermask, y el otro es un marco informal llamado Spinhawk. Ambos presentan el mismo esquema de color: una montura Frozen Ash con lentes Multilaser Red. Y se ven muy similares, pero las diferencias en apariencia (aparte de las diferencias obvias en el diseño) se deben al grosor de los miembros del marco, así como al tamaño y la forma de las lentes. Elegí revisar dos pares con especificaciones de color de montura y lentes idénticas, porque quería ver cómo se traduciría eso en diferentes clases de tonos. Empezaremos con el par deportivo.

Hypermask

Para montar en aero, nada más que la visera de un casco se puede comparar con las gafas sin montura.

En primer lugar, debo mencionar que estoy revisando un par de gafas de sol que están destinadas a ser descontinuadas. Pero son realmente increíbles, y lo que es aún más sorprendente es que Rudy Project actualmente tiene Hypermask con un gran descuento, agotando el stock antes de comenzar a impulsar Hypermask Pro. El Hypermask Pro es casi idéntico al par actual, excepto por una pieza de plástico ubicada en el borde superior que realmente no me importa. Esa pieza está destinada a ayudar a regular el sudor y la niebla, pero prefiero la visibilidad sin restricciones de una lente sin montura ininterrumpida. Eso es lo mismo que mencioné al revisar Pivlock V90 y Pivlock V2 de Smith.

En comparación con esos tonos, Rudy Project Hypermask tiene ventajas y desventajas. En el lado positivo, sugeriría que la óptica sea un poco más clara (aunque eso es una cuestión de percepción y no tengo ningún dato cuantitativo que lo respalde), y si prefieres un puente nasal continuamente ajustable en lugar de un Puente nasal fijo o multiposición, entonces Rudy es para ti. Su puente nasal utiliza una especie de mecanismo tipo "mariposa" sobre cables que se pueden mover en cualquier dirección, de forma continua. Los Smith, por el contrario, son fijos (V90) o tienen un puente fijo de 3 posiciones (V2). Personalmente, prefiero una posición fija única, por lo que le doy un ligero asentimiento a Smith en este caso. Pero hay muchísimas opiniones sobre este asunto y ninguna está equivocada: es una cuestión de preferencia personal. A algunas personas les encantan las gafas Rudy porque puedes hacer que queden más alejadas de tu cara cuando lo desees: son realmente agradables para subidas frías y nubladas, cuando el empañamiento de las lentes puede convertirse en un problema.

Una cosa que los Rudy no incluyen es ninguna lente de repuesto. Las gafas Smith vienen con dos lentes de repuesto, en diferentes tonos (para tres lentes en total). No tengo del todo claro si los tonos de Rudy son siquiera intercambiables (el sitio web afirma que lo son, pero no he podido obtener más información de Rudy sobre ese tema). De todos modos, la lente única es excelente y las gafas de sol son, en general, fantásticas.

A continuación, echemos un vistazo a las gafas de sol informales, las Spinhawk.

Spinhawk

Spinhawk: casual, elegante, impresionante.

Llevo usando las Spinhawk desde que las compré por primera vez en Interbike 2013. Este conjunto tiene una combinación de colores diferente, pero tiene exactamente el mismo diseño de cuadro. Se trata de un conjunto de gafas cuyo pedigrí se debe a gafas como las Oakley Frogskin/Holbrook o las Ray Ban Wayfarer. Su estilo es moderno, sus líneas elegantes y funciona muy bien en cabezas grandes como la mía.

Curiosamente, las lentes Multilaser Red del Spinhawk aparecen en las fotos con más tonos amarillos que sus contrapartes Hypermask, aunque ambas versiones también exhiben muchos tonos azules y morados profundos en persona. Independientemente de los colores que aparezcan, debo admitir que me encantan los tonos salvajes y el hecho de que cambian según el ángulo de visión. Si te gustan las gafas de sol de aspecto más extremo, estas lentes no te decepcionarán. De lo contrario, Rudy tiene muchos tintes más tradicionales y atenuados para aquellos de ustedes que no quieren volverse tan estrafalarios.

Como se mencionó anteriormente, la óptica de Rudy Project es excelente y sus lentes no decepcionarán. Nunca me molesto con lentes polarizadas, aunque mucha gente confía en ellas. Sin embargo, estoy completamente satisfecho con mis Spinhawks y no tengo problemas en recomendarlos de todo corazón.

Puedes comprar ambos pares de gafas directamente a Rudy.


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