Costa's and just bought my son his set.

If you really want the best go with Smith's, otherwise I give Costas the nod. Maui's are good but I have a buddy that I took bed fishing with Maui's last year, and I had to let him use my Smith's so he could see the fish. Neither Smith or Costas are as high priced as the Maui either.

Strike King are the ones I keep going through....must have went through 8 or so pairs in the last year and a half.

yeah i was kidding. took a while for someone to catch it.

on the seriuos side of it though,if anyone could tell me a good medium priced pair i would be thankful.the brands everyone mentioned thus far are out of my price range.

I believe Solar Bat are the best value. Ran over a pair of mine with my boat trailer and they replaced them. Also they are the most comfortable.

Joe, if you start wearing them that wont happen

I own two pair of Costas. Bought a pair of Bolle' for 80.00 from Academy.They come with four sets of interchangable lens, clear, grey, amber, rose, and I like them a lot. Only problem is the ear pices are rubber and soft so it is hard to get the snuggers up on them but you can do it. The nose piece came off after a year, I returned them to Academy and they gave me a new pair immediately. They are also set up to attach a prescription set inside the frames. It cost about 60.00 to have the script ground and the attachment fits into the frames above the nose piece. You can then change out all lens and still have your script on the frames. Does not show