When I first opened the package I was astonished at the level of quality that these sunglasses seemed to exhibit. It came with nice microfiber cloth bags and wipes, a screwdriver, and a case. After trying them on however, my experience changed quite a bit. I have worn many polarized sunglasses in my life, and immediately something seemed off about these glasses. Upon further investigation I realized why it was so odd, the polarizing filter is oriented in the wrong direction.<br /><br />You see, normally a polarizing filter is used to block reflections by lining up orthogonal to the light's orientation, thus blocking the reflected light. In this case however the filter acts preferentially to the reflected light, meaning areas around the reflections are much darker, and reflections are about normal brightness, making the apparent brightness of the reflections much much brighter. This is literally the opposite of what these glasses are supposed to do.