Crooked Costas

[Squid]

Hey Bob,
Glad I can help! If you try to flex the frames on the Fathoms they will simply go back to their original shape. This is due to the "Hydrolite" material that is fused into the frames. In order to adjust these, put your left thumb on the top of the left hinge, and your right thumb on the top of the right hinge. Push up with one hand and down with the other (which ever way the need to be adjusted)----don't push hard...however make small adjustments until they fit right. The hinges are very sturdy but if you try to torque on them too hard, they can fail. With most of the other frames, there is a wire core that runs through the frames which allow slight adjustments within the frames themselves. The Fathoms, Brine, Stringer, Wavekiller, etc. will not allow for such tweaking at the back of the frames due to the Hydrolite and must be adjusted in the way that I mentioned. Please let me know if you have any questions. I'm ALWAYS willing to help!

[Bob Fate]

Thanks for your response Squid. Unfortunately my problem is not that they are crooked in the sense that one side is higher than the other. Rather they are crooked in that when I put them on, the right side lens is really tight to my face, but the left side is just right. It feels very awkward. I can pull them away from my face a bit or move them down my nose some to compensate, but as soon as I move they go right back to the way I mentioned. It is really annoying.

After I saw your post I tried bending out the frame a lot harder than I have tried in the past to get them right, but it didn't work. It is really frustrating. Especially since I have the other pair with the gray lenses and they fit fine.

Any chance I can send these in for a replacement of the same exact model? I really can't wear these as they are right now.

Thanks again,
Bob

[Crazy Eyes]

Bob, stop in most any private eye clinic or local optician's shop and have them adjust them to fit your face. I think that would give you a lot more potential to have a comfortable fit and a intact frame. Just keep that shop or office in mind next time you need to spend some money on sunglasses.