Review Details

Oakley Racing Jacket sunglasses white / fire iridium

Product Review (submitted on May 17, 2024):

These are the Asian fit Flak 2.0 Oakleys, and the Asian Fit Flak Jacket 1.0's fit me perfectly. I wanted something new and gave the Flak 2.0 a try. Unfortunately, my Flak 2.0's arrived with one ear stem completely bent/twisted causing the hinge to appear in my peripheral view only on the right side. In addition, the ear stems seem to have an unnecessary amount of material, especially the wings on the temple area. They weight exactly the same as the Flak Jacket XLJ 1.0 at 25 grams, except the Flak 2.0's aren't XLJ's! The Flak 2.0's aren't much of a change over the original Flak Jackets. In my honest opinion, if I had to buy a new pair of Oakley's today given the choice between the Flak Jacket and Flak 2.0, I'd pick the Flak Jacket (1.0) for better styling and design. I'm not impressed with the Flak 2.0, the lenses aren't that much bigger.

The matte black finish feels extremely cheap! Understanding that Oakley paints all of their frames (the polished black frame is basically the Standard Issue matte black plastic with a coat of shiny paint), the paint over time will flake off in the areas that contact sweat or flex. I assumed the matte black would be the same as the non-coated matte black from the Oakley Standard Issue line, but instead the matte black on the Flak 2.0 is still a painted finish because it is "too" matte. The Standard Issue non-coated frames look and feel more "porous" due to the natural non-coated plastic material.