The ifrothgolf review
Tifosi's Aethon is a semi-rimless wraparound sport frame sold as a kit with three lenses you can swap: a mirrored Clarion lens for bright glare, an All-Conditions Red tint for overcast or flat light, and a clear lens for dawn or dusk. It is built from light Grilamid TR-90 nylon, weighs 35g, and has a removable brow bar plus hydrophilic rubber nose pads and arm tips that grip harder as they get damp. A zipped hardshell case and cleaning pouch come in the box.
What's great
The value is the headline. You get three genuinely useful lenses and a hard case for under fifty quid, which undercuts the big eyewear names by a wide margin while covering nearly every lighting condition a golfer meets. The frame is light enough to forget you are wearing it, the grippy nose and temple rubber keeps it planted through a full swing and a sweaty back nine, and the wide, tall lens gives proper coverage so the bottom of your follow-through stays in view. The removable brow bar is a nice touch for extra airflow on hot days.
Worth knowing
It is a cycling-bred frame, not a golf-specific tint, so the Clarion lens leans toward contrast for the road rather than reading subtle green slope, and none of the three lenses are a true golf-optimised rose or amber. The styling is overtly sporty and wraparound, which will not suit anyone after a more classic look on the course. Swapping lenses takes a careful two-handed press and gets fiddly with cold or gloved hands, and there is no photochromic option, so you are committing to a manual lens change rather than auto-adjusting tint.
The verdict
If you want versatile, secure, lightweight sport sunglasses and you care more about coverage and value than a putting-specific tint, the Aethon is one of the easiest recommendations under fifty pounds. Just go in knowing it is a sport shade adapted to golf, not a purpose-built golf lens.
The full record
- Garment type
- sunglasses
- Lens
- three interchangeable lenses: highly mirrored Clarion (bright sun), All-Conditions Red (overcast/flat light), Clear (low light); polycarbonate with full UV protection, hydrophobic coating and vented anti-fog design
- Frame material
- lightweight Grilamid TR-90 nylon, semi-rimless
- Weight
- 35g total
- Dimensions
- lens 48mm H x 135mm W, bridge 15mm, temples 121mm
- Features
- removable grippy brow bar for extra airflow, hydrophilic rubber adjustable nose pads and temple tips
- Includes
- zipped hardshell case and microfibre cleaning pouch
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