Nike Pivot Six & Pivot Eight sunglasses are built on a classic style that's been popular for many years. There’s always a place for metal wraparound sunglasses in anyone’s collection. They're a great fit all the time, they’re comfy, so if this is the kind of sunglasses you’re looking for, you might have just found the right pair. Check out our review below where our own Sunglass Rob and Rusty go in depth about the Nike Pivot Six & Eight sunglasses reviewing all of its great functions!
Both the Six and the Eight have some similarities and differences. There’s a soft, rubber nose pad that’s adjustable and also feature an amazing temple system. These temples have air cushions inside for providing all-day wear and comfort.
One difference between the Pivot Eight and Pivot Six is the Pivot Eight offers 25% more coverage than the Pivot Six. Additionally, the Pivot Six has a flatter lens and can hold a higher prescription than the Eight.
Some people prefer the full wraparound of the Pivot Eight while others prefer the flatter lens of the Pivot Six. However, if you have high cheekbones the full-wrap of the Pivot Eight might not fit as well. 8-base lenses are more curved, and that curvature can run into your cheeks.
Nike Pivot 6 in Black with Polarized Grey lens
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Nike Pivot Six Dimensions
- Lens Width: 61.5mm
- Lens Height: 37mm
- DBL (Distance Between Lenses): 11mm
- Temple to Temple Width: 134mm
- Temple Length: 140mm
Nike Pivot 8 in Satin Pewter with Terrain Lenses
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Nike Pivot Eight Dimensions
- Lens Width: 61.5mm
- Lens Height: 39mm
- DBL (Distance Between Lenses): 11mm
- Temple to Temple Width: 134mm
- Temple Length: 140mm
Nike Pivot Six & Eight Prescription Sunglasses at SportRx
Both Nike Pivot sunglasses come in four colors, and once you find the right frame, match them with prescription lenses. Contact Us to speak with our certified opticians with any questions, we do high prescription lenses that your doctor prescribes. Finding the perfect frames with the fit you need has never been easier with SportRx.
I’m considering getting my next set of glasses from SportRx and I have some questions.
First, background: I currently wear Nike Tour EV0744, a discontinued frame, with a progressive prescription and Xtractive transition lenses. I find these glasses to be great all-purpose for me, with enough sport wrap for my athletic needs (running and quite a lot of cycling), with a style that is reasonable to wear in all occasions, indoors and outdoors, even at the office (although I do have other glasses), and with suitable minor tinting for driving. I can even wear them spring skiing (when I’m not wearing goggles). I could get full-on cycling glasses, but then they would not be as flexible to look reasonable to be worn everywhere. It probably doesn’t matter much, but I’m a pretty active (semi-competitive) athlete, although getting up in years at 68.
I called Nike vision (which turns out to be marchon.com) to ask what frames are now closest to the old Nike Tour and they said the Nike Pivot Six and Pivot Eight. My questions:
1. First, for my purposes as described above, would you recommend consideration of any other multi-purpose frames similar to the Nike Tour or Pivot Six/Eight?
2. What lab/technology do you use for your progressive lenses? I have previously obtained my glasses thru the optical shop at Kaiser-Permanente and they use a Zeiss laboratory with a range of progressive lenses with varying field of view widths (and customization of these digital lenses). I want the best (widest) field of view. I don’t think your website explains your lens technologies, and I’m also a little nervous about having lenses made just with my home measurement of PD. I always had someone at the optical shop marking the location of my pupils on lenses. So, can you tell me more?
3. I have a relatively narrow face, and the Pivot Eight with greater (“8-base”) wrap might be better for me. However, I understand from both the optical shop and your very good SportRx youtube video review (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_H1dJy9zb0), that the optics might not be as good with the Pivot Eight. Can you comment or advise?
4. The frame colors do not show very clearly on your website. I trust that what you call “Satin Pewter” is the same as what the nikevision website calls "Pewter/Obsidian/Thunder Blue 043” (with blue temple arms)?
5. Is there any difference, outside of esthetics, in the Xtractive grey vs brown lenses? For esthetic purposes, I’m guessing that grey would go best with the pewter frame.
Incidentally, I did go through the online ordering procedure in order to see what the price would be for a possible selection of features (for the Pivot Six, I think). You can probably look it up under my name and email address.
Thanks for your help.
Paul
Thanks for reading and commenting! We hope Tim and his team were able to answer all your questions via email. Feel free to reach out anytime if we can provide you with more info! Happy riding!
I just want to ask if this pivot six or eight has eye protection from sunlight's UV? Is this pair of glasses good?