The Groove Pilot
Measurements
Size & Fit Details
Measurements
| Frame Height | 42.9 mm |
| Frame Width | 133.9 mm |
| Lens Width | 48.0 mm |
| Nose Bridge Width | 22.0 mm |
| Temple Length | 145.0 mm |
Fit
| Frame Fit | Medium width |
| Hinge Type | Spring |
| Hinge to Hinge Distance | 129.0 mm |
Every angle.
The Details
A chilled out cruiser that goes with anything, anywhere.
A square built on a brushed gold front, narrow across, so it suits a smaller or medium face and will feel tight on a wide one. Three colourways, all gold over tortoise: Brushed Gold & Tortoise Bio / Polarized Grey, Brushed Gold & Tokyo Tortoise Bio / Vintage Green and Brushed Gold & Desert Tortoise Bio / Polarized Date. Spring hinges, wire-core temples, long arms for the width of the front. The cruiser for someone who wants metal and acetate together in a frame that disappears into whatever else they are wearing.
Features
- Brushed gold metal front with plant-based bioacetate
- CR-39 optical-grade lenses with 100% UVA/UVB protection, polarized on select colourways
- 5-barrel stainless steel hinges, spring type
- Wire-core temples for an adjustable fit
Compare
Crap Eyewear The Nu Bloom is the same square at almost exactly the same width; Crap Eyewear The Paradise Machine is the wider square.
Specifications
Bioacetate
Frames made from plant-derived cellulose acetate — not petroleum plastic
Designed in LA
Designed and tested beachside in Los Angeles, with stainless steel hinges and wire-core temples
UV400 Lenses
Full UVA/UVB protection with anti-scratch coating
What people say
Turns out they’re actually more narrow than I expected. I’ve noticed that most of the Crap sunglasses I’ve tried are narrower than expected. They look great on the models in photos but on me the look small. FYI, I have a very average head.
I have a pretty wide face, so I was initially afraid the sunglasses might be too narrow, but they fit perfectly!
I have a small face and sometimes sunglasses can look too oversized on me but these don’t at all.
My only real gripe is that the nose pads sit loosely on the frame, so they rattle when you’re not wearing.
At 133.9 mm this is the narrowest measured front we carry, whatever the Medium label says. It suits small and narrow faces, reaches a wide head on 145 mm temples, and has been called tiny by medium faces expecting a big pilot.
Square pilot sunglasses by Crap Eyewear in brushed gold metal with plant-based bioacetate. Frame width 133.9 mm, lens width 48 mm, nose bridge 22 mm, frame height 42.9 mm, temple length 145 mm, hinge to hinge 129 mm. Spring hinges (5-barrel stainless steel), wire-core temples, adjustable nose pads. CR-39 lenses with 100% UVA/UVB protection. Colourways in stock: Brushed Gold & Tortoise Bio / Polarized Grey, Brushed Gold & Tokyo Tortoise Bio / Vintage Green, Brushed Gold & Desert Tortoise Bio / Polarized Date. Polarized: Polarized Grey, Polarized Date. Crap fit label: Medium width.
Crap Eyewear
Founded in 2009 and based in Los Angeles, Crap Eyewear designs and tests its sunglasses beachside in LA. Most frames are plant-based bioacetate, a cellulose acetate made from cotton fibre and wood pulp rather than petroleum, with stainless steel hinges and wire-core temples. Built to be worn hard.
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