It is often said “Imitation is the highest form of flattery”. Well, screw that. Pit Viper started as a tightly knit team of ski bums working their butts off to put forward a high quality, high energy, high sex appeal set of sunglasses out into the world. And we’ve done everything we can to keep that spirit alive. When phonies step onto the scene and steal our thunder, it hurts us, the team that works hard to keep Pit Viper the original blend of style and performance that you’ve come to expect. Not to mention the fact that the quality you get from a fake just can’t match up to the real thing.

Not everyone can be a super sleuth or make their dad proud, but everyone can learn how to spot fake Pit Vipers.

Be wary if:

YOU SEE A RIDICULOUSLY GOOD SALE

Scammers love to hit you with ads on social media advertising that Pit Viper is having a sale for 30, 40, 50, 60, 70+% off. That’s ridiculous. We have money to make and limousines to buy.

Keep yourself safe with this one easy step:
JUST CHECK THE F#ING URL.

If you’re not on one of our Authorised Retailers, they’re fake! And no, we DO NOT sell on el cheapo temu!

“B-bu-but Pit Viper senpai, I already bought Pit Vipers from this sketchy site with flickering lights and a bunch of misspelled words and nonsensical sentences that sounded like they’d been fed through Google Translate seven times.”

You’re probably the type of person that says yes to strangers asking if you want to see the puppy in their van. Whip out those shades and let’s see if they’re real or not.

LOOK AT THE GLASSES

This may seem simple, but your glasses are fake if they don’t look like ours:

Look for the horizontal bar placed at the top mid-point of the front of the lens. Not there? It’s a Fake.

Look for the small tabs that wrap around the front of the lens at the corners. Don’t see them? It’s probably a Fake.

We get that the fakes try to imitate our look and fakes are made to look like ours, so read on.

SERIAL CODE

The easiest way is to check the inside of your Pit Viper’s arms. You will see a 5–13 character code followed by CE. There’s a hidden message in every code. Examples include:

• 1776OBVI (1776, Obviously)
• 90S4R3C4LL1NG (90’s are calling)
• 3N3RG1Z3R (Energizer)

ORDER CONFIRMATION EMAILS

Check your email inbox for order confirmation and shipping confirmations. (Check your spam folder if you don’t see one). All transactional emails will only come from the denka.co.za team.

SHIPPING LABEL

Check the shipping label! We're in Jozi mah bru! Not Fing Kong Along...

PACKAGING

Once you open up your cardboard box and get to the product packaging. On some of the products there will be a barcode. It will be on the side of the package as seen here:

If it looks like this one below: NOPE, FAKES MAH BRU.

LIST OF AUTHORISED RETAILERS

In our goal of world domination, we, with with a special bunch of Authorised Retailers, aim to spread Pit Vipers far and wide. Check out our store locator to find an official Pit Viper dealer near you.

Feel free to contact customer service through pitviper@denka.co.za for any questions regarding counterfeit Pit Viper products.