SUNGLASSES - let the sun shine

The best defense against damage from bright sunlight and high-energy visible light (violet/blue light) is a quality pair or sunglasses. These types of light can lead to serious eye problems, including photokeratitis, cataracts, ptergium and eye cancer.

Polarizing lenses are considered the best lenses for overall comfort and protection. These lenses reduce glare from water, road surfaces, hoods and windshields from cars, almost everything from a horizontal surface. This is also useful in fishing because it allows the wearer to look beneath the surface of the water and see below. Mirrored coatings can be applied to deflect additional light hitting the lens (however doesn't reflect UV radiation). Mirroring color doesn't affect the color of the lens looking out but the visual appearance when looking at you.

Polarized sunglasses can reduce glare which may improve visual clarity and comfort and with all the lens technology and design for both prescription and non-prescription lenses, they can be very attractive, too.

Lens colors vary with fashion and style. Available in most lens materials in are both gradient (darker at the top of the lens and lighter at the bottom) and solid lens tinting lens applications a variety of lens colors are available – basic colors include -

• Rose
• Pink
• Yellow
• Blue
• Green
• Gray
• Brown

While gray lens color is generally considered pretty standard in terms of what a "sunglass" is the other most popular color is brown. Gray lens color generally appears to be darker by most wearers and keeps colors of objects you view more natural and true. Brown lenses color distortion a little but also provide better depth perception for the wearer. Brown lenses also seem to provide more wearable time for sunglass wearer. While still being dark in color, because of the somewhat brighter color on overcast days brown lenses can be worn for longer period of time by most wearer in particular for driving.

The different colors on lens tints provide for fashion accents on lenses. Additionally orange and yellow lenses increase contrast and depth perception and also provide benefits for low light conditions like driving at night but also have benefits for pilots, skiers, and hunters and for shooting ranges, in conjunction with Anti-Reflective coatings. Ask any of our opticians for details.

Blue, red/rose and purple lenses are mainly cosmetic. Wide temples (ear pieces) on sunglasses also prevent bright sunlight from entering the visual field (however be mindful it will also occlude your vision from the sides so frame selection in important when considering these types, we will help select the best fit and performing sunglass for your needs and lifestyle.