While sunglasses can be seen as a fashion accessory it is also important to know that sunglasses are important for maintaining your eye health. Overexposure to UV rays from the sun can be one of the factors which leads to eye conditions such as cataracts, macular-degeneration, and other conditions such as photokeratitis.
Good protective sports sunglasses are essential for anyone into outdoor activities. And if chosen correctly, can actively help your vision. When learning how to protect your eyes, it is a good starting point to understand how different types of colour tints and filters can aid the activity being carried out.
Xperio Sun Lenses
Our Xperio Sun Lenses from Essilor offer exceptional protection, with tintend options available in varying grades to reduce sunlight exposure and glare, ensuring clarity of vision in any outdoor activity. The collection includes a range of colours such as rown, grey, green adn blue oferring benefits tailored to different activites and lighting conditions. From cycling to golfing, the Xperio Sun lenses combine functionality with fashion, ensuring your eyes are shielded while you make a stylish statement.
Tinted Lenses:
Tinted lenses come in varies grades/depths of colour offering different levels of sun protection. Tinted sunglasses act as sun protection by reducing the amount to sunlight entering the eye. This will dull the brightness of the sun when worn however won’t eliminate the glare caused by the sun and reflections. Tinted sunglasses will always be marked with a certain category indicating the depth of the tint and how much brightness they will help reduce. Categories 0-3 are all suitable for day driving. Category 4 are too dark for any driving. Tinted lenses are also available in prescription both single vision and multifocal.
Polarised Lenses:
Polarised lenses offer 100% UV protection from sun UV. A polarised filter is the most effective filter applied to sunglasses to help cut outdoor glare compared to standard tinted sun lenses. They give you clearer, more accurate vision and can alleviate eye strain associated with outdoor glare. If you find yourself squinting a lot, even when you’re wearing sunglasses, consider investing in polarised sunglasses. We especially recommend polarised lenses for driving and water sports. Polarised lenses are also available in prescription both single vision and multifocal.
Benefits of different colour sun lenses:
The most common colour sun lenses are brown and grey. However, there are many other colours available like green, blue and rose pink and even mirror effects. Here is some general information on the different benefits of the different coloured lenses.
Grey Lenses:
In general, grey lenses are ideal for outdoor sports, such as cycling, as they can reduce brightness and glare in various weather conditions. Gold Pink are also good for cycling as they have a brown base lens which reduces glare and improves contrast and visual acuity.
Brown Lenses:
Can cause a little colour distortion, they benefit from increasing contrast and making everything seem brighter with a warm hue and are the most effective for giving you accurate depth perception and visual sharpness. Great for variable light conditions, brown lenses are popular for Cycling, Running, Driving, Tennis, Skiing, Snowboarding, Golf.
Green Lenses:
Is generally considered the best all-rounder. In fact, quite often a lens that you would presume black is a very dark green for this reason. They adapt well to changing light conditions, offering low colour distortion, and absorbing UV and infrared rays well. Darker shades reduce strain on eyes, and generally cut brightness from sunlight.
Ideal sports for use of green lens in your sunglasses: Cycling, Running, Driving, Fishing, Golf and Water Sports.
Blue Lenses:
Are not only very trendy but also well-known for enhancing clarity and defining contours. These lenses improve colour perception and do wonders in low-light conditions. They’re suited well for all water sports, snow sports, and golf.
