How to choose sunglass tints
Mirrored and tinted lenses are the ultimate touch to elevate your sunglasses — and they're more than just fashion. They blend science with style, protecting your eyes and enhancing aesthetics.
Tints
Sunglass tints not only provide a stylistic touch but also filter specific wavelengths of light, enhancing visual clarity and significantly reducing the harshness of glare, making it easier on the eyes.
Sunglass tints are designed to shield against UV radiation, blocking almost 100% of UV rays. The effectiveness and comfort of tints largely depend on their colour, with each hue offering unique benefits:
- ✓Sunglass grey — versatile, ideal for varied weather conditions
- ✓Sunglass brown — the reddish tone improves depth perception
- ✓Sunglass G15 — reduces glare in bright sunlight
- ✓Polarised grey — reduces glare and enhances visual clarity
- ✓Polarised brown — reduces glare while improving contrast
Mirrored tints
Mirrored sunglass lenses have a reflective coating on the outside, which helps reflect sunlight away from the eyes, offering a cooler and more comfortable view, especially in intensely bright conditions. Beyond their stylish appeal, they excel in intense light.
- ✓Silver mirror
- ✓Gold mirror
- ✓Red fire mirror — ideal for intense light conditions
- ✓Blue mirror
- ✓Green mirror — perfect for bright and sunny conditions
- ✓Purple mirror
- ✓Yellow mirror
- ✓Black mirror
Photochromic lenses
Photochromic lenses are ingeniously designed to adjust their tint based on light exposure — darkening in bright conditions and clearing up indoors. This adaptability ensures consistent comfort and protection for the eyes across varying environments. You can turn almost any frame into a pair of photochromic sunglasses.
- ✓Photochromic brown
- ✓Photochromic grey
Transitions GenS lenses
GenS Transitions represent the cutting edge of photochromic lens technology. These lenses adapt rapidly to varying lighting conditions, transitioning seamlessly from clear indoors to dark outdoors. Beyond their adaptability, they offer superior UV protection, guarding your eyes from harmful sun rays and diminishing eye strain.
- ✓Available in grey, brown, green, sapphire, amethyst, amber, emerald and ruby
Transitions XTRActive lenses
Transitions XTRActive lenses are crafted for those highly sensitive to light or who often encounter bright conditions. They offer unparalleled darkness outdoors and superior light shielding, and uniquely, they also transition behind a car windscreen — something standard photochromics can't do.
- ✓Transitions XTRActive brown
- ✓Transitions XTRActive grey
A few things to know
- ✓Mirrored and tinted lenses can be fitted to a wide variety of frame styles — though certain unique or very thin frame designs may pose some limitations
- ✓You can add a mirror coating to prescription lenses, combining your correction with the stylish and functional benefits of mirrored lenses