|
 |
 |
| Light waves "roll" at every angle. Imagine a curl traveling down a bullwhip. If the whip moves from side to side, the curl is parallel to the ground. If the whip moves up and down, the curl is perpendicular to the ground. Waves can roll down the whip at any angle. That's how light waves travel, except when they reflect off flat surfaces. This causes them to align so they all roll in the side-to-side direction. The result is blinding glare. A polarizer is a filter that blocks certain angles of wave roll. Imagine the bullwhip is fed between the slats of a fence. Only the up-and-down waves can make it between the slats. A polarizer does the same thing with light waves, eliminating glare by blocking the side-to-side waves that blind you. |
| The lenses of all polarized sunglasses have polarizing filters. These filters are thin and delicate, like sheets of film. Getting the filter into the lens is difficult. Some manufacturers sandwich the filter between lens layers by applying adhesive, but that reduces optical clarity. Other manufacturers sandwich the filter between lens layers and press it over contoured forms with heat, but that causes optical distortion. |
|
Oakley solved the problem by developing a liquid fusion technology. The filter is combined with the lens while the lens material is still in its liquid state. This creates bonding at the molecular level, eliminating the need for adhesives. And with no need to heat the lens or press it in molds, the delicate polarizing filter is never damaged or distorted. That's why Oakley polarized lenses offer the highest level of optical performance. |
|
· UNBEATABLE DURABILITY because we encase the polarizing filter in a protective mantle of lens material.
· NO VISUAL HAZE because we injection-mold the lens material to eliminate the adhesives used in ordinary polarized lenses created by lamination.
· CLARITY AT ALL ANGLES OF VISION because we make the only polarized lenses on earth that offer the performance technology of patented XYZ Optics®.
; |
|
· UNRIVALED OPTICAL PERFORMANCE because we bond the polarizer at the molecular level, ensuring the highest degree of optical fidelity.
· NO OPTICAL DISTORTION because we don't shape our polarized lenses in heated pressurized molds like conventional manufacturers.
· UNSURPASSED PROTECTION because our Plutonite® lens material inherently blocks 100% of all UVA, UVB, UVC and harmful blue light.
|
|
|
 |
 |
Prescription Eyewear
Nearly the entire line of Oakley eyewear can be processed by the Oakley Lab to be custom ground to your prescription. |
|
 |
|
Impact Protection
The materials and geometries of Oakley eyewear provide unsurpassed protection against impact. |
|
 |
|
Lens Tints
Oakley Iridium® lens coatings allow the wearer to tune transmission for any light condition.
|
|
|
 |
|
---
OFFICIAL - Oakley Authorised Internet Dealer ---
|
|
|
