The Best Oakleys for Tennis | 2022 Buying Guide

[MrMoonlight]

I picked up some fire red polarized I'll compare and post here

If you're going to play tennis with those lenses, I would advise against polarized lenses. Many athletes (including myself) find that polarization impairs your depth perception to a slight degree, since the brain actually uses ambient glare to localize objects spatially. If you need to track a fast moving tennis ball with your eyes, then you might want to reconsider.

Case in point: I wore polarized shades during batting practice once and found that I swung and missed on breaking balls several times and had trouble hitting the ball squarely. Switched to non-polarized lenses and hit nearly every pitch on the screws. A huge difference.

Polarized lenses are great for everyday use and for driving, boating, fishing and cycling. But for ballsports like tennis, baseball, cricket etc, you're better off with non-polarized lenses. Besides, on a sports field or tennis court there are rarely, if ever, reflections from car windows, water surfaces or rainslicked roads...so it's pretty much unnecessary.

Just something to consider.

 

[OOO]

So, in a nutshell, more expensive isn't necessarily better, and there's a significant premium on polarized lenses versus non.
Depends on what you need.

 

[rickandrewlee]

Hmm which lens tint would you try then? Bolle makes shades that amplify the yellow of tennis balls

 

[OOO]

Hmm which lens tint would you try then? Bolle makes shades that amplify the yellow of tennis balls

Aren't most non-training tennis balls light green?
HI Yellow or Persimmon for low light conditions.
BI's the darkest and prob too dark, unless you're playing mid-day in Vegas or AZ in summer!
Kinda depends on which part of the world you're in and how intense the sun is, perhaps.

 

[MrMoonlight]

So, in a nutshell, more expensive isn't necessarily better, and there's a significant premium on polarized lenses versus non.
Depends on what you need.

Well, yes and no...depends on the application. As I mentioned, polarized lenses are well suited for driving or boating/watersports because there are numerous sources of reflected glare, which the polarization effectively eliminates.

But polaization comes at a price of slightly altered depth perception. It's not an issue behind the wheel or on waterskis, but when a couple millimeters is the difference between a home run and a pop-up to the shortstop...or between returning a serve or just smacking it into the net, I think paying extra for polarization is wasted money.

Hmm which lens tint would you try then? Bolle makes shades that amplify the yellow of tennis balls

A contrast lens is the way to go. If you go with the Fast Jackets, I'd recommend Blue Iridum for brighter days and G30 Iridium for overcast/partly cloudy. For other frames, I'd check out Tungsten Iridium, Gold Iridium or VR28 Black Iridium. It's a personal preference thing though, really.

 

[rickandrewlee]

Thanks I will take a look at those lens what would you reccomend for nite time contrast in bright lights?

 

[MrMoonlight]

Thanks I will take a look at those lens what would you reccomend for nite time contrast in bright lights?

You mean like a tennis court lit up at night? H.I. Persimmon or H.I. Yellow might be worth checking out.