What's Your Favorite Iridium?

[DJJay]

Will the shape of the lens (more concave or closer to flat) have an affect on the iridium coatings?

 

[kronin323]

Many of the iridiums have a second color you get from light reflected at an angle. So I'd say flatter lenses get less of that.

 

[LSM]

My favorite is black followed by +Red.

 

[X-Metal03]

Black followed by violet and emerald.

 

[fretburner79]

Gold iridium for me.

 

[BigRich]

Black followed closely by chrome. Note that I like all the iridium lenses I own and choosing a favorite is tough.

 

[Ventruck]

not sure if I posted in this thread, but since it's up here...

Of the Iridiums I've had substantial time with, I got
Jade>+Red and Ice>Black

Was very surprised with liking Jade. I guess the purplish tint makes it a very mild G30 lens with darker LT. And on the note of LT, it's the highest of what I've tried but it's easiest on my eyes in the brightest conditions. +Red feels the brightest for me. I personally think Ice is the best for color perception. There's something about Black Iridium that feels a bit empty next to Grey. I think the lack of contrast does make the eyes work harder in lower light conditions.

 

[mercat]

it's gotta be ice..cool as ice..

 

[DJJay]

Black then ice

 

[Carrera1963]

Ok, so spreadsheet OCD kicked in and I had to go through and assign points to each lens to see what the standings are. Allowing a scale of 5 for best through to 1 for 5th place (and averages for some who nominated more than 5 or had 2 lenses equal), it looks like:

Black 64
24k 54
Ice 47
Emerald 34
+Red 29
Fire 24
Gold 23
Ruby 17
Jade 16
Tungsten 15
VR28 black 14
OO black 8
Chrome 8
Violet 8
OO red 6
Blue/VR28 blue 6
Titanium 5
Slate 5
G30 4
Deep blue 3