{"id":2380,"date":"2021-01-03T01:02:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T01:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oakleyforum.com\/guides\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2022-07-20T22:13:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T02:13:44","slug":"oakley-plutonite-lenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oakleyforum.com\/guides\/oakley-plutonite-lenses\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Oakley Plutonite Lenses? Everything You Want to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We breakdown Oakley Plutonite Lenses so you can know before you buy!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What are Oakley Plutonite Lenses? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You’ve likely seen Oakley Plutonite lenses mentioned on a pair of your Oakley Sunglasses before. But have you ever wondered what Plutonite is? Oakley Plutonite is a high-quality Polycarbonate plastic material used in sunglass lenses. The material blocks out 100% of UVA, UVB, and UVC rays plus blue light up to 400nm. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep reading as we break down exactly what Plutonite is and how it’s made!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To start Plutonite lenses are a marketing term created by Oakley to describe their purified polycarbonate lenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polycarbonate is commonly found across the eyewear industry for eyeglasses and sunglasses. The material is light and impact resistant making it perfect for lenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scroll down to the next section for our breakdown of the benefits of Plutonite lenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oakley Plutonite Lenses in Frogskins Sunglasses<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What are the benefits of Plutonite lenses?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Oakley Plutonite lenses offer several key benefits in your sunglasses including: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Impact Resistance<\/strong> – Oakley lenses offer ANSI Z87.1 impact resistance, meaning when struck by most projectiles they won’t shatter into your eye like plastic lenses<\/li>
  • Lightweight<\/strong> – Plutonite and polycarbonate lenses are lighter than your average plastic and therefore don’t add weight to your favorite sports pairs<\/li>
  • UV Protection<\/strong> – Oakley lenses block out 100% of UVA, UVB and UVC rays to protect your eyes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    You can see these benefits in action in the below Oakley video from Hypebeast which shows a variety of impact tests on Plutonite lenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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