steveadorjan
Oakley Beginner
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I've bought a pair of Radarlocks with clear-black iridium photochromic lens, which got delivered today. Everything looks fine, except there seems to be a tiny spot on the right half of the lens (see the whitish dot to the left of the flashlight in the photos). It's pretty small and cannot be seen when I put the glasses on, but it's clearly visible when held in hand. Both surfaces of the lens are smooth and it definitely doesn't look like a scratch, but more like it's inside the lens material.
I've showed it to a local Oakley dealer (I bought them online from abroad), and he said this is like a 1-in-100 type of manufacturing defect, which affects polarized and photochromic Oakley lenses, because when these special layers are sandwiched in the lens, sometimes a tiny bubble of air or grain of dust can get trapped. He also said that Oakley has a QC policy similar to LCD screen manufacturers with dead pixel, that is, if there are less than 3 such tiny spots/blemishes in the lens, it's not considered a replaceable defect (i.e. not a warranty issue).
I'm a bit miffed though, because I have several other Radarlock lenses (no photochromic or polarized ones), and none of them had similar issues out of the box. Can anyone chime in if they had similar experience? Thanks
I've showed it to a local Oakley dealer (I bought them online from abroad), and he said this is like a 1-in-100 type of manufacturing defect, which affects polarized and photochromic Oakley lenses, because when these special layers are sandwiched in the lens, sometimes a tiny bubble of air or grain of dust can get trapped. He also said that Oakley has a QC policy similar to LCD screen manufacturers with dead pixel, that is, if there are less than 3 such tiny spots/blemishes in the lens, it's not considered a replaceable defect (i.e. not a warranty issue).
I'm a bit miffed though, because I have several other Radarlock lenses (no photochromic or polarized ones), and none of them had similar issues out of the box. Can anyone chime in if they had similar experience? Thanks