Hi
I always keep one pair of sunglasses in my car… in case i forget to take the sunglasses I have for daily use with me.
I have this criteria for these driving glasses:
1. Must be polarized for those days when the roads are wet
2. Must shield eyes well enough in bright sunlight
3. Must have enough visibility in half sunny- half cloudy conditions
I also like strong iridium coatings so I would like to rule out tungsten and daily polarized even though tungsten seems to be a great choice for driving. I would have chosen 24K iridium polarized lenses but Oakley has changed the light transmission in those lenses from 13& to 23% and I thought that those likely would not work anymore in bright sunlight. However I would be interested to hear if anyone has any experience in trying the 24K iridium lenses with 23% light transmission for driving.. and how did they work for that purpose?
So now I have been looking at the new Prizm polarized lenses. In the sunglasses I have for daily use I have fire iridium polarized and prizm black iridium polarized lenses and I don’t want same/similar lenses for my driving glasses. So I left out prizm black iridium polarized (have those) and prizm ruby iridium polarized (too similar with fire??) from my options.
So this leaves the following prizm polarized lenses as my possible options: deep water, sapphire and jade. I have been leaning towards prizm jade iridium polarized as I thought that DW and Sapphire might to too dark for my criteria? I would appreciate to hear I anyone is using prizm jade iridium polarized lenses for driving and how well you think they fulfill the my criteria for driving sunglasses? Especially how well they increase contrast and work in low light conditions.
If anyone thinks that DW or Sapphire would also work in lower light conditions and would be viable options please let me know that as well.
I always keep one pair of sunglasses in my car… in case i forget to take the sunglasses I have for daily use with me.
I have this criteria for these driving glasses:
1. Must be polarized for those days when the roads are wet
2. Must shield eyes well enough in bright sunlight
3. Must have enough visibility in half sunny- half cloudy conditions
I also like strong iridium coatings so I would like to rule out tungsten and daily polarized even though tungsten seems to be a great choice for driving. I would have chosen 24K iridium polarized lenses but Oakley has changed the light transmission in those lenses from 13& to 23% and I thought that those likely would not work anymore in bright sunlight. However I would be interested to hear if anyone has any experience in trying the 24K iridium lenses with 23% light transmission for driving.. and how did they work for that purpose?
So now I have been looking at the new Prizm polarized lenses. In the sunglasses I have for daily use I have fire iridium polarized and prizm black iridium polarized lenses and I don’t want same/similar lenses for my driving glasses. So I left out prizm black iridium polarized (have those) and prizm ruby iridium polarized (too similar with fire??) from my options.
So this leaves the following prizm polarized lenses as my possible options: deep water, sapphire and jade. I have been leaning towards prizm jade iridium polarized as I thought that DW and Sapphire might to too dark for my criteria? I would appreciate to hear I anyone is using prizm jade iridium polarized lenses for driving and how well you think they fulfill the my criteria for driving sunglasses? Especially how well they increase contrast and work in low light conditions.
If anyone thinks that DW or Sapphire would also work in lower light conditions and would be viable options please let me know that as well.
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