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Contrast-enhancing Prizm lenses have revolutionized the sports and sunglasses industry. And now Oakley has pushed Prizm technology even further with their Prizm Everyday collection. Prizm Sapphire lenses lead the Everyday collection with a gray base lens that works great in almost every environment.
Keep reading as for our full Oakley Prizm Sapphire lens review, and the top Oakleys you can find this lens in.

What is Prizm Sapphire?
Prizm Sapphire is a gray base tint everyday sunglasses lens designed for contrast and color enhancing to the environment around you. With a blue tint and built for bright light conditions, this is a fantastic pair for day-to-day running around. We’ve highlighted the key features of this lens below:
Prizm Sapphire Benefits:

12% Visual Light Transmission (VLT) perfect for sunny days and bright light conditions...

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Imho Iridum technology is coating the lens for greater contrast while polarization to prevent glare. Outside the difference is not visible. Sapphire is just a color of lens.
 
I get that the iridium coating can vary (ruby/fruby) but it appears the base lens is different. I wasn’t aware there was a difference...
 
Iridium is the reflective coating, it reflects some glare. Sapphire is the blue iridium. Polarization blocks more glare, and lowers the VLT% of the lens. Prizm is the proprietary Oakley technology to enhance contrast.

Your Mist Holbrooks look like my Polarized Prizm Sapphire Holbrook Metal from the user side, a kind of yellowy-green. I see the difference, the black frames have a more rosy lens in them. I do not own anything with Prizm Sapphire in it currently. I can't comment on if yours are different. Maybe someone can post their own shots, of their own Prizm Sapphire lenses as a reference.
 
I apologize, I understand all that stuff with the iridium coatings and all. But almost every lens I’ve ever had that was non polarized has looked damn near the same as the polarized version when looking through. That’s whats throwing me off with these. Seems as if prizm sapphire is different that prizm
sapphire polars.
 
I apologize, I understand all that stuff with the iridium coatings and all.

I was responding to LuckyNra at the same time, to clear up their confusion on what the lens features did. The difference between a standard lens and it's polarized version should be a slightly lower VLT% on the polarized one, that's it.
 
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