Previous I reviewed the Revant Optics HC3 Elite lenses, however they did not have mirrorshield coating. Now with the new lenses released, I wanted to test out the Mirrorshield coating and see how it stands up to Oakley's Iridium coating!
Check out my previous review here: Revant Optics HC3 Elite Holbrook Lens Review | Oakley Forum
Full Disclosure: As a sponsor of the forum, Revant reached out to us with the opportunity to try out these lenses. As always, I let Revant know that I would be unbiased in my review of these, despite receiving them for free. They still were brave enough to send them over, which I always respect.
Here is the link to the lenses in this review, and a shot of all the lenses when they arrived:
Replacement Lenses for Oakley Holbrook Lenses - Polarized HC3™ Emerald Green MirrorShield™ | Revant Optics
This was not my first pair of Revants, so in terms of packaging it was the same. I do like the microfiber bags that come with their lenses, since they are large enough to store Oakleys, and let's face it you can never have to many bags.
These lenses were pretty hard to photograph, in terms of their true color. These were Bronze base lenses, with the Emerald Mirrorshield coating, meaning when you look through them, it looks like a brown tint. The emerald looks great, and really pops off the lenses in the right sunlight. On the from left lens, "Elite" etched into it - personally I'd prefer it be 100% blank, but I understand marketing in today's day so I can get over it.
I popped the lenses into my Clear Holbrooks, and they looked good. As I said photographing the Emerald Mirrorshield coating is a bit difficult, but these pictures also show the Brown base coming through. Just like my other pairs, the lenses fit in easily and perfectly. I know some other members have reported poorly fitting lenses, but so far I have not gotten a pair that didn't fit well.
The photograph below really shows the brown base, which is what you see looking through these lenses. I got a chance to take these out over July 4th weekend, and really test them in sunlight conditions. Overall I was please - I really enjoy the contrast of the HC3 Elite Revant lenses, which is similar to that of Oakley Prizm lenses from what I've heard. Despite having a brown base, colors seemed to really pop versus some other lenses I have. As I've said in the past, I prefer a darker lens, which is why my everyday pairs usually have a dark black/silver lens color.
Overall I was very happy by these lenses. As I said in the my initial review of the non-mirrorshield HC3 lenses, I thought they were fantastic in showing contrast/color, however I was disappointed they had no reflective coating. Now that Revant seems to have listed to the masses, and added MIrrorshield this line, I expect they'll be fairly popular.
Instead of rambling on any further, I'll open it up to any questions you guys might have. Feel free to shoot, and I'm sure @Revant Optics will pop in for some commentary as well!
Check out my previous review here: Revant Optics HC3 Elite Holbrook Lens Review | Oakley Forum
Full Disclosure: As a sponsor of the forum, Revant reached out to us with the opportunity to try out these lenses. As always, I let Revant know that I would be unbiased in my review of these, despite receiving them for free. They still were brave enough to send them over, which I always respect.
Here is the link to the lenses in this review, and a shot of all the lenses when they arrived:
Replacement Lenses for Oakley Holbrook Lenses - Polarized HC3™ Emerald Green MirrorShield™ | Revant Optics
This was not my first pair of Revants, so in terms of packaging it was the same. I do like the microfiber bags that come with their lenses, since they are large enough to store Oakleys, and let's face it you can never have to many bags.
These lenses were pretty hard to photograph, in terms of their true color. These were Bronze base lenses, with the Emerald Mirrorshield coating, meaning when you look through them, it looks like a brown tint. The emerald looks great, and really pops off the lenses in the right sunlight. On the from left lens, "Elite" etched into it - personally I'd prefer it be 100% blank, but I understand marketing in today's day so I can get over it.
I popped the lenses into my Clear Holbrooks, and they looked good. As I said photographing the Emerald Mirrorshield coating is a bit difficult, but these pictures also show the Brown base coming through. Just like my other pairs, the lenses fit in easily and perfectly. I know some other members have reported poorly fitting lenses, but so far I have not gotten a pair that didn't fit well.
The photograph below really shows the brown base, which is what you see looking through these lenses. I got a chance to take these out over July 4th weekend, and really test them in sunlight conditions. Overall I was please - I really enjoy the contrast of the HC3 Elite Revant lenses, which is similar to that of Oakley Prizm lenses from what I've heard. Despite having a brown base, colors seemed to really pop versus some other lenses I have. As I've said in the past, I prefer a darker lens, which is why my everyday pairs usually have a dark black/silver lens color.
Overall I was very happy by these lenses. As I said in the my initial review of the non-mirrorshield HC3 lenses, I thought they were fantastic in showing contrast/color, however I was disappointed they had no reflective coating. Now that Revant seems to have listed to the masses, and added MIrrorshield this line, I expect they'll be fairly popular.
Instead of rambling on any further, I'll open it up to any questions you guys might have. Feel free to shoot, and I'm sure @Revant Optics will pop in for some commentary as well!
