In conjunction with the polished Jury xmetalmaniac is making for me, I decided to get some chrome lenses to match the look. Luckily for me, Visionary Lenses sells precut Jury lenses in their version of Chrome Iridium (dubbed "Silver Ice" by them). I have been skeptical of aftermarket lenses but I decided to pull the trigger. I got them on eBay for $22 shipped, normally $40 BIN but they have many auctions that don't end up selling. Here are my impressions.
Unboxing
Visionary Lenses does a good job of packaging their lenses. They come in a box similar to Oakley's and each lens is tucked in a foam envelope which was inside a microbag. I was impressed with how nice the packaging is. I pulled the lenses out of their individual foam envelopes and I was pleasantly surprised.
Iridium Coating
When I ordered these I was skeptical about how close these were to Oakley's Chrome Iridium. I was amazed when I took them out of the envelopes. The lenses really are chrome, almost exactly like Oakley's Iridium coating.
Exterior comparison
Being that the lenses are interchangeable with the Fuel Cell, I decided to do a side by side comparison.
Then I compared Oakley's Chrome Iridium (from a Holbrook) vs VL's Silver Ice
As you can see, the coating is almost if not completely identical to Oakley's. Here's the lenses installed in a Fuel Cell vs Warm Grey.
Optical comparison
For this test, I used a digtal SLR camera on manual mode set for 13 second exposure with 5.6 aperture. Both lens pictures used identical camera settings and have not been digitally altered in any way. This is the most true comparison you will see besides looking through them in person.
Overall impressions
I have not worn these outside yet (will update once I do) but overall impressions would be that I'm very impressed. The lenses are high quality, especially for the money. On top of that Visionary Lenses offers ALOT of colors included Purple (Violet Iridium), Gold (24k Gold/Fire), Chrome, Green (Jade), Blue (Ice) and maybe a few others. I would definitely check them out if you want some colors Oakley doesn't offer. I hope you guys find this review informative and help you make a decision if you want to get aftermarket lenses.
Unboxing
Visionary Lenses does a good job of packaging their lenses. They come in a box similar to Oakley's and each lens is tucked in a foam envelope which was inside a microbag. I was impressed with how nice the packaging is. I pulled the lenses out of their individual foam envelopes and I was pleasantly surprised.
Iridium Coating
When I ordered these I was skeptical about how close these were to Oakley's Chrome Iridium. I was amazed when I took them out of the envelopes. The lenses really are chrome, almost exactly like Oakley's Iridium coating.
Exterior comparison
Being that the lenses are interchangeable with the Fuel Cell, I decided to do a side by side comparison.
Then I compared Oakley's Chrome Iridium (from a Holbrook) vs VL's Silver Ice
As you can see, the coating is almost if not completely identical to Oakley's. Here's the lenses installed in a Fuel Cell vs Warm Grey.
Optical comparison
For this test, I used a digtal SLR camera on manual mode set for 13 second exposure with 5.6 aperture. Both lens pictures used identical camera settings and have not been digitally altered in any way. This is the most true comparison you will see besides looking through them in person.
Overall impressions
I have not worn these outside yet (will update once I do) but overall impressions would be that I'm very impressed. The lenses are high quality, especially for the money. On top of that Visionary Lenses offers ALOT of colors included Purple (Violet Iridium), Gold (24k Gold/Fire), Chrome, Green (Jade), Blue (Ice) and maybe a few others. I would definitely check them out if you want some colors Oakley doesn't offer. I hope you guys find this review informative and help you make a decision if you want to get aftermarket lenses.
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