Outdoors and sport
Outdoors & Sports
Lenses for the sun, the road and the game, with your prescription in them.
Outdoors and sport
Seeing clearly in the sun
Whether you run, cycle, golf or just spend time outside, protecting your eyes from the sun matters. We have lenses to suit your outdoor eyewear, from polarised to tinted, and sports lenses made for wraparound frames.
To polarise or not to polarise?
What polarised lenses do
When sunlight bounces off a flat surface, such as a wet road, water, a car bonnet or sand, the reflected light is polarised: it all vibrates in one direction, and it reaches your eye as harsh glare. A polarised lens has a filter that blocks light vibrating that way and lets the useful light through.
Bright sun
Polarised for glare
Polarisation helps most in very sunny places, and for athletes whose eyes are sensitive to light. Runners, cyclists and anglers use them on water, snow and the road.
Polarised lensesCloudy and overcast
Tints for contrast
If your sport is mostly in cloudier or overcast conditions, you will want contrast. Brown, amber, copper and yellow tints help to bring it out.
Sun tintsCyclists: polarised lenses can make water on the road harder to see in some conditions. Ask us to let you try your bike computer or phone through a polarised lens before you decide.
Tints and photochromics
Which colour for which day
| Tint | What it is good for |
|---|---|
| Brown and amber | More contrast and depth: golf, tennis, fishing, sailing and overcast or hazy days |
| Copper | High contrast that brings out reds and greens: fishing and changing light |
| Green | Good colour perception and contrast, in bright and overcast conditions |
| Photochromic | Clear indoors, darker in the sun. They do not darken in a car, because the windscreen blocks the UV that darkens them |
Sports lenses
Made for the way you move
Vario
A wide, flat distance zone that is clear right to the edges, and a large zone at arm's length. The Vario 5 suits driving: the dashboard, mirrors and GPS. The Vario 7 suits golf, running and cycling. It has a small reading zone, so it is a second pair, and it needs a larger frame.
High-Curve
A balanced lens with more distance, calculated for sporty frames that wrap around the face. It gives a wide field of view in a wraparound frame. It suits low to moderate prescriptions in a wrap frame, and strong prescriptions need a flatter frame.
Already have a sports frame? We can often make your prescription lenses to fit it. Bring your own frame.
Find the lens for your sport
Tell your optometrist how you spend your time outdoors, and they will recommend the lens for it.
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