Sun lenses
Polarised Lenses
Cut the glare, with your prescription in the lens.
Polarised lenses
Seeing well and feeling comfortable in the sun
Polarised lenses are made to cut glare: the harsh light that bounces off water, wet roads, car bonnets and sand. With your prescription in the lens, there is no choosing between seeing well and being comfortable in the sun.
How polarised lenses work
What glare is, and what a polarised lens does about it
The problem
What is glare?
Glare is uncomfortable light that gets in the way of what you are looking at. When sunlight bounces off a flat surface such as a road or a body of water, the reflected light is polarised: it all vibrates in one direction, and it reaches your eye as bright, blinding glare that hides the real picture.
The lens
The filter in the lens
A polarised lens has a filter built into the lens that blocks light vibrating in that direction and lets the useful light through. Ordinary tints cut brightness, and anti-reflection coatings cut reflections, but only a polarised lens blocks glare.
What you will notice
A more comfortable day in bright light
Less glare
Less glare, so you squint less.
More comfort
More comfortable vision in bright light.
Clearer views
Clearer, higher-contrast views of the road and across water.
UV protection
Protection from harmful UV: every Torga sun lens is UV treated.
Polar T and NuPolar
Two polarised lenses, and the colours to choose from
Polar T
Torga's polarised lens, with high-quality polarisation.
Colours: Grey and brown.
NuPolar
The premium polarised lens, in more colours.
Colours: Grey, brown, copper, green, grey and brown gradients, a lighter grey, and Infinite Grey, which also darkens in the sun.
Choosing a colour
| Colour | What it is good for |
|---|---|
| Grey | True colours and maximum glare protection in bright sun. The all-purpose choice |
| Light grey | For days that are not so bright |
| Brown | More contrast and depth. Good for driving and for overcast or hazy days |
| Copper | High contrast that brings out reds and greens and improves depth perception. Good for fishing and for changing light |
| Green | Good colour perception and contrast, in bright and overcast conditions |
Polarised lenses and driving
A clearer view of the road
By day, glare is what tires your eyes
Glare off the road and other vehicles is what tires your eyes. A polarised lens cuts it, so you see the road more clearly and feel more comfortable.
Ordinary photochromic lenses are not polarised, and they do not darken behind a windscreen, because the windscreen blocks the UV that darkens them. Drivewear is the exception: a lens that is both polarised and photochromic, changing from olive in low light through copper to dark brown in bright sun.
Very dark tints are not suitable for driving, and no tinted lens is suitable for night driving.
Good to know
Before you choose
In your prescription
Polarised lenses can be made in your prescription, as single vision or multifocal lenses.
Your frame
Not every frame suits polarised lenses. We will check with you.
Glare and reflections
Polarised is about glare; anti-reflection is about reflections. They are different things, and they work well together.
Ask about polarised lenses
Book an eye test, and your optometrist will talk you through the options for your prescription.
Book an eye test