mardi 29 avril 2014

Learning More About Sunglasses Lens Types

By Essie Osborn


It is good that one avoids long excessive periods of exposure to the sun especially if they have sensitive eyes. However, in some situations it may be inevitable to avoid this and at times, you find even find that you want to be out there in the sun. If so, then you are required to look at the different sunglasses lens types and get those that are best for your eyes.

Vast knowledge of these items helps a person to make the right decision when acquiring a pair of his own. If a person normally spends most of his time out there in the scorching sun and this is inevitable, then it is advisable that such a person gets a pair of sunglasses for himself. Failure to do this could cause eye complications which do not happen instantly and can be hard to treat. The eyes can be very sensitive at times and it is only proper that one protects them in the best way possible.

The different lenses in sunglasses normally give different levels of protection to the human eyes. The protection given by a regular lens is not as good as that given by a polarized one. They however help to some extent because they are uniformly tinted and thus cut down on the light that reaches the eye. As for the polarized ones, the tint is tiny and occurs as a ray of parallel lines. When the sun rays hit these surfaces, they bounce off as waves.

Glare occurs in bright areas and one may fail to see clearly in such areas. These polarized gadgets help to reduce this glare by reducing the amount of light that passes through them. They are useful especially to those who have problems during very bright days or in area that have a lot of shining objects. They help improve vision in areas like these.

Like any other device, they have their challenges too. When viewing an LCD display with these contacts on, there may appear to be distortions that make the image kind of blurred. You might also see a certain rainbow effect that appears on the image you are looking at if you are driving on a car with painted windows. They however help a driver to get a good view of where he is passing through.

There is also the super durable serilium type of lenses. They are commonly used by those in search of a thrilling experience. The manufacturers of these items use a special form of poly-carbonate that helps in creating good clarity.

The poly-carbonate is common and popular because of its durable nature which can withstand an impact of flying particles. The items therefore help in protecting against bright light and flying rubble as well. They are also very light and comfortable to put on.

It is important that one considers the number of layers that each pair of sunglasses has before purchasing a pair. A lot of layers are not advisable to go for because they affect the vision in some way. Lenses performance is reduced by increased layers. One should therefore buy those that have few layers.




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