Lens Guide

Which lens for which job

Pick what you are doing. We will tell you the lens that works and where to find it. Every recommendation is built on what these brands actually make, nothing invented.

Clear or light tint

Maximum light and full Z87 impact protection. No tint to fight the shadows under a hoist or a back bay.

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Grey / smoke

Knocks down overall brightness and holds true color, so a tire sidewall or a paint code still reads right.

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Polarized

Cuts reflected glare so you see detail instead of white-out. On a sunny lot the difference is night and day.

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Contrast tint, impact-built

Copper and rose lift target detail against shifting backgrounds, and these frames carry ballistic and Z87.1+ ratings.

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Polarized, your call on tint

Z87 protection that does not look like safety glasses. Polarized for glare, styled to wear home.

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Oakley Prizm Golf

Tuned to push the greens and shadows so you read contour and break, while cutting glare off the fairway. Prizm Dark Golf steps it up for bright, open courses.

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Oakley Prizm Field

Sharpens a yellow ball against a green or blue court so you pick up the shot sooner, on a no-slip frame that holds through a lateral sprint.

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Oakley Prizm Deep Water Polarized

Polarization kills the mirror glare off the surface and Prizm tunes the blues and greens, so you see into the water instead of just at it.

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Oakley Prizm Road

Pulls shadow and contrast out of the pavement so you read the surface sooner. Rated for driving, so it doubles as your everyday pair.

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Oakley Prizm Snow

Reads terrain when everything is white, cutting the flat-light blindness of an overcast day.

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Lens availability varies by frame. Recommendations reflect what Wiley X, Oakley, Smith, Spy, and Heat Wave actually offer.