POLAROID POLARIZATION

THE BENEFITS

Not all polarized lenses are equal in quality and polarization efficiency. Polaroid Eyewear is the pioneer and expert in polarized lens technology. It is in our DNA to develop the best polarized lenses.

Learn more about our new UltraSight™ Lens, made with our unique Thermofusion™ Technology.

Polaroid polarized lenses: Test them and experience perfect vision.

 

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Benefits of Polaroid polarized sunglasses




Polaroid polarized lenses block out virtually 100% of glare.
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100% UV400 protection against UVA, UVB and UVC rays.
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Reduced eye fatigue.
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Accurate colour perception.
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Greater visual definition through enhanced contrasts.
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Polaroid polarized lenses block out virtually 100% of glare.


What causes glare?

Glare is concentrated light reflecting off a horizontal shiny surface, such as sand, water, snow or roads. It reduces visibility and makes it uncomfortable, painful and dangerous to carry on driving, 
cycling, skiing or just sunbathing.

How do Polaroid polarized sunglasses help?

Not all sunglasses do help. Some just make things look darker. But Polaroid polarized sunglasses block virtually all glare. Light is made up of waves travelling in different directions. Vertical light is useful to the human eye; it helps us see. Horizontal light, however, simply creates glare. The vertically-aligned polarizing layer inside every Polaroid lens does not allow horizontal light to pass through.With Polaroid's unsurpassable anti-glare properties, you can wear Polaroid lenses all day every day and enjoy whatever you're doing in safety and comfort. Test Polaroid polarized sunglasses to experience perfect vision.

POLARIZED LENSES FOR SAFER DRIVING


Visibility with Polaroid ® polarized sunglasses


Visibility with non-polarized sunglasses

Driving is safer with polarized lenses that block glare. When drivers can see clearly, they react more quickly to everyday driving hazards. Wearing non-polarized sunglasses makes glare a potential hazard and driving less safe.

Independent tests prove they work

Independent researchers investigated reaction times and stopping distances for drivers wearing ordinary sunglasses, polarized sunglasses and a control group wearing no sunglasses at all. A 12,000 watt lamp simulated the sun's glare. Drivers travelled at constant 50kms per hour towards the 'sun'. A hazard - a baby's pram - was pushed into the driver's path. Each driver applied the brake at the point they could see the hazard.

With ordinary non-polarized sunglasses drivers took the longest time to react, with a dangerously long brake-path distance before their vehicle stopped. Drivers wearing polarized sunglasses react up to 40% more quickly with shorter, safer stopping distances than those wearing non-polarized sunglasses.


Top performance from Polaroid Eyewear

Polaroid ® polarized sunglasses provide the highest possible levels of polarization efficiency for glare-free vision. No squinting and reduced eye fatigue means greater driving safety.

 



100% UV400 protection against UVA, UVB and UVC rays.


Polaroid sunglasses consistently surpass all international safety standards for protection against UVA, UVB and UVC.

It's not just skin which is at risk from sun damage. Spending long periods outdoors without proper eye protection can lead to skin cancer on the eyelids and around the eyes and contributes
to damage and diseases on the eye surface such as cataracts. And since ultra-violet light is scattered around the sky, staying out of direct sunlight does not protect you either. Let your Polaroid sunglasses take care of it. Enjoy the sun, but remember - never use sunglasses to look directly at it.



Polaroid's sunglasses exceed international standards for UV protection, optical clarity and polarizing efficiency. Further more, our lenses are scratch resistant and shock absorbent for even more eye safety. Only genuine polarized sunglasses made with our exclusive Thermofusion ™Technology, afford this level of protection - ordinary sunglasses simply make things darker. Polaroid sunglasses will not only protect your eyes, they look great too.

Polaroid polarized sunglasses give you total protection. No compromise.

 



Reduced eye fatigue.


Polaroid polarized lenses block out virtually all glare, allowing only the useful light to enter your eye. Polaroid lenses - made with our unique Thermofusion™ Technology - are of superior optical quality, ensuring perfect vision. Here is how this works:

Most sunglass lenses are curved. Some gently. Some dramatically. Getting the right amount of curve into a lens is not that difficult. Getting a curve into a lens while retaining its optical clarity however, is notoriously tricky. Until recently it was impossible. Until Polaroid gave it a go. Traditional manufacturers use 'vacuum-forming' to curve their lenses. This technique results in lenses which temporarily warp your perception of sizes, shapes and distances. This distortion is subtle and takes place often without you even realising - things just aren't quite how they seem. And since your eye is forced to compensate for the lenses' sub-standard optical performance, you are at huge risk of eye strain if you wear poor quality sunglasses.

We've developed a new lens technology that gives clearer, truer vision with no shape-shifting side-effects. This leads to less eye fatigue, less headaches and perfect visual clarity. We call it Thermofusion™Technology. It's a unique manufacturing process which optically fine-tunes the lens while curving it. Polaroid's special technique creates lenses which are optically perfect, allowing the eye and the wearer to relax. 



Vacuum-forming produces a lens of uniform thickness which distorts vision.
 



The UltraSight™ lens, made with Thermofusion™ Technology is tapered towards the edges for uncompromised, perfect vision.


UltraSight™ lenses are used exclusively in Polaroid polarized sunglasses.

 


Accurate colour perception.


Glare disturbs your colour perception. Polaroid polarized lenses - made with our unique Thermofusion™ Technology - block out virtually all glare, allowing only useful light to enter your eye. To ensure that lens performance is not compromised when the lens is worn a durable scratch-proof finish is applied to the polarized lenses. This layer allows the polarized lenses to retain their high optical performance. The result is perfect vision with enhanced colour perception.

See the world at it’s best - with Polaroid polarized sunglasses.


 


Greater visual definition through enhanced contrasts.


Glare disturbs your colour perception as well as your clarity of vision. Polaroid polarized lenses - made with our unique Thermofusion™ Technology - block out virtually all glare, allowing only the useful light to enter your eye. To ensure that lens performance is not compromised when the lens is worn a durable scratch- proof finish is applied to the polarized lenses. This layer allows the polarized lenses to retain their high optical performance. The result is perfect vision allowing you to see greater visual definition.

See the world at it’s best- with Polaroid Polarized Sunglasses.


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