I was recently told that my $10 pair of sunglasses with 100% UV protection is not protecting my eyes like my old (lost) pair of Oakleys with 100% UV protection. What is your opinion?
A. If your $10 sunglasses were marked 100% UV protection we have to assume that they filter out 100% of the harmful ultra violet rays, and they probably do. This can be verified very easily here at LensMasters with our digital UV Spectrometer. The optical clarity of your $10.00 pair of sunglasses cannot compare to your old lost pair of Oakleys. In sunglasses, you really do get what you pay for, and in your case you got a $10.00 pair of sunwear in hopes of getting the benefits of your old Oakleys. In sunglasses you really need to consider Clarity, Prism, and Refraction in addition to Ultra Violet Protection. Clarity is compromised with cheaper sunglasses as images blur as distances increase. In cheaper sunglasses light is bent in different directions, causing a prismatic effect making your brain work harder putting the images together. Also cheaper sunglasses sometimes have poor refractive values which magnify images and result in visual distortion. Q. I wear glasses and I am looking fo
