While seemingly a boring title and subject for DolomiteSport, the perfect sunglass lens for me is a major find. Being an outdoor athlete who is cycling, trail running and backcountry skiing 350+ days a year, sunglasses play a major role in my life. And so when my friend, and high end Optic Store owner, Andreas Mariner (Optik Mariner) showed me Rudy Project’s new clear photochromic lens, I was intrigued. A few days later I was in love.
Plugging what appears to be a crystal clear lens into my Rudy Project Exowinds, I was a bit skeptical of how dark they would become. In the shadows, clouds, late/early light they are appropriately clear, but under the bright summer sun, they are as dark as most other sunglass lens, and optically perfect. Mountain biking through a thick canopy of forest they are clear, emerge into the open, they go dark. Ditto for cloudy skies clearing to sunshine… I found the lens takes mere seconds to change, you won’t even notice the transition.
One lens for all conditions? Perfect, I Love it!
Rudy Project’s Exowind with clear Photochromic Lens
Rudy Project's Exowind Photochromic lens, clear to dark, fast
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