Everyone should own a pair of quality polarized sunglasses. Polarized lenses do what no other lens or lens treatment can – block glare. In doing so, polarized lenses can enhance visual acuity, colour contrast and visual comfort, as well as block 100% of harmful UVA and UVB light.
We’ve all experienced glare in our daily lives… perhaps a day at the beach, driving in a car with the sun reflecting off the dashboard, roadway or on a boat with the sun illuminating the surface of the water. This intensely bright white glare is annoying and uncomfortable on the eyes, and it can become dangerous, as in the case when driving a vehicle.
Ordinary tinted sunglass lenses only cut down on the ambient light that reaches the eye, or, light transmittance. By their very nature, they cannot block glare. Polarized sunglasses do both!