If polarized lenses are not an important part of your patient care plan, they should be. Almost everyone could benefit from a pair of polarized lenses as they simply reduce glare better than other products on the market.
Polarization, in simple terms, reduces the horizontal light or reflective glare while allowing vertical light to enter. Reflective glare, whether from water, snow, or other surfaces, can be distracting and even dangerous. Reflective glare can cause temporary blindness which is very dangerous when driving or operating machinery. Reflective glare on snow can burn the surface of the eye creating photokeratitis or snow blindness.
Beyond reducing reflective glare, polarized lenses also offer 100% UV protection, over 90% blue light reduction, increased detail enhancement, and color perception. They offer significant advantages over standard tinted lenses, non-polarized lenses, and standard photochromic lenses.
Please, also keep in mind that polarized lenses are a very important safety tool for boaters. Their ability to eliminate sun glare on the water allows a boater to be able to see into the water and spot rocks, shoals, and sandbars. Fishermen love them for this same capability allowing them to see structure and fish themselves.
Polarized lenses have taken on a life of their own and are now offered in multiple colors and options. We are going to break these down for you here.
KBco offers a wide variety of specialty colors. These colors give wearers options for style and activities.
Transitions XTRActive Polarized is the first true indoor to outdoor polarized product that works in all environments.
Indoors – Designed to have a hint of tint inside to protect against harsh indoor light. This tint also helps in reducing blue-light exposure – 35% Blue Light filtered.
Behind the windshield in a car – just like Transitions XTRActive lenses, XTRActive Polarized will moderately darken without polarization. This reduces bright light while driving.
Outdoors – XTRActive photochromic dyes enable the lens to achieve extra darkness in bright sunlight conditions. Outdoors the dynamic polarization allows the lens to reach around 90% polarization efficiency when the lens is at its darkest state of activation with 85% blue light filtered.