Why do golfers pay $200
for a pair of sunglasses and wear them with their hat? How
about a pair of sunglasses that you can actually wear on your face and
that actually help your game?
Testimonials from the pros:
"On the 2004 PGA Tour, I ranked 71st in putting. In 2005, I began
wearing PeakVisions and now rank among Top Ten Best Putters on Tour.
PeakVision sunglasses have been a lifesaver to me." PGA Tour Pro Billy
Andrade
"PeakVisions give me a huge edge on the Tour. I'm able to read greens
much better than I ever did before. Seeing the line clearly makes a big
difference. PeakVisions are the only equipment you need to play
better golf." PGA Tour Pro Scott McCarron
"With PeakVision Sports Dual Zone lenses, I can read putts better now
than when I was playing. When I can see the break that Tour players
miss, it makes me want to go back and give it another try!
PeakVision Sports sunglasses really do help you read greens better, and
I should know. That's what I do for a living. TV Golf Analyst
David Feherty
"PeakVision sports sunglasses are the best...simply because you're going
to see better, your eyes will be better, and you're going to putt
better. I think every golfer should try PeakVision sunglasses and
experience what I experienced. You'll never take them off!"
Champions Tour Pro Bruce Fleisher.
Works for Baseball too! Major
League Baseball tested the lenses for distortion, optical clarity, eye
fatigue, visual acuity and speed of perception. They were so pleased
with the results that they purchased the sunglasses for every
Major League Umpire.
Traditional sunglasses marketed in the performance eyewear category are
faced with a choice of which lighting condition to sub-optimize. No
single lens color can simultaneously address the range of light
conditions encountered in a typical day outside. Protection from glare
caused by a bright sky, sunny or overcast, requires a darker lens
filter. However, a dark filter dramatically reduces the visual cues from
the surface environment. A typical green grass surface reflects only 2%
of the ambient light. Other sunglass manufacturers address this problem
with interchangeable lenses based on weather and lighting conditions.
Unfortunately, this is not an effective solution as most athletes are
not willing to change lenses in the middle of an activity.
Golfers are particularly impacted by the lens filter selected. While a
gray neutral-density lens reduces the glare from overhead sun (or an
overcast day as well), it filters out much of the visual information
needed to see the contours of a green putting surface. An amber lens
enhances a golfer's ability to visualize the variations on the green,
however amber lenses tend to flatten distance perception and do little
to protect a golfer's eyes from bright light.
Skiers as well have unique needs in performance eyewear. Exposure to
bright sunlight reflected off of the snow during a day of skiing
depletes rhodopsin (an enzyme produced in the rods and cones of the
retina) and causes night vision blindness. A neutral-density gray lens
will reduce the glare but does not effectively prevent night vision
blindness. Additionally, the neutral-density gray also limits a skier's
ability to read the contours of the slopes and competitively maneuver
the fall line terrain. A vermillion lens will limit rhodopsin depletion
and prevent night vision blindness while highlighting the fall line
terrain which enhances a skier's ability to read the contours of the
slopes. However, vermillion lenses alone will do little to protect a
skier's eyes from glare associated with the sun and bright sky.
In
addition to the challenges associated with single filter lens, most
sunglass lenses today are injection-molded polycarbonate (plastic), a 40
year old manufacturing technology. This technology, while producing
light weight and inexpensive lenses, also produces lenses with very poor
optical clarity. The distortion created during injection molding is a
visible and pervasive artifact of all current performance sunglass
lenses and also interferes with the ability to visualize contours and
estimate distances. The graphic to the right shows a pair of our
competitor's sunglasses (bottom) and PeakVision Sports Performance
Eyewear through an optics viewer that displays optical distortion as a
rainbow effect.
To address the distortion in injection-molded polycarbonate lenses,
PeakVision�Sports utilizes a new material called NXT This new material
provides clarity equivalent to optical glass at less than 40% of the
weight, while offering scratch and shatter resistance far superior to
traditional polycarbonate lenses. Additionally, NXT offers 100% UV400
protection!
PeakVision Sports incorporates two different technologies into a
noticeably unique and differentiated lens by integrating multiple color
management filters into a sport lens made from a revolutionary new
optical polymer.
PeakVisionSports developed the patented Dual-Zone filtration that
utilizes different filters in two zones of a sunglass lens. In the upper
zone, neutral-density gray filtration eliminates overhead glare from the
sun and enhances distance perception. Through precise color and light
management technology, PeakVisionSport's upper gray zone gradually
transitions into an amber lower zone which enhances a golfer's ability
to read the topography of the green. For skiers, the upper gray zone
transitions into a vermillion lower zone.
Our patented Dual-Zone lens addresses
the number one challenge facing sunglass wearers no single color filter
can simultaneously address the extremes of light conditions always
encountered with a bright sky and darker terrain. Our lens balances the
light to reduce the workload on the iris (which manages the pupil). By
reducing the range in which the iris must operate, the eye is less
fatigued and more stable. The enhanced stability delivers better vision
over the course of a day. Dr. Burton Worrell, a UC Berkeley Professor
and the eye doctor for Major League Baseball Umpires, evaluated our
sunglasses and substantiated our claims!
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available with a prescription lens. 
