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C L A R I T Y
FEATURE
Hunters and shooters around the world, from elite to the everyday Joe,
have grown to love Wiley X sunglasses over the past 30-plus years. The
sleek styling combined with protection and lens clarity are a winning
combination that every hunter and shooter looks for.
Wiley X started with
an idea born on the
battlefi eld, with a focus
on protecting men and
women in service. In the more than
30 years since then it has grown into a
global leader in the protective eyewear
market, supplying military forces and
law enforcement personnel around
the world with top-of-the-line
ballistic eyewear.
Wiley X realised this need for
protection applied equally to hunters
and outdoorsmen, and it tests its
sunglasses to the highest safety and
optical standards in both Europe and
North America. Th is is extremely
important as hunters and shooters can
easily encounter a stinging branch, a
reed in the eye during a duck hunt,
a clay fragment on the shooting
range or a ricochet, or, if they are very
unlucky a direct shot from close range.
Every hunter or shooter who
has used a colour-tinted lens when
hunting or shooting knows that it
will enhance contrast and thereby
enable you to pick up the game/target
faster than when not wearing tinted
eyewear. Wiley X eyewear off ers lens
tints in light rust, vermillion and
yellow to enhance colour and contrast
in medium to low light, smoke grey
for maximum glare reduction and
contrast enhancement and clear for
maximum light transmission with
precise colour values.
While many consumers think
ANSI Z87.1 and EN 166 standards
apply only to impact protection,
they also set standards for optical
quality. Wiley X glasses undergo
optical testing to ensure they
meet these standards. Due to the
amount of testing required for their
products, Wiley X has developed
and implemented all the necessary
equipment and resources for its
internal testing laboratory and
achieved a worldwide accreditation
to the ISO 17025 standard, which
governs general requirements for the
competence of testing and calibration
laboratories.
Wiley X builds all lenses to meet
or exceed these standards, starting
with its Smart Edge Lens (SEL)
Technology. SEL technology lenses
are de-centred and tapered to ensure
they meet ANSI Z87.1 & EN 166
optical clarity standards.
Resolving power is a term that
addresses distortion. Ordinary lenses
can distort objects viewed from
a distance. As measured in tests
utilising the NBS Pattern 20,
Wiley X ANSI Z87.1 safety rated
and EN 166 certifi ed lenses provide
a clear view meeting the above
standards. Th e end result for shooters/
hunters using Wiley X glasses is no
distortion.
Refractive power can change the
size of objects viewed through the
lens. Inferior lenses can alter the true
size of objects, as if looking through
another person’s prescription lenses.
Wiley X ANSI Z87.1 safety rated
and EN.166 certifi ed lenses maintain
true relative object size. In other
words, Wiley X delivers crisp, true
vision without altering sizes of objects
– often seen on cheaper models.
Prismatic power refers to how
much lenses bend light. It is common
for ordinary lenses to bend light,
causing focal objects to appear off
center. Wiley X lenses provide a true
spatial relationship of objects in the
fi eld of view, increasing accuracy.
What does that really mean to
the everyday hunter? Less stress.
You can relax knowing it’s not just a
marketing story. Your lenses are rock
solid. Wiley X lenses have been tested
to external standards so you’ll have
clearer vision. While many, if not
most people think of Wiley X fi rst as
a brand that protects your eyes from
impacts, Wiley X lens clarity is equal
to the top-rated protective qualities
and deserves attention. Meeting the
ANSI Z87.1 and EN 166 optical
standards is one of the ways Wiley X
ensures that your vision will be crystal
clear. GTW
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STANDARDS BY CATEGORY
ANSI Z87.1
Optical Quality, Transmittance,
Haze, Refractive Power,
Astigmatism, Resolving Power
and Prismatic Power
EN 166
Spherical, astigmatic and
Prismatic Refractive Power,
Light Diff usion
MIL-PRF-32432 MCEPS
Luminous Transmittance,
Neutrality, Chromaticity, UV,
Optical Distortion
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