The Oakley Half Jacket Replacement Lenses for your Oakley Half Jacket sunglasses. As usual, XYZ Optics are in effect, refracting light in all the right ways to keep your vision true. *CLICK THE SIZING/INFO CHART BELOW FOR LENS TINT INFORMATION
Like the last reviewer said, the Fire lenses are a little bright for the highest intensity light conditions. My eyes got a little fatigued while driving thru the desert on a really sunny day--lots of reflection off the light colored sand and road meant a LOT of bright light. However, I threw on some of my older really nice brown lenses without the reflective mirror (they were Smith's, which are great too), and the light intensity was MUCH stronger without that reflective iridium coating! Great all around lens, I really like the Fire. Cool look too, of course.
I purchased the 24K lenses for those days when I prefer the blue blocking aspects of the lense. These lenses are optically perfect. The coatings are tough and there are zero problems. The only issue is that the first couple of times you change the lenses it is difficult. Once you get the hang of it there are no problems. I highly recommend the 'armored' box case for these as you can literally drive over the case with your car and not hurt the glasses.
I hike a lot in the evening, and I have found the Persimmon to be excellent in the woods and other low-light conditions. I noticed a good increase in contrast when walking on rocky terrain. The VR28's actually filter out a lot of light, and are perfect for sunny hiking/biking. I only use my black iridiums for driving or road cycling and other high-glare stuff. Lens changing is super easy. Much easier than the Smiths I had.
The lenses that came with my half jackets (fire) were pretty good, but I wanted something that was a little truer to color as well as darker. The Black Iridium lenses have done the trick. They work great on just about any light, even reflecting light off of water. As a side note, these lenses make colors more rich especially the sky which made my trip to Arches NP even better.
Can't beat the interchangeable lens. Oakley quality all the way and now it's like I have 3 glasses in 1. I got the G30's which I really, really recommend. I got the clear for riding at night and the ones with which the glasses came. Love it!
I was going to buy new glasses. Instead I opted for just replacing the lenses. It was a good idea. The only drawback is that I had to physically go to an Oakley distributor to learn how to interchange the lenses.