Best Oakley lens for glare

[buddybikes]

My road prism glasses are far from perfect in the fall/winter glare. Suggestions for best lens ideally without getting too dark (diabetic retinopathy)

Thx

[November Dave]

I have a pair of Prizm Deep Water (blue mirror) that I use for sailing and fishing (extremely high glare environments) and they're fantastic for that, but they're a step or 2 darker than Prizm Roads which I also have.

[Likes2ridefar]

Glare will be reduced with polarized lenses. mirrored lenses as well can help reduce glare.

Oakley lists all the VLT # for their lenses so consider ones that allow a higher % of light through.

[2LeftCleats]

Agree that polarized lenses make a big difference. I have one of the reddish colors which still allow reasonable light in.

[herb5998]

The Photochromic lens is a great option this time of year, low glare, and adjusts to the UV/Sunlight

[Turkle]

I also use Oakley "road" lenses.

The problem with polarized lenses is, while they get rid of the glare (which is why beloved by fishermen), they also will not let you see the sparkle of ice or broken glass.

Because of the above, I stick with non-polarised lenses for cycling.

[jimcav]

and I've had some decent polarized sunglasses in the navy due to glare off water.

For cycling you won't see glass and for me they also greatly, negatively impact my depth perception. Maybe less important on the roads than glass, but I hate them on trails.

I've been riding with oakley prizms for 10-years, but I get what is on sale at the outlet store near me. Despite them labeling things 'road' or 'mountain bike', my favorites were a few years back--one was for golf the other for baseball.

[Likes2ridefar]

Polarized lenses don’t completely eliminate the glare and my personal experience commuting for years in the winter in NYC showed you can still see ice and glass but it is reduced. Never was an issue for me, back then using Oakley m frame gold polarized lenses mostly, but clearly YMMV.