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Hello everyone! I'm Cristian and first of all I want to congratulate you on this fantastic site, really very interesting! I'm writing to ask for your help. After reading the various reviews of Serengeti lenses on the site, I decided to buy (in an authorized online store) the Arlie model with 555nm blue lenses. Once they arrived, I found a problem with the blue mirroring, so I immediately contacted the seller's support, who verified the defect and replaced the model with another model. Today I received the replacement, but the problem is more or less the same, so I thought that it is not a defect but a particularity of all Serengeti lenses, or at least of the 555nm Blue ones.

I also tried leaving them exposed to light for a few minutes but nothing changed.

Has anyone who has these lenses perhaps encountered this? I emphasize that if I…

Have you looked at the new Smith Optics ChromaPop Glass PolarChromic (polarized-photochromic) sunglasses? They are really marketing them a lot, for fishing. The lens technologies sound similar to Serengeti's Spectral Control, mineral glass, polarized, photochromic lenses, and the VLT range is similar so I wonder how they compare. They are available in brown green mirror and yellow blue mirror, so the colors don't compare directly to any Serengeti lens, but the lens design does sound comparable. Thanks!

ChromaPop™ Glass PolarChromic | Smith Optics

I have a -2.50 prescription for both eyes. Can I get the Maui Lava Red lens for my Huelo sunglasses? Would the lenses be too thick since they’re only available in the 1.50 MauiBrilliant material? Are there other options if I want to stick with a red mirror coating? Thank you!

Here's an interesting one for more discussion. I currently have two pairs of gold mirrored glasses. Previously I owned a pair of Bollé Irex 100 which I bought in 1980 and wore religiously for 16 years that had a very dark brown lens and gold mirror which (before ANSI) had a VLT of 9%. I wore them everywhere for everything in that time, including driving. They gave a rich and almost overwhelming amber view and did alter colour perception. Sadly, they finally bit the dust quite a few years ago. However, back to the two I currently own, another Bollé Polarised pair (left) and a pair of Smith Chromapop gold mirrors. (below left)

The Smith Reddingtons are an amber lens with gold mirror and the Bollés are a light rose lens with gold mirror.

Here's the thought bubble. If the mirror colour reflects the colour of the mirror, thus reducing…