LENS Information :
The most popular material for sports lenses is polycarbonate. The material is scratch resistant and shatterproof. Good polycarbonate lenses offer excellent visual acuity with 100% protection against harmful UVA and UVB rays.
Sports lenses can have a variety of coatings applied to meet different light and glare situations (see Coatings below). We offer different coatings for various sports and environmental conditions.
All Aruba Sport Eyewear meets or exceeds the United States and European standards for protection against harmful UVA and UVB portions of the light spectrum.
Material: 100% high impact polycarbonate. Scratch resistant and shatterproof.
UV Protection : 100% protection against harmful UVA and UVB rays.
Coatings:
• Titanium : Our exclusive 13 layer coating for superior glare reduction.
• Anti-Reflective : Coating applied to light-colored lenses (clear, yellow, orange) for glare caused by oncoming headlights or overhead street lights. Used on lenses for night time or extreme low light conditions.
• Aruba Sport Clear Coat : Our exclusive additional coating on designated lenses. Offers superior scratch resistance and water sheeting. Great for extreme endurance or water sports.
Visual Acuity : All of our lenses are manufactured to our exacting specifications. What this offers the consumer is excellent visual clarity with no distortion.
Color/Uses:
• Clear: Night activities or extremely low light.
• Yellow: Night or low night conditions. Extreme overcast or early morning.
• Amber/Orange: Medium light conditions. Overcast or cloudy days. Early morning, dusk.
• Grey : Full sun; the brightest days.
• Polarized Lenses : Our polarized lenses combine the strength and durability of polycarbonate plus the added glare reduction provided by polarization. Excellent for water sports and fishing.
FRAME Information
Frames should fit your face and allow the lenses to offer good protection. The full frame, i.e., lenses encased by a frame on all sides, is the strongest type of frame, but also the heaviest. The blade type, i.e., frame on the top of the lens only, is generally lighter than a full frame model.
The most popular frame materials are various metals, plastic, polycarbonate and nylon. Frames can be 100% of one material or a combination of 2 or more materials. Generally, better sports frames are made from polycarbonate, nylon or lightweight alloys of titanium or aluminum. Sports frames should have rubber or nylon composite nose and temple pieces. These nose and temple pieces allow for better holding power, particularly when they become wet.
For active sports, avoid the small plastic nosepieces commonly found on fashion sunglasses. These tend to slip down the nose when wet.
At Aruba Sport Eyewear, we utilize two materials for our frames . . . polycarbonate and Aruba Sport Nylon. Polycarbonate has been the material used by the better sports sunglass manufacturers for some time. However, nylon is quickly becoming more popular in the sports arena.
Aruba Sport Nylon offers some significant advantages over polycarbonate. First, it is lighter in weight. Secondly, it is more flexible, i.e., more durable. The majority of our styles are made with Aruba Sport nylon for these reasons.
All of our sports styles have composite nylon nosepieces. Some have the same composite material in temple pieces. All hinges have metal plated screws for strength.
Our eyewear is tested by our Team Aruba athletes to ensure that the best features are incorporated into our glasses before they are offered to you, the consumer.
Aruba Sport Eyewear warranties all of our sunglasses against hazards. Please see our Warranty page for details.
Other Resources
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Most books written about the sport of triathlon are pretty serious- Triathlon 101 , Triathlon Training for Women , or Triathlon Training on Four Hours a Week . When I began training to become a triathlete, I looked for books that related to my life situation but could find nothing like Triathlon Training for the Married , Sleep-Deprived Father of Three or How to Do an Ironman without Training at All . |
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When I decided to write a book about the sport of triathlon and the Ironman experience, my goals were simple:
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1. Provide myself with another excuse to skip some long training runs. |
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2. Address significant questions that a triathlete contemplates when sitting in a porta-potty before an Ironman race: Is it really necessary to put Vaseline on my nipples before the run? How can I tell if my kidneys have failed? What should I say to the people just coming out of T2 as I'm finishing the race? |
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3. Give something back to the sport, which has given me an appreciation for the delicate art of leg shaving, the joy of getting up at 5:00 a.m. on a regular basis, and that persistent feeling that no matter how much training I have done, I haven't done enough. |
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Papercover. Size, 6 x 9 inches
- 82 pages
- Published 2005 |
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