Lens Guide

Premium TALEX Lenses

TALEX lenses combine three unique properties - natural color, contrast, and brightness. Every lens has a unique visual balance, delivering the perfect pair of sunglasses for any activity.

Natural Color Lenses

See the world as it really is, without any discoloration.

Slate

A natural gray lens that precisely balances the three primary colors, delivering true-to-life vision with no distortion. Designed for all-around performance, it excels in strong-light conditions, ensuring clarity and comfort in bright environments.

Visible light transmittance (VLT): 12%

Best for: everyday, driving, golf

Light intensity: strong

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Granite

Our patented Granite lens offers the most true-to-life color reproduction, closely matching natural vision. As a lighter alternative to the Slate lens, it’s perfect for everyday wear in any weather, providing clarity and comfort in all conditions.

Visible light transmittance (VLT): 30%

Best for: everyday and driving

Light intensity: medium

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Carbon

Developed in collaboration with professional golfers, this lens features a natural color base with enhanced warm contrast—perfect for accurately judging distance and tracking fast movements with precision.

Visible light transmittance (VLT): 30%

Best for: golf, disc golf, frisbee

Light intensity: medium

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Pyrite

A versatile, all-around lens designed for active lifestyles. It blends brightness, enhanced contrast, and true-to-life color, making it ideal for tracking fast movements. Perfect for running, cycling, and outdoor sports, ensuring clarity and precision in every moment.

Visible light transmittance (VLT): 30%

Best for: running, cycling, and outdoor sports

Light intensity: medium

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Emerald

This natural color lens softens intense light, creating a calm and comfortable visual experience. By reducing glare and enhancing visibility, it helps maintain focus and clarity, making it ideal for extended wear in bright and reflective conditions on the water.

Visible light transmittance (VLT): 25%

Best for: sailing, kayaking, and rafting

Light intensity: medium to strong

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Topaz

A specially formulated lens with a vibrant yet soothing light tint, designed to create a calming visual experience. Immerse yourself in a deep, refreshing sky-blue view, bringing both comfort and clarity to your everyday sights.

Visible light transmittance (VLT): 30%

Best for: everyday, mindfulness, and walking

Light intensity: medium

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Contrast Lenses

Adding sharpness and contrast, to help you see more three dimensionally.

Copper

Designed for high-speed driving, this lens enhances clarity and contrast while remaining gentle on your eyes. By reducing glare and suppressing reflections, it provides sharper, more defined vision, making it perfect for winter sports, fishing, and any activity that demands high-contrast visibility.

Visible light transmittance (VLT): 30%

Best for: driving, winter sports, and fishing

Light intensity: medium

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Bronze

This lens perfectly balances contrast and brightness, making it ideal for changing light conditions. By softening harsh white light and reducing eye strain, it provides a comfortable and clear viewing experience. Perfect for snow-covered landscapes, sunny beaches, and other high-glare environments.

Visible light transmittance (VLT): 30%

Best for: winter sports, beach days, and other outdoor adventures

Light intensity: medium

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Amethyst

This lens suppresses direct glare while enhancing the texture and depth of white objects and landscapes, ensuring greater clarity. The balance of natural color and contrast makes it ideal for winter sports and alpine adventures, and helps you navigate bright, high-altitude environments with ease.

Visible light transmittance (VLT): 25%

Best for: winter sports and ski touring

Light intensity: strong

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Brightness Lenses

Making the world appear brighter and more vivid.

Peridot

Optimized for low-light conditions, this lens enhances brightness, reduces glare, and amplifies natural color vibrancy for crisp, clear vision. It's the perfect choice for any rainy or overcast day where diffused light through the clouds creates challenging visibility.

Visible light transmittance (VLT): 40%

Best for: everyday and driving

Light intensity: low

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Sphene

Enhancing contrast within our brightness-optimized formula, this lens is designed for fast movements and tracking objects in low-light conditions. The yellow-green tint subtly adjusts light while boosting brightness, making it the perfect choice for outdoor sports on overcast and rainy days.

Visible light transmittance (VLT): 35%

Best for: running, cycling, and outdoor sports

Light intensity: low

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High Definition Lenses

Delivering superior optical clarity and high definition color contrast.

Onyx HD

Delivering defined contours and enhanced contrast performance while preserving natural color. This lens has superior optical clarity over regular polarized lenses with a slightly warmer feel than a typical grey sunglass lens.

Visible light transmittance (VLT): 13%

Best for: everyday and driving

Light intensity: strong

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