How to Choose the Right Sunglasses for Your Sport

Choosing the right pair of sunglasses for your sporting activities goes way beyond which pair looks cool. The proper design and lens tint can actually improve your visibility and performance. Here is a guide to choosing the right pair of sunglasses for various sports.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Sunglasses for golfers: On bright, sunny days sunglasses with a tinted lens in either brown or grey will help filter out excess sunlight. For those cloudy days try red or pink tinted lenses that will allow objects, such as your golf ball, to stand out against the green background of the fairway.

2. Sunglasses for snow activities: For skiing or snow boarding you need maximum visibility on the slopes. To reduce the glare from the sun hitting the snow, try amber tinted lenses.

3. Cycling or motocross sunglasses: Try wrap-around sunglasses that will help keep dirt and debris from entering your eyes. For sunny days, blue or brown tinted lenses offer the most visibility while yellow or amber-tinted sunglasses will improve vision during low lighting conditions.

4. Water sports sunglasses: Whether you’re fishing or riding on a sea-doo, you’ll need sunglasses that cut down the glare of the sun off the water’s surface. Polarized sunglasses do a great job of eliminating this glare but still allow you great visibility.

5. Sunglasses for runners: Dark brown or grey sunglasses for sunny days work best at protecting your eyes from the sun and still allow you to see well. Low lighting conditions, such as cloudy days or evening light, call for yellow or amber-tinted sunglasses for best visibility.

Tips & Warnings

• Wrap around sunglasses or goggles with anti-fog technology are perfect for snow activities where regular sunglasses can fog up and become dangerous.
• When around water, attach a sunglass’s cord to your eyewear to prevent them from getting lost in the water.

[corplaw09]

on 3/23/2009 Great article!

[sue2007]

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I am going to buy a new Swimming Goggles there.