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MAKO GLASS POLARISED LENSES
Mako Glass polarised lenses are available in three basic colours.
- The ZRX lens is a grey lens that is neutral and offers contrast with minimised colour distortion. It is suitable for all light conditions.
- The TRX lens is a brown lens that increases the contrast and is suitable for hazy, cloudy and rainy conditions including freshwater fishing.
- The KRX photochromatic lenses darken and lighten depending on the light conditions. These lenses are available in either brown or copper, have the sharpest contrast and are perfect for all types of fishing and outdoor sports.
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MAKO GLASS POLARISED PHOTOCHROMATIC LENSES
Anglers are in the very high risk category when it comes to eye damage from the sun. Not only are they exposed to high amounts of sunlight, the reflection off the water adds to the intensity of the sun’s rays. But what do anglers do when they need polarisation to see in the water, but the sun has gone behind the clouds? Mako Glass Polarised Photochromatic lenses are the answer. Mako Glass Polarised Photochromatic lenses have an automatically adjusting tint that changes according to the amount of available light. In bright sunlight the lenses darken and when conditions are not as bright, they lighten in colour.
The colour of the Mako Glass Polarised Photochromatic lenses does not change depending on temperature.
- The Copper Polarised Photochromatic lens has a light transmittance of about 20% at bleached stage and about 10% at darkened stage; and
- The Brown Polarised Photochromatic lens has a light transmittance of about 30% at bleached stage and about 10% at darkened stage,
but the light transmittance and the transition from light to dark differs depending on the amount of UV. The photochromatic properties improve with use of the lenses, that is over time the speed of the transition for dark to light and vice versa will quicken.
The benefit of polarised photochromatic lenses is sharp, clear, distortion free images especially in changing conditions like clouds, rain, haze, dawn and dusk.
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MAKO GLASS POLARISED MIRRORED LENSES
Ultraviolet radiation is mostly comprised of invisible light that falls between 100 and 400 nanometres (nm) and the primary source of ultraviolet radiation is from the sun. The long term effects of ultraviolet radiation slowly cause visual impairment. The Australian Standard for sunglasses specifies that sunglasses must cut out 99% of all UV rays. Mako Polarised sunglasses guarantee you this maximum ultraviolet protection.
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AR COATING AND OLEOPHOBIC COATING ON GLASS POLARISED LENSES
All Mako glass polarised lenses have a 9 layer AR coating applied to the back of the lens to help further reduce the amount of bounce back glare. Applied on top of the 9 layer AR coating is an Oleophobic coating. This extra coating gives the AR coating extra protection and also makes the lenses more repellent to grease, finger prints and dust and makes them easier to clean.
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SEALANT IS USED TO SEAL THE EDGES OF THE MAKO GLASS POLARISED LENSES
The edges of each Mako glass polarised lens have been specially sealed to help reduce the possibility of delamination of the polarising film. However, care is still required to prevent damage to the seal and to prevent moisture from entering the lens. This includes ensuring that the lenses are kept clean and dry and especially free from salt water residue by rinsing the lenses in clean freshwater and drying them thoroughly. The sunglasses should be kept in the case when not in use to prevent damage to the front or back surface of the lens that could allow moisture to enter the lenses such as chips, scratches etc.
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THINNER GLASS POLARISED LENSES
Most Mako glass polarised lenses, with the exception of the photochromatic lenses, are now thinner than standard glass polarised lenses giving the advantage of being 20% lighter weight.
Unfortunately this new thinner technology cannot be used for the photochromatic lenses because of the extra layers required in their production.
The 8 base decentred lenses will be 1.9 mm and the 6 base lenses will now be 1.8 mm.
Since the 6 base polarised lenses are not used in curved frames there is no need for them to be decentred
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6 BASE GLASS POLARISED THINNER LENSES
- Lens without mirror coating have 13 layers
0.9 mm Glass sheet + Polarising film + 0.8 mm Glass sheet + 9 Layer AR coating + Oleophobic coating
- Lens with Black, Silver or Gold Mirror have 16 layers
3 layer Mirror coating + 0.9 mm Glass sheet + Polarising film + 0.8 mm Glass sheet + 9 layer AR coating + Oleophobic coating
- Lens with Red or Blue Mirror have 25 layers
0.9 mm Glass sheet + 12 Mirror coating + Polarising film + 0.8 mm Glass sheet + 9 layer AR coating + Oleophobic coating
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8 BASE GLASS POLARISED THINNER DECENTRED LENSES
- Lens without mirror coating have 13 layers
1 mm Glass sheet + Polarising film + 0.8 mm Glass sheet + 9 Layer AR coating + Oleophobic coating
- Lens with Black, Silver or Gold Mirror have 16 layers
3 layer Mirror coating + 1 mm Glass sheet + Polarising film + 0.8 mm Glass sheet + 9 layer AR coating + Oleophobic coating
- Lens with Red or Blue Mirror have 25 layers
1 mm Glass sheet + 12 layer Mirror coating + Polarising film + 0.8 mm Glass sheet + 9 layer AR coating + Oleophobic coating
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8 BASE GLASS PHOTOCHROMATIC POLARISED LENSES
- Lens without mirror coating have 13 layers
1.3 mm Glass sheet with Photochromatic crystals +Polarising film + 0.7 mm Glass sheet + 9 layer AR coating + Oleophobic coating
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