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Unique purple, with great view

Winchell350 - 07/30/2017

Since you're likely replacing the original Oakley lenses, I'll do my best to relate these Galaxy lenses to what they'll be replacing.

Appearance (from viewer), and visual (as worn) depends on the color of lenses that you choose.

Purple:

Appearance:
The Purple lenses, are polarized and have a reflective coating (similar to Oakley's Iridium coating). The appearance is a purple lens with a slight gold accent. On a scale of 1 – 10 with 1 being completely clear and 10 being completely reflective, I would rate the Purple lenses at 7. These lenses most closely match Oakley's Violet Iridium lenses, though they appear more purple than the Oakley lens, which has a more blue tone. The casual viewer will not likely notice they are replacement lenses since you rarely see Violet Iridium lenses. That said, an enthusiast will likely be able to tell the difference if they're paying attention.

Visual:
The Purple lenses, produce a gray tint with a hint of yellow. The color of the lens has a mild color shift depending on the angle. When looking through the lenses you'll see a standard gray hue with a hint of yellow. With the lenses at an extreme angle looking toward the edges, you'll notice the yellow fade to blue/gray. The same shift occurs when looking up and down through the lens at extreme angles. The shift is very subtle, and only really noticeable when specifically looking for a color shift. The visual hue is primarily consistent, similar to the black and silver lenses.

Fit:
The Galaxy Lenses fit securely into the frames of my Oakley Flak 2.0 glasses. I've got 3 frames (White, Retina Burn, and Orange Flare). I can easily interchange the lenses on all three frames with any of the original Oakley lenses, or Galaxy Lense replacements that I ordered.
The Galaxy lenses are slightly thinner than the original Oakley lenses, but not enough to make them loose. They snap in firmly and don't move around in the frame. I'm a runner, and have had no issues with unwanted movement from the lenses.
The shape of the Galaxy lenses are visually indistinguishable from the Oakely XL lenses. The shape and size of the lenses look original, though when worn they do seem to be slightly larger than the original lenses. Not enough to be an issue unless your original lenses are touching your face. I normally have a slight gap between my face and Oakley lenses, but with the Galaxy lens that gap is even smaller.

Overall opinion:
This is a fun choice for replacement lenses. They match the appearance of the original Oakley Violet Iridium lenses close enough that the casual viewer won't notice them as replacements, and the view through them is a familiar gray that most sunglasses produce. It's a unique color choice for a lens that isn't going to distort the color of the world you see.

As with all Galaxy Lenses, these are a fraction of the OEM cost of Oakley polarized lenses, so that's always a plus.

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