BEALER Retro Rectangle C5, Orange Tortoise / Grey

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BEALER Retro Rectangle C5, Orange Tortoise / Grey

★★★★☆ 4.1 · 37 ratings

$9.99

Lens width
52 mm
Lens height
42 mm
Frame width
139 mm
Bridge
16 mm
Temple
138 mm
Frame
Polycarbonate
Lens
Polarized TAC, UV400
Colour code
C5

The C5 rectangle in orange tortoise: a grey polarized lens, 52 by 42 mm, in a 139 mm frame with a 138 mm arm on a 16 mm bridge, cut from polycarbonate. One pair at $9.99. On the C5 the 42 mm lens comes up to the brow, so the sky stays out of the windscreen at four in the afternoon, and the 138 mm arm rests behind the ear. Grey on the C5 in orange tortoise takes the brightness down and leaves colours where they were, so a brake light is still red. The other 10 on this shelf, and the rest of BEALER frames, are one click from the C5.

What the rating on the lens means

UV400 on a lens means the lens is rated to stop ultraviolet light up to a wavelength of 400 nanometres, which covers UVA and UVB, the two bands that reach the ground. That rating is the whole of what a sunglass lens does about the sun; polarization is a separate property that cuts reflected glare and, in the words of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, provides no UV protection on its own. The academy also says a darker lens is not a safer lens and that the sun's rays pass through haze and cloud, so the number to read on any pair, ours included, is the UV rating rather than the tint. A pair of sunglasses is not treatment for any eye condition, and light sensitivity that arrived suddenly is a question for an optometrist or ophthalmologist, not for a lens.

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BEALER Retro Rectangle C2, Gradient Brown

  • Lens 52 x 42 mm, frame 139 mm
  • Polycarbonate, polarized TAC lens, UV400
  • Gradient Brown frame, gradient brown lens

4.1 · 37 ratings

$9.99
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Retro rectangle singles

BEALER Retro Rectangle C6, Brown Tortoise / Gradient Brown

  • Lens 52 x 42 mm, frame 139 mm
  • Polycarbonate, polarized TAC lens, UV400
  • Brown Tortoise frame, gradient brown lens

4.1 · 37 ratings

$9.99
BEALER Retro Rectangle C4, Tortoise / Brown

Retro rectangle singles

BEALER Retro Rectangle C4, Tortoise / Brown

  • Lens 52 x 42 mm, frame 139 mm
  • Polycarbonate, polarized TAC lens, UV400
  • Tortoise frame, brown lens

4.1 · 37 ratings

$9.99
BEALER Retro Rectangle C3, Clear Brown / Gradient Brown

Retro rectangle singles

BEALER Retro Rectangle C3, Clear Brown / Gradient Brown

  • Lens 52 x 42 mm, frame 139 mm
  • Polycarbonate, polarized TAC lens, UV400
  • Clear Brown frame, gradient brown lens

4.1 · 37 ratings

$9.99

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Every lens colour, frame size and pack count in the BEALER range sits behind this button, with the price from our last update beside it. Read the millimetres off a pair you already own, check them against the card, and the order goes through our retail partner.