01Women's rectangles · 11 pairs and packs

BEALER women's rectangles

A 52 by 42 mm polarized lens in a 139 mm polycarbonate frame with metal hinges and a 138 mm arm, in tortoise, gradient brown, clear and matte black, one pair or three to a pack.

What BEALER is

BEALER women's rectangles

02What decides it

A rectangle for the windscreen and the walk

A 52 mm retro rectangle in polycarbonate with gradient and mirrored polarized lenses, in tortoise, gradient brown, clear and matte black, singly or three to a pack.

The lens on this frame is 42 mm tall, and that number is the whole point of the shape. A shallow lens leaves the sky to leak in over the top edge when you drive; this one comes up to the brow, so what you see through the windscreen at four in the afternoon is the road and not a white band above it. The gradient brown lens is darker at the top for the same reason: the sky is where the brightness is, the dashboard is not.

Sizing is the honest note on this shelf. At 139 mm across with a 16 mm bridge, this is a medium frame, and one reviewer with a wider face found it too small and said so; we quote her below rather than pretend otherwise. Read the frame width off a pair that already fits you before you choose. The three-packs pair a matte black with a gradient brown and a tortoise or a pink mirror for $15.99, which is $5.33 a pair, and three colourways is how most people end up with one that suits a given coat.

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.

Every sentence in this note about the eye comes from a named public source. All of them, with the date we read them, are on our updates page.

Retro rectangle singles

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BEALER Retro Rectangle C2, Gradient Brown

Retro rectangle singles

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
BEALER Retro Rectangle C6, Brown Tortoise / Gradient Brown

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
BEALER Retro Rectangle C7, Clear / Pink Mirrored

Retro rectangle singles

BEALER Retro Rectangle C7, Clear / Pink Mirrored

  • Lens 52 x 42 mm, frame 139 mm
  • Polycarbonate, polarized TAC lens, UV400
  • Clear frame, pink mirrored lens

4.1 · 37 ratings

$9.99
BEALER Retro Rectangle C5, Orange Tortoise / Grey

Retro rectangle singles

BEALER Retro Rectangle C5, Orange Tortoise / Grey

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

4.1 · 37 ratings

$9.99

Retro rectangle three-packs

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BEALER Retro Rectangle Three-Pack A7, Gradient Brown, Clear Brown and Pink Mirrored

Retro rectangle three-packs

BEALER Retro Rectangle Three-Pack A7, Gradient Brown, Clear Brown and Pink Mirrored

  • Lens 52 x 42 mm, frame 139 mm
  • Polycarbonate, polarized TAC lens, UV400
  • 3 pairs in the box, $5.33 a pair

4.1 · 37 ratings

$15.99
BEALER Retro Rectangle Three-Pack A2, Matte Black, Gradient Brown and Clear Brown

Retro rectangle three-packs

BEALER Retro Rectangle Three-Pack A2, Matte Black, Gradient Brown and Clear Brown

  • Lens 52 x 42 mm, frame 139 mm
  • Polycarbonate, polarized TAC lens, UV400
  • 3 pairs in the box, $5.33 a pair

4.1 · 37 ratings

$15.99
BEALER Retro Rectangle Three-Pack A6, Matte Black, Gradient Brown and Pink Mirrored

Retro rectangle three-packs

BEALER Retro Rectangle Three-Pack A6, Matte Black, Gradient Brown and Pink Mirrored

  • Lens 52 x 42 mm, frame 139 mm
  • Polycarbonate, polarized TAC lens, UV400
  • 3 pairs in the box, $5.33 a pair

4.1 · 37 ratings

$15.99
BEALER Retro Rectangle Three-Pack A4, Matte Black, Brown Tortoise and Orange Tortoise

Retro rectangle three-packs

BEALER Retro Rectangle Three-Pack A4, Matte Black, Brown Tortoise and Orange Tortoise

  • Lens 52 x 42 mm, frame 139 mm
  • Polycarbonate, polarized TAC lens, UV400
  • 3 pairs in the box, $5.33 a pair

4.1 · 37 ratings

$15.99
BEALER Retro Rectangle Three-Pack A5, Matte Black, Tortoise and Orange Tortoise

Retro rectangle three-packs

BEALER Retro Rectangle Three-Pack A5, Matte Black, Tortoise and Orange Tortoise

  • Lens 52 x 42 mm, frame 139 mm
  • Polycarbonate, polarized TAC lens, UV400
  • 3 pairs in the box, $5.33 a pair

4.1 · 37 ratings

$15.99
BEALER Polarized SunglassesEvery polarized, UV400-rated pair BEALER makes, across the men's wrap, the women's rectangle and the children's frame, laid out by frame width and lens colour.11 on this shelfBEALER Sunglasses for WomenA 52 by 42 mm polarized lens in a 139 mm polycarbonate rectangle with metal hinges, in tortoise, gradient brown, clear and matte black, one pair at $9.99 or three for $15.99.11 on this shelfBEALER Driving SunglassesThe lenses on the men's wrap and the women's rectangle that warm the view and lift contrast: brown, gradient brown and orange, all polarized against the glare off a wet road.9 on this shelf

03Asked on this shelf

BEALER women's rectangles: questions

The three things people ask us about women's rectangles before they choose a pair.

Will the BEALER rectangle fit your wider face?

Check the number first: 139 mm across the frame on a 16 mm bridge is a medium, and one reviewer with an average-to-wide face found it small and gave hers away. Hold a ruler across your temples in a mirror; if you read more than 140 mm, this is not your frame, and we would rather say so here than on a return.

Why is the BEALER women's lens you see here brown rather than grey?

Most of this shelf is gradient brown, darker at the top of the lens where the sky is and lighter at the bottom where the dashboard is. Brown warms the view and lifts contrast on a road; grey keeps colour exact. If you want grey in this shape, the orange tortoise frame carries a grey lens, and the clear frame carries a pink mirror.

What do you get in a BEALER three-pack of rectangles?

Three of the same 52 mm frame in three finishes: a matte black with a gradient brown and a tortoise, or with a clear frame and a pink mirror. $15.99 for the three, which is $5.33 a pair, and the point of three is that one of them suits the coat you are wearing that day.

One button, the whole BEALER range

Every lens colour, frame size and pack count in BEALER essentials 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.