Red Mirror
Polarised · UV protection · Front-surface mirror · Patchy light, cycling, ball sports
Red from the front. From behind, the base tint under the coating, which the listing does not state. Built for broken light.
What it does to the scene
The mirror is cosmetic as much as functional; the tint underneath does the optical work. If that base is a warm one, as it usually is under a red coating, it separates greens and reds more than a neutral grey does, and that separation is what makes a ball easier to track against grass or a trail easier to read under trees. The demo shows the outside colour.
The pair with this lens
Questions, answered
What is a red mirror lens for?
Red from the front. From behind, the base tint under the coating, which the listing does not state. Built for broken light. The mirror is cosmetic as much as functional; the tint underneath does the optical work. If that base is a warm one, as it usually is under a red coating, it separates greens and reds more than a neutral grey does, and that separation is what makes a ball easier to track against grass or a trail easier to read under trees. The demo shows the outside colour.
Is it polarised?
Yes. Every lens in this range carries a polarising filter, which removes the horizontally polarised glare that comes off water, roads and glass. The tint and the filter are two separate things doing two separate jobs.
Is this the darkest option?
We have not measured the transmission of any of the five, so we are not going to rank them by a number we do not have. What we can say is what each is built for: grey for flat bright sun, driving, everyday; brown for variable light, hiking, judging distance; dark blue mirror for open water, midday sun; ice blue mirror for water, snow, high glare; red mirror for patchy light, cycling, ball sports.
The other tints