Costa Del Mar Wave 580 now w/ mirror

[Crazy Eyes]

Just wanted to give ya'll a heads up that the newest lens(and best) from Costa Del Mar is now available with the blue or green mirror coating. On top of that they lowered the cost a little on the Wave 580. Try these things on at your local doc, you will not be dissapointed.

[Finesse]

Crazy...
I know we have talked offline about sunglasses ... but what makes the Wave 580's better than what you normally pick up. I have the Triple Tails w/blue mirror currently (don't have a clue what lens is in them).

Are the Wave 580 lens optically better lens ?? Are they better for your eyes from a protection standpoint ??

thanks in advance

[Jason @ Melton Tackle]

Crazy,

The pricing on the new blue and green mirrors is actually lower than what the WAVE 580 were previously selling for. Apparently new manufacturing processes helped bring down the manufacturing costs for the entire WAVE 580 line.

I posted about this in the Melton Forum - we're offering free shipping on all the Costas and I'll throw in a free Costa visor when you enter 'Sportfishermen.com' in the special instructions section.

Jason

[Crazy Eyes]

Finesse, the 580's only come in glass so in that way they are no different than many of the other Costa lenses and as far as protection they are no different than the others. Where the 580 excels is in the way it transmits light(or doesn't transmit light). On the color spectrum 580nm is where the color yellow falls and yellow light can overpower the visual system(glare). The 580 lens from Costa decreases the amount of yellow that reaches your eye. This allows your eye to more easily and accurately see the blues, greens and reds without the glare of yellow overpowering the system. Reducing glare is the name of the game and between the polarization in the lens and the wave 580 technology this lens does it better.

[Finesse]

yellow light can overpower the visual system(glare). The 580 lens from Costa decreases the amount of yellow that reaches your eye. This allows your eye to more easily and accurately see the blues, greens and reds without the glare of yellow overpowering the system. Reducing glare is the name of the game and between the polarization in the lens and the wave 580 technology this lens does it better.

So ...where a polarized lens will help your visual acuity on a hazy day ....the 580's will enhance (sharpen) even more so through cutting out that wavelength of light that washes out other color

thanks for the info !!

[Crazy Eyes]

The polarized filter will block the reflected light(coming off of water, road surface, etc) while the wave 580 technology will suppress the glare from the direct yellow light and allow the other colors to show more vibrantly.

[Predator]

I bought a pair of the 580's with blue mirrors last week and they are awesome. I still have my other blue mirrored Costa...You would be amazed at the difference.

[Finesse]

Thanks Crazy Eyes and Predator !