Xperio Has The Sunglasses for YOU!
Calgarians live in the sunniest city in Canada, and we’re also located at a high altitude. As such, Calgarians are at a higher risk of sustaining eye damage from exposure to harmful rays compared to people in most other cities in Canada. Children are several times more susceptible to these risks.
If you are an outdoor lover like myself, or drive frenquently, Xperio has your eyes protected. Polarized sun lenses are the best defense against blinding glare and harmful UV damages.While sunglasses have a definite “cool factor” from a fashion standpoint, they are actually crucial accessories to protect the health of our eyes. But not all sun lenses are created equally. Polarized sun lenses are the best defense against blinding glare and harmful UV damages. And Xperio lenses offer 100% UV protection, have superior scratch resistance, colour consistency and quality compared to other lenses. They give wearers maximum visual comfort and security, unmatched clarity of vision and truer color perception while protecting their eye health.
They are the ideal sun lenses to wear during all outdoor activities. If you are like me and spend many hours on or around water, Xperio sunglasses are exactly what will protect your eyes. Why settle for cheep sunglasses that claim to protect your eyes where many of these cheep glasses have UV protection sprayed on. Remember, you only get one set of eyes!
According to Sakina Barrault, Marketing Director Xperio, “Wearing ordinary sunglasses under the sun is not enough and may lead to eyestrain and other health hazards such as headaches.” The harmful effects of sun exposure can cause both short-term and cumulative, long-term damage to our eyes. Short-term damage includes discomfort and reversible conditions such as inflammation of the eye and corneal sunburn. Long-term damage can include age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and premature skin-aging causing damage such as wrinkles and skin cancer.
Calgary Optometrist, Dr. Diana Monea exlains “Especially in Calgary, as it is the sunniest city in the country. Protection against harmful glare and UV damage is needed for everyone, all year long and all life long, especially since UV rays have a cumulative effect over your lifetime.” As long as anyone is outdoors, regardless of age, during any daylight hours, overcast or otherwise, every season of the year, under every weather condition, sun protection is needed,” says Monea. “Polarized sun lenses are the best defense against blindingglare and harmful UV damage – they are a critical accessory to protect the health of our eyes and are better than standard sunglasses in protecting from not only UV but also glare.”
Blinding glare and damaging UV rays are a fact of life for everyone in Calgary. Wearing appropriate eye sun protection such as Xperio polarized sun lenses can reduce blinding glare that can not only cause visual discomfort but also harm our eyes andlead to dangerous situations while driving and engaging in outdoor activities.
The benifits of the Xperio advantage!
• Polarized sun lenses use a special technology to block direct light from the sun and glare from light reflectedfrom smooth and horizontal surfaces. When choosing sunglasses, the Mayo Clinic recommends people ensure 99 to 100% UV blocking lenses, but to also select sun lenses that are polarized, which reduce direct bright sunlight andglare from reflected lightthat can bounce off snow, water and other smooth and horizontal surfaces, as well as sun lenses that ensure proper colour perception. Xperio lenses contain all of these benefits and more.
• Xperio polarized sun lenses have been specially designed to cut out glare using a polarizing film inside the lens, which functions similar to a Venetian blind to not only protect from direct bright light but also block glare from reflected light.Visual comfort and security, clarity of vision, true colour perception, and 100% UV protection round out the benefits of Xperio lenses.
• Xperio are the best polarized sun lenses on the market thanks to superior scratch resistance, color consistency and polarizing film quality compared to other similar polarized sun lenses.
• Wearers of Xperio polarized sun lenses experience a greater visual comfort than with regular sun lenses, as even merely walking from indoors to outdoors, the visual stress of harsh glare is instantly fully eliminated. Polarized technology is a difference that wearers can feel versus standard, non-polarized sunglasses.
• Xperio polarized sun lenses provide true colour perception so that wearers can enjoy clearer and sharper vision. Sixty-four per cent of consumers say that natural colour perception is important when purchasing prescription sunglasses.
• 80% of wearers prefer Xperio polarized sun lenses versus regular sun lenses when driving, and 69% of wearers prefer Xperio polarized sun lenses versus regular sun lenses for their water activities.
• Wearing polarized sun lenses can help reduce the risk of damage posed by UV rays. This damage can include corneal sunburn, cataracts, macular degeneration, growths on the eye, eyelid cancer, and wrinkles.
• More than 90 per cent of decisions and reactions depend on good vision, especially while driving. Wearing Xperio polarized lenses improves driver reaction time. For a car traveling at 80 km/hr, a driver could stop a vehicle seven metres sooner. That is the length of an intersection and could mean the difference between being in an accident, or avoiding one.
• Polarized lenses are the best defense against glare. And Xperio polarized sun lenses are so superior to other lenses that they give wearers maximum visual comfort during all outdoor activities. They also contribute to a driver’s safety by eliminating discomforting and dangerous dashboard glare. Regular tinted sun lenses only protect from direct bright light but not from glare from reflected light.
• Calgarians are at a higher risk of sustaining eye damage from exposure to harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays compared to people in most other cities in Canada. At higher elevations, UV rays increase in intensity.
• Calgary’s elevation is 1084 metres, while Vancouver, in comparison, ranges from 0 to 152 metres. Areas Calgarians frequently visit to engage in outdoor activities are even higher: Banff is 1,463 metres; Lake Louise 1,750 metres.
• UV intensity increases by 4% for every 300 meters in altitude. So this means that Calgarians are getting 14.45% more damaging UV rays compared to Vancouverites. And they are getting an even higher percentage when experiencing the Rockies.
• Calgary has the most sunny days year round of Canada’s 100-largest cities, with just over 332 days of sun. The city is among the sunniest in Canada, with 2,405 hours of annual sunshine, on average.
• Smooth horizontal surfaces increase UV reflection: snow by 80%, water by 25%, sand by 15% and grass by 1%.
• People of all ages should take measures to protect their eyes from UV light. Children receive three times the annual UV dose of an adult, and will have up to 80% of their lifetime light exposure by the age of 18.
• According to the Canadian Association of Optometrists, the greater the exposure to sunlight, the greater the need for appropriate, good-quality eyewear that protects the eye from UV rays while maintaining maximum visual efficiency.
Experience the Xpeiro difference for yourself, take a look at why you need these for you and all your family members.
