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The Classic Series frame material is TR-90 Grilamid this is a lightweight durable tried and true sports nylon. The classic series utilizes the same Helius lens system as in our famed Leviathans which are the pinnacle of eye-wear technology. All RCI’s products deliver the ultimate in clarity and polarization without compromising function and durability. The RCI lenses come standard with, watersheds, anti-static, oleo-phobic treatments with a mass density that is 6 times greater than traditional polycarbonate.
The original Helius 2.2 polarized lens system was designed after an 18-month R&D process in 2010 and released in 2012 to be nothing less than a groundbreaking lens system that was customer-centric and built for an elite class of outdoorsman.
2016 marked the 2nd generation of the world’s most advanced lens technology, the Helius 780 or H780 IR (Infrared Reducing) lens system.
Based on our famed Helius 2.2 Polarized Lenses, this new Infrared filtration technology offers protection from the harmful effects of infrared radiation. The H780 lens will reduce eye fatigue, enhance color acuity, reduce more glare and add color brilliance all while eliminating IR distortions and internal heat to the eye!
The RCI Optics lens also blocks 100% of the harmful UVA, UVB and UVC. The (HEV) High Energy Visible or Blue Light is dramatically reduced by 95% on our H780 lenses and 88% on our L25 lens system. These lens systems are the ultimate in sun optics bringing the brilliant colors of the Right Coast to life for an unmatched visual experience.
Helius 780 or H780 IR (Infrared Reducing) lens technology.
This lens system is by far the most advance offering to date in all market segments. Light is part of the electromagnetic radiation in which the visible light that the human eye can observe range between 390 and 700 nanometers. Ultra violet radiation that has been known to cause eye disease stops at the 400 nm or nanometer scale.
Most polarized eyewear protects you from these harmful UV radiations but there is another that has never been addressed. Infrared rays lie beyond the red end of the visible spectrum, with wavelengths between 780 and 10.000 nm. They can be a potential hazard since they produce heat, therefore raising the overall temperature of the anterior eye and finally doing damage to it, especially the crystalline lens and the retina.
2nd Light Matte Black / Grey Atlantic Blue Mirror H780
Alexis –
Absolutely love my RCI’s. Owned my 2nd Lights for two years now, No complaints. Comfy on the ears. I feel privileged to wear my RCI’s. I wear mine everyday on or off the water, and they are great for everyday polarized sunglass use. The copper lenses have helped me see better and clearer through the water when I am fishing the river. I get tired before my eyes do. Can’t wait to try another style of frames RCI has to offer.
Jeff Brauer –
It was unbelieveable how much more I was able to see in the river with these shades! Bottom details and fish can’t hide from me anymore. Also work awesome when looking for weed lines out in the ocean. Have a pair of blues for the open water and those are also the bomb!
Jeff Brauer
Retired USCG Captain
Founder, Florida Flatsfishing Association
James Garrison –
These are by far the best glasses I have ever worn. The frame has no rubber! I bought a pair with blue lens for offshore and I also have the copper lens for inshore. I now wear the copper for everything inshore and offshore because I can spot the weedline so easily with them.
2nd lights do not let any light in my line of sight and fit great as I have a big head. They are also very light weight, so they are comfortable all day long.
I highly recommend these to anyone who is on the water or frankly in the sun a lot.
James Garrison
Keith Heiring –
I don’t write a lot of reviews but I realized today after I replaced my second worn out cablz strap on my 2nd lights that these glasses that i had for like 4 years look and perform the same as when i bought them. Whats crazy is i’m not even really gentle with them. I’ve had Coastas in the past and never made it over a year without replacing a temple tip or getting a scratch on the lens. I couldn’t be more impressed with a pair of sunglasses. These are the only sunglasses I would ever buy,