I have a pair of Oakley Split Jacket’s and I have prescription clear Crizal lenses (use with night riding) and prescription tinted Oakley lenses.
When I plan to buy my next pair of Oakley’s, I’m trying to figure out if I should go with a Crizal lenses which are tinted or stick with the Oakley lenses.
Crizal lenses are cheaper and they also have a 2 year warranty where if you scratch a lens, you can get new ones covered under warranty, which is really cool, especially when mountain biking and rocks can fly up and hit your glasses.
Oakley has no warranty for scratched lenses.
Does anyone have tinted prescription Crizal and Oakley lenses? Can you tell the difference between them?
Seems like you’re just looking for these for night riding(?). I pulled the trigger this year on corrective laser surgery. Had only one (dominant) eye done. This allows me to not require corrective lenses for either close (reading, looking at bike computer) or far situations. It did take a period of adjustment (more than the month they promised) and it is a compromise (neither close or far vision is perfect). I would do it again in a heartbeat. I have no desire to purchase any more prescription goggles or sunglasses. In fact, I’m completely happy with Pyramex’s Ztec safety glasses for $2 a pair. For what it’s worth…
Well I use the Crizal lenses for night bike riding and the Oakley lenses during the day. I actually had Lasik surgery about 7 years ago and my eyes are still better than they were previous to surgery, but my eye sight has diminished from the 20/20 I had after surgery 
At night time is when I really notice the difference, my eyes are pretty bad in dim light. I was going to get surgery again but didn’t want to take the chance on my eyes.
Oakley authentic prescription lenses have a two year warranty that includes scratch protection. This was a change that happened in 2012 when they came out with their new AR, Oakley Stealth, which is more durable than crizal lens coatings. Oakleys AR is made exclusively with the athlete in mind. I wouldn’t put anyone else’s lenses in Oakley Fred because of the unique wrap and features of their frames.
In addition, Oakley lenses automatically come with AR, it’s not an option. Crizal is a coating not a lens. If u use crizal you’re not getting authentic lenses made by Oakley, which have an “o” in the bottom left corner of the left lens for authenticity purposes.
Hope this helps!
Correct, my lenses do have anti-reflective (AR) coating, but this does not change the warranty. I wish Oakley’s warranty program covered scratched lenses.
Prescription Eyewear Warranty Policy
http://www.oakley.com/...care/warranty-policy
All Oakley eyewear is warranted against breakage due to material or workmanship defect for two years from the date of purchase with a valid receipt. **Oakley’s warranty program does not cover scratched lenses. **Additionally, any alterations of Oakley products (i.e. sunglasses fit with non-Oakley prescription lenses) will void warranty coverage. For all prescription warranty claims, please contact the Authorized Oakley Dealer from which your purchase was made.
I am an optical account and can assure you they cover scratched lenses (one-time). As they released their newest AR to compete with Crizal they have become much better with re do’s. You would have to go through your authorized Oakley dealer and they will handle it for you. When i sell an oakley frame with Rx they ONLY get oakley lenses, and the warranties are just as good as everyone elses. However, they’re a one-time redo versus unlimited which makes total sense from a business standpoint.
Hope this helps!
Now i forgot to mention, if it looks like someone took a key to the lens and carved their name, that’s not “normal wear and tear”.
From a business standpoint, I wonder how Crizal survives with unlimited replacements.
They’re not a specialty type lab like Oakley is, and they’re owned by Essilor who is huuuuuuuuuuuuuge. Most of their jobs are not high-wrap type jobs and can offer this based on percentages/assumptions.