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Oakley seem to have deprecated the original (awesome) Prizm Trail lens and replaced it with Trail 'torch'. After 'dog ate my jawbreakers' moment the other week I've just bought some new ones and that was the only thing on offer.
I've only tried them on at home so far but it looks like they've turned down the awesomeness - comparing the old and new in the garden theres still a decent amount of extra contrast but it seems much more natural and 'greyer'. That amazing brightness that the old trail lens gave seems to have been turned down quite a lot.
before I take these out properly (and lose the chance to sell it as a new lens and seek out a old PT lens) has anyone ridden with both?
(the external appearance is not red/gold not the purple of the original. I'm wondering if this was insecure Americans not liking the colour that's led to the change)
They still do the Prizm trail lens
If you can't find them anywhere else then most spare parts including lenses are available via Oakley spares portal. I had to get the Prizm Trail lenses for mine from there as everyone else was out of stock. https://customersupport.luxottica.com/wcsstore/oakley.html
Try rxsport. They had the original trails when i looked recently, i need to get some new ones soon as my originals are starting to go funny
I wasn't keen on the trail torch, so after a bit of searching reviews went for prizm golf! works pretty well for MTB. contrast between dirt and green is pretty good.
I wasn’t keen on the trail torch, so after a bit of searching reviews went for prizm golf! works pretty well for MTB. contrast between dirt and green is pretty good.
Interesting - the light transmission (VLT) figures are
Trail 36%
Trail Torch 35%
Golf 30%
So the golf is a small amount darker than either of the trail lenses. I've tried using my Prizm Road (20% VLT) for mtb and didn't like them at all - seemed really poor at dealing with brown/green contrast and made it much harder to read the trail. the prizm lenses do seem really purpose specific and that seems more important than the light transmission (even Oakleys bog standard non-prizm Grey lens is 18% so theoretically darker than the Prizm Road)
Went to the Oakley store in London this morning and their chart on the wall only lists Trail Torch now so I'm pretty sure Oakley *are* dropping the original trail (but I guess theres a fair bit of stock still about elsewhere)
Best get some spare lenses for my racing jackets before prizm trail disappears altogether.
Interesting – the light transmission (VLT) figures are
Trail 36%
Trail Torch 35%
Golf 30%
I'd suggest that if it's overcast and you're in dark woods, you'd be better with clear lenses. however if it's sunny and you've got some reasonable light penetration into the woods, the golfs are actually really good. last time I used them was a few days ago, bright sun, woods dark, but could see well, until the light dropped off a bit later in the evening.
the greens are very green and the browns are very brown.
sunsets look awesome too.
I’d suggest that if it’s overcast and you’re in dark woods, you’d be better with clear lenses.
That's the magic of the original prizm trail - on overcast days they are *really* good in the woods - way better than clear. Late afternoon in Winter I prefer my Rad8 photochromic but for most of the year PTrail are great whatever the weather. (now Prizm Trail Photochromic...that would be one lens to rule them all)
Looking at the custom plazma options on the oakley website, they have a prizm clear option, which looks to actually be a very slight tint, haven't seen it as a purchasable separate lense yet, but that looks interesting for low light conditions.
Got Prizm Trail in some Radarlocks. Really like them but find them too dark in the transition from sunny AF to deep, dark woods. NYNY at Golfie a prime example. Had to stop and take them off.
@MSP
must be the Prizm Low Light? 75% Light transmission
https://www.oakley.com/en-gb/product/W0OO9442R?variant=888392436160
That’s the magic of the original prizm trail – on overcast days they are *really* good in the woods – way better than clear.
We must have very different eyes! Found my prizm trails a bit dark in many conditions, especially winter. Open woodland, moorland that kind of thing they are great, but not dense woodland or fading light.
Bought some prizm low-light lenses for my Jawbreakers (light pink effect, very similar to my snow goggles) and been really impressed in all conditions, so now they are in by default.
I alternate between the trail and the low light in my Jawbreakers. If I had to have one lense then it would be the low light
Sorry for the hijack but do any of the low light users use them for night riding? Or am I better to stick with clear?