Flying Eyes Optics has introduced the Kingfisher Sport, glasses with an 8-base sport-wrap designed in response to customer requests for a larger lens and more visual coverage.
It is available now in two sizes, Standard and Wide, and in three frame finishes: Matte black, tortoise, and a new translucent gray.
Side to side, an 8-base-wrap already carries about as much coverage as a frame can. The room left to gain was vertical, and that is where the Kingfisher Sport went, according to company officials. The top and bottom edges of the frame move out of the wearer’s line of sight, so what you see is very little frame and much more of whatever you are looking at, whether that is the panel in front of you, the road ahead, or the horizon, they explained.
Every Flying Eyes frame uses patented Resilamide temples, which wrap around the head instead of dropping down around the ears, so they slide under a headset or inside a flight helmet, company officials noted.
The ear cup stays seated, which means no pressure points, no pain over a long flight, and no noise leaks, they added.
“The first thing you notice is how much more you see,” said Dean Siracusa, founder and President/CEO of Flying Eyes. “I have been flying for more than 30 years. In the Kingfisher Sport the top and bottom edges of the frame are out of my line of sight, and the wrap shape closes off the sides, so there is very little glare or reflection coming in around the edges.”
“And then you forget you’re wearing them,” he added, “because the temples are 1 mm thin and flexible, so they disappear under a headset or helmet. After a full day of flying or riding, you take it off and realize you never thought about the glasses once.”
The Kingfisher Sport is $239 with clear or sun lenses, with prescription lenses available at additional cost.
For more information: FlyingEyesOptics.com
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