Bolle Adventurer Sunglasses – Phantom Black Gun Photochromic Lens

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High-altitude ready, the Bollé Adventurer sunglasses adapt to changing light, offering a secure fit and eco-conscious design.

Bollé says: 

A vintage round mountain frame revisited with Bollé design language, the ADVENTURER is a symbol of the brand’s outdoors expertise. High performance and trendy, these base 8 glacier sunglasses are easy to wear and offer the highest protection for ultimate conditions. Comfort, fit, and stability are ensured thanks to the Thermogrip rubber on temple tips and on its adjustable 3-position nose piece. Removable side shields guarantee maximum light protection. The ADVENTURER leaves nothing to chance with its snap hinge, a hole for a cord included with the frame and its rubber front clip.

Available with Phantom, the best photochromic lens in the market and Solace4, Bollé’s new mineral lens for the mountains.

What is Phantom? Phantom is Bollé’s first photochromic lens with phenomenal optical clarity. It adapts to any light condition, ensuring precise visual acuity whatever the weather. The lens tint changes with the light from cat.1 to cat.3. Enhanced vision whatever the conditions. Phantom+ combines all of our 3 technologies adding a 4th additional element: polarization. Polarized lenses are largely recognized today for their benefits in terms of blocking parasitic light reflections. So it felt right to add them to our already unbeatable lens technology to improve its level by yet another step. Equipped with Phantom+ lenses, you will be ready to take on any adventure. 

Our Verdict

The Bollé Adventurer Sunglasses with Phantom Black Gun Photochromic lenses offer an impressive blend of style, durability, and protection. Inspired by classic glacier glasses, they feature modern tech upgrades like Bollé’s Phantom photochromic lenses, which adapt to changing light conditions, shifting from Category 2 to 4 to maintain optimal visual clarity in varied weather and making them perfect for high-altitude hikes where conditions can change quickly. The photochromic lens offers excellent visibility with a brown base tint, reducing glare and enhancing contrast, which is ideal for spotting terrain details.

The sunglasses provide a secure fit, especially under wet or sweaty conditions, thanks to enhanced grip on the temples and nosepiece. The adjustable nose piece offers three positions, allowing for a custom fit, while removable side shields provide extra protection in extreme sunlight. The eco-designed frames, made from 45% bio-based nylon, are lightweight at 36 grams but rugged enough for prolonged mountain use.

– Reviewed by Ultralight Outdoor Gear

Features

• Thermogrip® Technology: Our Thermogrip® thermoplastic rubber is specifically engineered to get grippier when in contact with water and sweat. Inserted at strategic touch points of our frames such as the temples or the nosepiece, it ensures a perfect fit no matter the intensity of your activity.
• Eco Design: At Bollé, we don’t claim we are going to save the planet, but we do strive to reduce our impact. From SS23 onwards, all our new models are eco-designed with more than 20% recycled or bio-based materials (percentage in weight). For instance, we use renewable castor oil for our frames and our Thermogrip® rubber. Our Volt and SLF photochromic lenses are made from 60% bio-based PC, an our SLF+ lenses are 60% recycled. 
• Removable Sideshields: For high-altitude adventures, our mountain frames come with side-shields for the ultimate solar protection.

Specifications

• Weight: 36g
• Fit: Medium
• Lens name: Phantom Black Gun
• Lens category: Cat. 2 to 4
• Base tint: Brown
• % Visible light trans: 20-6%
• Our Mountain Phantom photochromic lenses provides 100% UV protection and filters up to 95% of the visible light to ensure your eyes stay safe up there.

Material & Construction

• 45% Bio-Based Nylon

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