Switch - The Magnetic Interchange Lens System
The Switch Magnetic Interchange Lens System makes changing lenses quick and easy, yet it holds the lenses in place securely.
The Switch Magnetic Interchange Lens System makes changing lenses quick and easy, yet it holds lenses in place securely.
Switch uses high-energy magnets embedded in the lens and frame to enable users to swap lenses quickly and easily as light conditions and activities change. Switch lenses will literally jump into place when brought close to the frame, but will stay put once the lenses have snapped into position.
Switch magnetic interchange lenses have been engineered to stay in the frame when dropped from a height of six feet or subjected to the intense, repeated jarring of skiing, snowboarding, running or mountain biking.
Frame Construction
Switch frames are made with tough, superior-grade thermoplastic nylon to withstand the demands of your sports lifestyle.
Fog Management
Switch frames, lens shapes and nose pads have all been designed to enable air flow into the eye chamber to minimize fog build-up.
Fit Security & Stabilization
Contact surfaces in the temples and bridge utilize a specially formulated TPR rubber to increase grip.
3-Point Comfort Fit
Switch frames are balanced to distribute weight equally on the bridge and behind the ear. The temples have been developed to distribute pressure along a wide surface area to avoid pinching.
LensPods
We know all about the beating your lenses can take while you’re carving a slope or pounding along a cross country trail, so the designers at Switch have created the world’s first magnetic LensPod™ to carry and protect your lenses. The contoured pod easily fits into your pocket and pops open to allow you to dock your lenses... smart!
Unparalleled Convenience, Speed and Ease of Use
The inventors of Switch demanded better sunwear options. Traditional fixed lens sunglasses work well in some light conditions, but not others. Mechanical interchange lens systems are clumsy and can be difficult to use.
Contact lens wearers need plano sunglasses some days and Rx suns on others. Between carrying around multiple, bulky sunglasses, and pulling and prying mechanical interchange lenses in and out, we felt there had to be a better way.
3 Years In The Making
So they built a prototype with embedded magnets in the sunglass lens and frame to test their theory. As they brought the magnetic interchange lenses close to the sunglass frame, they literally jumped into place.
It took Switch over three years to perfect the idea and to make sure that real users - serious runners, skiers, bikers, hikers, climbers, kayakers, golfers, and tennis players as well as active weekend warriors - would love them.
Switch also tested hundreds of different sunglass lenses to identify the best ones for the widest range of activities, selecting those that would provide the best visual information for sports performed in glare, sun and shade. The result: the world’s first magnetic interchange sunglass collection created for - and by - active outdoor athletes.