The Complete Guide to Warby Parker Sunglasses

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Updated September 20, 2024

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Warby Parker Butler Jet Black Sunglasses | Photo Credit: Warby Parker

Warby Parker has you covered if you’re looking for a new pair of stylish and functional sunglasses. Warby Parker sunglasses differ from those you can find at the drugstore; with this brand, you can customize your vision needs, the type of lenses you need, and lens materials.

You can try these sunglasses on from the comfort of your own house using a mobile app to test how they look. You don’t have to visit a physical store to purchase these sunglasses; you can buy them online. 

Warby Parker Sunglasses

Warby Parker is a brand founded in Philadelphia in 2010 by Jeffrey Raider, Andrew Hunt, Neil Blumenthal, and David Gilboa. The company currently has its headquarters in New York and has opened nearly 100 stores across the United States by the end of 2018.

They design their range of unique frames, sourcing materials worldwide and bringing them to the general public through their website and stores. The optical company began operating online shortly after its development and has since maintained its presence, opening several brick-and-mortar showrooms across the United States. 

Warby Parker sells a wide range of products for the eye, including eyeglasses, sunglasses, monocles, and contacts. Still, this guide will focus on the range of sunglasses and how you can best customize them to suit your needs. 

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Warby Parker Toddy sunglasses in seaweed crystal. | Photo Credit: Warby Parker

Specifications

No matter what type of Warby Parker sunglasses you get, scratch-resistant treatment, UV protection, and polarization are all part of the deal.

If you do happen to get any significant scratches, good news: Warby Parker replaces them for free within a year of the initial purchase date. 

Polarization is an uncommon term that might sound confusing at first glance. Still, all it means is that polarized sunglasses improve your eyesight when wearing sunglasses by removing glare and increasing contrast and color perception. Non-polarized prescription sunglasses are also available after chatting with Warby Parker staff.

Warby Parker sunglasses come with 100% UV protection, which means that they will block all UVA and UVB rays from the sun. 

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Warby Parker highlights its New Classics collection, which includes styles that can be purchased as optical frames or sunglasses. | Photo Credit: Warby Parker

Vision Needs

Everyone’s vision needs are different, and if you have glasses, you can’t exactly put on a pair of sunglasses over the glasses you have. To solve this predicament, Warby Parker offers sunglasses with the function of glasses built-in. They offer four types of lenses, which include :

  • Non-Prescription: This is for the fortunate who were not born with vision defects, including nearsightedness, myopia, and farsightedness. If your eyesight is satisfactory without any glasses or correction typically, this is the option for you. Best of all, you don’t need to pay extra money for non-prescription sunglasses. 
  • Single-Vision: Single-vision lenses are exactly what they sound like; they offer one field of correction. They can help people with one type of vision problem to see better, but not both. For example, if you’re both nearsighted and farsighted, you won’t be able to purchase single-vision lenses, but if you are just nearsighted, single-vision lenses are the best option. 
  • Progressives: Progressive lenses are meant for those with more than one vision issue. For many, the need for a progressive lens increases with age, and by forty, some will need both reading and distance glasses. Progressive lenses combine both, but they are slightly pricier, starting at $375. 
  • Reader: If you usually require reading glasses, reading glasses are for you. No prescription is necessary if you’re choosing readers, and they start at $175. They will magnify your prescription up to +2.75!

Lens Materials

  • CR-39: CR-39, which stands for Columbia Resin #39, is the baseline polymer that all Warby-Parker sunglasses come with for no extra fee. It has the highest abrasion resistance of any uncoated optical plastic and can be dyed with an extensive range of colors, making it an ideal choice for sunglasses. It has half the weight of glass.
  • Polycarbonate: Lightweight and impact-resistant, polycarbonates are the most popular option for Warby Parker’s prescription sunglasses. You’ll have to pay an extra fee to upgrade to polycarbonate sunglasses for non-prescription sunglasses. Compared to CR-39, polycarbonates have a lower scratch resistance, but a hard coating is usually applied to polycarbonate lenses to prevent abrasions from forming.
  • 1.67 High-Index: Considering that Warby Parker also sells sunglasses for those with a strong prescription, 1.67 High-index lenses are 20% thinner than polycarbonate lenses. They are a good choice for those with a stronger prescription than 4- or 4+ to reduce the bulk of the lenses. These 1.67 High-index lenses cost an additional $120.
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Toddy Warby Parker sunglasses in azure crystal with oak barrel. | Photo Credit: Warby Parker

Home Try-on

Warby Parker has a free home try-on program where you’re able to choose five frames of your liking and trial them for five days to see which ones you prefer. Once the five days are up and you’ve chosen your favorite, you can return the frames in the mail and purchase your frame of choice online.

It’s strongly recommended that you attempt the home try-on before you purchase your lenses, as what looks good online might not look good in real life. If you’re confident that you know the frame that you want and want to skip the home try-on, you can also download the Warby-Parker app to try on their sunglasses for free using the latest technology.

Turn your camera on and use the app’s filters to see which one suits you best. If you like the way something looks, you can purchase it directly from the app. We hope this guide assisted you in finding the perfect Warby Parker sunglasses for your style and needs.

If you’re ordering for someone else as a gift, you should attempt to determine whether they usually wear prescription glasses and their vision needs before purchasing the best fit. Have fun shopping!


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