Purpose: The widest light-adapting range available in a prescription lens — built for athletes who can't afford to swap eyewear mid-mission. Your Rx stays with you from pre-dawn darkness through blinding alpine summits, so you're never choosing between clear vision and the right tint.

Best For: Backcountry skiing, ski mountaineering, high-alpine climbing, long-distance cycling, and multi-day expeditions where light swings are dramatic and stopping to change glasses isn't an option.

Purpose: The most versatile prescription photochromic option in the lineup — and the fastest to react when light shifts from low to bright. For Rx wearers who want one pair that handles everything, this is it. Available in the widest range of colors so you don't have to compromise on style or optics.

Best For: All-day resort skiing, trail running, mountain biking, road cycling, and everyday outdoor use where conditions change throughout the day and your prescription needs to keep up.

Purpose: For prescription wearers who spend most of their time in high-glare, high-altitude environments, this lens delivers maximum darkening speed and optical precision right when you need it most. You get full corrective clarity without sacrificing eye protection where the sun hits hardest.

Best For: Glacier travel, mountaineering, spring skiing, desert expeditions, and water-based adventures — anywhere reflective surfaces and intense UV make standard Rx sunwear fall short.

Purpose: Polarized Rx lenses eliminate the reflected glare that makes visual detail hard to read — off snow, water, rock, and pavement. For prescription wearers, polarization isn't just comfort, it's sharper, more accurate vision in the exact conditions where your eyes work hardest.

Pair With REACTIV Rx: Add photochromic adaptation to your polarized prescription and you have a lens that actively manages both glare and changing light — no compromises, no lens swaps.

Best For: Water sports, alpine skiing, glacier travel, road cycling, paddling, and any bright day where glare compounds the challenge of seeing clearly with corrected vision.

Purpose: High Contrast Rx lenses sharpen the difference between light and shadow, making terrain, texture, and obstacles easier to read — even in flat or mixed light. For prescription wearers navigating technical terrain, this is the difference between reacting in time and getting caught off guard.

Pair With REACTIV Rx: Combine High Contrast with photochromic Rx for precision vision through every light transition — your prescription adapts with you from shaded forest to open ridgeline.

Best For: Mountain biking, trail running, variable-light skiing, technical alpine routes, and any environment where shadow and light shift constantly and your eyes need every advantage.

Purpose: Light Amplifier Rx lenses brighten your corrected view in low-light, overcast, and stormy conditions — keeping detail sharp when your surroundings go flat. For Rx wearers, this means your prescription is optimized for the moments when reduced light makes seeing clearly most critical.

Pair With REACTIV Rx: Paired with photochromic Rx technology, Light Amplifier ensures you're seeing clearly from the first step of a pre-dawn start to the final descent at dusk — all through a single, corrected lens.

Best For: Early-morning starts, storm skiing, dusk missions, night trail runs, and any low-light alpine push where your prescription needs to perform as hard as you do.

No. Once a prescription order has been submitted, it enters our production queue and cannot be edited, modified, or canceled. We strongly recommend carefully reviewing your prescription values, frame selection, and lens choice before submitting your order.

Once your prescription order is submitted, the typical turnaround time is about 5–8 weeks. This timeframe includes production at the lab in France, international shipping to the U.S., and final quality inspection before shipment. After the order reaches the U.S. warehouse, it is shipped to you via FedEx with 3-day delivery. You’ll receive tracking information once your order ships from our warehouse.

Prescription orders from the Julbo RX Lab cannot be expedited beyond the standard process. Because these are custom-made lenses produced in France, the timeline is driven by lab fabrication and international shipping; the only expedited portion is the included 3-day FedEx delivery after the product arrives in the U.S. warehouse.

All Julbo Rx lenses must be fitted into a new frame at our Lab in Jura, France and thus, we do not sell spare prescription lenses to put into a preexisting pair of Julbos. A big part of the process is ensuring a precise fit of the lens into the frame. However, there is no cost associated with the new frame!

We understand that trying on frames before purchasing can be important, and we apologize for any inconvenience this change may cause. We recommend visiting a local dealer using our store locator here: https://julbo.us/pages/store-locator. If you have a nearby REI, they typically carry the widest selection of frames to try on in person.

If visiting a dealer isn’t an option, you are welcome to place an order directly through our website and process our return. You can find our non-Rx return policy linked here. 

Additionally, you can email our customer service team at info@julbousa.com to  let us know what activities you participate in, along with any frames or lenses you’re considering, our customer service team would be happy to help narrow down the best options for your needs.