written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message kaenon type privately held company founded 2001 founder steve & darren rosenberg headquarters newport beach california u.s. products sunglasses sunglasses accessories website kaenon.com kaenon is a luxury performance eyewear brand based in newport beach ca. 1 the company was founded in 2001 by elite sailors and brothers steve and darren rosenberg . specializing in performance sunglasses all kaenon polarized sunglasses feature the company s proprietary sr 91 polarized lens material . contents 1 sunglass line 2 lens construction 2.1 sr 91 material 2.2 glare 86 polarizing element 3 industry reception 4 references 5 external links sunglass line edit a general aviation pilot wearing kaenon polarized variant v6 sunglasses the kaenon sunglass line features three categories luxury performance lifestyle performance and kore performance . both metal alloy and tr 90 frames are offered and are manufactured in italy . since the brand manufactures functional sunglasses the majority of frames offered feature an 8 base curve radius . they have recently added many 6 base curve radius styles to their product lineup . lens construction edit sr 91 material edit this resin based lens material was created by kaenon . sr 91 was certified by colts laboratories and received a score of 40 lines of resolution the highest score offered by the facility for optical clarity and acuity 20 is a passing score ; anything beyond 40 is undetectable to the human eye . 2 sr 91 was the first non polycarbonate material to pass the high mass impact ansi z. 87.1 testing 3 and was the first to combine this passing score with the highest marks for clarity . the proprietary material is used only by kaenon polarized and is found in every pair of sunglasses offered by the brand . glare 86 polarizing element edit sr 91 is combined with another proprietary polarizing element glare 86 . the film is 30 m thin and was engineered to work inside the sr 91 material . the molecules in the glare 86 polarizing element run in parallel horizontal lines and act as a filter to block glare . manufacturing processes encapsulate the glare 86 film into the sr 91 lens material . glare 86 also houses the tints and prescribed light transmission levels in each lens . 4 industry reception edit there has been a positive reception by the sporting and eyewear industry regarding kaenon sunglasses and sr 91 polarized lenses . for example the gear junkie reviewed the kanvas style in 2010 and said if you re gon na drop some money on gear there s a lot to be said for paying a little bit more on your optics . 5 golftipsmag.com featured kaenon hard kore in their 2011 buyer s guide . 6 outside magazine also included the frame style in their 2011 summer buyer s guide giving it their second highest rating among sunglass submission considering value performance and look . 7 references edit malakye . 1 kaenon polarized 2008 accessed june 28 2011 colts laboratories . 2 catalog . march 8 2011 accessed june 27 2011 . pech optical . 3 lenses . 2008 accessed june 28 2011 . kaenon polarized . 4 lens composition 2011 accessed on july 5 2011 . krcmar stephen . 5 review kaenon sunglasses march 28 2010 accessed june 30 2010 . golftipsmag.com . 6 eyewear march 18 2011 accessed june 30 2011 . steere mike . 7 kaenon hard kore june 6 2011 accessed june 30 2011 external links edit kaenon.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kaenon polarized & oldid 686987240 categories eyewear brandssunglasseshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from june 2013all articles with a promotional tonearticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 october 2015 at 16 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view