PERFORMANCE EYEWEAR
SHOOTING SPORTS Vincent Hancock U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Pilla is trusted by more World Champion shooters than any other performance eyewear. Maybe it’s time you took a look into their world. Pilla Performance Eyewear, Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast.
Technical Vision Providers For the Sports Enthusiast
SEE THE ADVANTAGE
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S PRO LINE Outlaw
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Tomcat
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Panther Pro
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Puma Pro
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Sebring Pro
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Hornet Pro
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SPORT LINE Hawk Sport
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Merlin Sport
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Cougar Sport
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SPECIALTY FRAMES Maverick
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Executive
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Corsa
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Blade
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Dino
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“Thank you for your interest in the finest high definition sports eyewear on the market. Pilla Performance Eyewear is designed to deliver one thing... Unmatched Performance. We believe Pilla provides a clear advantage in shooting sports and many other sports enjoyed by the outdoor sportsman. From Hunting to Fishing, and Golf to Equestrian, we deliver high definition vision without compromising materials or technology. Pilla continually strives to deliver superior optical performance by applying science to sport. We provide the enthusiast with a piece of equipment capable of delivering significant results through our state-of-the-art optical performance. Our Ballistx lenses produce crystal clear vision using a bullet-proof material. We engineer our products to deliver and refuse to accept anything less than the very best possible performance. We believe seeing better means performing better and we invite you to experience the difference. We are proud to have received awards of excellence for our products from the editors and field staff of both Gray’s Sporting Journal and Sporting Classics magazines. We are also humbled by the many World Champions, Olympians, and professionals who wear Pilla Performance Eyewear as well as those who choose our lenses to improve their personal performance. We thank you for the opportunity to fit you with our performance eyewear. Please do not hesitate to contact me personally with any questions or comments.” Philip Pilla, Chief Executive Officer, Pilla, Inc. philip@pillasport.com
SPECIFICS Manufacturing Facts
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Lens Formulations
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Pilla, Inc. • 35 Danbury Road • Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA • 203.894.3265
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The Choice of Champions Our lens science is used by more World Champion shotgun shooters than any other brand. Shooting Sports athletes require the most visually accurate lens technologies available to perform at their maximum potential. Seeing better means performing better. Pilla is worn by over 90% of the top professional sporting clays shooters in the world. Our lens technologies provide athletes with an unfair advantage. Pilla Light Management Technology: The key to our lens technology is based on regulation of the proper amount of light into the eye while harnessing our high definition color enhancement technology for maximum athletic performance. Regulation of light into the eye for sport is critical and often neglected by professionals. When too much light is delivered to the eye the result is a necessity to squint or retard the light. This reaction has two significant effects on eye performance and ultimately on the athlete; 1. Eye fatigue 2. Lack of focal ability of the eye. Eye fatigue is a key contributor to the loss of crisp eye/hand coordination. When the eye is strained through either squinting to reduce bright light into the eye or straining for light, meaning not enough light to the eye, the result is a quick loss of focus and sharp vision.
“Pilla provides a shooter with an unfair advantage.”
— George Digweed
The obvious result in sport is not acceptable to the athlete. An athlete diligently works on training for endurance, stamina, strength, and routinely trains for perfection in their chosen passion through practice. This commitment to performance is compromised all too often by neglecting eye potential. Pilla is committed to providing athletes with technical solutions for maximum performance of the eye. We have developed very specific lens formulations for application to your passion.
16-Time World Champion
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Philip Pilla CEO and Chief Designer
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OUTLAW
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
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THE PILLA OUTLAW with Pilla HDX Anti-Reflective Lenses
PILLA PRO LINE The Outlaw The Outlaw is the most advanced, technical, interchangeable pair of sports glasses on the market. Every set comes equipped with the new HDX Anti-Reflective lenses. The Rubber Sweat Bar with built in ventilation circulates air around the lens while keeping the backside of the lens off the forehead to reduce smudging. Possibly the most comfortable design from Pilla to date, the Outlaw is less than 1 oz. and distributes the weight evenly throughout the system, so you’ll feel like you are not even wearing eyewear.
The Outlaw is the most advanced, technical, interchangeable pair of sports glasses on the market.
EXTREME PERFORMANCE USAGE: Sporting Clays/Skeet/Trap • This system is perfect for the serious shooter (40 plus days a year) whose primary usage is to shoot clays. • This Outlaw’s frame utilizes state of the art materials for maximum performance. Frame Overview • The Outlaw is the most technical sport Spex on the market and uses state of the art carbon fiber materials. The visual experience is unmatched in the directive to allow the eyes to be unobstructed for maximum visual acquisition.
The Carbon Fiber Fork Temple is a proprietary patented design providing perfect molding of the head while reducing any discomfort felt with traditional designs. Its longer than traditional design provides a cradle effect. Frame Advantages: Outlaw boasts the fastest lens changing system available. The Carbon Fiber Design drastically reduces frame weight – making it our lightest yet. The Snap System prevents any finger prints on the lenses when changing. Nose Piece Outlaw ships with the Crystal Saddle
3 Lens Kit Starting at $799 The Choice of Champions Look Into Their World
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Shown above: The Outlaw in Carbon Fiber
Medium to X-Large Heads
OUTLAW
LENS KITS The Outlaw
The Patented Carbon Fiber Fork Temple Arm provides complete reduction and even distribution of weight.
Plano Standard HDX: 15, 25, 40 – Great all around Clay Shooting Kit – Better for Shooting in climates where more sunny conditions exist. Plano Max Orange HDX Kit: 3 Lens Kit 20, 40, 65 – For the Serious Clay Shooter looking for 600% boost in orange color registration 5 Lens Kit 20, 40, 65, 80, 99
Snap System – 2 snaps for quick change of lens
Fork Temple Arm cradles the head
Skeet/Trap Kit: 25, 50, 85 – A special series of lenses for high resolution acquisition of targets being presented in medium range of distance found in these two disciplines. Vented Sweat Bar
Hunting Kit: Varia 25, Varia 65 – This is a serious performance kit for the field. Both lenses provide maximum visual comfort in all lighting conditions. Both lenses automatically regulate from a light state to a dark state depending on the lighting condition. Varia 25 For Clouds to Full Sun, Varia 65 For Low Light to Overcast.
Air Flow
AVAILABLE COLORS Carbon Fiber Tracer Frame adds to the strength of the frame with minimal weight and visual interruption
Crystal Saddle – Extremely soft nose with excellent grip
Frame weight less than 1 oz.
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TOMCAT
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
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THE PILLA TOMCAT with Pilla HDX Anti-Reflective Lenses
PILLA PRO LINE The Tomcat Like the Outlaw, Tomcat weighs in at well under an ounce and distributes it evenly so you feel like you aren’t even wearing eyewear. The lenses are interchangeable and the nose is adjustable. The Carbon Fiber Fork Temple is a proprietary patented design providing perfect molding of the head while reducing any discomfort felt with traditional designs. It is longer than traditional designs to provide a cradle effect for the eyewear. Lenses are interchangeable with our patented lens anchor technology. A bolt is threaded into the lens and hooks onto two places on the frame, so changing is very easy and no tools are required. Frame Options Tomcat is fully moldable in the temple and nose.
HIGH PERFORMANCE – MULTI USE USAGE: Sporting Clays/Skeet/Hunting • Perfect for the serious clays shooter looking for a pair of Spex to perform on the range and also be extremely cutting edge in it’s design. • Complete Prescription Lens Capability – Not an insert but a full Ballistx lens. Wide range of corrective options. Frame Overview • The Tomcat was designed for the sportsman that is looking for state of the art technical design in a stylish cutting edge frame. The frame is extremely light in weight as a result of the use of carbon fiber, the same material used in the construction of a Formula One Race car. The lenses are completely interchangeable, using our proprietary lens anchor system. They are easily changed to maximize performance in any lighting condition.
Frame Advantages Lenses slide into frame through a proprietary lens anchor system, making them very easy to change. The narrow distance between lenses causes no visual interruption through the middle of the bridge area and it has fully moldable temple arms & a fully moldable nose. Nose Piece Crystal Saddle
3 Lens Kit Starting at $699 The Choice of Champions Look Into Their World
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Shown above: The Tomcat in Carbon Fiber
Medium to Large Heads
Available
The Lens Anchor system provides perfect fit without the possibility of the lens becoming loose. The Ballistx HDX lenses can drill the lens without risk of cracking, allowing us to thread a bolt directly into the lens. This bolt then slides into a channel on the frame for a tight secure fit.
Patented Carbon Fiber Fork Temple Arm – Complete reduction of weight
The Tomcat Plano: 5 Lens or 3 Lens Kit Rx: 5 Lens Kit or 3 Lens Kit (Rx kits customer can choose lens formulations to include in kit) Hunting Kits are a 2 lens Kit using transitioning lenses from dark to light. Plano Standard HDX: 15, 25, 40, 55, 99 – Great all around sportsman kit – This kit is fantastic for the shooter who not only participates in clay shooting but also hunts. 3 Lens Kit 15, 25, 40 Plano Max Orange HDX Kit: 20, 40, 65, 80, 99 – For the Serious Clay Shooter looking for 600% boost in orange color registration Skeet/Trap Kit: 25R, 50R, 65, 85M, 99 – A special series of lenses for high resolution acquisition of targets in medium range of distance found in these two disciplines. Hunting Kit: Varia 25, Varia 65 – This is a serious performance kit for the field. Both lenses provide maximum visual comfort in all lighting conditions. Both lenses automatically regulate from a light state to a dark state depending on the lighting condition. Varia 25 For Clouds to Full Sun, Varia 65 For Low Light to Overcast.
AVAILABLE COLORS Carbon Fiber
TOMCAT
LENS KITS
Fork Temple Arm cradles the head
Standard HDX 15% LTM - Bright Sun 25% LTM - Clouds 40% LTM - Low Light 55% LTM - Ultra Low Light 99% LTM - Under the Lights
Frame weight less than 1 oz. 3-Position Adjustable Nose – 9mm of adjustment available Super-Thin Galvanized Frame Architecture 1. 2.
Quickly change the lens with ease. Slide the lens into the bridge anchor (1.) and rotate the lens into the temple anchor (2.)
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PANTHER
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
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THE PILLA HDX ANTI-REFLECTIVE PANTHER PRO
PILLA PRO LINE Panther Pro Changing lenses is a snap with the Panther Pro. Pilla’s patented ‘Snap Tec System’ allows a shooter to quickly respond to changes in lighting conditions by swapping lenses in literally just a matter of seconds. The system is designed to eliminate visual interruption of the site picture, employing a minimal nose piece to maximize the window of vision. The fully adjustable temple arm makes the Panther a perfect fit for almost everyone. Nose Piece Panther Pro ships with the Standard Nose Yoke. Saddle option is available.
Panther Post Pro
EXTREME PERFORMANCE USAGE: Sporting Clays/Hunting • Perfect for the serious shooter (40 plus days a year). • Provides maximum peripheral vision. • Rx Compatible with Panther Post Version through use of Rx Insert – Rx insert specifically designed for perfect unobstructed vision in the top register of the Rx lens.
Pilla’s patented Ratch-Tec system makes the nose on the Panther Post Pro fully adjustable, with 5 positions of adjustment raising and lowering the frame 10mm. Like the Panther Pro, it also features a fully adjustable temple. Nose Piece The Panther Post Pro comes standard with a crystal nose yoke but other options can be special ordered.
• Why Rx insert? This is a perfect solution for an individual who has corrective changes more frequently. As your prescription needs change, the only change needed is Rx lens and you still have full use of the light management system lenses. Frame Overview • Designed for shotgun legend George Digweed. •#1 Competitive Frame in the world. • Wrap around ear piece – For perfect hold of spex under recoil. The ear piece is completely made of rubber so there is no pain behind the ear. Competitor’s product on the market uses metal in the ear wrap which is hard and causes pain. Anthony Matarese 13-Time 1st Team All-American
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Shown above: The Panther Pro in Pewter
3 Lens Kit Starting at $549 Small to X-Large Heads
Available
The Panther Pro The Panther Post Pro Plano Standard HDX: 3 Lens Kit 15, 25, 40 – Great all around Clay Shooting Kit – Better for Shooting in climates where more sunny conditions exist. 5 Lens Kit 15, 25, 40, 55, 99
The Panther features fully adjustable temple arms with 20mm of adjustment in 5mm increments.
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Plano Max Orange HDX Kit: 3 Lens Kit 20, 40, 65 – For the Serious Clay Shooter looking for 600% boost in orange color registration 5 Lens Kit 20, 40, 65, 80, 99
Pop Off and Pop On: Each shield has 3 easy snaps using Pilla Patented Snap Tec System.
The Post System allows for maximum vertical adjustment.
The New Panther HDX Lens: Perfect 100% Distortion-Free Optics, Vibrant Color Enhancement Made of a Bullet-Proof Lens material
Skeet/Trap Kit: 3 Lens Kit 25R, 50R, 85G – A special series of lenses for high resolution acquisition of targets being presented in a medium range of distance found in these two disciplines. 5 Lens Kit 25R, 50R, 65G, 85G, 99
“Pilla HDX Ballistx Lenses provide a shooter with an unfair advantage. Simply a brilliant technology.” — G EORGE D IGWEED
Hunting Kit: 2 Lens Kit Varia 25, Varia 65 – This is a serious performance kit for the field. Both lenses provide maximum visual comfort in all lighting conditions. Both lenses automatically regulate from a light state to a dark state depending on the lighting condition. Varia 25 For Clouds to Full Sun, Varia 65 For Low Light to Overcast.
15% LTM – Bright Sun 25% LTM – Clouds 40% LTM – Low Light 65% LTM – Ultra Low Light 99% LTM – Under the Lights
Panther sold as a kit with 3 HDX Ballistx shields or 5 lenses The Panther Post Pro comes standard with a Crystal Nose Yoke...other options can be special ordered.
Panther Prescription Options: • SINGLE VISION • Bi-FOCALS • TRI-FOCALS • PROGRESSIVE
AVAILABLE COLORS Black Espresso Pewter
PANTHER
LENS KITS
YOKE
TWIN
SADDLE
The Pilla nose bridges are extremely small by design, providing no interruption of vision.
Our Patented Ratch Tec “Ball Stop” secures the adjustable temple arm to maintain stability.
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The Rx insert slides directly into the post on the Panther frame.
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PUMA
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
PILLA PRO LINE
NEW!
The Puma Pro
THE PILLA HDX ANTI-REFLECTIVE PUMA PRO
The Puma Pro frame offers an oversized site picture in the middle of the lens over the nose without visual interruption. The height of the lens allows a shooter to get extremely deep into the stock. Because of the innovative temple attachment, the front bar can easily be removed so that the fully adjustable temple can be attached to another lens. All Puma models include blinders that meets the international standard. The frame can be used with or without the blinder, which is attached by way of a snap. Nose Piece Panther Pro ships with the Standard Nose Yoke. Saddle option is available.
The Puma Post Pro With 5 positions spanning 10mm, the Puma Post Pro provides significant vertical adjustment of the frame. It’s a perfect option for trap shooters because there is absolutely no visual interference. Like the Puma Pro, it uses a fully adjustable temple arm with 5 positions and 20mm of adjustment.
EXTREME PERFORMANCE USAGE: Sporting/Trap/Skeet • Designed for the serious sporting/trap/skeet shooter (shooting 40 plus days a year). • Perfect for clay shooters.
Nose Piece Panther Post Pro ships with the Standard Nose and Twin Bridge but other options are available.
Frame Overview • Pilla’s most generous lens size for maximum visual target acquisition, the front of the frame was removed allowing perfect visual registration of the target when getting deep into the stock. Targets flying at angles from the house are easily acquired without any visual interference.
Panther Pro ships with the Standard Nose and Crystal Saddle.
• Rx Compatible with Puma Post Version through use of Rx Insert – Rx insert specifically designed for perfect unobstructed vision in the top register of the Rx lens. • Why Rx insert? This is a perfect solution for an individual who has corrective changes more frequently. As your prescription needs change, the only change needed is the Rx lens and you still have full use of the light management system lenses.
3 Lens Kit Starting at $599 Shown above: The Puma Post Pro in Espresso
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George Digweed 16-Time World Champion
Medium to X-Large Heads
Available
No front bar of frame for maximum visual experience
The Puma Pro The Puma Post Pro Plano Standard HDX: 3 Lens Kit 15, 25, 40 – Great all around Clay Shooting Kit – Better for Shooting in climates where more sunny conditions exist. 5 Lens Kit 15, 25, 40, 55, 99 Plano Max Orange HDX Kit: 3 Lens Kit 20, 40, 65 – For the Serious Clay Shooter looking for 600% boost in orange color registration 5 Lens Kit 20, 40, 65, 80, 99
Max Orange HDX 3 Lens Kit – 2 Frames/3 Shields
Fully adjustable 5-position bridge to accomodate all shooting postures.
All Puma models include trap blinders that can be attached by way of a snap.
Standard HDX 5 Lens Kit – 2 Frames/5 Shields
Skeet/Trap Kit: 3 Lens Kit 25R, 50R, 85M – A special series of lenses for high resolution acquisition of targets being presented in a medium range of distance found in these two disciplines. 5 Lens Kit 25R, 50R, 65G, 85G, 99
Lens snaps to frame
Temple Close-up
Hunting Kit: 2 Lens Kit Varia 25, Varia 65 – This is a serious performance kit for the field. Both lenses provide maximum visual comfort in all lighting conditions. Both lenses automatically regulate from a light state to a dark state depending on the lighting condition. Varia 25 For Clouds to Full Sun, Varia 65 For Low Light to Overcast.
5-positions provide 20mm of adjustment
Puma sold as a kit with 3 HDX Ballistx shields or 5 shields
The Puma Post Pro comes standard with a Crystal Nose Yoke... other options can be special ordered.
Every aspect of the Puma System has been engineered to perform with perfection. Every element of the design has been developed with the outdoor sportsman and hunting enthusiast in mind. We provide the very best in execution without any compromise in materials or technology.
AVAILABLE COLORS Black Espresso Pewter
PUMA
LENS KITS
YOKE
TWIN
SADDLE
The Pilla nose bridges are extremely small by design, providing no interruption of vision.
300 lb. Spring Hinge with accessory blinder attachment
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Our Patented Ratch Tec “Ball Stop” is a highly technical design providing secure adjustment of the temple arm.
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SEBRING
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
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THE PILLA HDX ANTI-REFLECTIVE SEBRING PRO
All lenses are interchangeable with our patented lens anchor technology. A bolt is threaded into the lens and hooks onto two places on the frame. Changing is very easy and no tools are required.
The Sebring uses a fully adjustable temple arm with 5 positions providing 20mm of total adjustment. Frame Options Sebring Pro & Sebring 8 – Fully adjustable in the temple and nose.
HIGH PERFORMANCE – MULTI USE USAGE: Sporting Clays/Trap/Hunting
Frame Advantages Narrow DBL (Distance Between Lenses) – No visual interruption through the middle of the bridge area. Metal Design for maximum longevity
• Perfect for a dedicated clays shooter looking for a pair of Spex to perform on the range and also in the field for general use.
50/50 Weight Distribution
• Designed for universal application.
Wrap around ear piece – For perfect hold of spex under recoil. The Sebring Pro’s ear piece is completely made of rubber so there is no pain behind the ear. Competitive product on the market uses metal in the ear wrap which is hard and causes pain.
• Complete Prescription Lens Capability – Not an insert but a full Ballistx lens. Frame Overview • The Sebring has the premier design in the industry for interchangeable lenses, using an easy changing system and a secure attachment to the frame. Competitors’ frame designs have tabs that hold lenses in the frames, causing them to be become loose over and time and making the process of changing lenses difficult. Because the Pilla lens is so strong, a bolt can be drilled directly into the lens without cracking or compromise. With over 50,000 lenses in the field in this design, Pilla has never received a cracked lens back. • The Sebring is our #1 prescriptive pair of Spex. Prescription Lenses are full lenses with no insert.
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The Sebring Pro
Pilla’s patented Ratch-Tec system allows for 3 positions of adjustment on the nose, raising and lowering the frame 6mm.
Wide range of corrective options.
The Choice of Champions Look Into Their World
PILLA PRO LINE
Shown above: The Sebring Pro in Pewter
Integrated Sweat bar in Sebring G2
Nose Offered Crystal Saddle or Twin Bridge
3 Lens Kit Starting at $429 Small to X-Large Heads
Available
The Sebring Pro All kits use HDX Pro lenses. Plano 3 Lens Kit, Plano 5 Lens Kit, Rx Kits in either a 3 Lens or 5 Lens Kit (Rx kits customer can choose lens formulations to include in kit)
Standard HDX 3 Lens Kit – 1 Frame/3 Pair Lenses
Max Orange HDX 5 Lens Kit – 1 Frame/5 Pair Lenses
Hunting Kits are a 2 lens Kit using automatic variable lenses from dark to light. The Sebring Kit is offered with a complete Pilla Ballistx Light Management system optimized for any lighting condition. 5 lenses total.
Plano Standard HDX: 15, 25, 40, 55, 99 – Great all around sportsman kit – This kit is fantastic for the shooter who not only participates in clay shooting but also hunts. 3 Lens Kit 15, 25, 40 Plano Max Orange HDX Kit: 20, 40, 65, 80, 99 – For the Serious Clay Shooter looking for 600% boost in orange color registration 3 Lens Kit 20, 40, 65
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Skeet/Trap Kit: 25R, 50R, 65G, 85G, 99 – A special series of lenses for high resolution acquisition of targets being presented in medium range of distance found in these two disciplines. 3 Lens Kit 25R, 50R, 65G Hunting Kit: Varia 25, Varia 65 – This is a serious performance kit for the field. Both lenses provide maximum visual comfort in all lighting conditions. Both lenses automatically regulate from a light state to a dark state depending on the lighting condition. Varia 25 For Clouds to Full Sun, Varia 65 For Low Light to Overcast.
AVAILABLE COLORS Espresso Pewter
Quickly change the lens with ease. Slide the lens into the bridge anchor (1.) and rotate the lens into the temple anchor (2.)
Standard HDX 15% LTM - Bright Sun 25% LTM - Clouds 40% LTM - Low Light 55% LTM - Ultra Low Light 99% LTM - Under the Lights
SEBRING
LENS KITS
THE SEBRING LENS ANCHOR™ SYSTEM
This patented system was designed to overcome two major issues present in all frames that offer lens interchangeability...
The Sebring Adjustable Bridge - 3 Positions with up to 6mm of adjustment using our patented ratch tec system.
The Sebring is Fully Adjustable temple arms have 20mm of adjustment in 5mm increments.
1. COMPETITORS POSTS BEND AND CREATE FIT PROBLEMS FOR LENSES. Over time, this becomes a bigger problem as lenses will not fit securely in the frame. Pilla created the “lens anchor” system to provide perfect fit without the possibility of the lens becoming loose. Since we use our exclusive Ballistx HDX lenses, which are made of a bullet-proof material, we can drill the lens without risk of cracking, allowing us to thread a bolt directly into the lens. This bolt then slides into a channel on the frame for a tight secure fit.
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2. CHANGING A LENS IS TYPICALLY VERY DIFFICULT. Pilla’s patented “Lens Anchor” allows the user to quickly and easily change the lens.
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HORNET
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
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PILLA PRO LINE
THE PILLA HDX ANTI-REFLECTIVE HORNET PRO
The Hornet Pro The Hornet Pro has a uniquely shaped lens “Tab” for additional protection from stray light and shot. Additionally, the extended wrap protects from the wind and reduces eye tearing. The straight temple can be manually adjusted to bend to the shape of the head, if needed, for maximum comfort. This clever design features minimal distance between lenses and no visual interruption of the site picture through the bridge. Frame Advantages Lenses are easy to change with the Hornet Pro, they slide right into the frame through the anchor system. The extra narrow DBL (distance between lenses) allows for no visual interruption through the middle of the bridge area. Because the nose bridge is only 3mm it is completely invisible to the frame. Perfect for high house “2” and “7,” with the Hornet you’ll never lose track of the flight of the target again.
HIGH PERFORMANCE – MULTI USE USAGE: Skeet/Hunting • Perfect for the dedicated skeet shooter looking for a pair of Spex to perform on the range and in the field.
Nose Offered Standard Nose, Crystal Saddle
• Features a straight temple. (The ear piece does not wrap around the ear) • The Hornet is a frame that weighs only 1 ounce. • The Hornet is our largest two lens design using 80mm lenses to achieve a proprietary ‘Tab” wrap design. Frame Overview • The Hornet uses a straight temple, not to be confused with Pilla’s adjustable temple; there is no wrap around the ear. This provides superior comfort for all-day wear on the range or in the field. The frame uses a fixed nose that can be spread or narrowed by hand to fit a variety of nose shapes. • Prescription Lenses are full lenses with no insert. • A mild level of correction is acceptable for use in the Hornet, optimally not more than + or – 2.00.
Shown above: The Hornet Pro in Espresso
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3 Lens Kit Starting at $399 Todd Bender World Champion – .9972 HOA Average
Medium to X-Large Heads
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HORNET
LENS KITS The Hornet Pro Plano: 5 Lens or 3 Lens Kit Rx: 5 Lens Kit or 3 Lens Kit (Rx kits customer can choose lens formulations to include in kit) Hunting Kits are a 2 lens Kit using transitioning lenses from dark to light.
Max Orange HDX 3 Lens Kit – 1 Frame/3 Pair Lenses
Plano Standard HDX: 15, 25, 40, 55, 99 – Great all around sportsman kit – This kit is fantastic for the shooter who not only participates in clay shooting but also hunts. 3 Lens Kit 15, 25, 40
Frame perfectly balanced between nose and ear with a 50/50 weight distribution.
Standard HDX 5 Lens Kit – 1 Frame/5 Pair Lenses
The Hornet Kit is offered with a complete Pilla Ballistx Light Management system optimized for any lighting condition. 5 lenses total.
Plano Max Orange HDX Kit: 20, 40, 65, 80, 99 – For the Serious Clay Shooter looking for 600% boost in orange color registration 3 Lens Kit 20, 40, 65 Skeet/Trap Kit: 25R, 50R, 65G, 85G, 99 – A special series of lenses for high resolution acquisition of targets being presented in medium range of distance found in these two disciplines. 3 Lens Kit 25R, 50R, 65G
Exclusive Tab Wrap
Temple tip can be molded to the shape of the head.
Hunting Kit: Varia 25, Varia 65 – This is a serious performance kit for the field. Both lenses provide maximum visual comfort in all lighting conditions. Both lenses automatically regulates from a light state to a dark state depending on the lighting condition. Varia 25 For Clouds to Full Sun, Varia 65 For Low Light to Overcast.
AVAILABLE COLORS Espresso Pewter
Standard HDX 15% LTM - Bright Sun 25% LTM - Clouds 40% LTM - Low Light 55% LTM - Ultra Low Light 99% LTM - Under the Lights The Hornet Pro hinge – Heavy Duty Spring Loaded hinge.
The Hornet Pro lens anchors.
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A super close-up of the bolt which is threaded into the Ballistx lens.
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HAWK
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
NEW!
THE PILLA HAWK with Pilla Sport Lenses
PILLA SPORT LINE The Hawk Changing lenses is a snap with the Panther Pro. Pilla’s patented ‘Snap Tec System’ allows a shooter to quickly respond to changes in lighting conditions by swapping lenses in literally just a matter of seconds. A minimal nose is used to provide superior performance. Additionally, the amount of lens above the nose offers a window for vision. Hawk features a supple, silicone, Crystal nose for minimal visual interference. Nose Piece Crystal Yoke
HIGH PERFORMANCE – MULTI USE USAGE: Sporting Clays/Skeet/Hunting • The Pilla Hawk is fit with our new Pilla HD Ballistx Sport lenses. Our exclusive high definition lens technology amplifies and enhances color while boosting contrast. Our HD Ballistx collection is exclusively fit to the Pilla Sport collection of eyewear for shooting enthusiasts. It’s a simple system for choosing the right lens for various lighting conditions. This combination of lens technology and light management translates to a competitive advantage. • Pilla uses a proprietary high definition technology called ColorTrast™ in our HD Ballistx lenses: both prescription and nonprescription. The technology intensifies color and increases contrast to produce sharp detail and color registration. Combined with our Ballistx lens material, we achieve industry leading crystal clear optics with significant impact performance for shooting sports.
3 Lens Kit Starting at $299 The Choice of Champions Look Into Their World
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Shown above: The Hawk in Gloss Black
Medium to Large Heads
The Hawk
The New Hawk Sport Lens: Perfect 100% Distortion-Free Optics, Vibrant Color Enhancement Made of a Bullet-Proof Lens material
3 Lens Kit — Kit comes with 1 frame and 3 shields. Lenses are interchangeable using the Pilla Snap Tec system. 25% SB LTM – A full sun lens that is a very balanced and easily worn all day long for shooting clays or live birds in the field. 50% SR LTM – A perfect lens for overcast conditions. It’s formulated to enhance higher wavelengths of the visual spectrum to brighten the site picture in flatter lighting conditions. 75% SO LTM – Our low light lens technology concentrates on introducing increased contrast and brightens the site picture. The lens elevates orange when shooting in extremely flat or dark lighting conditions.
Pop Off and Pop On Each shield has 3 easy snaps using Pilla Patented Snap Tec System.
25% SB LTM (Sport Brown) Full Sun
3 Lens Kit — Kit comes with 1 frame and 3 shields
HAWK
LENS KITS
50% SR LTM (Sport Red) Overcast
AVAILABLE COLORS Black
75% S0 LTM (Sport Orange) Low Light
The Pilla Crystal Yoke Bridge is extremely small by design. This provides no interruption of the nose bridge affecting vision in the middle of the sight picture.
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MERLIN
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
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THE PILLA MERLIN with Pilla Sport Lenses
PILLA SPORT LINE The Merlin The Merlin’s frame is extra light weight at less than 1 oz. and completely disappears with all day wear in the field, or on the shooting ground, causing no bridge pain. It features a large lens designed to ride higher on the face with no visual interruption in the sight picture. The lenses are easily interchangeable, and with our patented lens anchor technology no tools are required. A bolt is threaded into the lens and hooks onto two places on the frame. Nose Piece Ships with the Crystal Saddle
HIGH PERFORMANCE – MULTI USE USAGE: Sporting Clays/Skeet/Hunting • The Pilla Merlin is fit with our new Pilla HD Ballistx Sport lenses. Our exclusive high definition lens technology amplifies and enhances color while boosting contrast. Our HD Ballistx collection is exclusively fit to the Pilla Sport collection of eyewear for shooting enthusiasts. It’s a simple system for choosing the right lens for various lighting conditions. This combination of lens technology and light management translates to a competitive advantage. • Pilla uses a proprietary high definition technology called ColorTrast™ in our HD Ballistx lenses: both prescription and nonprescription. The technology intensifies color and increases contrast to produce sharp detail and color registration. Combined with our Ballistx lens material, we achieve industry leading crystal clear optics with significant impact performance for Shooting Sports.
3 Lens Kit Starting at $249 The Choice of Champions Look Into Their World
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Shown above: The Merlin in Black
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The Merlin
The Merlin Kit is offered with a complete Pilla Ballistx Light Management system optimized for any lighting condition. The kit features 1 Frame and 3 pair of lenses.
3 Lens Kit — Kit comes with 1 frame and 3 shields. Lenses are interchangeable using the Pilla Lens Anchor system. 25% SB LTM – A full sun lens that is a very balanced and easily worn all day long for shooting clays or live birds in the field. 50% SR LTM – A perfect lens for overcast conditions. This lens is formulated to enhance higher wavelengths of the visual spectrum to brighten the site picture in flatter lighting conditions. 75% SO LTM – Our low light lens. This technology concentrates on introducing increased contrast and brightens the site picture while elevating orange when shooting in extremely flat or dark lighting conditions.
AVAILABLE COLORS Black
75% S0 LTM (Sport Orange) Low Light
Lenses are quickly interchangeable for use in multiple lighting conditions.
50% SR LTM (Sport Red) Overcast
25% SB LTM (Sport Brown) Full Sun
Quickly change the lens with ease. Slide the lens into the bridge anchor (1.) and rotate the lens into the temple anchor (2.)
MERLIN
LENS KITS
1. 2.
THE MERLIN LENS ANCHOR™ SYSTEM
This patented system was designed to overcome two major issues present in all frames that offer lens interchangeability... 1. COMPETITORS POSTS BEND AND CREATE FIT PROBLEMS FOR LENSES. Over time, this becomes a bigger problem as lenses will not fit securely in the frame. Pilla created the “lens anchor” system to provide perfect fit without the possibility of the lens becoming loose. Since we use our exclusive Ballistx Sport lenses, which are made of a bullet-proof material, we can drill the lens without risk of cracking, allowing us to thread a bolt directly into the lens. This bolt then slides into a channel on the frame for a tight secure fit.
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2. CHANGING A LENS IS TYPICALLY VERY DIFFICULT. Pilla’s patented “Lens Anchor” allows the user to quickly and easily change the lens.
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COUGAR
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
PILLA SPORT LINE
NEW!
THE PILLA COUGAR with Pilla Sport Lenses
The Cougar The Cougar features a sleek sculpted high performance frame design that has no weight to the frame, which becomes invisible to the eye as the shooter dons the glasses. The overall weight is less than an ounce. The Temple is a co-injected design with aluminum and rubber that lines the entire interior of the temple arm for maximum comfort. The Temple terminal can be manually adjusted to slide under a hat with no pressure between the two. A soft silicone nose is provided for superior comfort on the nose. Nose Piece Ships with a Silicone Fixed Nose
HIGH PERFORMANCE – MULTI USE USAGE: Sporting Clays/Skeet/Hunting • The Pilla Cougar is fit with our new Pilla HD Ballistx Sport lenses. Our exclusive high definition lens technology amplifies and enhances color while boosting contrast. Our HD Ballistx collection is exclusively fit to the Pilla Sport collection of eyewear for shooting enthusiasts. It’s a simple system for choosing the right lens for various lighting conditions. This combination of lens technology and light management translates to a competitive advantage. • Pilla uses a proprietary high definition technology called ColorTrast™ in our HD Ballistx lenses. The technology intensifies color and increases contrast to produce sharp detail and color registration. Combined with our Ballistx lens material, we achieve industry leading crystal clear optics with significant impact performance for Shooting Sports.
3 Lens Kit Starting at $399 The Choice of Champions Look Into Their World
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Shown above: The Cougar in Black and Silver
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COUGAR
LENS KITS The Cougar 3 Frame Kit — Kit comes complete with 3 pairs of spex. Lenses are not interchangeable.
The temple tips are completely adjustable — the aluminum core can be shaped to the head and raised or lowered depending on whether the shooter wants to wear behind the ear or straight back over the ear.
25% SB LTM – A full sun lens that is well balanced and easily worn all day long shooting clays or live birds in the field.
Unobstructed vision above the nose for perfect acquisition of the target.
50% SR LTM – A perfect lens for overcast conditions. This lens is formulated to enhance higher wavelengths of the visual spectrum to brighten the site picture in flatter lighting conditions. 75% SO LTM – Our low light lens. This technology concentrates on introducing increased contrast and brightens the site picture while elevating orange when shooting in extremely flat or dark lighting conditions.
25% SB LTM (Sport Brown) Full Sun 50% SR LTM (Sport Red) Overcast
AVAILABLE COLORS
Co-injected temple made out of aluminum and megol (a soft high-performance rubber).
75% S0 LTM (Sport Orange) Low Light
Black/Silver
3 Frame Kit — Kit comes complete with 3 pairs of spex. Lenses are not interchangeable. Lens stabilization support — provides excellent rigidness in a super lightweight frame. Ultra-soft silicone nose — fully adjustable for a customized fit.
Heavy-duty hinge
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MAVERICK
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
NEW!
THE PILLA MAVERICK with Pilla HDX Varia Lenses
PILLA SPECIALTY FRAME The Maverick A key feature to the Maverick is the integrated sweat bar, which is tastefully added to the frame to prevent smudging on the top nasal part of the lens. Additionally, the sweat bar allows for great ventilation on the backside of the eyewear. The fit of the temple is extremely comfortable. The design allows for zero pressure over the ear. Frame Advantages The light weight frame design is great for everyday use. Frame Overview The Maverick is a classic design modeled after a great pair of glasses from the 50’s. The swear bar and enlarged lens were added for perfect vision. The design uses a 65mm lens providing great coverage of the eye. Nose Piece Ships with a Silicone Fixed Nose
MULTI USE • Designed as a traditional pair of Spex. • Prescription lenses are full lenses with no insert. Any lens formulation can be placed in the Maverick for prescription orders. • In Plano the frame is available in our Varia 25 for hunting. All other lens options are available custom ordered.
Starting at $289 Matt Light 3-Time Super Bowl Champion
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Shown above: The Maverick in Chrome
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MAVERICK
LENS KITS The Maverick Plano 3 Lens Kit, Plano 5 Lens Kit, Rx Kits in either a 3 Lens or 5 Lens Kit (Rx kits customer can choose lens formulations to include in kit)
Heavy Duty Spring Loaded Hinges
Hunting Kits are a 2 lens Kit using automatic variable lenses from dark to light.
Ergonomically Designed Temple – The fit of this temple is extremely comfortable. The design allows for zero pressure over the ear.
Plano Standard HDX: 15, 25, 40, 55, 99 – Great all around sportsman kit – This kit is fantastic for the shooter who not only participates in clay shooting but also hunts. 3 Lens Kit 15, 25, 40 Plano Max Orange HDX Kit: 20, 40, 65, 80, 99 – For the Serious Clay Shooter looking for 600% boost in orange color registration 3 Lens Kit 20, 40, 65 Skeet/Trap Kit: 25R, 50R, 65G, 85G, 99 – A special series of lenses for high resolution acquisition of targets being presented in medium range of distance found in these two disciplines. 3 Lens Kit 25R, 50R, 65G Hunting Kit: Varia 25, Varia 65 – This is a serious performance kit for the field. Both lenses provide maximum visual comfort in all lighting conditions. Both lenses automatically regulate from a light state to a dark state depending on the lighting condition. Varia 25 For Clouds to Full Sun, Varia 65 For Low Light to Overcast.
Sport Temple made with Megol – A high performance material that becomes soft and holds the frame securely on the head Integrated Sweat Bar
Large 65mm x 50mm lens provides great coverage of the eye.
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AVAILABLE COLORS Chrome Gold
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EXECUTIVE
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
PILLA SPECIALTY FRAME
NEW!
THE PILLA EXECUTIVE with Pilla HDX Varia Lenses
The Executive Frame Overview The Executive is a modern design of the Aviator glasses that were popular in the 1930’s, sure to meet the style needs of the sportsman. It features soft rubber nose pads and an ergonomic temple that puts zero pressure over the ear. Frame Advantages The light weight frame design is great for everyday use. Nose Piece Ships with a Silicone Fixed Nose
AVAILABLE COLORS Black Pewter Espresso
MULTI USE • Traditional design. • Prescription lenses are full lenses with no insert. Any lens can be placed in the Executive for prescription orders. • In Plano the frame is available in our Varia 25 for hunting. All other lens options are available custom ordered. • Heavy-duty spring-loaded hinge.
Starting at $289 The Choice of Champions Look Into Their World
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Shown above: The Executive in Espresso
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NEW!
The Corsa
THE PILLA CORSA
Frame Overview The Corsa is sleek, light and very comfortable for all day use. Made out of a light weight, indestructible material, the large eye size of this sport wrap provides the wearer with complete 180 degree peripheral vision. The vented temple circulates air through the frame behind the lenses. It exhausts out a vented foam brow bar to prevent fogging. The temple arms are made of Hytrel, a sport specific material that forms to the head through use, so the comfort will increase over time. Additionally, the material becomes tacky to prevent movement of the frame on the head. The bridge has soft megol nose pads that become softer through use. Frame Advantages The whole system weighs less than 1 ounce and uses a cutting edge venting system to help prevent fogging.
CORSA
PILLA SPECIALTY FRAME
with Pilla HDX Varia Lenses
MULTI USE • Designed to be the very best in hunting Spex with maximum eye coverage. • The Corsa has been our #1 selling sport wrap since it’s creation in 2005. The frame offers full coverage of the eye region. Stray Shot, Twigs, branches and many other foreign threats are thwarted by the wide temple. So for the most extreme in Grouse hunting these Spex can handle the task.
Nose Piece Ships with Megol Nose Pads
AVAILABLE COLORS Gloss Black Matte Black Gloss Tortoise Matte Tortoise Root Beer
• The wide temple design also helps prevent wind tearing eyes and a built in venting system helps prevent fogging. • This is a very technical sport wrap with the integration of a foam brow strip with built in exhaust ports that helps circulate air from the temple vents out the top of the frame. • Prescription lenses are full lenses with no insert. Any lens can be placed in the Corsa for prescription orders. In Plano the frame is available in our Varia 25 for hunting. All other lens options are available custom ordered. • High performance dual-vented temple design to help prevent the lens from fogging.
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2 Pair Kit Starting at $389 Medium to Large Heads
Available
Shown above: The Corsa in Matte Tortoise
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BLADE
Technical Vision Providers for the Sports Enthusiast
PILLA SPECIALTY FRAME
NEW!
THE PILLA BLADE
with Pilla HDX Ballistx Lenses
The Blade The Blade features soft rubber nose pads for additional comfort and an ergonomically designed temple for extreme comfort and zero pressure over the ear. It’s light weight, with an interchangeable lens designed for maximum vision. Features Blade Systems are sold as a kit with 3 complete pairs of Spex. Shooters often leave one pair of Spex on the head while wearing the other on the face, allowing them to manage light easily by trading the two pairs from stand to stand. Nose Piece Ships with a Silicone Fixed Nose
AVAILABLE COLORS Gloss Black Gloss Silver
MULTI USE USAGE: Sporting Clays • Perfect for the sporting clays shooter looking for perfect vision built into a stylish light-weight frame. • The Blade System is a frame that weighs less than 1 ounce. • The lenses are interchangeable by exchanging the lens in the brow bar of the design. Frame Overview • The frame design for the Blade system is very simple, light weight, and holds a large shield with no visual interference. The flat, straight temple is a great solution for those who use ear defenders.
3 Frame/3 Lens Kit Starting at $539 Scott Robertson 8-Time Nation Sporting Clay Champion
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Shown above: The Blade in Gloss Black
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DINO
PILLA SPECIALTY FRAME
NEW!
The Dino
THE PILLA DINO
The Dino System provides a stylish frame design with wide temples to help prevent stray shot, shards of clays, and twigs from entering the eye region. The frame is a nine base curve providing significant wrap around the face for optimal peripheral vision.
with Pilla HDX Varia Lenses
The Dino’s large lenses provide a fantastic site picture. From the side it is stunning. The wide temples meet a stylish aluminum hinge. The inside of the frame has brow vents to exhaust air off the lenses. Nose Piece Ships with Megol Nose Pads
AVAILABLE COLORS Gloss Black Matte Black Gloss Tortoise Matte Tortoise
MULTI USE • Our new Pilla HDX Ballistx lens technology is the next evolution in high performance sports eyewear. These new lenses are used exclusively in the Pilla Pro line of shooting eyewear. We have created an enhanced high definition visual experience with superior resolution by adding a proprietary, multi-layer, anti-reflective coating which removes all visual glare and noise while improving the eye’s ability to register color. With Pilla HDX lenses our trademark high definition experience has reached a new level of achievement.
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2 Pair Kit Starting at $359 Medium to X-Large Heads
Available
Shown above: The Dino in Gloss Tortoise
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MANUFACTURING FACTS Ballistx vs. Polycarbonate
OURS – BALLISTX LENS STEP ONE: Our Ballistx lens material starts as a liquid not a solid. What this means is the material has not had any stress imposed on it from heat to make the liquid. BALLISTX STARTS AS A LIQUID=NO HEAT NO HEAT=NO STRESS
STEP TWO: Pilla Performance Eyewear uses casting with glass molds in manufacturing our state-of-the-art lenses. Glass molds allow us to perfectly polish the surface of the molds so the lenses do not have any imperfections. The net result of a perfectly polished mold is light is not bent when it hits the lens surface. There is no refraction to distort the image.
The process of Polycarbonate lens manufacturing yields 40,000 lenses in the time that it takes for Pilla Performance Eyewear to make one lens. Every step of our manufacturing process to make a Ballistx lens is focused on producing the very best distortion free lenses on the market. Lens Surface
Ballistx lens material is poured into the glass molding cast under ZERO pressure and NO heat and NO thermal or linear expansion to introduce distortion. This creates a molding situation with no part of the process stressing the material. This again provides the optimal situation for a lens without distortion. ZERO HEAT= NO STRESS ZERO PRESSURE=NO STRESS
CURING=NO STRESS Ballistx Lenses pass the following standards: ANSI Z87.1, ANSI Z80.3, AS1067-2003, EN1836-2005. With respect to ANSI Z87.1, Ballistx exceeds the High Velocity impact test and the High Mass Test.
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Polycarbonate arrives to the manufacturing facility as a solid (Polycarbonate in a hardened state). High heat is applied to the hardened polycarbonate to turn the material into a liquid. Basic chemistry dictates that when you move a solid to a liquid you have changed the molecular structure. This translates to stress on the material. STRESS=DISTORTION
STEP TWO: Once Polycarbonate is turned into a liquid under high heat, the liquid is forced under extreme pressure into a metal mold.
Again contributing to haze and distortion. Light
STEP THREE:
Crystal clear optics is created when light passes straight through the lens without obstruction.
Lens Surface
Light
The use of metal molds is a contributing factor in further heightening the distorting nature of a polycarbonate lens as the surfaces of the lens are not perfect. Metal molds cannot be polished fine enough to produce surface without fissures. Further distortion is introduced into the polycarbonate lens by the use of metal molds by what is called “Linear expansion”, which is the rapid expansion and contraction of the metal due to rapid temperature changes. These small imperfections of the molds are transferred directly to the front and back of the lens surfaces. You cannot see these with the naked eye, though when light hits the surface of the lens it does not go perfectly through the lens. Light is bent in many directions, called refractions, creating a fuzzy and hazy visual experience. METAL MOLDS = IMPERFECT LENS SURFACES
Again contributing to haze and distortion.
STEP FOUR: WE WAIT…. Ballistx lenses take over 1 day to cure. This is a critical step of the process which is again completely different from Polycarbonate production. This slow curing process of the lens produces no stress on the material. Additionally, the hardening of the lens is extremely strong given the molecular structure is not forced to cool quickly.
STEP ONE:
HIGH PRESSURE=STRESS
GLASS MOLD CASTING=PERFECT LENS SURFACE
STEP THREE:
THEIRS – POLYCARBONATE LENS
Distortion is created when light hits the surface of the lens splintering the rays. This contributes to a hazy visual experience.
STEP FOUR: Once the polycarbonate is forced into the metal mold under extreme pressure, the material is flash cooled. This process takes less than a second. Basic chemistry again tells us that when a solid is quickly cooled it creates stress on the material. Additionally, the polycarbonate material, even though it is cooled very quickly, it does not do so uniformly across the entire lens. This again translates to distortion in the lens material. QUICK COOLING=STRESS
Again contributing to haze and distortion.
MANUFACTURING FACTS Coatings
New for 2010 HDX Hydrolio Coating
HDX Dielectric Flashing
Hydrolio coatings are exclusive to Pilla Performance Eyewear. This technology is a front-side lens coating that has both Hydrophobic qualities as well as Oleophobic qualities. The combined coating creates superior performance in both technological advancements of hydrophobics and oleophobics...
Accelerate Light and Reduce Glare–Pilla uses Dielectric Flashing, an advanced technology, to give our Ballistx Diamond Vision Lenses an additional high performance feature. Our Dielectric Flashing is a multi-layer coating system that is absorptive in nature to increase the performance of light transmission.
Hydrolio by Pilla: 1. Sheet water directly off the front of the lens. 2. Reduce smudging of finger prints. 3. Adds a hard coat for easy cleaning and added scratch resistance.
Our Flash technology accelerates light and reduces glare through the lens creating brighter site pictures. This brighter site picture enhances the high contrast and color. Additionally, the Flashing performance feature helps to cut environmental glare.
Pilla uses this high performance coating to help our lenses perform in adverse weather conditions and to make the lens easy to clean while adding a hard coat to the front side of the lens. The coating is an extremely slippery technology that sheets water from the lens surface. Additionally, the Hydrolio coating helps create a hard surface to the lens adding additional scratch resistance while making the lens extremely easy to clean from oily finger prints.
Our Dielectric Flashing produces a slight “Mirror” effect to our lenses. This is not a bold reflective mirror that you find in fashion sunglasses. Our Flashing produces a soft stylish effect to the lens while intensifying available light and reducing glare.
How Our Coatings are Applied Vacuum Coating
New for 2010 HDX Anti-Reflective Coating – 5 Layers
Pilla Performance Eyewear uses state of the art techniques to manufacture our lenses with optical clarity and application of the coating.
Pilla uses state-of-the art anti-reflective coatings. These coatings prevent any stray light from effecting vision from both the front side and backside of the lens. These coatings provide a crisp visual experience.
Following the casting of our lenses, which cures for over a day, the lenses are transferred to an area of our manufacturing facility where we apply our coatings in a completely dust free environment in a Vacuum Chamber. We place our lenses on a dish that looks like a satellite dish to evenly distribute the lenses and provide proper airflow. In the Vacuum Chamber the coating is misted from the ceiling and sucked with high volume airflow through the bottom of the chamber. This provides an even application of all our coatings to the entire lens surface. There is no build up of excess coating anywhere on the lens. This provides an even coating of our Dielectric Flashing as well as our Anti-Reflective and Hydrolio coatings. These coatings will never wear off the lens and the process produces state-of-the-art results with no adverse effect on the optics of the lens.
Coatings – Up to 50% LTM 1. Oleophobic 2. Dielectric 3. Hardcoat – Quartz 4. Lens 5. Hardcoat – Quartz 6. Anti-Reflective (5 Layers) 7. Oleophobic
Coatings – 50% to 99% LTM 1. Oleophobic 2. Anti-Reflective (5 Layers) 3. Hardcoat – Quartz
We have added Hydrolio coatings to all our Ballistx lenses and are now available in all our Ballistx Rx lenses as an upgrade.
4. Lens 5. Hardcoat – Quartz 6. Anti-Reflective (5 Layers) 7. Oleophobic
The coating on our HDX Ballistx lenses is applied in a vacuum chamber to achieve an even finish across the entire lens surface with no distortion.
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LENS FORMULATIONS
Technically Superior – Optically Perfect
STANDARD HDX – VIVID COLOR Pilla has developed a range of high definition lenses formulated to enhance the entire visual color spectrum. These lenses provide stunning color resolution with crisp visual contrast. This lens family is a perfect solution for sports where a balanced color enhancement is required. This technology does not favor the enhancement of one piece of the visual spectrum significantly over another. This high definition color enhancement is very calming on the eye. This is a complete lift of the registration of color while enhancing black for rich definition. The same technical solution found in high definition television. (Specifically for shooting sports; this lens family boosts the yellow, orange, and red part of the spectrum to provide vibrant enhancement of both small game and clay targets. These are great lenses for the sportsman who finds themselves in the field as well as the clays shooting grounds.)
15% LTM – Full Sun Lens – An optimized solution for use in full sun where the eye needs to filter the majority of light.
25% LTM – A perfect lens for cloudy conditions.
40% LTM – A lens optimized for overcast conditions where light is flat.
55% LTM – A new lens formulation developed to provide a vibrant color enhancement in low light. Even in low light this technology provides a solid lift in color to enhance targets and small game.
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MAX ORANGE HDX – 600% BOOST Pilla has developed the most technical light management target enhancing technology on the market. Our Max Orange collection is exclusively manufactured for use in clay shooting. We have created a visual enhancement of White Flyer target orange by 600% over a standard lens. The visual part of the light spectrum relating to Orange is spiked to provide maximum registration of orange while introducing a significant level of contrast. Max Orange 20% LTM – Full Sun Use
Max Orange 40% LTM – A perfect overcast, all around lens formulation for use in average lighting conditions.
Max Orange 65% LTM – Optimized for low light conditions.
Max Orange 80% LTM – A lens designed for maximum lift in target orange in flat lighting conditions. When shooting is excessive low light or in heavily tree covered areas this lens provides rich color enhancement.
HIGH CONTRAST HDX- CRISP DEFINITION Pilla has developed a new high contrast high definition lens family based on the objective of maximizing color enhancement of a White Flyer clay targets while also introducing a greater amount of saturated contrast than any other lens family we offer for clay target sports. The resulting technology of the High Contrast lens family is to provide skeet and trap shooters with the required maximum visual registration of a target given the short window of visual acquisition presented to the shooter. Quick acquisition through saturated contrast for a quick break. A potent combination of rich orange color and defined black.
25%R LTM – Full Sun High Contrast - This lens is an excellent choice to filter bright sun while relaxing your eye for perfect target registration. The eye must not squint in bright sun as this strains the eye introducing both eye fatigue and reduced ability for critical focus.
50%R LTM – Cloudy Over/Cast High Contrast – This lens performs very well in medium light conditions. It is important to use the proper lens in this condition so the eye does not strain to find balanced light into the eye. When too little light is transmitted to the eye the result is reduced focus ability resulting in fuzzy sight pictures.
65%G LTM – Low Light High Contrast – Our golden rod high definition high contrast lens is designed to raise the perceptive light value without compromising depth of field. This lens allows the eye to register the complete color spectrum while throwing maximum target contrast for quick visual registration. A perfect lens for when light is compromised with dark weather or gray flat light. 85%G LTM – Ultra Low Light High Contrast – A high transmittance golden rod high definition lens. This lens formulation allows maximum light to reach the eye in dark conditions found in heavy tree cover or dark gray skies. Even in significant low light the lens pumps contrast into the sight picture while enhancing target color.
Technical Note: Shooting Sports DEPTH OF FIELD – It is important to recognize that there is a proper balance of color enhancement for maximum performance of the eye to gauge depth of field. It is particularly critical in shooting sports. Without proper registration of depth of field you can not recognize speed distance and trajectory of the desired target. Whether a Clay target or a flushing bird. We provide full registration of the entire color spectrum with our lenses. We do not tint what you see robbing the eye of the ability to see the complete visual color spectrum. This is extremely important to recognize about our technology. If you are using lenses that turn what you see one color, you are robbing your eye of the ability to see depth of field.
LENS FORMULATIONS
Technically Superior – Optically Perfect
STANDARD HD – HIGH DEFINITION Pilla’s exclusive high definition lens technology amplifies and enhances color while boosting contrast. Our HD Ballistx collection is exclusively fit to the Pilla Sport collection of eyewear for shooting enthusiasts. It’s a simple system for choosing the right lens for various lighting conditions. This combination of lens technology and light management translates to a competitive advantage. Pilla uses a proprietary high definition technology called ColorTrast™ in our HD Ballistx lenses: both prescription and nonprescription. The technology intensifies color and increases contrast to produce sharp detail and color registration. Combined with our Ballistx lens material, we achieve industry leading crystal clear optics with significant impact performance for Shooting Sports. 25% SB LTM – A full sun lens that is well balanced and easily worn all day long shooting clays or live birds in the field.
50% SR LTM – A perfect lens for overcast conditions. This lens is formulated to enhance higher wavelengths of the visual spectrum to brighten the site picture in flatter lighting conditions.
75% SO LTM – Our low light lens. This technology concentrates on introducing increased contrast and brightens the site picture while elevating orange when shooting in extremely flat or dark lighting conditions.
HD VARIA - LIGHT REGULATION Our exclusive lens formulation that changes allowing more or less light through the lens depending on the lighting condition. The transition from a dark lens to a light colored lens and back is extremely efficient. These lenses were formulated to provide vivid color enhancement and definition throughout the range of change. HD Polar Varia – A high performance polarizing lens that changes light transmittance from 25% to 10%. A great full sun lens which changes to perform in low light.
HD Varia 25 – A high performance lens formulation that saturates color with crisp definition with high contrast. A great lens for hunting in the field that is well balanced to wear all day long with no eye-strain or fatigue. This lens changes from 25% to 8% transmission. A great all around lens which transitions to full sun. HD Varia 65 – We developed this lens to perform in a wide range of lighting conditions. This lens works extremely well in low light allowing 65% of the available light through the lens. When conditions brighten, this new technology darkens to 15% transmittance. A well balanced full sun lens. The combination of the Varia 25 and Varia 65 lens provide a complete light management system for all day field use. We offer these lenses in 2 lens kits.
POLARIZED- MAX GLARE REDUCTION Our sole focus with our Polarized collection of lenses is to create the finest performing polarized lenses on the market while providing high definition vision. The key to realize is that total polarization (99.5 or 100%) robs the eye of the ability to see true definition. True high definition is seen when some amount of light reflects off the edges of objects or surfaces. This is why the use of polarization can quickly have an adverse effect on athletic performance. When polarization is not regulated properly through state of the art polarizing techniques, a flattening of the visual image is experienced. The result is a lack of the eyes ability to perform and see properly. When polarizers are developed for marketing campaigns to make ridiculous claims (100% polarization), the result is a compromise in performance. Our high definition polarizing lenses are developed for maximum efficiency to provide proper registration of high definition. We regulate and cut glare completely without reducing performance. We do not flatten what you see. We cut maximum glare while providing rich vibrant color and definition. HD POLAR 6% – Perfect for situations with heavy amounts of reflected light in a full sun situation. When the sun is lower in the sky bouncing significant levels of light off surfaces. (Fisherman that are light sensitive. This is a must) HD POLAR 8% – A Copper Based Full Sun HD lens. This lens is a great solution for individuals looking for efficient polarization with color enhancement.
HD POLAR 12% – This is our all around Polarizer. Rich high definition color that is well balanced.
HD Polar 20% – This is a low light lens that maintains proper polarizing efficiency. Perfect in overcast conditions.
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Note: When high transmittance of light is necessary, (meaning more light traveling through the lens) polarization efficiency drops considerably. The necessity for polarization is not necessary.
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PERFORMANCE EYEWEAR
Pilla, Inc. 35 Danbury Road Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA Main: 203.894.3265 Fax: 203.894.3269 Direct: 203.438.6275 Shown above: Philip Pilla wearing the Tomcat
Technical Vision Providers For the Sports Enthusiast
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