Plant-based sunglasses built for life outdoors.

Our Mission Towards Sustainability

Our mission is to create sunglasses that enhance your time outdoors while working to protect the world around us. In our commitment to reduce environmental impacts, we use renewable resources in the manufacturing of our sunglass frames and lenses - reducing the use of fossil fuels.

Ellume Polarized

More color. Less pollution.

Ellume Polarized revolutionizes the way you see color. Made with plant-based materials, it is engineered to be as sustainable as it is technical. Our plant-based material allows for a high-purity lens for crisper, clearer vision all while reducing environmental impact. See the world’s natural colors with greater clarity and contrast with Ellume Polarized, the Zeal Optics plant-based lens.

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Plant-based

Clarity

See the world more clearly with Ellume Polarized. While other lenses are made from petroleum-based materials, Ellume Polarized uses a unique plant-based polymer as the bonding agent to deliver a high-purity lens for cleaner, crisper vision.

99.9% Polarized

Contrast

Reflected light and UV exposure can cause glare, eye fatigue, and sensitivity, all of which disrupt your view of the world around you. Ellume Polarized eliminates 99.9% of glare and blocks 100% of harmful UVA/B/C rays, protecting against the risk of long-term damage to your eyes from the sun’s harsh rays.

95%+ Blue Light Filtration

Color

Ellume Polarized is built to control specific wavelengths of visible light by reducing harmful high-energy blue light (HEV). This process eliminates color confusion so you see the colors of the spectrum more vividly and with greater depth perception.

Ellume Polarized Options

Z-Resin

Our plant-based frame material.

Z-Resin is derived from the castor plant and replaces the use of traditional plastics in our sunglass frames and Ellume Polarized lenses. The use of Z-Resin significantly reduces the amount of C02 produced during manufacturing.

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Ultra Lightweight Sunglasses

Z-Lite Thin Injection

Z-Lite combines our Z-Resin frame material with a thin-injection process to allow for an ultra-lightweight, super durable sunglass frame for complete versatility no matter the activity.

Built for life outdoors

Durability

From the frame to the lens, all Zeal Optics sunglasses are designed to stand up to everyday life as well as the world’s harshest conditions and we've got the warranty to back this up.

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All Day Comfort

ProFlex

This unique, porous rubber material is strategically injected into the temples and nose pads of the frame to provide a soft and comfortable hold that gets tackier as things warm up, keeping your glasses in place regardless of conditions or activities.

Auto Sun

Polarized + Photochromatic

Designed for long days outside in changing light conditions, the Zeal Optics Auto Sun collection combines photochromic technology and polarized protection into a single lens for an unsurpassed visual experience.

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