Oakley SI Laser Protection Lenses Tested: Green, Blue
Oakley SI Laser Protection Lenses Tested: Green, Blue. Oakley SI laser lenses tested against unregulated Chinese IR/green/blue lasers. Full power measurements reveal which protection levels actually work—and which { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/thin_line_defense_co#person", "name": "Thin Line Defense Co", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/thin_line_defense_co", "description": "Thin Line Defense Co is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/40528b86-1318-426c-b422-fd36ca45a2fb.png" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/oakley-si-laser-lenses-tested-ir-green-blue#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/oakley-si-laser-lenses-tested-ir-green-blue" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/oakley-si-laser-lenses-tested-ir-green-blue", "headline": "Oakley SI Laser Protection Lenses Tested: Green, Blue", "name": "Oakley SI Laser Protection Lenses Tested: Green, Blue", "description": "Oakley SI laser lenses tested against unregulated Chinese IR/green/blue lasers. Full power measurements reveal which protection levels actually work—and which", "articleSection": "Optics & Sights", "articleBody": "The Oakley SI laser protection lenses genuinely block lasers — and in some cases block colors they aren't even rated for. That's the headline finding from Thin Line Defense Co's 23-minute lab-style test, which ran a laser power meter against unregulated Chinese blue, green, IR, and red lasers to measure exactly how much energy each Oakley SI lens actually stops. The creator behind Thin Line Defense Co built the test around a real threat: cheap, wildly overpowered laser illuminators — the kind bought for airsoft and milsim events off Amazon — that can hit your eye with \"who the hell knows\" levels of power, including invisible IR beams you'll never blink away from. The question was simple. Do protective laser lenses work, and how much of the beam's power do they cut? The answer, backed by verbatim milliwatt readings across five lens types, is yes — but the right lens depends entirely on your mission set, especially once night vision enters the picture. Key Takeaways Oakley SI lenses tested: LPL 5 (green), LPL 5+ (green/blue), LPL 3B (green/blue/IR), and LPL B (IR) — all ANSI Z87 ballistic-rated. The LPL 3B cut an overpowered 21 mW IR laser to the meter's baseline — effectively 100% blocked. The LPL B (\"greeny\" IR lens) blocked blue and IR it isn't rated for, cut green ~50%, and keeps 63% light transmission. The LPL 5 (green-only) in…