Silver Ski Goggles
Silver is the mirrored end of the Corlin range: two frames, two Category 3 magnetic lenses and a finish that throws light back before it reaches your eye. Because the lenses are magnetic, the look and the light are two separate decisions.
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What are silver ski goggles?
Two different things get called silver ski goggles. One is the frame – Reuben Silver or Claude Silver. The other is the lens you look through, a mirrored Category 3 tint for bright sun and glare. Both silver lenses carry the mirror finish, one for each frame, so silver is the one look in the range you can have on either goggle. See both silver goggles
Silver magnetic ski goggles: Reuben and Claude
There are two: Reuben Silver and Claude Silver. They cost the same and differ in shape rather than specification, so the frame you pick mainly decides which lens family you buy into afterwards – ten lenses for Reuben, nine for Claude.
What a mirrored ski goggle lens does
A mirror finish works at the surface. A coating on the outer face reflects part of the light before it ever reaches the tint underneath, so the tint has less to absorb. A plain tinted lens, like either of the black ones, does the whole job by absorbing instead. The two routes end in the same place: Reuben Lens Silver and Claude Lens Silver are both Category 3, and so are both black lenses.
Under EN ISO 12312-1 that means the lens lets through 8% to 18% of visible light, the standard band for bright sun. Category covers light transmission and nothing else, so a mirrored lens is not darker than a plain one in the same category – it simply gets there differently. UV is a separate specification, and every Corlin lens carries UV400 however dark it is.
The two silver lenses
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Reuben Lens Silver Category 3, mirror finish, fits Reuben frames 499 SEK
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Claude Lens Silver Category 3, mirror finish, fits Claude frames 499 SEK
Which Corlin lenses are mirrored
Reuben Lens Silver and Claude Lens Silver are the neutral mirrored pair, one for each frame. Reuben Lens Revo Orange and Reuben Lens Blue carry a mirror finish as well. Everything else in the range is a plain tint, so if the mirror is what you are after those are the ones to look at – the Reuben lens range and the Claude lens range have them all.
Silver or black: which Category 3 lens
Black is the other Category 3 option, so both are built for the same light. The difference is the surface. Silver reflects part of the light away before it reaches the tint; black does it all with tint alone. Both keep color close to neutral, and both leave UV protection untouched.
Pick silver for the mirrored look, or if you spend your days high and open where glare comes off the snow at you. Pick black if you would rather the lens stayed quiet: a plain tint reads more classic, and it does not hide your eyes the way a mirror does. Both sit in Category 3, so the choice costs you nothing in light, and both silver lenses are mirrored, so that part is settled whichever frame you pick. If the quieter option sounds more like you, read more about our black ski goggles.
The black alternative
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What the mirror does not do
A mirror finish is a bright-light tool. It works by throwing light away before it reaches the tint, which is exactly what you want above the treeline on a clear day, and exactly what you do not want when there is little light to begin with.
So silver is not a one-lens answer. Under cloud or in falling snow it leaves the surface hard to read, and here the mirror makes things worse rather than better, because it is removing light you need. Floodlit night skiing is out of the question. Keep a Category 1 orange or pink for the flat half of the season and the clear lens for night, and let silver do the job it is actually good at.
One practical note about the mirror. The coating sits on the outer face of the lens, so hold a silver lens by its edges rather than across the face when you swap it.
How the lens comes off
Magnets in the frame hold the lens. It lifts off and seats itself back in a few seconds, gloves on. How the magnetic lens system works
Questions about silver ski goggles
What is the difference between a silver ski goggle frame and a silver lens?
The silver frame is the goggle itself, Reuben Silver or Claude Silver. The silver lens is the part you look through, a neutral Category 3 tint for bright sun.
Because Corlin lenses are magnetic, the two are independent: a silver frame takes any lens in its family, and a silver lens goes on any frame in that same family. Buying a silver goggle does not commit you to a mirrored lens.
Are Corlin's silver ski goggle lenses mirrored?
Yes, both of them. Reuben Lens Silver and Claude Lens Silver each carry a mirror finish, one for each frame.
Both are Category 3, so the mirror is a matter of surface and look rather than darkness. The other mirrored lenses in the range are Reuben Lens Revo Orange and Reuben Lens Blue.
Is a mirrored lens better in bright sun than a plain tinted one?
Not darker, and not better protected. A mirror coating reflects part of the light at the outer face before it reaches the tint, while a plain lens absorbs it instead.
Both Corlin silver lenses land in Category 3, which means 8% to 18% light transmission either way. Choose the mirror for the look, or for open, high terrain where glare comes off the snow at you.
Can I put a silver lens on any Corlin goggle?
Only within its own family. Reuben Lens Silver fits Reuben frames and Claude Lens Silver fits Claude frames. The two frames take different lens shapes and there is no adapter, so check which frame you own before ordering a spare lens.
Do silver lenses work in flat light or at night?
No, and the mirror is the reason it is worth asking. A mirrored lens works by removing light before it reaches the tint, so in flat light it takes away exactly what you are short of.
Under cloud or falling snow the surface goes hard to read, and floodlit night skiing needs the clear lens. Swap to a Category 1 when the light drops – it takes seconds with gloves on.
Does a silver ski goggle lens protect against UV?
Yes. Every Corlin lens carries UV400, which blocks 100% of UVA and UVB, including the clear one.
Tint darkness, mirror coating and UV protection are separate specifications: a mirrored silver lens is not better protected than a plain one, it simply reflects more of the visible light away.
Are these snowboard goggles too?
Yes. Ski goggles and snowboard goggles are not built differently, and these are the same frames, lenses and fit either way. The same silver setup works for both.
What comes in the box with silver Corlin ski goggles?
The goggle with a Category 3 lens fitted, a protective faux-leather case and a carton box. Shipping is free worldwide, returns are open for 30 days, and there is a one-year warranty.
Where to go next
Lens categories refer to the classification in EN ISO 12312-1:2022. For specifications and current availability, see the individual product page.