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It's time to review a really red circle lens, namely the ICK Adora Red! Not gonna lie, these scream cosplay from the get-go and that's exactly why I originally wanted to try them. Now let's do this!
Base curve: 8.6 mm
Diameter: 15.0 mm
Water content: 42%
Life span: 1 year (I recommend 6 months)
You can tell already by looking at the lenses that they are gonna be bold as fuck! They look very anime and cartoony and that's exactly why I got them. There's not a huge stack of red lenses available so every time I find one that looks like it's gonna be amazing I really have to review them!
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| One lens in. |
I'm not disappointed. At all. These are boss as hell, just look at that intensity! Like WOAH, perfect cosplay lens! I love how the red is not this fullblown crazy red and at least tries to be a more believable red instead of being that kind that lits up a dark room because it's so fake-looking lol.
These are on the bigger side and the design itself is rather dolly looking with a strong, vibrant color and a defined black limbal ring. The red shade in itself is really likable and I can definitely see these being used for a whole plethora of manga, anime and even video game character cosplays. Also, maybe it's just me but I feel like the pupil opening is smaller than average on what circle lenses tend to have, especially lenses of similar size. That's a good thing as it lessens the "clashing effect", especially on light-eyed individuals like me.
Lens photos below!
All photos taken by yours truly
during a September noon with a semi-cloudy sky.
There's no color
filters or such on the close-up photos and that's so that the colors
would be as true to real life as possible.
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| Natural room light indoors. |
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| Yellow room light indoors. |
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| Bathroom light. |
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| Unlit corridor, poor distant natural light. |
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| Flash photo. |
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| Facing window, not sun side. (weirdly blue for some reason) |
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| Outdoors, back against sun. (facing wall) |
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| Outdoors, facing sun. |
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| Outdoors, backyard. (shadow side) |
These lenses are unmistakably red, really colorful and visible in virtually any light conditions! I feel like I'm gushing a lot but these are really amazing in terms of design and color and I wish I hadn't forgotten that I had these so that I could have gotten actual use for them. :'( Oh well, will definitely repurchase later when needed.
Regarding comfort this is where the letdown came. Please bear in mind that these lenses had expired by the time I did this review, sadly, and so I immediately discarded them after taking these photos. This means that my comfort is solely based on like 10-30 minutes of first impressions and thus it's very likely not all that accurate nor fair. With all that said I felt that while the lenses were thin I did constantly feel them in my eyes, they were scratchy and stung a little. Estimated wearing time 2-3 hours on super dry and sensitive eyes, which is not a lot. I will likely repurchase these one day and once I do that I will update this review with a more accurate comfort grading.
Unless it wasn't very clear already then these lenses are a really solid cosplay lens that is well worth getting if you need something that really shows up and is visible from a distance as well. It's a costuming lens, a lens for bold fashion styles and people who really wanna spice things up. As I mentioned earlier I wish I would have gotten around to these sooner as I would have absolutely loved to wear these to an anime convention!
Distance photo below.
Color: 9/10
Amazing red lenses, very visible and great color!
Design: 8/10
It's simple but it's extremely versatile because of that.
Opacity: 9/10
Very good color coverage, I can't complain about anything. It's not mega-screamo-illuminating but it's perfect!
Enlargement: 8/10
Big and with a dolly, animated look. Did I say cosplay?
Comfort: 3/10
Thin but scratchy and I constantly feel them. Stings a little too. Likely because lenses had expired though, so this could very well be an inaccurate grade so don't take it as truth.
Naturalness: 1/10
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