Which lenses are right for you?
 

Glass or plastic? Hi index (thin) lenses? Aspheric (flat) lenses? Anti reflection coats? Lenses that go dark on sunny days? Single vision, progressive or bifocal lenses? There is a huge choice in lenses and we’re focused on finding the right ones for you.

 

We very rarely use glass lenses these days as there are better products that don’t carry the same risk glass poses if it shatters while you are wearing them. Plastic is far safer and in low powers looks good. The ultimate safety lenses however are Phoenix, Trilogy or Polycarbonate materials, which are very impact resistant and are thinner than standard plastic.

 

Hi index (thin) lenses are available in all lens forms. They are in varying indices that result in a thinner, lighter and better-looking lens.

 

Aspheric lenses are especially good for longsighted people. They make the centre of the lens thinner, flatter and take away the fish bowl magnification effect high positive powers lenses can cause.

 

Anti-reflection coats make a lens reflection free, which means no more eye masking reflections on the front of the lens, nor on the back of the lens so that you can see better.

 

Transition lenses go dark quickly in sunlight, but take some time to clear. They are good as a general protection against the sun but may not go dark when you want them to (in a car for instance, due to UV inhibiters in the windscreen) and sometimes they go dark when you might not want them to (beside a window in your office when you’re dealing with an important client!).

 

Polarised lenses are great to use for prescription sunglasses as they cut out damaging UV rays and filter out the sun just like normal sunglasses. Polarised lenses have the added benefit of significantly reducing reflected glare, which improves the quality of your vision and makes them ideal if you like fishing or skiing, but suffer from light sensitivity.

 

If you are under 45 years, single vision lenses will allow you to see at all distances. However, if you are over 45 years, single vision lenses can only give you either distance, intermediate or near vision.
 

Bifocal lenses enable you to see distance and near distances, while progressive lenses permit all distances to be viewed because of a progressive change in lens power from top to bottom (distance through to near).
 

The Office lens is a progressive lens designed specifically for the office environment. It enables easy viewing of a computer and near based materials, doing away with the far distance component.