Are Progressive Lenses for Me?
Progressive lenses are designed with the over 40 year old market in mind. At some time between the ages of 40 and 50, you will likely experience some difficulty with seeing up close, causing problems with reading, sewing and other close work.
While Single Vision reading lenses will make near objects clear, distant objects like the television will appear blurry. It can get very annoying swapping your glasses every time you need to look up at something further away.
Progressive Lenses (also known as multifocals) are ideal as they allow you to see clearly up close, at intermediate and long distances. This eliminates the need to constantly change your glasses for different tasks.
These lenses feature a gradual blending of prescription from your best distance vision in the upper part of the lens, through intermediate distances in the middle and close up vision in the lower part of the lens for reading. This is achieved with no lines unlike the old-fashioned bifocals.
Advantages:
- One pair of glasses that you can leave on all day and be able to see at all distances
- They are excellent for people who frequently change tasks
- They are attractive to wear
- There is a wide range of designs to suit different lifestyles
Disadvantages:
Depending on the design of the lens, some people find these lenses straining to the eyes for prolonged reading or computer work. That's when Extended Focus Lenses are better for comfort.
Extended Focus Lenses
When you need your vision closer to you to be clearer, consider the benefits of extended focus lenses. By correcting both your near and intermediate vision, they provide greater versatility and freedom than normal reading glasses.You can then enjoy a larger area of clear sight for reading, cooking, desk and computer work
Enhanced reading glasses
With an area of clear vision up to five times more than reading glasses, you won’t need to constantly remove or peer over the top of your glasses to focus on objects such as a computer screen in the intermediate distance.
Office specific glasses
These make an ideal second pair for Progressive Lenses wearers. Extended focus lenses can deliver improved visual and postural comfort when carrying out office tasks and other close work. This pair can simply be left at work, in a study or home office.
Progressive Lens Features & Benefits
There appear to be many options for 'extras' on my glasses. What are they? Which ones do I really want?Feature: Thin, light & flat
Other terms: High Index materials, Aspheric Lens Design
What it means: With the latest lens materials and lens designs your lenses will be thinner, lighter and more attractive. This enables you to choose the latest frame styles and wear them with confidence.
Feature: Additional safety
Other terms: Polycarbonate, Trivex
What it means: Impact resistant materials offer a high degree of safety. These materials are particularly recommended for children and sporting application, as well as workplace safety eyewear.
Feature: Reduce surface reflections
Other terms: Antireflection coating, AR coating, multi-coating
What it means: An anti-reflection coating will minimise distracting reflections, improve your clarity of vision (especially at night), and achieve a more attractive appearance.
Feature: Easy to clean
Other terms: Antireflection coating, AR coating, multi-coating
What it means: Smudge-resistant technology available in some anti-reflection coating mean your glasses will look clearer for longer and be easier to clean.
Feature: Scratch resistant
Other terms: Hard Coating
What it means: For improved durability opt for a scratch resistance coating on the front and back surface of your lenses.
Feature: Comfortable vision in changing light
Other terms: Transitions Lenses, photochromic lenses
What it means: Lenses change from clear indoors to dark as sunglasses outdoors when harmful UV rays are present.
Feature: Protection from harmful UV rays
Other terms: UV Protection
What it means: Many lens materials and optional coatings guard against the sun's harmful UVA and UVB rays.
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