Crystal clear lenses significantly transform your vision to help objects appear sharper, clearer, and much closer to reality. As the images we see are made up of light, these lenses work by reducing the normal 8% of light that is reflected off the surface of your lenses to only 1%, giving you a more complete, brighter picture.

While light can bounce off the outer surface of your lenses before it has a chance to reach your eye, it can also be reflected off the inner surface towards your eyes to create an uncomfortable glare and make objects more difficult to see. This can be particularly troubling when you’re driving at night with street lights and oncoming traffic, when spending time inside under fluorescent lights, or when working in front of a computer. 

The crystal clear coating reduces light reflection, improves contrast and enhances visual performance, making daily life and vision more comfortable for those who wear glasses every day. 

The benefits of crystal clear lenses include:

• Being able to be applied to both sides of your lens, to work both ways
• Greatly reducing reflections and improving the quality of the images seen in all lighting conditions
• Improving the eye’s ability to perceive contrasts and see objects more clearly and sharply
• Clearer and more comfortable eyesight means reduced eye fatigue and strain

We also offer crystal clear plus lenses, which have the benefits of crystal clear lenses with extra protective coatings that make them even more durable. To learn more about crystal clear plus, see here.

To find out more about how crystal clear lenses can support your eyes and vision every day, contact one of our friendly stores here.

Crystal clear ‘plus’ lenses help support precise and clear vision in all lighting and weather conditions, while being tough, durable, and easy to keep clean. 

Crystal clear plus lenses combine the fantastic features of the original crystal clear coating, as well as:

• A scratch-resistant coating: Crystal clear plus lenses contain a durable scratch resistant coating that prevents scratches on your lenses over time, keeping them clearer for longer and protecting them from damage over time. This can extend the life of your lenses for years, and is particularly beneficial for softer lens types
• An anti-reflective coating: These help reduce glare and improve visual acuity. Reducing the amount of light reflected on the front of your glasses lets more light reach your eyes, allowing you to see more accurately and with greater detail. When light reflects off the inside of your glasses into your eyes, such as during driving, computer use or working inside, this creates glare and contributes to eye strain. Crystal clear lens coatings can help to eliminate this, improve your vision in all lighting conditions, and help prevent eye fatigue
• A hydrophobic coating: Those of us who need to wear prescription glasses can find it difficult to go out in the rain, as it can seriously affect your ability to see clearly. The hydrophobic coating in crystal clear lenses repels water, in a similar way to how it causes water to bead on a car. This also helps to prevent your glasses from steaming up in humid conditions when cooking or wearing a face mask, and can come in handy if you play sport in the rain or need protection from sea spray when sailing
• An oleophobic clean coat: This helps to repel oily substances and stop them from sticking to your lenses – such as sweat, makeup, sunscreen, and greasy finger marks. This can make it much easier to keep your lenses clearer and cleaner for longer, especially in certain work environments, or for younger children
• An antistatic coating: An antistatic coating contains electrostatic charges that repel miniscule pieces of dust, pollen, and lint from fabric or cleaning cloths. This helps to keep your glasses cleaner for longer, reducing your need to clean them each time before using them. 

To find out more about crystal clear plus lenses or to speak to our team, contact our team here.

Polarised lenses are recommended for anyone who spends significant time outdoors, not only to reduce glare from reflective surfaces, but also to help protect their eyes from harmful UV rays, boost colours, improve visual clarity and generally improve your quality of life every day.

On bright or sunny days, harsh light can reflect back to our eyes from flat and shiny surfaces, like water, wet roads or snow. This can make it very difficult to see clearly and comfortably, as well as produce harmful effects over time – including contributing to the development of cataracts.

Polarised lenses are made up of specialised filters that block this type of light glare entering the eyes, meaning that your eyes are protected, eye strain is reduced, and your vision and ability to perform everyday activities when outdoors is significantly improved. The filter itself is virtually invisible, meaning that the look and feel of your lenses and glasses is unaffected by adding this feature.

Benefits of polarised lenses:

• Polarised lenses gently support those with particularly sensitive eyes and those who have underlying conditions such as cataracts, macular degeneration, uveitis, as well as people who suffer from migraines and those recovering from eye surgery.   
• Polarised lenses can enhance a person’s driving by reducing the impact of glare from sunsets, wet roads, lakes, oceans or snow which can be blinding for drivers and cyclists, making it difficult to see oncoming traffic and pedestrians.
• Those who do outdoor sports such as golf, running, sailing, snowboarding and skiing can find relief from the glare of bright light or snow, with polarised lenses, and boaters or fishermen can use them to see more clearly into the water without reflections.

To learn more about polarised glasses and whether adding polarisation to your lenses could be right for you, contact our team here.

When you’re wearing eyeglasses every day, it’s important for them to be comfortable, to not constantly slip down your nose due to their weight, and for them to help you see your best, so you can make the most out of every experience. High-index ‘slim and light’ lenses deliver a slim and light lens that delivers all of these features with precise vision.

Traditionally, lenses prescribed to help those with far-sightedess or astigmatism were thick and bulky – as the stronger the prescription of the lens, the thicker and heavier the lens needed to be to achieve the function. Unfortunately, as a result, thick lenses could reduce comfort, distort appearances, and limit the choice of suitable frames to match the thickness at the outer edge of the lens.

High-index lenses utilise the latest technological advancements to bend light more efficiently, requiring far less lens thickness, and so produce a much slimmer and lighter lens. This makes them more comfortable for daily use, while improving their aesthetics.

The benefits of high-index, slim and light lenses include:

• Being up to 40% thinner and lighter than standard lenses
• Reducing the extent of eye distortion that can result from thicker glasses with a stronger prescription, improving your overall vision and clarity 
• Being fitted to a large range of delicate, frameless or fashion frames to suit your preference 
• Being made from scratch-resistant materials to help extend their durability
• Having the option to add an anti-glare UV protection coatings to best support your eyes

To find out more about if high-index lenses are right for you, contact one of your nearest store here.

Blue Comfort lens coatings are specifically designed to reduce the amount of potentially harmful blue light rays that your eyes are exposed to through a blue light filter on your prescription lenses. 

As our digital world grows, so does our time spent in front of screens. From work to education to watching television or scrolling on our smartphone, the high daily consumption of blue light means that our eye health is at risk, with eye fatigue, eye strains, sleeplessness, and other eye concerns becoming common problems.  

Blue light is the most dominant light emitted from our device screens and it has the closest frequency to harmful UV rays. It has a short wavelength, which means it’s very easy for it to pass through our eyes, through the cornea and lens, and potentially damage the light-sensitive cells in our retina. Blue comfort lenses can help to protect your eyes from blue light rays, keeping them healthy, and providing you with more comfortable and relaxed vision, and better contrast perception when using everyday digital devices. 

Benefits of blue comfort lens coatings include: 

• Can easily be applied as a coating to prescription lenses
• Reducing the amount of blue light entering your eyes every time you use digital devices and reduce eye fatigue, eye strain, rubbing, dry eyes, and other eye concerns
• Light, especially blue light, can trigger migraines and worsen headaches, so wearing Blue Comfort glasses may help support headache and migraine prevention
• Blue Comfort lenses can support your natural circadian rhythm and improve your overall quality of sleep, with a study showing promising results for those with insomnia. In the same way a walk outside in the sunlight can help you feel alert because of the natural blue light, spending time on a screen before bed with artificial blue can also make you feel alert, disrupting your sleep. In this way, a blue comfort coating may help support sleep.
• Working to support your eyes in both indoor and outdoor settings

To learn more about how blue comfort lens coatings work and if it could be right for you, contact one of your nearest store team here.

Known as ‘light adaptive’, photochromic lenses automatically adjust their shade depending on their conditions, with the lenses being clear or almost clear indoors, and automatically darkening as you step outside, without you having to reach for a separate pair of prescription sunglasses.

As photochromic lenses darken in response to detecting UV rays, they help protect your eyes even on overcast days where harmful UV rays still penetrate through the clouds. There are a wide range of lens types that can have a photochromic coating applied, with the final product looking like a normal pair of eyeglasses when examined indoors, a feature that separates them from polarised glasses that have a consistent tint in all conditions.

The benefits of having a photochromic lens includes:

• Eliminating the need for putting on separate indoor glasses and sunglasses when you move from inside and outside, or even when driving in ever-changing weather and lighting conditions 
• They react to light very quickly, without a thought
• They provide daily protection against harmful UV rays, by absorbing 100% of both UVA and UVB rays
• They provide greater comfort than standard glasses by reducing eye strain, squinting and glare in the sun
• The lens coating can be applied to most prescription glasses, allowing you to see clearly in all lighting conditions 

To learn more about photochromic lenses or to see if this lens can be applied to your prescription glasses, contact one of our store teams here.