With so many choices in lenses, it can be overwhelming to understand all the options. From standard plastic to polycarbonate lenses and photochromic to hard coat options, we have made it easy to discover the benefits of each. See a member of our team for more details.
How to Select Your Lens Type
Step 1: Choose Your Lens Type
Single Vision
Features a single field of vision, or one prescription power throughout the entire lens.
Multifocal
Our eyes change as we age. Multifocal lenses help you see near, intermediate, and far.
- Bifocals: Lenses with two viewing areas divided by a visible line.
- Progressives: Lenses offering correction for near, intermediate and far vision, including added eye comfort by gradually changing the viewing area with no visible line.
Step 2: Choose Your Lens Material
Plastic
- Good optical quality
- Best suited for mild or minimal prescriptions
- Recommended for prescription of +/-0.00 to +/-1.75
Polycarbonate
- Thinner and lighter than regular plastic lenses
- Impact and scratch resistant lenses
- 100% UV protection
- Perfect for children and anyone in an impact environment
- Recommended for prescriptions of +/-0.00 to +/-6.00
Hi-Index
- Exceptionally thin and light design
- Top-quality strength and optical clarity
- 100% UV protection
- Recommended for prescription of +/- 4.00 and above
Step 3: Choose Your Anti-Glare
Offering lens treatments to meet everyone’s performance Multifocal needs.
Standard
- Consistent anti-reflective lens coating properties provide a high contrast, relaxed vision
- 3x more scratch resistant than ordinary anti-glare coatings
- Easy cleaning due to water-, grease- and dirt-repellent layers
Premium
- Wider range of vision
- Maximum anti-reflective performance with a light reflection of less than 5%
- 10x more scratch resistant than ordinary anti-glare coatings
- The highest light transmission possible through the lens, which optimizes sight
- Superior cleaning capabilities due to water-, grease- and dirt-repellent layers
- Anti-static properties ward off dust and lint from the lens surfaces
Step 4: Choose a Lens Type
TruBlue Lenses
- Also known as blue-light filtering lenses
- Reduces eye fatigue, headaches, blurred vision, and other related discomfort by filtering 30% of harmful blue light emitted by LCD and LED screens, digital devices, fluorescent and LED lights
- 15x more scratch resistant than ordinary anti-glare coatings
- Superior cleaning capabilities due to water, grease, and dirt-repellent layers
- Anti-static properties ward off dust and lint from the lens surfaces
Photochromic Lenses
- Also known as light-responsive lenses
- Will darken when exposed to UV rays or other intense light. When the light is no longer present, the lenses will return to their normal state.
- Ideal choice for active lifestyle, light sensitivity, all age groups, indoors/outdoor daily exposure.
- Photochromic lenses can be used with most frame styles.
Tinted Lenses
- For sunglasses, cosmetic appeal, and special usages, tinted or colored lenses minimize unwanted glare
- Colors available include Blue, Brown, Gold, Gray, Green, Pink, Purple, Rose and Yellow
Polarized Lenses
- Polarized lenses filter out reflected light
- Improves visibility and minimizes eye fatigue by reducing glare from water, snow, glass, and roads.
- Perfect for driving and outdoor activities like fishing and snow skiing.
Mirror Lenses
- Fashion forward look for your polarized lenses.
- Colors available include Black, Blue, Green and Yellow.
Step 5: Additional Options
- Hard Coat + Lens Warranty: Want some additional protection from accidental damage for your lenses? A scratch-resistant lens coating, hard coat, reduces scratching and usual wear and tear on your lenses. Plus, it comes with a two-year lens warranty and unlimited replacement for a 20% copay of retail charge.
- UV Protection: Protect your eyes from harmful UVA and UVB rays with an added UV protective coating.
- Roll & Polish: Ideal for rimless frames and stronger prescriptions, the Roll & Polish option makes the edges of a lens thinner by grinding down part of it.