Your Guide to Lenses: Options, Materials, and Treatments

When it comes to choosing the right lenses, understanding the range of options and features available can help you make a selection that best suits your lifestyle and vision needs. Here’s a look at the various lens types, materials, and customizations available at Frame Of Choice.

1. Lens Types

We offer a vast selection of optical lenses, including:

• Single-Vision Lenses: Designed to correct either distance or near vision, these lenses have a uniform prescription across the entire lens surface.
  
  
• Bifocal Lenses: These lenses incorporate two distinct prescriptions in one lens, with a visible line separating the sections for distance and near vision. They offer a convenient solution for people who need correction for both distance and close-up tasks, allowing quick adaptation between the two focal points.
  
  
• Progressive Lenses: These provide a seamless transition between distance, intermediate, and near prescriptions, offering a more natural visual experience without the visible line seen in bifocals.

• Regular Sun Lenses: General sun lenses reduce the sunlight entering your eyes directly, causing discomfort to the viewing experience. In some cases (e.g. Polycarbonate), the UV protection is inherent in the lens material, meaning the lenses provide UV protection even before any tinting is applied.

• Polarized Sun Lenses: Polarized, or anti-glare, sunglass lenses reduce glare and minimize eye strain from reflection (e.g. water, metal, glass, etc). They enhance vision and safety in bright sunlight

• Photochromic Lenses: Photochromic lenses are ideal for people who need to wear glasses indoors and outdoors constantly. Their two main functions are to protect your eyes from UV light and to eliminate the need for a separate pair of prescription sunglasses. These lenses offer complete protection against UVA and UVB rays at all times.

2. Lens Materials

The material of your lenses impacts factors like weight, thickness, and durability:

• Plastic Lenses: Lightweight and affordable, with superb clarity. Ideal for everyday use but less impact-resistant.

• Polycarbonate Lenses: Impact-resistant and durable, perfect for kids, sports, and safety eyewear, with built-in UV protection.

• Trivex Lenses: Lightweight and impact-resistant with high optical clarity, suited for active lifestyles and safety needs.

• Blue Light Blocking Lenses: Filters harmful blue light from screens, reducing eye strain and promoting better sleep.

• 1.67 High-Index Lenses: Thinner, lighter lenses for moderate-to-high prescriptions, offering a stylish, comfortable fit.

• 1.74 High-Index Lenses: Ultra-thin and lightweight, ideal for very high prescriptions, providing a sleek profile with clear vision.

3. Coatings and Treatments

Adding coatings to your lenses can enhance their durability, clarity, and comfort:

• Hard coating: Typically comes with anti-reflective coating as a layer to protect the lens from scratches and extend it lifespan. 

• Anti-Reflective Coating (AR): Maximizes light passing through and reduces reflection from various light sources, improving visual clarity and the aesthetic appearance.

• Anti-Fog Coating: Anti-fog coating works on a molecular level to prevent water molecules from clustering together, which can cause dangerous fogging on eyeglasses, impeding your clear vision. Anti-fog coating is ideal for sports, intense activities, and environments where constant temperature shifts occur. 

• Mirror Coating: Mirror coating is a treatment that gives eyewear a reflective, mirror-like finish and reduces the amount of light that passes through the lenses. This coating is applied to the outer surface of the lenses and is commonly used on sunglasses and fashion eyewear.

We are proud to offer a comprehensive suite of lens options that cater to a variety of prescriptions and preferences. For more detailed information on specific lens options, materials, or to explore customizations, visit Frame Of Choice today!