Archive for the ‘Glasses and Lenses’ Category

Transition Lenses

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Eyewear remains one of the most expensive and most demanded health accessories. Big optical companies do understand that and continue to offer vast choice of vision and optical goods to the customers. Needless to say that it time is get frustrated and confusing to choose the right product s for the right eye conditions. Frames and lenses can be bough separately, then come contact lenses and all additional accessories. The final bill that arrives at your door is massive. Is there any solution to this if any (and we are not referring to coupons or any discounts)?

Realising the need for comfort and cheaper options, big vision companies came up with the idea of transition lenses. These are also called photochromic lenses. The name originates from the first company that has invented and introduced transition lenses to the market. Transition lenses represent lenses made from Photochromic plastic that gets darker when it is directly exposed to the light of the sun. It has additional feature of blocking UV rays. Many customers prefer transition lenses to average lenses, because they manage to combine two in one – normal glasses and sunglasses at the same time. According to research, around twenty percent of all lenses sold today from major optical companies are transition lenses. And the good news is that they are cheaper as well, which allows you to save on sunglasses and glasses package. Transition lenses can be directly compared to polarized lenses that are specifically manufactured to allow only a certain type of sunlight to get through the lenses. The similarity is that polarized glasses reflect the sunlight and also partially protect the eyes from the UV.

Transition lenses are offered in abundance by all major optical and vision companies. You can pick the frame of your choice with the designer touch and then order specifically transition lenses as per your prescription. Additional great to feature of transition lenses is that they are comfortable to use. If you would like to use separate sunglasses, these would mean that you would first need to purchase the set of contact lenses and only then sunglasses. For contact lenses there is a separate eye test required, that puts you through separate special procedures to test you if you can wear certain type of contact lenses. It can be time consuming and, at the end of the day, not that comfortable to use constantly switching between normal glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses. Transition lenses solve that problem.

Amazing Selection of Eyeglass Frames for Men

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010


Eyeglass frames for men come in thousand of different varieties of style, shape, lenses and angle. They help men not only improve their vision, but also look fashionable and stylish. There is a number of big brand names that offer beautiful, simple and exquisite frames for men such as Arizona, Armani Exchange, Concepts by Claiborne, DockersEasyClip, Christian Rothschild, Stafford, Oliver Winston and Max Cole and many others. Each brand has its own reputation and flavour. For instance, Armani Exchange is famous for sexy, more cutting edge angle of its eyeglass frames for men. It can make you feel much younger and fresh with simple lines and interesting solutions.

Arizona brand is more for the youth with an appeal of easygoing and friendly and targets more up-beat trends of chic and funky youth. Go for this eyeglass frames if you feel like being spontaneous and little crazy. If this sounds too youth oriented for you, then Concepts by Claiborne eyeglasses frames for men are more for mature chic and urban feel. It is best described by contemporary touch to it and is relative accessible comparing to other chic brands as Armani Exchange.

Dockers are more oldfashioned when it comes to men frames. Their frames give a feeling of confidence and certainty with lots of integrity incorporated in it. Despite oldfahsionism Dockers still manage to look cool, but casual, which is extremely important. It is more classic look with some infusion of most recent trends and developments. If you are more into geeky side, then Dockers have a great range of eyeglass frames that are perfect for geeks. It has a variety of colours starting from navy and finishing with deep brown. The combinations are amazing and unusual. Main benefit is that all Dockers eyeglass frames for men are very light and easy to wear.

We have mentioned only few brands for eyeglass frames for men here, however, there are more and more available out there. If you check main vision and optical stores websites such as Walmart Vision Centre or Pearle Vision and others, you can find abundance of choice. Regardless which brand you decide to go for, make sure that glasses feel comfortable and you have correctly selected not only a frame, but also the right type of lenses. Good investment in good glasses has a long lasting goodwill and will take you to a completely different level. Moreover, you can always view all available glass frames online prior to heading to the store, which would save you time and increase anticipation before buying a new pair.

Proclear Toric Lenses

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Proclear toric contact lenses are one of the products for better vision available in the market. Its main feature is PC hydrogel material that is used to manufacture lenses. Proclear contact lenses were designed by Cooper Vision corporation and belong to the type of prescription contact lenses. Cooper Vision offers a range of lenses specifically design to a variety of specific vision conditions. PC stands for phosphorycholine Hydrogel. This is a new category of the material for lenses that is exclusively designed for wearing daily. The material itself is made from omafilcon A. This one has a feature of being highly affinitive to water and, thus, keeping contact lenses moist with the water layer on the top. It also prevents different type of deposits that result from wearing contact lenses. One of its main features is the prevention of dehydration during its wear. Material itself is very smooth and soft that makes Proclear toric contact lenses very easy and comfortable to wear.

If you are interested purchasing these contact lenses, Cooper Vision offers these lenses in CooperVision’s Proclear Sphere and Proclear Toric. Some new versions of Proclear contact lenses became available recently, so check updated version. Other products based on similar material are Proclear Multifocal, Ultra Vue PC Multifocals and Biomedics XC. The company claims that the contact lenses remain comfortable to wear even after 12-hour usage, which make them stand out relative to its competitors and other type of contact lenses. Thus, these lenses are recommended for those who have astigmatism and suffer from constant eye dryness.

Molecules of phosphorylcholine specifically contributing to the natural feel of Proclear toric contact lenses. These molecules are the ones that already exist in human cells and, thus, are not genetically modified or generated. The natural feature of these molecules is to surround itself with lots of water and this is exactly what makes these molecules so important into the recreation of moist environment when being part of the contact lenses. Considering that many of us spend significant amount of time in climate-controlled environment, Proclear toric contact lenses are especially useful in protecting our eyes during these periods. The company claims that these contact lenses relatively contain three times as much water than any other contact lenses. If you are more interested in disposable lenses, the company also offers Proclear – premium monthly spherical disposable lenses that can be thrown away straight after use at the end of the day.

Walmart Contact Lenses

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Walmart provides great service to its customers with regards to any possible contact lenses available in the market. The selection of Walmart Contact Lenses is vast covering such brands as Acuvue, Air Optix, Biofinity, Biomedics, Focus and others. As a starting point you can check the selection of Walmart contact lenses available online and read the description of the products. As you definitely would require eye exam test prior to choosing and buying any contact lenses, it would be good to familiarise yourself with the variety of lenses before your visit to the eye professional and also check other services available at Walmart such as expert advice and myths about contact lenses.

First decision would be making your mind whether contact lenses is something right for you. Many customers find it difficult to get used to the idea and daily procedure of putting an external object in the form of a contact lenses in their eyes. For someone it may not feel comfortable and would feel strange. The company has an excellent service in this regard and can help you decide whether Walmart Contact lenses are right for you by taking you through contacts glossary and clarifying certain misconceptions about the contact lenses in general. Contacting Walmart Vision Centre directly, you can leave a message and the operator would get back to you answering all your questions and explaining what type of Walmart contact.

Great news is that whenever you purchase certain type of Walmart contact lenses, you can easily reorder online and it is fully explained in Walmart website how you can do it. The company also offers several good discounts on Walmart contact lenses such as you can save up to $30 or more when you order more than one pack of Acuvue contact lenses with no requirement for rebate. Whatever you save would be automatically reflected in your online purchase chart. For instance, this offer applies to the following Acuvue products available in Walmart Contact lenses centre: 1-Day Acuvue 30 pack, 1-Day Acuvue Moist 30 Pack, 1-Day Acuvue Moist 90 pack, Acuvue 2, Acuvue 2 Colours, Acuvue Advance, Acuvue Advance for Astigmatism, Acuvue Bifocals, Acuvue Oasys, Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism and Acuvue Oasys for Presbyopia. Prices also vary by type of Walmart contact lenses you decide to purchase.  After your first visit to eye profession, you will have a prescription for contact lenses that you can use not only in Walmart contact lenses centre, but with any provider of your choice.