Forum: Progressive Lens Discussion Forum

At the retail dispensary that I work, we tend to sell progressive lenses in this order, from base-best: SolaVIP (only glass prog we offer, discontinued SolaXL) SolaMax Instinctive Image (for our sunglasses, mainly) SolaOne Varilux designs (by request, only do 3 pairs or so a year)

Hi everyone, Please help me to understand this, thanks. I just dispensed a beutiful Ic! Berlin (base curve 8) polarized polycarb sunglasses to my patient in a perfect conditions. Then one week later, he came back and show me there is a long crack on his polarized polycarb lenses. He told me...

Venting! Pal outside Rx w/ pd wrote on rx "64/61." I ignore it & handwrite job w/ mono-dpd 33/31. Mngr starts to key in o-of-n insurance job for me & ?'s my pds-- I know this because I hear her call another opt on phone about it. They decide to go w/ Dr pd. Job is keyed DPD 32/32. ---because the...

Here's a list of available XTRActive progressive lenses. http://thelensguru.com/XTRActiveAvailability.php

I was wondering if anyone else has any problems with the trivex progressives. I recently had a customer come in with a trivex progressive and it had major waves in the lenses. It looked like scratched up and down the lenses but they werent scratches.

I have a patient whose doctor has suggested the sola access or equivalent. I have limited experience with office pals. Generally I have found success with fitting a short corridor 2mm below pupil center with a compensated intermediate / near rx. However, I have never tried the access lens. What...

Not even sure if this is an okay topic to discuss but..... How do you price your freeform progressives? I've only put a few of my patients in freeform PALs because of the price issue. I'm charging about 90$ more for the freeform lens we use (HOYA products) than for our most expensive short...

Greetings and salutations to all! I've been working with the patient and her sunglasses now for 2 months and I don't know what to do. A little background info: Rx: OD: +2.25 -.50 x88 OS: +2.75 -.75 x78 Add: +2.25 She purchased a large sunglass frame (Juicy Couture Runway/S model)...

Can anyone tell me in terms of progressives, which ones are the best especially those complaining of peripheral distorsions? I've heard Shamir autograph II and Hoya id are great lenses, any good lenses in Zeiss?

What's your feeling on this? A patient comes in with an Rx change in only one eye and wants to get only one lens redone. You don't have availability or ability to match the lens style on the old lens, for one reason or another. If replacing only the one lens and having a different NL style in...

Od +0.75 -0.50 x180 OS +0.25 Add +2.25 Customer sees blurry when she looks straight into the distance and when she tilts her head down and looks through the top of the lens it's clear. Also when she places the glasses lower on her nose she sees clear but it's a uncomfortable position. ...

How does everyone handle making changes when there is a problem with one of the compensated FF lenses? Have run into this situation on a couple of occasions over the past year and still not sure of the best way to handle. Last one I switched from a Autograph II back to a Physio 360 on a high...

Anyone know how many companies actually design their own freefom lenses My list would be: Shamir Hoya Essilor Rodenstock Zeiss Seiko kodak

Hi all, Except to all those big brands Essilor, Hoya, Zeiss and Rodenstock, Is their other suppliers will sell their freeform software/technology as white label to local labs? So that these small local labs can produce their own freeform progressive lens as their own name? All I...

Long time Pt of my office was in and chose a new frame for her updated Rx and wants her Panamic lens put in. Well, Panamic is disco'd and no longer available. She tried a Physio last year and didn't like it at all. When asked why she wasn't able to give a great description of what it was she...

I've heard some Opticians specify a minimum of 2 weeks use for a patient to try a new PAL lens. I'm wondering what others think about this, and if it has any basis in scientific fact. It seems to me there are 3 possible outcomes: 1) the patients body (eye/lens/muscle/etc) actually change...

When i say more comfortable i refer to one bad problem that it may appear: conjunctivitis.

(I have another post that is directly related to this but am rerouting it to here) Below are the posts that started this thread (followed by my response): The Individual works wonders for myopes (especially those with lower powers). We are made to believe that the lab is...

We have fit a few GT23Dv's in our 2 offices lately. I have had pretty good success, actually a few 'wow's. Our other office (larger, has sold many more) has liked the lens as well but has had some issues with the reading add running off the bottom when fit withing the MFH recommendation. Our rep...

Can some one explain technical aspects between the Hoya Lifestyle ID and Hoya ID? And how do you present the differences to patients? Any help is appreciated.

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Dear optiboarders, The last few weeks in my practice I had some customers with oblique cylinders (C-0.75 axis 135 and 45) which I prescribed the Hoyalux iD. Four of those customers really had problems adapting to the PAL. The following problem occured in all those 4 customers: when looking down...

Hi, I am an Optician, wearing progressive lenses for about 8 years now. I searched here but really didn't find an answer and this probably has been covered before. I'm one of those people that can see better if I lift my frame up when looking near. I have had this complaint from clients over the...

:hammer: Ok everyone, we all can't stand America's Best, except for those that work there. Does anyone know the name of the progressive that they call Precision? I have never heard of it. They will not tell you anything about the lens, other than of course it is the same as what you are...

Since everyone seemed to like the Progressive Lens Chart so much, we decided to put up an interactive version. This one is sortable by fields, has larger images, and several more updates. The data in this version is currently more accurate than the pdf. You will need to have Flash Player version 7...

Hi all. One patient changes she's PAL from non-premium PAL with 12mm corridor length to HOYA summit CD. She talk to me that distance is OK. However, When she gazes near portion to reads newspaper or book, she feels rise up.(bulge) Distance Rx is same with the old glasses, just increased...

i have a customer who i sold two pairs of eyeglasses too,one was with AR and the other was tinted same brand and rx now the one with AR is fine now the tinted lense is where the problem lies when customer is inside hes fine but once he goes outside he says that the curbs and floor look like they...

Has anyone used or heard of shoreview progressive lenses? Our Dr's are switching from varilux lenses to shoreview / shoreview mini lenses. The selling point from our rep is that they are the same lens and manufactured from the same factory in china as varilux comfort and ellipse but 1/3 the...

IF the Thinning prism be cancelled ,what will be affected except cosmetic?

What do you think for free form machine,which is the best for you?Which brand is had to advantages and disadvantages? Thank you for your ideas !

Hi all Pt Rx:-10.50 +0.50 x 45 -12.50 +3.25 x 148 +4.75 Add I have a patient that is a PAL Physio with a +4.00 Add. Last year when she came in she was supposed to have a +4.50 but the most in PAL is +4.00 so thats what we gave her. Now shes at +4.75 and her chief complaint is blurry at...

I'm fairly certain these don't exist, but just for the sake of my own sanity and because my OCD won't allow me to simply let it go, I wanted a little more confirmation. Patient comes in today says the glasses he picked up last week are not what he ordered. He's wearing a standard PAL, nothing...

Hi, First of all sorry if something like this has been posted before; I did search but did not find anything. I'm a dispensing optician working as a lab technician part time and training as an optometrist. My dad's rx is: RE: -7.00 DS LE: -6.00/-0.50 x 175 Add +2.25

With 3 in the mail today we're at 4 and counting.

We recently started dispensing what I was told is the Hoya Amplitude HD & Amplitude HD Mini as a higher end product. Higher end than the Varilux Comfort & Elipse so I have been told. I can not find out any online info. about these lenses other than they are a rebranded, possible free form lens...