Premium vs in house/non premium AR
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Originally Posted by
braheem24
While I'm a firm believer in A/R, I do not believe in the hype sold to dispensers by progressive manufacturers and ESPECIALLY by A/R manufacturers.
I've been using made in china and taiwan A/R for the past 6 years and have been relativly happy with the quality.
This time around I pampered myself and ordered a finished pair of -1.00 SPH OU Essilor SV lenses with Crizal. (700% more expensive)
It has been 2 weeks and both lenses have cracking in the A/R, something my "made in China" previous lenses did not have in my 1 year of wearing.
Is it just me or does someone actually notice a reson to pay the difference between decent quality A/R manufacturers?
Are those airwear lenses, where they finished in house or at the lab? In 16 years, I have used almost every coating, in house, up to Alize clearguard, Carat Advantage, and I have noticed one thing. While all seemed good, and under normal wear and tear ( not cleaned on shirts, not used in an industrial enviroment, etc.. ) lasted about the same, Zeiss, Essilors, and Hoya's premium AR coatings have outshined and outlasted the competition. My AR percentage is around 75-80 percent, and I will use an inhouse coating only for the patient needing glasses the very next day. Depending on the lens, I will choose one of the three I mentioned above.
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Sounds more like a lens defect
That sounds more like a lens defect or a defect in the first layer or two. Never use a stock lens coated, my lab manufacturer told me that, there have always been some problems. Whenever they (the coating lab) coat a lens, I have no problems period, but when I have received a stock coated lens, it hasn't been good. Don't know why, you would figure it to be the same.
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Order the lenses as a non stock lens, and when you call Optogenics, ask for Kendra. Tell her Brendan said hi, and will get a hold of her soon...
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Matching the others....................
I am just wondering how many "glory singers" in the Ar Reflex choir are influenced one way or another by some of these corporations, that they can't leave a good hair on other products or brands or makes.
Have you ever heard that if you make a product that is not matching any better ones .................you don't stop improving your own until it matches the glorified one or better.
So whoever had a product that was not up to par a few years back might have a quality that surpasses the glorified one.
So don't be one way opticians............the road goes both way's !
Pardon me while I grab my pitch pipe . . . . !
I looked around for a couple of years looking for a decent inexpensive AR on stock. I put a pair on a baby Doc and let her bang it against lane equipment for a year. I put a pair on my wife's son who works as a commercial electrician. I left a pair on my dashboard for a year. Guess what?? Within 3 suppliers I found what I was looking for. For less than a double cappacunio. I offered the same warranty as the majors and had less than 1% return rate.
I believe that everyone has a right to their own opinion and mine is that there is money to be made with some no name ARs!! I hope you're all having fun and making money!!
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