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    Are current Transitions more sensitive to heat than previous generations?

    I just got my third pair of Transitions lenses and they're nowhere near as dark as the previous pairs. I've spent the weekend reading up and learned some things I didn't know before:

    (1) Reduced effectiveness with age. I hadn't really noticed, I had my last pair for 3 years.

    (2) Reduced effectiveness with heat. Again, hadn't really noticed.

    (3) Different effectiveness with different lens materials. Previous lenses were polycarbonate, so I assume NG. My current Pearle receipt shows "Transitions Thin 2"... not sure if this means Hi-Index.

    Granted it's been warm since I got my new lenses, but then again, it was just as warm with my previous lenses. My 3 year old lenses were darker than my new ones. Looking at the info at the Transitions website, it sounds like Hi Index should be the new V w/ ESP, which are claimed to perform comparably to NG.

    So, I'm thinking either I got old stock using previous gen Hi Index, or I got a 'dud', or current gen is just more sensitive to heat than older gen. I was out in the direct sun one day mowing the lawn, no trees, no shade, and I'd estimate they were about 60% what I'm used to. It used to be after an episode like that, I'd go inside and couldn't see they were so dark. That's not an issue anymore.

    Any thoughts?
    Last edited by shovis; 08-20-2006 at 11:06 PM.

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