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    Blue Jumper Varilux Physio Enhanced Lenses


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    ADVANCE YOUR PRACTICE WITH VARILUX PHYSIO ENHANCED


    The sharper vision and reduced distortion enabled by W.A.V.E. Technology 2™helps you provide practical patient benefits.
    • Safer, more confident night driving
    • Less strain during low-light reading, television and computer usage
    • Reduction of swim and ease of adaption.
    Varilux Physio Enhanced lenses can strengthen your practice by helping you stand out from retail competition and decreasing non adapts and returns.
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    Re-branding?

    Is this the Physio 360 in a new box? Seems like all the same characteristics.

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    I believe it's new software/calculations for BSD.
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    It will ultimately replace the 360 product.

    The PDF's take a little long to load, but they've got good information.

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    Bleah.

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    Thanks Judy - the info is always good to have available. :cheers::cheers::cheers:

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    [QUOTE=Judy Canty;330291
    The PDF's take a little long to load, but they've got good information.[/QUOTE]



    Lee Pruit said:
    Psst! It is not us. It's you opticians that keep ordering them.
    To which Judy replied:

    :bbg: :hammer:Indeed.
    This thread is a good example of what I was referring to in the "monopoly" thread. This isn't a bash on Luzerne, but a comment on independent labs in general.

    Why don't they promote more choices from non E sources?




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    Quote Originally Posted by Johns View Post
    Lee Pruit said: To which Judy replied:

    This thread is a good example of what I was referring to in the "monopoly" thread. This isn't a bash on Luzerne, but a comment on independent labs in general.

    Why don't they promote more choices from non E sources?




    We do, but the vast majority keep ordering the same old stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DC Optix View Post
    Is this the Physio 360 in a new box? Seems like all the same characteristics.
    Quote Originally Posted by scriptfiller View Post
    I believe it's new software/calculations for BSD.
    It looks like the Physio Enhanced replaces the Physio 360 (Physio stays the same), and uses a semi-finshed spherical blank with the Rx and PAL design on the back, possibly using a variable corridor length based on the ordered seg height and frame shape. The other 360 PALs (Physio Short, Comfort, and Ellipse) may also be using spherical blanks, probably with fixed corridor lengths.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Martellaro View Post
    It looks like the Physio Enhanced replaces the Physio 360 (Physio stays the same), and uses a semi-finshed spherical blank with the Rx and PAL design on the back, possibly using a variable corridor length based on the ordered seg height and frame shape. The other 360 PALs (Physio Short, Comfort, and Ellipse) may also be using spherical blanks, probably with fixed corridor lengths.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Santini View Post
    The design of Physio enhanced is "weighted" to provide an overall slightly-greater negative-focus effect in the DV-axial zone (in front of the pupil) to compensate primarily for The spherical aberration of the eye at nite. Other HOA mixes are also weighted in a "proprietary" fashion by Essilor in order to (Caution: comparative ahead) "enhance" night acuity...

    when compared against previous E progressives and those based on Wave 1 algorithms.

    FWIW, and to the best of my understanding...at this time

    Barry
    But that can be done in the mold also. Hard to see where you can optimize this for each indivdual Rx in a way that would be noticable to the wearer. It's difficult to understand how there can be any further reduction in coma and trefoil compared to the regular Physio- IMO the best night vision (contrast/acuity) performance of any PAL that I've tried (yes, I have larger than average pupils), including some very optimized freeform generated PALs.

    To be sure, it's smart to market and produce a PAL with an emphasis on night vision, when you consider how many people over age 50 comment about their deteriorating night driving vision.

    Quote Originally Posted by allanon View Post
    Kodak Unique? Say it ain't so!
    Unique enhanced? What's up with that Signet Armourlite/Essilor deal? When I asked Essilor about it, believing for the moment that Varilux went freeform backside, all I got was silence.:)
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    Honey this is definetly not 360 in a new box ! I got the lens and am truly a no line hater as I have tried all there is out there until now! I can honostly tell you that this lens is great !
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    Just sold my first one. Lets pray this works.

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    Thanks Judy and great video and info on your companies website about the new Physio Enhanced.

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    Physio Enhanced:

    Ordered 4 pairs, all sold today...

    Will let you know.

    Barry

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    Sorry to be a wet blanket, but how in the world can anyone give Essilor any cred on a new product?

    They've got a lens a month...

    They're making warm-fuzzy claims about illumination...

    They routinely misrepresent and obfuscate...

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    Quote Originally Posted by drk View Post
    obfuscate...

    Great word.

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    There are *plenty* of us who use Essilor lenses, and many other large multi-national lens manufacturers products with *great* success. Simply put - they work. And very very well for many of us. They're also cheaper to some of us than just about any other option. They offer a very wide selection of lenses for a wide selection of lifestyles and vision needs. They have a killer warranty. They have some pretty amazing representation out in the field (hat tip in our Pete's general direction). Are they "perfect"? Nope. But neither is *ANY* other lens manufacturer on this little rock we call home. Misrepresent? No more than *ANY* other lens manufacturer I've ever met.

    No need to be a hater! :shiner::p:cheers::cheers::cheers:

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    Quote Originally Posted by drk View Post
    Sorry to be a wet blanket, but how in the world can anyone give Essilor any cred on a new product?

    They routinely misrepresent and obfuscate...
    'Cause inquiring minds want to know...and....

    they're all for adds of +2.50 ... my worst clients for other FF. So I'm tryin these.

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    I just can't get that excited about progressives anymore. We had a frame rep that swore up and down that all she could wear was the latest and greatest in lens design. She tried the 'older' designs years ago and she hated them!! She brought a pair of sunglasses and we put in some progressives. She claimed they were wonderful and the vision was great! She was dying to know what lens we used. We told her, VIP. Oh that was great!!

    To be honest I have never encountered a lens that didn't work. As long as you select and fit correctly they'll be fine. Don't get me wrong I sell the crap out of these newer designs....it's just...well the thrill is gone!!!

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    Redhot Jumper Barry is on fire!

    Your a wild man Barry!

    Just sold my second, and one SV FF. Not a bad day in my office.

    :cheers:

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    FWIW my last pair of glasses were Physio 360 and my new pair are Physio Enhanced. My distance vision has scarcely changed; I couldn't really see any difference when my optometrist switched the phoropter back and forth between my old and new Rx but I certainly need more add than I used to.

    My zones are narrower but that is expected with more add. Since wider zones were a promised feature of this lens I was hoping it would cancel out the narrowing effect of more add.

    The biggest difference I see is everything, near, intermediate, and far looks sharper. Since my distance Rx hasn't really changed I assume these lenses just work better.

    Physio Enhanced gets two thumbs up from me anyway.

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    Bruce, thanks for sharing your experience with this lens. Can you tell me your fitting height and add?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Happylady View Post
    Bruce, thanks for sharing your experience with this lens. Can you tell me your fitting height and add?
    Fitting height 16mm add +2

    I did notice one more quirk since my original post. Every pair of spectacles I've had I see double left of center due to anisometropia. This seems to be worse with my new glasses; Now I start to see double 15-20 degrees left of center. My Rx is OD +1.00 -0.75x102 OS +2.25 DS OU add +2.00. I assume the worsening of double vision isn't really the fault of the new model though.

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