Purely out of curiosity, what lenses do OptiBoarders personally wear? It would be interesting to see what we put ourselves in.
The poll is multiple choice.
White Glass
Glass Photochromic
PSR
Poly
Trivex
Plastic Photochromic
Mid Index Plastic
High Index Plastic
Polarized
SV
Lined Bifocals
Lined Trifocals
Progressives - standard
Progressives - office lens
Occupational Seg
Round or blended Seg
AR Coating
Contact Lenses
I gave up on all of this and had Lasik.
None of the above; I see 20/20 without.
Purely out of curiosity, what lenses do OptiBoarders personally wear? It would be interesting to see what we put ourselves in.
The poll is multiple choice.
Anything that makes me look, feel, and act younger!
I'm the only optician in Seabrook Texas who wears Maui Jim wrap arounds that look so cool on the yachts and have press on +2.75 bifocals on the inside.
I ain't no fool.
They'll never know!
Come to think of it....I'm the only optician in Seabrook, TX.!
I have a pair of Visio`s and a pair of Multigressives both in Titan
frames.
The Multigressives are wore for show only, has nothing to do
with the fact I am 42.( hehehe)
Well er..
As the Mrs says you cant wear all them spexs can you....
Lets see if i can remember then all....
white glass....................................No longer wear too heavy
Pgx glass.......................................Stuck in the car somewere
cr39................................................work wear
Polerised........................................for a nice sunny day
1.66 pentax ar coat........................Working round the house (5 years old now)
1.66 ar coated................................Were my best
Ng grey.. Ah Magic the best by far..Best wear now
Indoors
Hoya 1.71 - Mid index 1.56 - NG Trans brown and gray - All A-R
Outdoors
Polarized gray - NG Trans brown and gray - Splitz yellow/amber
Great to see so many Optiboarders wearing A-R!
Everyday wear ....Transitions NG Panamics with Crizal in a Silhouette semi-rimless
Feeling funcky wear .... Enigma three-piece (Sola Poly with AR and that funcky curved lens in a Safilo frame)
Computer wear .... SV PSR in an Armani Plastic frame
Needlework and taxes .... SV PSR in an ancient, funcky looking, gold metal Cottet reader
Sunglasses .... Polarized Polycarbonate with Real Eyes Green backside AR in a plastic Armani
Lab glasses .... Plastic Sola Adapatars with that extra hard coating in a very fashionable On-Guard 53. Styling.
Painting the spare room glasses....Plastic Essilor Naturals with Reflection Free NP in a metal Armani (six-years old and seen better days)
It surprises me how few put AR coatings on. Or did people not realise you could have two options?
(SVD, CR39, UTMC, titanium frame in case you were wondering)
These people are opticians, if they use a lensometer, a keratometer, Slit~lamp or radiuscope, the damn AR coating won't last 3 week despite claims to the contrary every year about the new improved version.
We may sell the stuff, but we don't trust it.
Chip
Now that Chip mentions it, lensometers are the reason that last pair on my list are now painting glasses. They scratched the ARC. Glad to note that Crizal is fairing much better under normal wear but I don't wear them when I am at anything with an eyepiece anymore. I never could get used to using a lensometer without the little rubber cup up.
Panamic NG w/ Crizal in a Silhouette Titan 3 piece, and polarized Comforts w/ Crizal in a Calvin Klein metal for driving. it's been over 20 years since I had any eyewear w/o AR.
Single vision, polycarbonate, AR-coated mounted in a Marchon Air-lock (plus, I usually wear a shirt and pants, shoes, and sometimes even socks).
;)
PS- I had LASIK two and half years ago, and yes I still wear -0.50 sph OU. However, I'll take that over -4.75 sph any day of the week!
Pete Hanlin, ABOM
Vice President Professional Services
Essilor of America
http://linkedin.com/in/pete-hanlin-72a3a74
SV Poly with Crizal in a 3 pc titanium
SV Poly polarized in a givenchy frame
my spare glasses are CR-39 with stock AR($4) in a Medicaid frame ($2)
I haven't scratched my crizal yet and they take quite a beating!
Contact lenses during the work day .......or for any extra curricular activities(biking,skiing,snowmobiling).Glasses at the end of the day.....or when im at the firing range.
What I wear
I normally wear my ck metal with panamic ultralifestyle with Crizal for most of the time.
And as weird as it seems ck plastic sunnies with cr39 polarized brown(I'm a -6.00-0.50 ou). The darkness is better
Christina
Interesting, I think most of us presbyopes chose to put SV polarized in our sunglasses. I wonder why we don't bother to wear PAL's in our sunglasses. I know I did at one time (Polarized Grey Poly Outlooks) and just didn't bother this time around.
I've got new trivex Phoenix lenses in a minimize rimless and its the most comfortable pair I've ever worn-weight and vision.They are so light they blew off my face in a stiff wind at South Station in Boston.We're talking plus 4's with 2 adds.
For sun, Varilux Comforts Nupolar and I have a new pair of Transitions NG Panamics that I don't think a lot of.Comforts are more comfortable.
hcj
"Always laugh when you can. It is a cheap medicine"
Lord Byron
Take a photo tour of Cape Cod and the Islands!
www.capecodphotoalbum.com
Well, I have 10 pair in my current Rx but right now my favorite are my Silhouette and my Chloe 3 pieces in Phoenix with HiVision. I have a 3rd pair being done at the lab right now in Phoenix with Zeiss Foundation to see how it compares. Love that Phoenix!! Nice and lightweight with super great optics-when it comes out in Transitions I will have the best of both worlds:D
Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others. -H. Jackson Brown Jr.
If the only tool you have is a hammer you will approach every problem as though it were a nail
You are an
OPTIJUNKY!
But....it's OK, cause you're from RC!
People from RC are cool!
Love,
AlanW
Big fat grins...
Well...,
I wear silk boxers because nothing else will do. Nothing comes between me and my undies :) When I'm in a particularly jaunty mood I wear a little fishnet number that just says "Stud." But then when I'm in just a regular old everyday mood I wear pleated Dockers with a loose, low cut shirt so the babes can see my chest (they seem to like that kind of thing for some reason. ;)
When I'm at home or just out and about I wear less revealing apparel becuase the wife doesn't like it when my clothing is revealing (who's she trying to kid? :) I guess she just doesn't like it out there for all to see or something.
Anyway, those are the secrets of what we male dancers/Opticians wear.
Tah Tah,
Darris "aka Sergio Von Musclehausen" C. :)
What brand of silk boxers do you wear......
I dunno, but the ones I got just cling in the wrong places.
I do wear a Maui Jim shirt that matches the lens cleaning cloth I got from them....its a smart ensemble.
And, and, of course.........
The jeans are Calvin Klein for bigger guys, a skosh fuller, sort of like those bowed temples on the frame.
And, by the way...
Did you notice that its in to wear frames with bowed temples that could sub for an archery set. Man, when I gradidated optical school the prof said never to bow the temples out to make them look like the archery set I gave my kids for Chanukah.
Now its so.....so...... "chic"!
Well, nuff said aboout the ol undies and outies.
Carry on....hip hip and all that rot.
Tah tah!
Alan (My Hilfiggers were too tight) W!
I have a pair of sv polorized with back side ar in a black zyl frame. They were otc with no brand name. I liked them and thought they were super cool. I have a pair of Fila sunglasses which were also otc...I liked them because they were on a closeout!! LOL!! I also have a pair of sv cr-39 readers in a jordache frame. I hate those. They are my computer gls that I almost never use. I should have had ar put on them but didn't and now I wish I did. I have my eye on several new pair which I will definately put AR on most likely crizal. I love that td2 coating.
Steph
What i wear
For indoors at work....AO Compact, UTMC, Titanium frame
For outdoors....AO Compact, Transitions, Safilo oxy Supra
For Telly...SV, CR39, UTMC,
For going out...AO Compact, Polycarb, UTMC, Rimless
For Sunny days ( not used much) CR39 Polarised, Titanium Frame
As Spares....3 pairs SV, CR39, 2 with UTMC and 1 transitions.
When my RX changes its going to cost a fortune !!!!
It is interesting how few of us wear CR-39.
lessee.....
I have 1 pair airwear with crizal
3 pair poly with ar
2 pair visio's with ar
1 pair nikon 1.6 with NHCC
1 pair plastic polarized sunglasses
and of course contacts and plano polarized poly sunglasses
hehe
but my fav's are the visio's
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