I'm finally on board with the poly-haters. I've had it with cracks, crazing, and groove defects, which seem to be epidemic the past year. My office is looking at steering away from poly and instead recommending 1.60 and Trivex for mid-high prescriptions.
So I ask you, dear OptiBoarders: what are you using and how are you approaching it? Poly has the obvious advantage of being more inexpensive than 1.60 or Trivex, and is certainly available in more lens styles and color options.
I chafe at asking my patients to pay more unless it's absolutely beneficial to them, but I'm finally convinced that polycarbonate lenses are an awful lot of potential trouble for a savings of (retail) $10-20 over my poly price. We still plan to continue to offer poly SV for kids at the same price as CR39 for safety and cost reasons.
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