previous Rx
OD= S+2.25 C-1.00x090 ADD+2.75
OS= S+2.25 C-1.25x090 ADD+2.75
Pd=62
current dispensed Rx
OD= S+2.75 C-1.00x090 ADD+3.00
OS= S+2.75 C-1.25x090 ADD+3.00
PD=62
Patient been wearing progressive many years. As we can see, the Rx is quite "complex" due to it's high plus and cylinder, which mean very narrow visual acuity because of the aberration. So previous lens was Rodenstock purelife colormatic grey 1.54, now I changed it to generic progressive Freeform transitions VI 1.67. The first few hours was the only adaptation period due to the increase in Rx, it feels very sharp but that's normal.
The next day I saw he wears the glasses completely and seemed to be very comfortable in it.
A few "logical" things:
- For those of you that knows Rodenstock, purelife was the front surface design that is currently replaced by lifefree, which is a back surface design (known as freeform lens). a few years back, high end lens manufacturers such as rodenstock, carl seizz were the only pioneer in freeform lenses, however nowadays almost every progressive lens is made with freeform technology. Back surfaced progressive are proven to be far more superior than the conventional design of course, especially for complex Rx like the one above.
- Of course rodenstock lifefree is not the highest lens in their portfolio, one grade above would be the multigressive myview and even impression lens, theoretically these are the top notch of progressive because it is "customized". The price is obviously not for everyone, only if you have deep pocket. Sorry
- The "Rx jump" to me was, quite significant. However even with a generic Freeform lens, he still don't have problems adapting.
I could sell rodenstock impression for 4x the price of the lifefree, and client would still be feeling about the same, in terms of comfort. But why would I do that? isn't it logical to just sell the lifefree?
Note that the generic Freeform I dispensed is slightly cheaper than the lifefree.
Whole point is, don't get to affected by these giant manufacturers such as essilor, nikon, rodenstock, carl zeiss, shamir etc. Just because you use rodenstock or carl seizz that's worth thousands of dollar in price, doesnt necessarily give your client "more", you simply r i p t h e m o f f. It might be very sweet to consume the very $$$ you earn now, but I'm sure the juice will come at later point. And that's bad for business.
Sometimes you could talk technical through clients because they want to know. But a lot of times, and especially nowadays people wants something that is a little cheaper but good in quality. Regardless of the technicality. We're selling lenses, most are deemed to be "similar", period. It's different with frame choices, people could literally see you're wearing prada, dior, linberg, cartier etc. But come on with lenses?? Can you tell at first sight that it is shamir lens, carl seiz, or nikon? Of course cannot.
Agreed with me? Just a piece of advice, use only the necessary dosage for your Rx and dispense accordingly. No point ripping them off, you're scaring them away
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