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It's a T3 torx screwdriver, either a hardware or electronic store should have one. Also, incase you didn't already figure it out, Theo's Eye Witness typically have asymmetrical lens shapes left to...

As one of the woke millennial who smells of coffee and B.O; working with a frame stylist who wants to learn from an optician and/or OD, and likes to understand why we would or would not recommend a...

I just saw my Essilor rep about this yesterday. The X design has been good for me as a top end lens option, so I'm willing to try to XR. However, I doubt anyone but dedicated lens enthusiast will be...

Hi Julia,

I have dispensed a few aphakic lenses to elderly low vision patient, so I'll give you the tidbits I have. Like many extreme scripts, close fitting, round frames which centre the eye are...

Orgreen's Quantum line has had some success for us and is 3D printed. Super light and with titanium temples, only drawback is there isn't a huge variance in selection of shapes and colours.

Buying thrifted or vintage eyeglass frames (whether online or in the flesh)

Lenscrafters' "Blue IQ" progressive I believe. There's a similar lens listed under the Lenscrafters brand in the Vision Council PAL identifying PDF.

I like them more so for fashion than function. Funnily enough, I was having this talk with a patient earlier about why their polarized sunglasses will always feel darker than their transitions.
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Does the Maui Jim HT lens work? I would call it Olive-y Green.

My lab still has the Transition Mirrors available in polycarb, but thats the closest thing I can think of in fun transitions colours. As far as I can see Hoya's Sensity line only does grey, brown,...

At my current dispensary we don't specify a time frame. However, it's low volume and the labs offer us 120 days, so we rarely run into issues in that respect.

I used to work at LensCrafters (the...

Thanks Uncle Fester, I appreciate the knowledge dump. I've read through one of the forum posts before, but I'll give it and everything another read.

In response to your question; many patients...

I recently had a phone call with one of the lab techs at the local lab we use. He informed me that unless otherwise specified, they were defaulting their PAL corridors to short fits (12 to 14mm)...

I think the "batch" in a brick and mortar store is the entire store itself. By coming into the building they can try on all the frame which peak their interest. I will let patients take frame home...

Much like everyone else here, we try to avoid ordering frames for patients who aren't absolutely sure they want to buy. Luckily, a few reps will send us their samples, which has saved us a headache a...

I really appreciate all the feedback I'm getting here.

I would love for this patient to have two pairs of specs, and their previous pair is still in good condition, but they insist on one pair...

Thank you to all who replied. I pitched the Varilux X to the them and they've decided to upgrade. I'll keep the corridor fixed and double check my measurements.

Hi everyone, fresh optician seeking some advice.

The following patient has been wearing Hoya's ID lifestyle 2 for that past 5 years and loves it, they can do everything they need to. They recently...