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I'm curious about the Sapphire HR. Over here, we have to stick with the labs own coatings. I.e: Essilor only with Essilor, Zeiss with Zeiss, Shamir with Shamir etc.
We mainly use Zeiss and the...

Hi drk,
We use this company here in AUS. We have that brand as well as Avanti and Eclipse.
Over here they operate on consignment basis for most of their brands, so you just do a usage replenishment...

Not so much 30% but there was a drop, mabe closer to 20% for us.

But ever since the end of lockdowns in 2021 our business has boomed more than ever. Our usually quiet months are nearly fully...

Good question.

I will just speak on our experience over the last 13 years at an independent.

over that time, the effect was on and off. We found that 1/3rd of our regulars would disappear for...

Interesting. I will take that on board.
It makes sense when they are choosing the Individual.

But if they are on more on a budget and end up choosing the "Pure" or the "Plus" designs.
Those are...

Thanks for all the replies everyone.
I forget to mention they were also photochromic and he needs them for driving. So that rules out office lenses.
Just an update: He came in today, and we tested...

Hi everyone,
We have a PX who came for yearly check and need to update their progressives.
The requirement they mentioned to the optometrist at testing time was if the reading can be better for...

Haven't seen a proper technical white paper yet. But our practice has been using these since July.
The Lab here essentially forced everyone over. So all the stock FSV lens range essentially got...

Thanks for all the replies, we will take them into consideration for solution.

Just a note: We are not doing new lenses into old frame, she made a new separate pair. But both the new and old...

Hi there,
Just looking for a bit of advice before remaking lenses.

We have an Old PX that is experiencing double vision (horizontal) after a few min of wear when looking at the TV or distance....

Thanks for your replies. I think there was one internationally on ebay but would end up costing too much to get in.
I've sent it to the repair company (as they have assessed photos) and are...

Hi everyone,

I have a customer who's Lightec Stainless Steel frame has "split" on the sides of the eyewire (picture attached)

I have seen this happen a few times on these types of design, but...

I'd be interested,
Maybe for the main manufactures: Zeiss, Hoya, Shamir, Essilor, Rodenstock, IOT and possibly VSP etc..
Probably would be too much effort though. Would be nice to have a comparison...

Hi All,
Just curious as to why some PAL Designs will keep increasing in ADD once you've reached past the NRP ordered Add.
For example: Order and Lab Paperwork will both have +2.25 Add. But once you...

Zeiss have a FSV range with a 70mm blank option for + Powers:
1.5 spherical & 1.6 aspheric with Duravision Platinum or Duravision Blue Protect. Max sphere is +4.00

In Australia, only Superb and Individual Smartlife lenses can have the Face Wrap Angle Specified.
Pure and Plus don't unfortunately. They just go off an assumed average face fit position: 12mm...

Just an Update: We ended up ordering with the height difference, but lowering the LE a little to make it less. PX collected recently and everything was fine, vision was clear for all zones.
The lens...

Thanks for all the replies and suggestions!

Hi all,
Just was seeking some guidance about making new lenses for PX.

We are making a new pair of progressives for him (Zeiss Progressive Smartlife Individual 1.67 as our practice mostly use...

They weren't really able to explain why it was measuring so high. Just that any small change can affect things like prism reading because it is such a customized lens. I wasn't that happy with the...

Thanks for the reply.

We did think that was a contributing factor. We ended up re-doing lenses with the old specs RX in a different frame that is quite similar to his old specs as well.
Still...

Thanks for the reply Robert.
Sorry after all that mountain of text i forgot those things.

Client is 55 years old, VA's are 6/7.5+ for each eye.

The fitting height for the old specs (he likes)...

Hi everyone, I've been browsing the forum for a few months now, first time posting, sorry it’s not a contribution, but a request for help.

Our practice is having trouble with new specs and 2nd...