Originally Posted by
roxysmom
Hi--as a consumer, and not an optical professional-I found that at the chain retailers-I never could get a straight answer. I had to go through my phone book and call around to find out who uses Varilux lenses...
Once I found opticians who use varilux, I found them to be very enthusiastic to work with me, and to share all of the info about their lenses that they could. Nobody treated me like I had two heads, or was an idiot...I only got that from the "mall chain stores" and could never get a straight answer from them about their products.
In the end however-I went with the Shamir Piccolo lens with Crizal alize AR coating, and I absolutely love it. I work in Neonatal intensive care, so when looking into isolettes I find I am using the intermediate zone alot, and my vision is great, not only in the intermediate zone, but also in the distance, and in the reading. And with the Alize coating-I don't get reflections off the plastic of the isolette to impede my vision which makes for a very comfortable work lens. the piccolo is a short corridor lens. Shamir also makes a regular lens-the Genesis. I don't have any experience with that lens, as I wear a smaller fram with a B measurement of 30 mm. anyway--Just wanted to give you my experience as a consumer. You do need to call around to independant opticians and ask them if they carry varilux lenses. those who truly work with essilor will be very helpful and enthusiastic to work with you. Good Luck!!
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