Does anyone know what this PAL is? It is the new PAL at pearle, and probably all the other lux places. I've only seen the writeup on it and they obviously make it seem like the greatest lens ever. Is it their own design, or just a rebranding of something else?
thanks
I am not sure exactly what they are - but had ONE PT come in asking for them - price shopping -
I would prob. put money on them being an essilor product ? but who knows -
was told they where supposed to offer the accolade - and the free form design sometime soon -
did they say what they where made out of - and what they where charging ?
If anyone knows - would love to hear what they really are -
I think they are a free-form design (meaning without mold) but not custom at all. I hope I'm saying that correctly.
They were just sent a letter at the local pearle, and I didn't see anything about price.
I'm sure they have the same info anytime they switch lens designs for their "go to" design. Virtually no distortion, blah, blah, blah...
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It's not likely their "own design". They wouldn't have the technology of the rights to produce a free-form lens on their own. If it is free-form, then it would have to come from Shamir or Seiko, unless the Empire is in the picture.
My guess- and it's purely a guess...
Accolade if it's not free-form, Seiko if it is.
I talked with the workers at pearle again the other day and they told me it
was nothing more than a blended bifocal. I'm not sure if I understood exactly what they were saying, because the older optician who works there thinks "all pals are the same." Still, they were trying to convince me it was nothing more than a bf with a minimal blur at the edge of the distance and near, instead of a distinct line like a traditional bf.
Smells fishy. Its also a very expensive lens, even for them.
Maybe they're using the TR-O Blended backside seg.Originally Posted by orangezero
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Could it be another name for the EZ2Vue?
hmm.
sounded like it was going to be their #1 go to lens.
Since no one knows me around here, I guess I'll shop the Pearle down the street tomorrow....could be interesting...
This lens is a Shamir lens. The Canadian company that had this lens was acquired by Lux and turned into Pearle Visions. It is only available at U.S. Pearle Vision for the next year then the other Lux brands will get it. I believe privates practices can get the lenses but they have to be orderd from Europe and cost $$$.
Just found out today that this is the Shamir Autograph lens. Lux is branding it as Easyview.
I have some friends at Pearle in Texas and looking at their literature on this, card I saw had the words Tegra and a fitting chart for Ilumina on it, I didn't think that was a digitally surfaced product? I am really confused about what this pal is?
Tegra is Vision Ease's hardcoating, right? Or does it mean aspheric for Vision Ease. Anyway, Pearl probabaly just uses an Illumina chart for everything. It will work for any lens with a 4mm above markings lens.I have some friends at Pearle in Texas and looking at their literature on this, card I saw had the words Tegra and a fitting chart for Ilumina on it, I didn't think that was a digitally surfaced product? I am really confused about what this pal is?
If Vision Ease has a new lens, I'm not aware of anything new. But what do I know
It IS the Autograph lens from Shamir, rebranded as easyview. I just spoke to an ex-coworker (I used to work at Shoppers Optical before Lux bought them and changed them) who confirmed this for me.
with a painted on AR
U.T.M.C. paints on their AR?
the coatings I always saw Shoppers on could not have been UTMC. That stuff was thin, and would last a month
Still better than Hakim's!:hammer:
Lol, Hakim has been here a year and already is being bad mouthed around town. This stuff may have worked for them in areas with millions of people and cities only minutes away.
But with two stores in a population of 100,000 and no one close to you, they are not going to last.
Easyview is a free form lens manufactured by Shamir. It is custom made to fit the frame, so due to the pt. pd and seg ht, it is entered to the computer and the lens is custom made to the frame. it has the widest field of view and has a short corridor. The min. seg ht. can be as low as 16. It is a aspheric poly carb. lens. It cost starts at $435 which includes a/r plus a super hydrophobic coating. The lens is only exclusive to PearleVison.
I thought we concluded that it was a Shamir Autograph. It's NOT exclusive to Pearle. Anyone that has a wholesale lab account can order it.
Same lens at my shop will cost you $385. Am I too cheap?
QUOTE " The lens is only exclusive to PearleVison."
I am sure this might be half true - the name may be exclusive to Pearl " - LOL -
the only thing i have ever come across - exclusive to lux - may be the scotch guard ar product by essilor - but who knows if it is just alize marketed differantly ?
I had a pt - price shopping - and wanted apples for apples - and saw the product on the scotch guard website - i had thought - it may be aval. just under another name - but when i called i couldn't. my alize price was less then the scotchguard - however the pt did nto want to hear it ( go figure ) -
I have seen the scotch guard product on the UK essilor Site - along side the alize - but i always find it odd that the same company ( even as large as they are ) - would offer so many comp. products - Must be the price point or something - ?
maybe the essilor rep can explain it - ?
Let me start off by explaining what i meant as exclusive to Pearle. I meant exclusive within the Lux Retail Brands: Lenscrafters, Sear Optical, Target Optical...........the lens is not a style, its a process. So it's not eqvialent to the Autograph style pal. They use SV. semifinished lenses and is very accurate than surfacing. It is as accurate as +/- .01 diopter.
That is certainly good! My refraction is only accurate to within +/-0.03 diopters anyway. (hope none of my patients read this... sshhh)
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