Barry's got me thinking. I have been contemplating diving into the freeform progressive lenses. I've been knocking it around for over a year. But my criteria are tough. For example, I will only offer freeform to my patients if transitions is available because often transitions is the last thing mentioned and I don't want to have to tell them "sorry, not available".
So I would like the massive brainpower of the board to help - If you would be so kind.
Here are my criteria:
1. as mentioned, must be available in Transitions
2. must be able to fit as low as 15mm (I'm not going to try a 13mm fit, even if it's possible)
2. must be available in poly, Trivex, 1.60 and at least one of the high-index materials from 1.66 to 1.74. CR-39 availability is of no value to me.
3. must be a design that someone has had good luck with
4. must have turn-around time (w/AR) of one-week or less
5. THis is the most important: I must be able to turn a profit at an $80 add-on charge for the "Freeform" processed lens. And I get my traditionally surfaced lenses pretty inexpensively.
Is there anything even out there? Maybe I need 2 go-to lenses for these criteria. My short list includes Accolade freedom (no trivex:( and no personal experience), Definity, Unique, Autograph II (no experience, is cost an issue?), Hoya iD lifestyle (too expensive??), Seiko/pentax internal (Succeed? Superceed? I don't even know the proper name). I noticed Craig loves the Indo product, but I can't find a lab that even offers it.
I love the combined knowledge and experience of the board, so you are my go-to guys and gals for this type experimental data.
Since this is public, you can PM me with specifics on pricing or any negative comments.
Thanks in advance!!
Marc
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