9th Generation of Transitions photochromic lenses available in April 2024 (Gen S)

[Elvis Is Alive]

https://www.visionmonday.com/business/article/transitions-welcomes-over-1300-attendees-to-academy-2024-for-worldwide-debut-of-gen-s-technology/

Launching the tech at Vision Expo East.

Some impressive info here: Cat 3 darkness in 25 seconds and less than 2 minute fade time.

New Ruby color and all colors are supposed to stay true to tone at all levels of darkness.

[drk]

Keeps getting better.

[Uilleann]

Lookie here! A new wheel!

[Michael22]

New XTRA active version when?

[DanLiv]

I must say, Transitions 8 and XTRActive are the first time in my career I've been impressed by photochromics. 8 is very clear, changes quickly, and doesn't yellow as soon as previous generations, and especially competitors, did. And XTRActive has helped me move a handful of die-hard glass Thin&Dark wearers into plastics, successfully.

[AngeHamm]

I must say, Transitions 8 and XTRActive are the first time in my career I've been impressed by photochromics. 8 is very clear, changes quickly, and doesn't yellow as soon as previous generations, and especially competitors, did. And XTRActive has helped me move a handful of die-hard glass Thin&Dark wearers into plastics, successfully.

+1. For me, Transitions VI was the improvement that brought me around to photochromics, but 8 is miles better.

[dwlk]

so hyped, i have the polarized version and i lovveee them, im excited to see the ruby

[Elvis Is Alive]

Here's a video taken during the Transitions Academy a few days ago in Orlando. You can see the colors around the 02:16 mark. They look much much better than Gen 8 with being true to tone. Super nice.

He mainly regurgitates the available info but one nugget at the end is Gen S is only replacing Gen 8. All Xtractive products including style mirrors and polarized will remain unchanged.

https://youtu.be/S0E2fK4un9c

[KrystleClear]

I'm really excited for the Ruby color. I've been able to sell more Transitions with the extended line of colors for the 8th gen. I sell a lot of Transitions Sapphire and Amethyst. They need to have a marketing campaign targeting younger wearers. It's an easy sell for Gen X and older, but I find a lot of younger people think Transitions are uncool, like wearing "dad" sneakers. Why comfort, functionality, and convenience are uncool, I do not know.

[Elvis Is Alive]

I received my first order back with a Gen S a couple of days ago. It was a grey. The fade time is very impressive to see in person. Thumbs Up. Looking forward to seeing the "true to tone" darkening in the style colors.

[iD]

for those wondering outside of the normal colors (graphite green, grey and brown) VSP won't cover them.

[edKENdance]

What I am gleaning from these posts is that the older you get, the better Transitions lenses seem to be. Interesting!

[NAICITPO]

I must say, Transitions 8 and XTRActive are the first time in my career I've been impressed by photochromics. 8 is very clear, changes quickly, and doesn't yellow as soon as previous generations, and especially competitors, did. And XTRActive has helped me move a handful of die-hard glass Thin&Dark wearers into plastics, successfully.

Spot on.

Lookie here! A new wheel!

Just saw the Ruby, looks pretty cool. The colors definitely pop a bit more than the Gen 8 and they do turn dark and lighter much faster. Best thing is throughout the entire presentation they didn't talk about using AI... not even once!

[rosesformonsters]

We've had one order with the Transitions S this week. The darkening time is impressive.