Single Vision vs. Progressive Lenses

There are two main types of prescriptions that require different lenses—single vision lens prescriptions and progressive lens prescriptions. When you’re checking out, one of the first questions we ask is whether your prescription is single vision or progressive. We’ve sorted through the technical jargon and noted the key points.

Single Vision Lenses

Single vision prescriptions are the most common among people who need vision correction. It means the lenses are correcting for one field of vision—nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatisms. The entire lens contains the same amount of vision correction.

Anti-Reflective

An antireflective, antiglare or anti-reflection (AR) coating is a type of optical coating applied to the surface of lenses, other optical elements, and photovoltaic cells to reduce reflection

Hard Coat Treatment

Scratch resistant coating or hard coating provide lenses with durability and increased longevity. A high quality thermally cured hardcoat provides the best scratch resistance and provides for the most durable ingredient for an AR coating application

Progressive Lenses

Progressive prescriptions call for multifocal lenses that correct for nearsightedness, farsightedness and everything in between. Compared to lined bifocal lenses—which requires much adjustment from your eyes to see clearly—progressive lenses’ seamless transition from distance correction on top to reading correction on bottom provide much sharper overall vision.

TINTING

Tinted glasses are simply a type of sunglasses or eyeglasses lens. They are created by coating a UV-blocking lens with different tints: blue, green, brown, yellow etc. Tinted lenses are both a fashion statement and a great way to protect your eyes against harmful UV rays and enhance the co...

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