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Understanding Your Glasses Prescription
Understanding your glasses prescription can be daunting, especially if you have lots of numbers in lots of boxes, none of which mean a whole lot! Whilst it isn’t essential to understand your prescription, it makes ordering prescription glasses online more straightforward. With more knowledge about your glasses prescription, you can order with confidence that you…
Read MoreThe best lenses for driving
With recent developments in lens technology, we now have glasses for many different activities. These include sports, hobbies, computer work, protective glasses, and many more. Given that our vision needs to be perfectly clear and often enhanced at night, more people are having a pair of driving glasses. There are various options when it comes…
Read MoreHow to order varifocals online
Unsure on how to order varifocals online? Do you find that you’re having to keep swapping between single vision reading glasses and distance glasses to see things clearly close up and then in the distance? Then you may benefit from a pair of varifocals. Varifocal lenses correct vision for both short and long distance, with…
Read MoreHow do adaptive lenses work?
Picture this. There you are, holding court at a social gathering when you suddenly realise you’re still wearing your sunglasses. Indoors. For those of us with 20/20 vision, all we need do is slip off our glasses and carry on. But those who wear prescription glasses now need to fumble around, taking off their sunglasses…
Read MoreAre Blue-Coated Lenses Worth It?
What is blue light? Blue-violet light is a part of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, occupying the space between 380 and 500nm. and represents an essential part of the spectrum that is relevant to high-contrast vision along with various physiological processes. Today it is most closely associated with its interaction with the…
Read MoreThe benefits of trying on glasses virtually
Up until 18 months ago, the idea of trying on glasses virtually would have been a tough sell – after all, surely it’s much easier to pop into a shop and try on glasses before selecting a pair. Now, not only has the Covid pandemic altered the way we shop, but customers are also benefiting…
Read MoreHow long does anti-reflective coating last?
If you’re buying new glasses then it can be tempting to opt-out of having anti-reflective coatings. After all, they have something of a bad rep when it comes to the longevity of your lenses. However, any damage to the coating is caused by user error, rather than the coating being of poor quality itself. With…
Read MoreDoes anti-reflective coating on glasses work?
If you’re put off from having an anti-reflective coating on your glasses due to its legacy, then don’t be. While in the past the coating would break down quickly, impacting your glasses’ appearance and your quality of vision, today it adds durability and improves your sight, as well as helping to minimise eye strain and…
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