Lenses
When anyone talks about your glasses, how come it's always about the frame and not your lenses?
And yet, without the right type of lenses, made with your up-to-date prescription, the frame is really no more than fashion accessory. We love frames but we love lenses even more . . .
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Our mission is to ensure you have the very best lens option to fully meet your lifestyle and vision requirements.
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Single vision
Typically used for distance and reading glasses.
Categories of lens we dispense . . .
Protecting your lenses . . .
You've chosen your new lenses now shouldn't you also consider protecting them and enhancing your vision to-boot. Most of our lenses come as standard with the best, most durable coatings: Hard scratch-resistance, broadband reflection-free, water, grease and oil repellency and easy-clean top coat.
HOYAMyerio HOYAHiVisionLongLife Crizal® Sapphire™ HR
Beautifully thin lenses . . .
Who doesn't want their new lenses to be as thin as possible. By carefully combining your choice of frame size with the latest high-index lens materials, thin lenses are guaranteed. One of our qualified Dispensing Opticians will help you make the right decisions, so your new glasses have beautifully thin lenses.
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Lens options for reducing brightness and glare . . .
Of course a good hat will always help when it's bright outside. For most glasses wearers however, your glasses can seem to make the glare feel worse. Whether you are looking for one pair that do it all, a separate dedicated pair of prescription sunglasses or something to help with driving, we can help with all of that . . .
Standard
photochromic
Clear when indoors with variable degrees of tint when you go outside, depending on how bright the sunlight is.
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HOYASensity
Transitions® GenS™
Extra active photochromic
An extra potent version that also reacts to ambient light, so it performs better when you're behind the wheel.
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HOYASensity Dark
Transitions® XtraActiv
Fast change
photochromic
Improved speed of change makes these ideal for wearers wanting a more rapid darkening.
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HOYASensity Fast
Polarised
sun lenses
The optimum type of sunglass lens that removes reflected glare off roads, water and snow.
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HOYASun PRO
Essilor XperioUV™
Most of these options are available as upgrades on most of our clear lenses. Speak to one of our qualified Dispensing Opticians for more advice . . .
Let's put some colour in to your view . . .
Most light-reactive lenses have traditionally come in three colours: brown, grey or green. Things have changed, and now several leading manufacturers offer a wider palette of vibrant colours that can really enhance your frame colour and, give you a different view of the world.
HOYASensity COLOURS Transitions® GenS™ Colors
Let's mirror your personality . . .
Remember Top Gun and those shiny mirror-coated aviators? Mirror coatings have had a bit of a revival, so we now offer a bewildering combination of partial and full mirror finishes, combined with some great polarised base tints. Of course, the mirror coating also reflects more light away from eyes too.
HOYA MIRROR Essilor XperioUV™Mirror
Varifocal lenses you can wear all day . . .
All varifocal lenses are certainly not he same. If you are struggling with switching between distance and near vision or, you've tried varifocals several times before but really struggled to get used to them, we can help . . .
Our best ever varifocal lens . . .
These fully tailored varifocal lenses are truly in a category of their own. Combining six different profile designs and being fully adapted to your frame profile and facial fit, these lenses offer unparalleled adaptation and ease of use, combined with one of the best multi-layer coating technologies available.
HOYA MySelf PROFILE
Smooth transition from near to far distances, recommended for new progressive wearers.
Created for outdoor lovers or wearers who require good far distance visual acuity.
Perfect for wearers who require good vision and change visual focus frequently across all distances.
Designed for wearers who move around and spend a lot of time indoors or require good optical clarity at close and intermediate distances.
For experienced progressive wearers who often view objects from a distance and close-up.
Our qualified Dispensing Opticians are trained provide advice and help you select the most appropriate type of varifocal lenses that meet all your lifestyle and vision requirements.
What makes our varifocals so special?
All our varifocal lenses feature digitally designed vision zones. Our top-of-the-range lenses are machine milled instead of cast-moulding and utilise the latest visual modelling design processes, so that you experience the very best possible vision from ever square millimetre of the lens.
A varifocal lens for every wearer . . .
We've chosen a range of modern, advanced varifocal lens designs that meet just about everyone's individual vision requirements. Whether you're a new or experienced wearer, speak to one of our qualified Dispensing Opticians about which lens design is best for you.
HOYA ID LifeStyle Varilux® XRSeries™ Varilux® PhysioExtensee™
Multi-task lenses to help you work and play . . .
Although varifocal lenses provide excellent all-round vision, sometimes a special lens is better for specific tasks such as intense screen work, hobby crafts or general office duties. Often referred to as enhanced reading lenses, they allow us to tailor various vision zones to meet your specific vision requirements at work, at home or for specific activities.
Ideal for intense mobile use but also at meetings and restaurants.
Perfect for intense screen work and viewing paperwork on your desk.
Suited for receptionists, call centre work and open-space offices.
Perfect for screen work, occasional reading and seeing around the room.
Suited to activities where you need to focus close up and occasionally a little further.
Ideal where you want to move around but mainly need to see close up and mid-distance.
If you already wear varifocals, it is not uncommon for you to need a second pair of task-specific glasses. Our qualified Dispensing Opticians are trained provide advice and help you select the most appropriate multi-task lens option for your lifestyle.
Our best ever multi-task lens . . .
Not unlike a varifocal, these lenses focus on providing a far larger zone for middle distance screen work. Available in three formats: close, screen and urban, they provide excellent near vision, an unrivalled middle distance zone and an upper area for room distance vision.
HOYA ID WorkStyle
A multi-task lens for every wearer . . .
Because everyone's vision requirements can differ, we've selected a range of different multi-task lenses that cover all the various vision zone combinations. If you are considering a dedicated pair of task-specific glasses, speak to one of our Qualified Dispensing Opticians for more advice.
HOYA SuperReader Varilux® DigiTime™ Varilux® Computer2V™
Lenses designed for the modern digital age . . .
It has now become quite hard to avoid using digital display screens. From mobiles to tablets to computers, screens are everywhere in our daily lives. Our visual systems have yet to fully catch-up with this change, so many of us unknowingly experience visual fatigue. We can help with this . . .
Let's reduce your visual fatigue . . .
Anti-fatigue lenses work by incorporating a subtle power boost, or slight magnification, in the lower part of a single-vision lens. This reduces the effort your eye muscles require to focus on digital screens and close up tasks, thus easing strain, headaches, and the dryness associated with prolonged close work
Essilor Eyezen®
Meets the visual demands of today’s connected lifestyles.
Designed to support your eye's accommodative effort for near vision.
Adapted specifically for children to provide greater visual comfort.
A visual fatigue lens for every wearer . . .
Our range of lenses have been developed to offer most wearers and age groups, a solution to visual fatigue. Glasses wearers approaching middle-age, who are not quite ready yet to leap in to varifocal lenses, will also find these lenses beneficial. Speak to one of our qualified Dispensing Opticians for more advice.
Driving lenses developed to reduce glare . . .
As the roads get busier and more cluttered with signs and speeding cameras and, headlights get brighter, driving has become far more challenging for our visual systems. Glare when driving has become a very common issue. Fortunately, we can help with this . . .
The best lens for behind the wheel . . .
Our driving lenses have been specifically developed to reduce the glare or coma around bright headlights. Combined with a special filter and reflection-free coating, they help to enhance your vision when behind the wheel. Available in single vision and a soft varifocal that aids viewing modern digital dashboards.
HOYA EnRoute PRO
Specialist lenses . . .
As independent Opticians, we choose to offer a diverse range of niche lens options. From our Myopia Control lenses to traditional bifocals and even trifocal lenses, we have something for pretty much every occasion. If your prescription is extremely high, you will know your lenses can get very thick. Fortunately, we can help with this too . . .
Putting a lid on shortsightedness . . .
Myopia Control lenses are an intervention intended to slow the progression of shortsightedness in children and young adults, by managing how light focuses on the retina, through a process called peripheral defocus. Slowing axial eye growth early on can lower the risk of related eye conditions in later life.
HOYA MiyoSmart
We're ready for ultra-high prescriptions . . .
For moderately high prescriptions, careful choice of frame combined with thin high-index lenses is normally acceptable. When we are presented with an ultra-high prescription, a special lens option, such as a blended lenticular is normally required to achieve a wearable pair of glasses.
When only a traditional lens will do . . .
Although varifocals and multi-task lenses have become the go-to choice, sometimes a more traditional lens design proves to be the best option or, maybe you're simply used to bifocals and don't wish to change. Speak to one of our qualified Dispensing Opticians for advice on traditional lens options.
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