Eyeglasses and AR coatings

[007]

How many of you lens wearers get the anti reflective coatings? I just got a new pair and had AR put on it for the first time. I'm finding them to be a complete pain in the ass to clean. Whenever I clean them I just get nothing but smearing. I'm tempted to send them back and have them redone with no coating at all.

Am I doing something wrong or is this normal for anti reflective coatings?

The other thing I keep hearing is that AR requires a liquid for cleaning rather than dry cleaning them like I usually do. This smearing is even worse when I use a lens cleaner solution from the eye doctors office.

[Buzz]

Bought cheaters a year ago, cant see crap up close. Cheap Bifocals get me buy but the transition from looking top to bottom is crap. The top is crap, I can read the fine print, does this change with better glasses?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Buzz

Bought cheaters a year ago, cant see crap up close. Cheap Bifocals get me buy but the transition from looking top to bottom is crap. The top is crap, I can read the fine print, does this change with better glasses?

I need bifocals, but I got them a few years back and they drove me crazy. I may not have given myself enough time to adjust, but I sure need them. I'm always taking my glasses off for various things. I had those graduated bifocals instead of the ones with lines, so I don't know if that makes a difference.

[synthesis2]

This is the industry that I have been in for the last 17 years so I know quite a bit about AR on lenses.

AR is great if you get a REALLY GOOD AR meaning inside the lens and high quality. They typically don't smudge or scratch at all.

CHEAP AR is absolute garbage and you might as well go ahead and not get it at all.

So this is truly a go top of the line or don't get it at all.

I'm a rep so I go to private offices as well as retail. Stay away from retail joints like lenscrafters, America's Best Etc. Find a good private practice that has high end stuff.

If you treat them good they should last years and the extra $$ you spend will go much further.

If you just want basic without AR it really does not matter where you go ( just don't go to America's Best (worst) )

Hope this helps.

[Squalor2]

Originally Posted by synthesis2

This is the industry that I have been in for the last 17 years so I know quite a bit about AR on lenses.

AR is great if you get a REALLY GOOD AR meaning inside the lens and high quality. They typically don't smudge or scratch at all.

CHEAP AR is absolute garbage and you might as well go ahead and not get it at all.

So this is truly a go top of the line or don't get it at all.

I'm a rep so I go to private offices as well as retail. Stay away from retail joints like lenscrafters, America's Best Etc. Find a good private practice that has high end stuff.

If you treat them good they should last years and the extra $$ you spend will go much further.

If you just want basic without AR it really does not matter where you go ( just don't go to America's Best (worst) )

Hope this helps.

you are correct. the best pair ive seen had the coating inside the lens layers.

[Rain Man]

I didn't know there were options. I was just told that I was getting the AR. But I bet mine's just the coating given my cleaning challenges.

[007]

Originally Posted by synthesis2

This is the industry that I have been in for the last 17 years so I know quite a bit about AR on lenses.

AR is great if you get a REALLY GOOD AR meaning inside the lens and high quality. They typically don't smudge or scratch at all.

CHEAP AR is absolute garbage and you might as well go ahead and not get it at all.

So this is truly a go top of the line or don't get it at all.

I'm a rep so I go to private offices as well as retail. Stay away from retail joints like lenscrafters, America's Best Etc. Find a good private practice that has high end stuff.

If you treat them good they should last years and the extra $$ you spend will go much further.

If you just want basic without AR it really does not matter where you go ( just don't go to America's Best (worst) )

Hope this helps.

Thanks. I'll just go the super cheap route then and get them from zennioptical without the AR. My vision isn't so bad that I feel a need to spend $400 for glasses.

[Squalor2]

Originally Posted by Guru

Thanks. I'll just go the super cheap route then and get them from zennioptical without the AR. My vision isn't so bad that I feel a need to spend $400 for glasses.

i can see that.

[007]

Originally Posted by Squalor2

i can see that.

I know you can.

I purchased the first pair from Walmart at the low end for $180 and just ****ing hated them. Not comfortable and the viewing corridor was crap even though I paid for the wider corridor. I went to my eye doctor and they were trying to sell me a pair for $400. There is no way I am paying that much for my prescription. Its more of an astigmatism correction than anything else. Barely any add value at all for reading.

ITs a racket what they try to charge for eye glasses these days.

[Squalor2]

Originally Posted by Guru

I know you can.

I purchased the first pair from Walmart at the low end for $180 and just ****ing hated them. Not comfortable and the viewing corridor was crap even though I paid for the wider corridor. I went to my eye doctor and they were trying to sell me a pair for $400. There is no way I am paying that much for my prescription. Its more of an astigmatism correction than anything else. Barely any add value at all for reading.

ITs a racket what they try to charge for eye glasses these days.

i agree its a racket. there are only so many vision equations that humans have 20/20 or some variation after. there is a low finite amount of vision corrections that can be made.

[splatbass]

Originally Posted by Guru

I know you can.

I purchased the first pair from Walmart at the low end for $180 and just ****ing hated them. Not comfortable and the viewing corridor was crap even though I paid for the wider corridor. I went to my eye doctor and they were trying to sell me a pair for $400. There is no way I am paying that much for my prescription. Its more of an astigmatism correction than anything else. Barely any add value at all for reading.

ITs a racket what they try to charge for eye glasses these days.

I usually buy them when I'm in Korea. Top shelf stuff, super light frames and lenses, AR and transition (darken in sunlight) - the works for about $90 without insurance. I got my friend a pair when I was there in August, nice but without the extras for $75. And here is the catch - they are the exact same glasses you get here. It seems like it is a racket here in the US.

My eyes have been changing quickly though, and I decided recently I need progressive bifocals because not only close up but intermediate distances are starting to get fuzzy. So I went to the eye doctor and ordered some. $400, with insurance. Ouch.

[007]

Originally Posted by splatbass

I usually buy them when I'm in Korea. Top shelf stuff, super light frames and lenses, AR and transition (darken in sunlight) - the works for about $90 without insurance. I got my friend a pair when I was there in August, nice but without the extras for $75. And here is the catch - they are the exact same glasses you get here. It seems like it is a racket here in the US.

My eyes have been changing quickly though, and I decided recently I need progressive bifocals because not only close up but intermediate distances are starting to get fuzzy. So I went to the eye doctor and ordered some. $400, with insurance. Ouch.

You can actually get that prescription from Zennioptical as well. I'm ordering progressives too.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Microfiber cloths.

[srvy]

This


And this


I keep this in my work truck for safety glasses and one at home stuff is the best I ever used. Our office actually setup cleaning stations around the office with this stuff. We get it at Contractors Supply in KCMO on North side of 18th Street just west of the Paseo but sure a search will find you local or Amazon.

[splatbass]

Originally Posted by Guru

You can actually get that prescription from Zennioptical as well. I'm ordering progressives too.

Cool, I'll check that out.

[ArrowheadHawk]

Originally Posted by Guru

Thanks. I'll just go the super cheap route then and get them from zennioptical without the AR. My vision isn't so bad that I feel a need to spend $400 for glasses.

I have used ZenniOptical for years. Best site I ever found to save money. If you don't like your glasses just buy a new pair. Also the cloth that comes with the glasses is nice for cleaning them. I highly recomend ZenniOptical.