Lenses Are your spectacle lenses too heavy or do they look thick and ugly? Do you feel you just don't see as well as you should in your glasses? Do you struggle with some visual tasks like your computer screen? Choosing the wrong lenses can lead to disappointment in your eyewear. Sore noses, [...]
Reflection Free Lenses Our eyes are important communicators – let people see them with reflection free lenses! Sapphire Using multi-angular technology to tackle light from all angles and by doing so greatly reducing reflections. Find Out More Prevencia Combating eye fatigue by reducing glare from computer screens, tablets and smartphones. Find [...]
Spectacle lenses need to be made out of the most appropriate material to ensure they give the best optical performance and look fantastic. This is a brief overview of some commonly used spectacle lens materials. Orma 1.5 From Essilor was the world’s first mass-market plastic lens. An organic material, Orma is a quality lens at [...]
Polarized lenses are a type of sunglass lens that can help reduce glare and improve visibility in bright sunlight. These lenses are made by applying a special film or coating to the surface of the lens that filters out certain types of light. One of the main benefits of polarized lenses is that they can [...]
Many people dislike driving at night. It’s something that my patients commonly mention to me at their routine consultations. Night driving is difficult because the human eye has developed to have its best vision at much higher light intensities. Also, eye disease such as cataract and macula degeneration can cause additional glare from oncoming headlights. [...]
Lens technology has come on in recent years in leaps and bounds. We have lenses that change colour in the sun and variants that will even go dark in the car. We have varifocals that help the over 50s see clearly at all distances with no ugly demarcating line on the lens. We also have [...]
When people ask me which is the best varifocal for them to choose, my answer is simple - go for the best one you can afford because this is going to give you the most comfortable, most natural vision. Some people come to Jacksons with stories of not getting along with varifocals in the past. [...]
Now I know that in business one should always “big up” ones products. I just wanted to share this with you as I was genuinely impressed with the strength and durability of my Essilor X design varifocals. A couple of weeks ago I took Felix sailing to the Queen Mother Reservoir, Datchet which lies directly [...]
As I sit writing this newsletter the sun is shining, but there is a chill in the wind. It will soon be time to take my orange and lime trees that have enjoyed summer on the terrace down to the greenhouse to reside overwinter. We don’t get much frost here on Anglesey, but these visitors [...]
THE FIRST VARILUX PROVIDING TOTAL VISUAL FREEDOM Varilux X series is the first Varilux lens to dramatically reduce head movement and ensure that your vision is as natural as possible for everyday activities within arm's reach and beyond.Essilor claim that Varilux X series is the best Varilux they have ever designed. A NEW DEFINITION OF NEAR VISION [...]
