If your glasses don’t feel quite right, it’s often down to the spectacle lenses, not the frame. Although many lenses appear similar, their design, thickness, weight and visual clarity can differ dramatically. Poor lens selection can leave glasses feeling heavy, unbalanced or visually underwhelming. Carefully chosen spectacle lenses deliver sharper vision, greater comfort and a noticeably better experience.

We are Accredited Essilor Experts  – so you don’t have to be!

Choosing the wrong spectacle lenses can lead to disappointment with your eyewear. Patients often tell us about sore noses, glasses that feel heavier than expected, lenses that appear thicker than anticipated, or simply feeling underwhelmed by their visual experience. These issues are rarely caused by the frame alone, but by the lens design chosen.

Whether you have your eye examination with us or bring a copy of your prescription, we take the time to sit down with you and discuss how you use your vision and what you want from your new glasses. We then recommend the most suitable spectacle lenses for you and your prescription, explaining clearly why those lenses have been chosen and what difference they will make.

Jacksons works closely with leading lens manufacturer Essilor, creators of the original Varilux lenses, and we are proud to be accredited Essilor Experts. We have invested in Essilor’s latest lens measuring and dispensing technology, allowing us to offer some of the most advanced, modern lens designs available today — for clearer vision, improved comfort and better-looking glasses.

Essilor VisiOffice places you at the heart of the lens measuring process.

Comfortable and highly accurate, VisiOffice X creates a modern, personalised experience when measuring your lenses. Advanced measurements are taken while you sit naturally in your chosen frames, ensuring your lenses are tailored precisely to how you look and move in everyday life.

Clear on-screen animations help you immediately understand the benefits of personalised spectacle lenses, showing how accurate measurements improve comfort, clarity and visual performance. The result is lenses that look better, feel better and deliver the best possible vision.

The VisiOffice has three personalisation measurements for greater accuracy and personalisation.

Eyecode™ technology: which measures the exact position of the Eye Rotation Centre. This helps in placing the distance and near vision centre of the lens in exactly the right place for the wearer.

Near Vision Behaviour: a simple task measured to understand how you naturally use your eyes. Do you move your eyes when you read or do you move your head or a bit of both? Do you hold the text in front of you or slightly offset to the left or right? Are you a detailed reader or do you skim read?

This information influences the location size and shape of the reading portion of the lens and provides better adaption of your new lenses when you first begin to use them.

H3D analysis: analyses your natural posture, the way in which you hold your head and the way the frame fits you to ensure better visual comfort when using your glasses.

Why not watch this short video in which Kate and Sue demonstrate how the VisiOffice X helps patients at Jackson and Co.

There are so many things to consider when choosing a lens that it can get a bit confusing. Why not have a look at our short guides below to find out a little bit more about spectacle lens design and technology to hep you on your journey to find the best glasses for your prescription and visual needs?