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Neil, the owner of UseMyFrame.com is has been in the optical field for over 14 years and managed labs large and small before starting his own company. Neil holds an Advanced certification from the American Board of Opticianry.
Thanks man. But I wanted my lenses without coating. The coated lenses get scratched easily and don't last long. finally I received the lenses and they have a green hue. They won't last even a year. I am in a fix.
This is the most helpful technical review so far. Thanks a lot for your effort! I would love to see the quantitive performance comparison for the Transition Xtractive NG as well. They should be lower from 6% when in darkest state right, because xtractive NG said to be the darkest on the market? Also, I am curious if the difference in coating between the xtractive NG lenses will affect the darkest state. Because i have Xtractive NG grey, one has a Sapphire and the other one is optifog. When in darkest state, the one with optifog coating is darker than the one with sapphire coating.
Just got my first glasses..... Been holding off for years. my biggest regret is not getting transition lenses and just getting plain clear. Now either have to not wear my prescription glasses while driving or outside in sunny conditions or I have to spend around two $300 out-of-pocket to order another set of glasses.
Most technical papers will discourage the use of polarized lenses for night time driving; but I personally know of customers who prefer polarized lenses for night time driving to help reduce the glare, even with a lighter tinted polarized lens.
Very Interesting video, sir. I just purchased new eyeglasses yesterday, and after discussing my options, I decided the XTRActive Polarized sounded the best. In your demo, it seems they aren't fully "clear" in the plastic tray even at the very beginning. I hope I'll be happy with my decision ... I guess I'll know in two weeks!
I need some lens made for a pair of rimless frames I recently purchased. I have a simple single vision prescription, how fast is the turn around for receiving frames back.
I just got glasses for the first time today, it has AR for one lens, and it seems quite zoomed in compared to the other one, is this normal? Cause it doesn’t feel comfortable wearing them tbh. The other pair don’t have AR and feels comfortable
Today I got my new glasses, and the entire lens has a slightly greenish tint. But the reflections are completely white as if there was no AR. Are these new slightly greenish lenses even with completely white reflections AR?
Thanks for this. While driving the sun's reflection was tiring my eyes.. I have an photochromic spectacle..but thanks to your video.. i need a polarized spectacle 👌👍🙏
I m looking to find fir a small lab a very compact and affordable AR coating machine, I don't know how to get in touch with you for more assisting info, would be very welcome. Thank you!
Although this video is somewhat old, I do have one question: I recently bought some new Essilor 1.5 Blue cut + transition (gray) and for whatever reason, they do not darken, even though there's a sunny day. They do seem to have a slight gray tint - emphasis on slight. Is there something wrong with them? Thanks!
Hmm, this is a tricky one because the only Blue Cut I"m familiar with from Essilor, is when it's built into the lens material; but they can't do that on a Transitions lens because they can't have both. Transitions has some blue light blocking built into the lens itself, but if you were charged extra for a "Blue Cut" them I'm assuming it was added as some other coating (Essilor's blue light coating is Crizal Prevencia). Maybe this is just a combination I'm not familiar with, but it seems the coating (assuming that's true) is interfering with the darkening of the Transitions. I would mention this to your ECP (Eye Care Provider) and worse case scenario, remake the lenses without that additional coating so they'll darken they way you wanted.
@@UseMyFrameoh, it kind of makes sense now. I kind of told them i want a refund because they didn't deliver what I requested for. Either that or remake them accordingly. Thanks for your reply!
I thought Cartier doesn’t make ALLL WHITE buffalo horn is this true? Do they have black inside or does Cartier make genuine all white cus u have some on ur face
I thought Cartier doesn’t make ALLL WHITE buffalo horn is this true? Do they have black inside or does Cartier make genuine all white cus u have some on ur face
my friend just got the transitions s and was so excited until he tried them out. Yes they are fast, however they dont get as dark as the xtra-actives which was his older pair and they have a tint inside just the xtra-active ones...So it seems that xtraactive are best. Wanted to hear your feedback?
Cartier frames have a filled in square for the gold and hollowed out square for a platinum. The serial number is always on the nose bridge unless they are older pairs like malmaisons etc or the newer style ones like shown above. The older pairs may have it on the bottom of the nose bridge and the newer pairs usually have the serial number on the side. The older pairs usually say Cartier Paris on the inside (Bubinga woods for example) instead of just Cartier and don’t have a ct number while newer ones (big cs for example might say ct0092o or ct0007 rs or other style numbers) do have them. In my opinion, lenses can’t be fake. While they can vary in quality most people put after market custom lenses in their frames. The nose bridge also should have the color code, serial number and bridge length (that 2 digit number on the nose) spaced out from each other. A lot of fakes I’ve seen have no spacing at all. There’s more tips that are specific to certain styles but that’s a little more in depth and it would be hard to explain by typing.
100% of the time though, the nose bridge and engravings inside of the temples will always be the easiest and first dead giveaway. I have been collecting and selling them for some years now and have yet to see a fake that is actually good. Some are similar but there’s always a dead giveaway and those 2 places I mentioned above, they never get right
this is pretty interesting, I thought the Gen S was supposed to get darker than the Gen 8. This is the only place I can find anything about VLT information, so thank you. It would be really cool to see the different colors VLT percentages, but I assume grey will be the best.
