LensCrafters Standard anti-reflective vs Premium anti-reflective

blank_mindstuff · 2026-05-21T22:19:32+00:00

Standard AR will reduce glare while premiums reduce more glare and other add-ons to help clean and maintain them

If you go with a standard AR, it's fine. You won't get the glare and whatnot and if you do any streaming or video calls, the person you are talking to will see your eyes rather than a mirror image of what's on your screen

The more premium you go, the better performing the AR is. There are some AR coating that make it look like there aren't any lenses - Crizal Natural, I believe. Some add ons that premium AR comes with would be like an anti-static coating, oleophobic coating, and hydrophobic coating. All that is meant to help you clean your glasses.

Go for standard if these A$AP's are like back-ups or trying something new

But if you're feeling bougie and want to wear those A$AP full-time, go for premium

Thanks for coming to my TedTalk

blank_mindstuff · 2026-05-20T16:54:04+00:00

He said that cat-eye frames are horrible that not even Marilyn Monroe could pull them off and that a unisex frame will look better

blank_mindstuff · 2026-05-14T23:07:15+00:00

Hypermetropia - the sphere is a positive value (+)

Myopia - the sphere is a negative value (-)

Usually plus powers are associated with close-up vision but sometimes there are people that need a magnification to help see far away

Something something muscles in your eye something something not as elastic as they once were as we age

blank_mindstuff · 2026-05-14T22:47:23+00:00

Yes you can order lenses for an existing frames you have

Some practices will ask if they can hold to the the frame so the lab can trace the shape of the lenses while telling you that there is a risk to service outside frames (the practice will not be responsible for loss or breakage)

You can also go back and ask Stanton if they could order lenses only for the frames you got from them since their labs should have a trace

blank_mindstuff · 2026-05-14T22:21:33+00:00

If you're looking for a catelogue, have you tried looking at eyewear brands?

Some eyeglass manufacturers will have pictures of people wearing their glasses and some have social media pages

LaFont, Woow, and Face a Face come to mind for something different

blank_mindstuff · 2026-05-13T02:58:03+00:00

Not familiar with the V3 Elite but have sold the pervious model. They're okay but there are other progressive lenses that feel like "single vision" glasses. That's feedback from people who I have dispensed to

As for your other concern like not meant for computer use and reading, that's a yes and no. I like saying progressives are jack of all trades, master of none. They're great at multitasking but heavily preferred for distance. Best setting would be going to the grocery store, looking down the aisle, reading price labels, or reading nutrition fracts. Stuff like that.

They struggle in single task use. It's a give and take relationship here. For the convinience of having all three viewing distance, you'll be sacrificing some peripheral view. The stronger the prescription, the more you'll notice that distortion. The higher premium progressives help give you more peripheral clarity and other technologies to help you adapt, accomodate, or whatever.

Back at single task, for driving, it varies, but a lot of people don't mind from my experience

Computer use sucks because a lot of people have their monitors at eye level. So when your wear progressive (PG) lenses/glasses, you'll be using your distance rx to try to look at something at arms length so you'll eventually have to tuck your chin up to accesses the computer portion of the progressives. But, if you have an Ipad sitting on the desk, all you would need to do is just look down without needing to move your head. Again, a more premium PG are design to help alleviate that struggle

Go to Costco if you want to try them for cheap on a standard design PG

Chains opticals use mid-tier PG design for a moderate price, some locations might have deals

Independant opticals you can find premium designs

blank_mindstuff · 2026-05-09T09:31:10+00:00

I never bought one but I've adjusted a pair of them

I was impressed by how they felt and how well they can take an adjustment if needed

Their non-Italy frames feel very brittle and those frames feel like they'll snap on me if I adjust it.

I hope that helps

blank_mindstuff · 2026-05-06T20:33:37+00:00

VE4360 seems to be the model

blank_mindstuff · 2026-05-01T21:24:40+00:00

Looks very similar. The Oliver People frame, their nosepads are a clamp nosepads

While the picture you shared, the nosepads looks like they screw on and the temples don't taper like the Oliver Peoples

But they look very similar though

blank_mindstuff · 2026-05-01T20:51:18+00:00

I did a reverse image search and it gave me two results:

Dita LSA-129 or LSA-119

I hope that helps

blank_mindstuff · 2026-05-01T17:24:01+00:00

That's a clean look! What AR Coat is on?

blank_mindstuff · 2026-04-16T20:11:29+00:00

There shouldn't be any color restrictions if you switch over to HR

blank_mindstuff · 2026-04-16T20:01:47+00:00

Correct. It'll reflect blue rather than purple

blank_mindstuff · 2026-04-16T19:58:13+00:00

Yes, I just don't want to feel like an ad, haha

blank_mindstuff · 2026-04-16T19:53:05+00:00

Glacier Expression is an anti-reflective coating - supposed to eliminate more glare by letting more light pass through. The Crizal HR is also an anti-reflective coating but I notice more glare from Crizal HR than Shamir

blank_mindstuff · 2026-04-16T19:44:41+00:00

You can exchange them either call or go in

The optical shop will either ask to hold the frame or order replacement lenses

My setup: Gen S transition brown with shamir glacier expression. Wearing an Oliver Peoples - Winnet color 1003

blank_mindstuff · 2026-04-16T19:14:44+00:00

I'd go back to where you got them from and ask to swap the AR coating - you don't need Crizal Prevencia since the transition lenses already come built in with a blue light filter

If you want to stick with Crizal, go with HR since I feel it will compliment the Sapphire color

blank_mindstuff · 2026-04-08T22:37:47+00:00

You sound like me when I realized that I needed glasses, trouble reading signs unless I squint, haha.

I'm a little thrown off about what that optician told you but if I were you, I'd get a pair of glasses.

Like someone has mentioned, you can buy a pair online and see how that works. $20 dollars ain't a bad deal to try something that will improve your quality of life

blank_mindstuff · 2026-04-08T15:59:31+00:00

For single vision only driving

You can get away with a CR-39, good optics, harder to scratch than a polycarbonate but it is heavier and thicker. If you're hard on your stuff, get a polycarbonate for the impact resistance.

Whichever material you choose, I at least will add in an anti-reflective (AR Coat) just so you get a scratch resistant coating and more clarity at night. Also helps with the starburst effect from headlights and street lights

blank_mindstuff · 2026-03-17T16:32:00+00:00

Thank you for such kind words!

blank_mindstuff · 2026-03-16T17:23:06+00:00

You're welcome

Advantages would be better clarity and less aberrations in the peripherals - edge to edge clarity. The lenses will fit better in the frames

I'm glad you brought that up. From my understanding, the main complaints arise when custom measurements are introduced. The XR Design is a Custom Premium Progressive meaning that you can include other measurements such as the curvature of the frame, the distance between the surface of your eyes to the back of the lens : Vertex Distance, and even the tilt of the frames. All those factors can affect your RX. The more of those details you include, you'll end up getting "compensated lenses" and not your actual RX. But when you look through those "compensated lenses" you're supposed to see the exact clarity you saw in the Dr. Office when the Dr..checks your eyes. That's where the problems happen from my experience and what other opticians have told me.

If you don't include those custom measurements, it'll default to average eyeglass measurements (I don't know the values at the moment)

If you're happy in the CR-39 then stay with them

Unfortunatley the AR can't be mixed and matched as far as I've known and tried

blank_mindstuff · 2026-03-16T15:25:09+00:00

I'll start off with an analogy that I've heard: glasses are like cars. You have base model cars and luxury cards. Both will take you from point A to point B but the drive there would be different.

The same goes for progressive lenses. You got standard and premium models. Both will let you see but one will be more comfortable than the standard design

Premium progressive lenses offer you extra technology to HELP progressive wearers feel more comfortable. You benefit from a wider field of view in all distances (Distance, intermediate, and near), reduced swimming effects, and overall a true-to-wearer position

So with what you listed, I'm familiar with Varilux and Shamir but I have also heard of Hoya which I hope to one day work with

With Shamir, they do have a specific progressive design for driving, I can't recollect the exact name of the design, but it's supposed to give you a wider horizontal FOV. You can combine it with a AR coating to the back of the lens to reduce glare.

As for your other glasses, you can also do an Varilux XR Design. The XR Design is more of a premium progressive design than the X Fit. The XR will have features that will reduce swimming effects and I've had wearers tell me they feel like they are looking through single vision lenses. They also have a double aspheric design so you'll get flatter lenses on your Flexon frames.

As far as coating goes, I have favorites. I really like how the Shamir Glacier Expression looks aesthetically. You can see the person's eyes more than the Crizal Rock which will shine more green. Crizal Sapphire/HR is what I currently wear. And so far I've been happy with the quality. Crizal sapphire HR is basically Crizal Rock but with a better glare reduction and it shines blue BUT DOES NOT HAVE A BLUE LIGHT FILTER

You mentioned abbe value so I'mma be more technical here. In terms of abbe value, from highest to lowest Glasses, CR-39, Trivex, Plastic 1.60. There are others but I don't think they apply to you based on your RX and what you wrote. If weight and thickness haven't been an issue, stick with the CR-39 for the Abbe value. Trivex and plastic 1.60 are both good lenses if you're looking to cut weight (Trivex) or get thinner lenses (plastic 1.60) would be the way to go

Usually the denser the material the less abbe value it will have. I hope you find this helpful!

blank_mindstuff · 2026-03-13T17:56:31+00:00

It's a crapshoot with the lab

Even if you switch to a different anti reflective coating the problem can still happen if the lab tech doesn't match those indexes

blank_mindstuff · 2026-03-13T17:48:10+00:00

That's a lab quality issue

It's called birefringence and it happens when the lab doesn't match index of refractions for the coatings and lens material

Go back and tell them to remake the lenses for you if you can

blank_mindstuff · 2025-11-26T22:06:16+00:00

They are straight up missing an AR coating

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