What is an Anti Reflective Coating & The Benefits of an Anti-reflective Coating

Standard lenses transmit only about 91% of light to the eye. The rest is lost to surface reflections. Anti-reflection coatings were developed to reduce reflections for camera lenses and have now become available for prescription glasses lenses.

A lens which has been treated with an Anti-reflective coating transmits 99.9% of the light which can provide benefits such as:

Whilst Driving: 

An Anti-reflective coat can provide drivers with an increase in safety with faster recognition of potential hazards on the road, particularly at night-time. The reflection of a streetlamp or headlights on your lenses is practically eliminated.

For Your Appearance: 

Anti-reflective coatings improve the clarity of your lenses and virtually eliminate reflections others see in your prescription glasses. You’ll enjoy direct eye contact, unhindered by distracting reflections!

Whilst Working: 

False light in office surroundings can quickly cause eye fatigue and working on a computer can also put significant strain on the eye. Having an Anti-reflective coating will protect your eyes whist working due to the decreased glare, and therefore result in less eye strain.

For Increased Durability: 

An Anti-reflective coating can further improve the quality and increase the lifetime of your lenses by offering greater scratch resistance, durability and a significant resistance to dirt and water.

An Anti-reflective coating can increase the quality and the value of your prescription glasses. Anti-reflective coatings can also help to reduce disturbing or annoying reflections. It will also make your lenses appear much more attractive due to the lack of reflection. You will experience much clearer, sharper and more natural vision with a brilliance that is quite simply not possible with uncoated lenses.

We supply free anti reflection coatings to all of our glasses which benefit you with:

• Improved vision at night

• Reduced glare from computers

• Reduced strain on the eye

• Your eyes are more visible

• And fantastic looking glasses! 

Anti reflection coatings are available for all lens options and designs, such as varifocal lenses, high-index lenses, polycarbonate lenses, photochromic lenses and polarised lenses.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us should you require any further information and one of our advisers will be happy to assist you in selecting the correct  options & lenses for your prescription, lifestyle and budget.