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How to buy Discount Oakley

March 22nd, 2010 by Arthur First No comments »

One might be in search of Discount Oakley sunglasses. However, not all people are so lucky to find them when they are eagerly looking for a Discount Oakley store. Oakley is a top brand of sunglasses around the world, and many celebrities wear Oakley sunglasses. This leads many young people to think they should also have one. But not all of them can afford such high expense. So they are hoping to get Discount Oakley. One reason is Oakley is a high-end brand, so people can seldom find Discount Oakley. Another is the lack of information. Sometimes, some few retailers do sell Discount Oakley, but only a few people know it.

In order to help people find Discount Oakley, some occasions will be presented. As it has been mentioned, Oakley is a high-end brand, and Discount Oakley is not a good choice for many retailers. The reason is Discount Oakley may affect the Oakley brand, and this will cause the termination of cooperation with manufactures. Of course, costumers can buy discount Oakley .One of the occasions is clearance sale. When it comes to the end of a fashion season, the retailers have to vacate some space for other fashionable products. Then people can buy Discount Oakley sunglasses. Another is the bankruptcy of retailers. Then to recover cost, Discount Oakley is possible to get. But this is very rare.

Different from traditional retailing, the online shops make to buy Discount Oakley possible. Because the online retailers need much less cost than tradition ones. And they also enjoy a large market, which can be spread every corner of the world. All these ensure that to sell Discount Oakley is a good business model.

Generally speaking, a pair of Discount Oakley sunglasses means not to be low-quality. On the contrary, its value is the same as non-bargaining products. The reason is online retailers have balanced the interests between consumers and suppliers. Thus online Discount Oakley is not only possible, but of high-quality.

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The Evolution of Bifocals

March 22nd, 2010 by Edward Turner No comments »

What will people do if they have some very serious eye problems, like astigmatism, presbyopia, myopia, etc, especially when they are over forty? They may choose to wear bifocal lenses without any hesitation. It seems that those lenses are very common and sufferers of the above mentioned problems have got used to them. However, unlike common lenses, bifocals have really very short history, but they have evolved radically since their first emergence.

According to the data from bifocal lenses Wiki, the bifocal lenses history is no more than two and a half centuries. It is said that bifocals do not come into being till the 18th century. And there are still some controversies about who is the bifocal lenses inventor. However, the universally recognized inventor is Benjamin Franklin, a well-known US state man in the 18th century.

It matters little who have invented the first bifocals, but it matters much what the first bifocals are looked like. According to some documents, the first bifocals are roughly manufactured and very heavy to wear and inconvenient to use. The reason is each lenses are directly overlapped by two full lenses. Therefore, there are almost four full lenses on each pair of them. And such condition does not change until the 20th century.

The 20th century has witnessed the rapid developments and changes in glasses industry. And bifocals have also gained great rapidity then. Some designers have noticed that conventional bifocals are roughly made and have caused lots of troubles to wearers. Based on all possible scientific data in the industry, designers have combined each lens by two cut lenses. This innovation has greatly enhanced the comfort of wearing. Now that those lenses are combined by two different lenses, there is a division line between them. And there comes bifocal progressive as a result. Here is a contrast- bifocal lenses Vs Progressive.

The first type is called lined lenses and has very evident division line in their middle part, whereas no such line can be found in the latter form. Wearers will endure radical vision change with bifocal lenses, but never with progressive. And many people begin love to wear progressive thereafter.

Bifocals are always in the process of evolution and people will benefit from it. For example, some bifocal lenses for spectacles are available if people want to replace them.

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Major types of CIBA contact lenses

March 21st, 2010 by Paul Benjamin No comments »

CIBA contact lenses are the products of CIBA Vision Corp with headquarter in Atlanta GA. Presently CIBA contact lenses have been selling to more than 70 countries in the world, and CIBA Vision offer to the consumers more lens choices than any other suppliers in the industry. CIBA contact lens strives to bring conveniences, comforts, quality, affordability and best possible performance to the consumers.

CIBA contact lens includes some unique types with different features to meet specific needs for different people. The most famous is the branded Air Optix CIBA contact lenses are breathable lenses delivering oxygen and moisture for best comforts. This is the latest CIBA contact lenses products made of silicone hydrogel which give the wearers natural feeling all day. “Night & Day” CIBA contact lenses are another exceptional type which allow the wearers to wear continuously for up to 30 days without removing even at night. This greatly frees the wearers from hassles of using regular CIBA contact lens. “Night & day” is the first lens that was approved by FDA for wearing extended time. “Dalies” CIBA contact lenses are opposite to “Night & Day” which satisfy the needs of those busy people, or those teenagers who are active in sports. This kind of CIBA contact lens offers the clearest possible vision to the people in the most hygienic way.

CIBA contact lens is also the pioneer of color contact lenses both in prescription and plano. This type of lens helps enhance the wearer’s appearance. Esthetic features of CIBA contact lenses are becoming another major consideration.

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Aviator gold sunglasses from Ray Ban

March 21st, 2010 by Paul Benjamin No comments »

Aviator gold sunglasses are just one type of Aviator sunglasses that appear in gold. Since they are manufactured by Ray Ban, you can also call these gold sunglasses Ray Ban gold sunglasses. Aviator-style Ray Ban gold sunglasses have no difference in shape with other models of Aviator sunglasses. Their lenses have an area two or three times the area of the eye socket. All Aviator gold sunglasses have metal frames with either paddles or wire temples that hook behind the ear.

The obvious difference between Aviator gold sunglasses and ordinary Aviators is the special color. Those early Aviator sunglasses worn by pilots and military leaders such as Douglas MacArthur were almost black: black frames and black lenses. Except for structural similarities, Aviator gold sunglasses differentiate themselves significantly from traditional Aviator sunglasses. These Ray Ban gold sunglasses offer more fashion and design concept than traditional Aviators, besides functions such as UV protection. In fact, colorful Aviator sunglasses, including Aviator gold sunglasses, have played an important role in bringing Aviator sunglasses into the public from the military circle.

Aviator-style Ray Ban gold sunglasses are available in two gold sunglasses categories: gold frame sunglasses and gold lens sunglasses.

For Aviator gold sunglasses with gold frames, there are several combinations in lens color. The common ones include green, black, brown and so on. One of the widely accepted models of these Ray Ban gold sunglasses is RB 3025. Another model of these Aviator gold sunglasses is Just Cavalli Shiny Aviator sunglasses with rose gold frame and rose-tinted lenses. Aviator gold sunglasses with silver-mirrored lenses and gold frames also belong to this type.

Aviator-style Ray Ban gold sunglasses with gold lenses may also be your favorite.

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Lennon Glasses, Fashion comes out of classics

March 20th, 2010 by Yaron Cheng No comments »

Actually, John Lennon was not the first man wore John Lennon glasses. This kind of glasses was introduced in 1880 and remained popular until after World War I. And after 1967, this kind of glasses was also called John Lennon glasses because of John Lennon. Nowadays, there still plenty of people regard Lennon glasses as classical and also fashionable style glasses to wear.

John started wearing this kind of glasses for his role as Private Gripweed in the 1967 movie How I Won the War. After that, John always wore some variation of John Lennon glasses. And John, as a member of the former Beatles, was so famous that wearing John Lennon glasses had become a big hit in those days. Especially in 1969, John with a pair of john Lennon glasses and his girl friend Ono were featured by issue of LOOK magazine on the front page, which further promoted the popularity of Lennon glasses.

Classical characteristics of Lennon glasses are as follows: round lenses, a nose saddle (no nose pads), and temples that loop behind the ear. Modern technology makes people have abundant choices of John Lennon glasses in colors and materials. Lennon glasses come in metal, plastic, silver even gold and so on. Also, Lennon glasses in different colors can be easily offered by dealers. As time goes on, the choices of John Lennon glasses are becoming more and more abundant.

Though John Lennon has been gone, but still a lot of people remember him as a musician and a poet. And Lennon glasses are loved by people as classical ones. In current days, classical ones always mean fashion, so John Lennon glasses can still be popular in young people today.

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Rec Specs Sports Goggles

March 18th, 2010 by Charles Garrana No comments »

Rec Spec sports goggles are the most popular brand designed specially for sports eye protection, which was introduced in 1978 as the first Rx-able sport goggles. It is estimated that there are over 20,000 eye care professionals rely on Rec Spec to offer the best possible sports goggles to children and adults.

Most Rec Spec sport goggles are ASTM F803 impact resistant standards compliant for ball games, like basketball, handball, squash, paddleball, and tennis. For other sports, like swimming, jet skiing, skiing and snowboarding and so on, there are also Rec Spec sports goggles to supply the protection you need.

The Rec Spec Maxx range sports goggles are very popular on the market. This kind of sport goggles all have padded nose bridge to make goggles comfortable to wear. There are also several sizes available for children and adults to choose. All of the RecSpecs Maxx frames can be fitted with tinted or Photochromatic polycarbonate lenses which are suitable for all racquet sports and ball sports

We will take the Rec Spec Maxx 21 sports goggles as an example: Rec Spec Maxx 21 sport goggles have a soft impact-resistant bridge inside padding which make sports goggles more comfortable to wear and keep it in place. More important, Rec Spec Maxx 21 sport goggles have a patented eyerim, which is a special locking mechanism that keeps the lenses from working loose or being pushed through the frame. The impact-resistant polycarbonate lenses can provide safer protection. And the headstrap on Rec Spec Maxx 21 sports goggles means no sides/ arms and also more comforts.

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Pearle vision— North America’s leading eye care retailer.

March 18th, 2010 by Charles Garrana No comments »

Pearle Vision Inc was founded by Dr. Stanley Pearle in 1958. Pearle Vision had been kept in the position as world’s largest optical stores till 1994 when Pearle Vision lost its status to LensCrafter. By today Pearle Vision has about 850 stores across USA, Canada and Puerto Rico, and together with LensCrafter, Pearle Vision is also held by Italian optical giant Luxottica Retail.

The founder of Pearle Vision Dr. Stanley Pearle was born in 1918. He graduated from optometry school in Chicago in 1940. He served in US navy for a couple of years before he joined Lee Optical in 1948. Ten years later, he started his own store. His store was profitable with his unique concept of creating modern-looking optical stores combining top-quality products and services, good prices, more choices of styles, convenient locations and flexible business hours. He also pioneered the first one-stop eye care service in American optical history, enabling the customers to have their eye examined, get the prescription, select the frames and lenses, and pick up in a few days. For quicker expansion, Pearle Vision began franchising its stores in 1981. In 1985, Pearle Vision was purchased by a UK company Grand Metropolitan in the hope of its business diversification. In 2004, Pearle Vision was merged by Luxottica.

Pearle Vision experienced its major development and expansion through 1960s to 1990s. Now as the demand from the ageing baby boomer who are willing to pay higher prices for the designer eyeglasses slips, Pearle Vision is going to face fierce competition from other discount chains and much cheaper online stores in the world.

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Wiley X lens technologies and colors

March 17th, 2010 by Richard Schneider No comments »

Wiley X lens is produced using the precise amount of dyes in the manufacturing process, which eliminates eye fatigue and strain. For UV protection, Wiley X lens blocks 400 nm or 100% of the sun’s harmful rays. All types of Wiley X lens are made of pure shatterproof SeleniteTM polycarbonate, which exceeds ANSI Z87.1 safety and ANSI Z80.3 optical standards. Wiley X also provides a wide range of tints.

Wiley X lens applies a lot of technologies in Wiley X ‘NO TRARS’ series, Wiley X ‘HVP’ series lens, and Wiley X polarized lens.

LATM (light adjustable) Wiley X lens darkens on bright sunny days so that shields eyes from UV rays. On overcast days, the lens changes to clear for clarity. This technology helps you out of interchangeable lenses. LATM Wiley X lens also uses shatterproof polycarbonate, which is much different than old photochromic lenses. Filter 3TM Wiley X lens is competent during the day and at night, since it combines a new crystal gradient lens with a flash silver mirror, which absorbs glare from the sun. Filter 2TM Wiley X lens joins its neutral slate lens with bronze brown dyes so that it is perfect for daytime riding. It uses grey hues to cover the top half of the lens, blocking the above sunlight.

Wiley X lens uses some multi-coat mirrors: blue lunar mirror, emerald green mirror and silver steel mirror. For colors, Wiley X lens provides numerous combinations, such as neutral slate, bronze brown, pale yellow, light rust, smoke green, just to name quite a few.

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Traits of multifocal contact lenses

March 17th, 2010 by Richard Schneider No comments »

When you reach the age of 40, you may get the problem of presbyopia which makes you unable to focus on the close objects. Even though the reading glasses can correct your vision, you do not like the conveniences and loss of aesthetics. Now, you are lucky to have the option of multifocal contact lenses which are characterized with no glasses while have excellent near, distance and in between vision.

Multifocal contact lenses are available in both soft and rigid gas permeable (RGP) lens materials. Soft multifocal contacts are suitable for part-time wear but not for overnight because long time wearing will cause the xerophthalmia, anoxia and other eye diseases. RGP multifocal contacts require more adaptation for their rigid nature, while providing a shaper and crisper vision. Furthermore, the RGP multifocal contact lens remains in the best position in your eyes and is more comfortable. Hybrid multifocal contact lenses are the exciting alternative of the soft and rigid ones both, which have the RGP center and soft periphery, making it easier to adapt.

There are two main types of multifocal contact lenses: simultaneous and translating ones.

Simultaneous multifocal contact lenses have a gradual power change in the lens which allows a near and distant vision. But this kind of multifocal contacts can be difficult to get accustomed to because your brain has to be selective in processing about which area should be emphasized. Aspheric lens is the common design example of this kind which requires a complicated manufacture.

Translating multifocal contact lenses work the same way as the standard bifocal glasses which have a distinct power area. The top part is used to see far away, and the bottom part for close watching. When you look straight ahead, you are looking through the distance portion, and when you look down, you rely on the lower lid. However, this kind of multifocal contact lens is not proper for the computer user or other intermediate-range vision work. They are best-suited for the driving and reading users for the two distinct powers.

Compared with the traditional reading glasses, multifocal contact lens provides the middle-aged and older people with a new lifestyle. You need not to change the glasses in order to see the near and far objects clear at the same time, one invisible lens is enough for your daily use and keep you active again.

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Color contact lenses

March 16th, 2010 by Connie Robertson No comments »

Since everybody wants to have beautiful bright eyes, color contact lenses become hot. A contact lens on the cornea of the eye can be corrective, cosmetic and therapeutic. Color contact lens furnishes you with good and different looking. Color contact lenses may also help in changing the color of your eyes. If you have brown eyes but wish to have blue or green eyes to match your dress or shirt, color contact lenses are the best choice. It makes fun at a relatively low cost.

Three types of color contact lens are available: visibility tints, enhancement tints and opaque color tints. Visibility tints include blue and green that are added to a lens. These tints are light and never change your eye color. Enhancement tints on color contact lens are solid but translucent. They are a little darker than visibility tints thus suitable for people who want to intensify their eye colors. Color tints on color contact lenses are darker and capable of completely eye color changing. They are ideal for people with dark eyes. Green, blue, violet and gray of color contact lenses are available.

It’s not recommended to wear color contact lens on a regular basis for an extensive period. Since the colored portion of contact lens may slide over the pupil, color contact lens is to some degree dangerous. You should not share color contact lenses with your friends just for fun. Each pair of color contact lenses is a medical device and fits the only individual for exclusive use.

Under the US law, a prescription is needed when you buy color contact lens. You should also try on the color contact lenses before order.

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