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Electric goggles from Electric Visual

December 9th, 2009 by Arthur First No comments »

Electric goggles are one of the main products from Electric Visual. Electric Visual has been one of the leaders in the eyewear industry. It provides Electric sunglasses and Electric goggles since 2000. However, Electric Visual has undergone a tortuous process during development. Its founders set the goal for the company as starting a visual evolution. Nevertheless, Electric Visual experienced numerous economical disasters including the burst of the stock market bubble, the EU’s conversion to the Euro followed by 9/11. All of these took place in the first 18 months of the company’s business. After nine years’ development, Electric Visual has turned into a giant in the industry. On the first page of Electricvisual.com, customers can find sunglasses, goggles, MX goggles, LTD series and soft goods. The website also introduces Electric Visual’s team and the media coverage about the company.

There are six models of Electric goggles: EG2, EG1, EG5, EG15, EG55 and EGK. The EG2 model Electric goggles have oversized spherical mold injected dual polycarbonate lenses, anti-reflective coating, 100% UV protection, super anti-fog coating and single adjustable strap. EG1 Electric goggles are made of cylindrical dual lenses and lightweight contoured frame. They also have ergonomically designed triple layer face foam and are helmet compatible. EG15 Electric goggles have scratch resistant hard coating and are available in polarized types. EG5 and EG55 Electric goggles have no particular features. The EGK Electric goggles are especially with single adjustable silicon strap. Electric also provides MX goggles, only in EG1 model.

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800 Contacts works with Walmart to offer affordable lenses

December 8th, 2009 by Brian Wallace No comments »

Early 2008 the country’s biggest chain Walmart announced its co-operation with the biggest online contact lenses retailer 800 Contacts to offer cheaper but good quality vision care products to its mass customers. This co-operation allows to take full advantage of the doctors in over 3000 Walmart’s optical centers. The ultimate purpose is to offer consumers even more affordable contact lenses and better services.

The call center and website of 800 Contacts help create the efficiencies which enable the alliance to save cost on the purchase of contact lenses. It was reported that consumers may enjoy a 20% price reduction through the co-operation between 800 Contacts and Walmart.

A survey shows that the main reasons why contact lenses wearers over-wear the lenses are the high cost and inconveniences of buying contacts. Doctors warn that over-wearing may cause severe eye complications. All lenses wearers must follow the wearing schedules. 800 Contacts effectively solves all the above two problems by providing a cheaper, healthier and sharper vision to the wearers. At the same time 800 Contacts can make full use of the massive customer base of Walmart and achieve further expansions.

800 Contacts has shipped 15 million orders in 11 years since its inception, and has built up a customer base of 5 million. Via its teaming with Walmart, 800 Contacts can expect its further solidification of its status as the No. 1 online contacts retailer.

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A choice of designer glasses and cheap designer glasses

December 8th, 2009 by Mark Burns No comments »

Just like people are always longing for those brand names clothes, some people are also hung up to designer glasses with brand names, as eyeglasses are the same fashion accessories. For those pals who can afford the cost of designer glasses, just go and get it. But for those hunting for bargain of cheap designer glasses, here are some tips.

There are two ways to get satisfactory designer look glasses for you your eyewear. First, if you shop around, it is not tough to find very similar look from generic frames of designer glasses in a discount price. In the eyeglasses industry, frame manufacturers are copying each other creating more lines to be displayed in the market. Many cheap “designer” glasses have exact the same look and shape as the genuine designer glasses. For example, designer glasses made Flexon, or titanium memory metal, used to be pretty expensive in the signature styles. But now you can get same quality same look generic ones in much lower prices.

Another way to get cheap designer glasses is to wait for some promotional events or optical stores’ newly closeout. If you are lucky, you can also comparison shop around online to find a good deal. Online retailer can sell cheap designer glasses but authentic ones to buyers because they get the designer glasses directly from factories.

Now as China, the world’s leading eyeglasses manufacturer, is improving the quality to a higher level, most of the generics are good generics, no big worries for getting a pair of headache cheap designer glasses.

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Brief introduction of presbyopia

December 7th, 2009 by Sam Sutton No comments »

The origin of the word “presbyopia” is two Greek words “presbys” and “opia”, which mean “old man” and “eye”, respectively. So presbyopia is also called elder eye, and it is an eye problem where the eyes are not able to focus on near objects. For examples, people have difficulty in reading newspapers or other fine print, especially in low light condition. Presbyopia is a symptom caused by the natural course of aging, and it is very common among elders. Presbyopia usually first occurred between the ages of 40 to 50. The mechanisms of presbyopia have not been known exactly. It may be caused by a loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens or the changes in the lens’s curvature from continual growth and loss of power of the ciliary muscles.

Similar to another kind of eye problem called myopia (nearsightedness), presbyopia can be corrected by eye glasses or contact lenses. Because it is considered as a part of the human aging process, just like grey hair or death, presbyopia is not routinely curable. However, people with presbyopia can choose surgical procedures, including IOLs.

Presbyopia is the opposite condition of myopia. So people with myopia are usually able to read without eyeglasses or contact lenses even after age 40, although their nearsightedness may not disappear. This is the payoff of nearsightedness. Due to the disadvantage of being presbyopic after age of 40, refractive surgery for correcting myopia are not suggested. Because people with refractive surgery may become presbyopia, and they need to use glasses for reading.

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How to adjust rimless and plastic discount eyeglasses?

December 7th, 2009 by William Krause No comments »

People these days buy through online stores pairs of rimless or plastic discount eyeglasses for back-up. These purchase of discount eyeglasses lacks the procedure of fitting and fine adjustment by the opticians, therefore sometimes these discount eyewear doesn’t fit for the wearers. Metal discount eye glasses are considered the easiest to be adjusted, yet as the plastic and rimless discount eyeglasses represent more styles and shapes similar to or same as designers’ look, people still like to buy plastic and rimless discount eyeglasses in fashion look.

The rimless discount eyeglasses are the most vulnerable type which easily gets crooked. This mainly lies in the quality of the frame material ad the workmanship of the optician. Before adjusting rimless discount eyewear, you’d better know the quality of lenses whether they are polycarbonate or regular plastic like CR-39. Don’t try to adjust CR-39, leave it to the optician.

Plastic discount eye glasses are not so easy to adjust comparing with the metal ones. Usually you need to adjust the temples and the nose bridge of the discount eyewear. Most of the nose support of plastic eye glasses is an integral part of the frame, so nothing can be done for this part. Plastic need heat to be softened. You need to put on the discount eyewear first to see which part is too tight or too loose, which part the angel is not enough, and heat that part, and bend it or twist it t the comfortable position for you. Some recommend hair dyer as the heat source, but I think it is not hot enough to soften the plastic frame. Please try oven! Put the part over the oven but keep the frame parts away from visible fire in a distance that the parts can receive enough heat to become gradually soften. Test the pliability on the way you out the part over the oven, till it is soft and ca be adjusted.

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Differences between hyperopia and presbyopia

December 6th, 2009 by Jean Caster No comments »

Hyperopia is also known as farsightedness or farsighted eye. It is the opposite eye condition of myopia or nearsightedness. Hyperopia is a defect of vision that has difficulty in focusing on near objects that can see distance objects, or in an extreme situation cause a patient to be unable to focus on object at any distance. When the eyeball of the farsighted patient is too short or when the power of the cornea and lens is insufficient that the lens of the eye cannot become round enough, farsightedness or farsighted eye appears, and the vision will be blurred. People with hyperopia or farsightedness can also suffer ashthenopia, amblyopia, strabismus, accommodative dysfunction and binocular dysfunction.

Hyperopia is often confused with another kind of eye disease — presbyopia, which is also referred to as farsightedness or farsighted eye, since presbyopia just like hyperopia can’t focus on near objects. Their causes are totally different, although their signals may very similar. The causes of hyperopia are typically genetic and involve the eye structure. When the causes of presbyopia are related with a reduced accommodative amplitude by natural aging changes with the crystalline lens.

Hyperopia or farsightedness can be corrected by convex lenses in eyeglasses or contact lenses, which should be provide by an eye doctor (such as ophthalmologists, optometrists, or orthoptists) or opticians, after an eye examination. A few amounts of hyperopia may be left uncorrected. In other conditions, if eyeglasses or contact lenses are not favorable by the patient with farsighted eyes, refractive surgery procedures may be carried out for correcting farsightedness.

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The brief introduction of National Vision

December 6th, 2009 by Charles Garrana No comments »

National Vision, Inc., is the fourth largest optical chains in United States. Currently National Vision operates over 500 optical stores in USA and Mexico. Founded in 1990, National Vision is headquartered in Lawrenceville, GA. National Vision was purchased by a investment firm Berkshire Partners in 2005. Recently National Vision acquired Eyeglass World, a chain name of some 64 optical stores in USA.

The optical retails of National Vision are under five names, they respectively are the Vision Center in about 200 Walmart stores (occupies the majority of the National Vision retails), the Optical Center in some military bases, the Optical Shoppe in the country’s strongest superstore chain Fred Meyer, the growth brand America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses whose store count will be doubled in the next several years, and the recently-bought Eyeglass World. For above different types of retail stores, National Vision has different product portfolio of suitable prices to meet the needs of the different customers. In addition, by capitalizing on the new emerging technology and trend, National Vision has also set up two websites to sell contacts online through MailBoxContacts.com and BestContacts.com.

National Vision sells designer eyeglasses, sunglasses, contacts at the lowest possible prices. Some discount stores sell the complete pair of prescription glasses starting from $39. For patients’ conveniences, most of the National Vision optical stores have optometrists on the site.

The lab facilities of National Vision are centralized in three locations in USA, which are Pennsauken NJ, St.Clout Minnesota and Lawrenceville GA. National Vision also has a China lab for lenses fitting, which reduces the general cost of the eyeglasses from National Vision, and enables it so pass on the savings to customers.

In National Vision optical stores, patrons can always enjoy the low prices on eyewear every day.

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Are you eligible for a Lasik surgery?

December 5th, 2009 by George Manche No comments »

In order to get clear vision, the eye’s cornea and lens must refract light properly so that images can be focused on the retina of the eye. If the cornea can’t work properly the images become blurry. In this refractive error condition people may need glasses or contact lens to correct vision or a laser surgery. Lasik surgery (short for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) is an eye laser surgery that changes the shape of the cornea (the clear covering on the front of the eyeball) permanently by a laser in order to correct vision and eliminate the patient’s dependency on eye glasses or contact lenses. Laser surgery is extremely favored by fashion people who are myopia.

However Lasik surgery is not suitable for everybody, even those with myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. Comprehensive eye examinations, using a number of medical equipments will be taken and a few questions will be asked before you can undergo laser surgery. First you should be at least 18 years old for Lasik surgery(21 in some cases, depending on the type of laser surgery), since the vision of people younger than 18 continues to change. Your eyes must be healthy to have a laser surgery. The curve of the cornea, the size of the pupils and the thickness of the cornea is measured to determine if there is enough cornea tissue left for a Lasik surgery. Lasik surgery may not be recommended for patients with diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, glaucoma, herpes infections of the eye, or cataracts. People who are pregnant or breastfeeding are not recommended for Lasik surgery. After the examinations, the laser surgery doctor will tell you the risks, benefits, possible complications and alternative options, such as PRK and LASEK. After all these, your eye doctor will do Lasik surgery for you.

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What are bifocals and bifocal contacts?

December 5th, 2009 by Angela Garrana No comments »

Though bifocals are not the earliest members in the glasses family, they have made great success since the day they are invented. It is said that the great Benjamin Franklin has created the first bifocals. Despite there are no evidences that can exactly tell who is the inventors; the world has unanimously agreed that Franklin is the inventor of bifocals.

The earliest function of bifocals is for vision correction. Some people in then time accidentally found that bifocals can improve their eyesight. The earliest bifocals are comprised of two pieces of convex glasses, and they can help people look objects much clearer.

The first bifocals are very different from that of nowadays. With time goes by, bifocals have got their modern forms since the beginning of 20th century. Nowadays people can notice that the different forms of bifocals are available in modern society.

Among various forms of bifocals, bifocal contacts are very special and popular. Regular wearers have come into recognition that bifocal contacts are not limited to improve their vision. Generally speaking, bifocal contacts can always make their wearers comfortable. When wearing a pair of bifocal contacts, people feel that their eyes are in ease all the time. With the usage of high technologies in bifocals, bifocal contacts are easily to take off or wear. And almost all bifocal contacts are UV-resistible.

As for many wearers, bifocal contacts are essential for their lives. Some people, especially these old people, are very satisfied with bifocal contacts, for in their past several decades, these vision correction aids have made their life colorful.

Addition to bifocal contacts, there are still many other forms of bifocals at the market. However changeable are their forms, bifocals will serve for the people all long.

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How to adjust and avoid the crooked plastic frames?

December 4th, 2009 by Ray Didia No comments »

Plastic frames occupy a large portion of all the eyeglass frames. Plastic frames, especially those bold and thick one, are highly popular among girls and women. Plastic eyeglass frames are also the options for teenagers. As plastic frames are normally thicker than metal eyeglass frames, they are particularly good for fitting those thick-edge strong prescription lenses. Plastic frames are also lightweight and corrosion-free.

Plastic frames, after being worn for some time, may get crooked and warped, causing the optical center of lenses unmatched with that of the eyes. This may trigger eye strain and headache. This is when these plastic frames need to be adjusted.

Adjusting the plastic eyeglass frames is not as easy as metal frames. The best way to adjust the plastic frames is to send the eyeglass frames to your optician who has the professional outfits such as sand or fine glass beads heated container to “sand bathe” and then soften the plastic frames to be bended for adjustments.

If you want to adjust the plastic frames at home, some people suggest use hair drier to heat the eyeglass frames, or use hot but not-boiling water to soak the plastic eyeglass frames for some 10 minutes, and then slightly and slowly bend the softened temples to the positions you intend to and hold till getting cooled. Please note that some material of plastic frames could not be softened using above home heat. In case you will use other heat sources such as oven, you need to be cautious of overheat which may ruin the plastic eyeglass frames, and of getting burned though the plastic eyeglass frames are not so easily ignited.

One case that no heat is needed to adjust the plastic eyeglass frames is to adjust the hinge part, when the two temples are warped with one temple being higher than the other. You can simply grasp the temple and apply strength to bend it either up or down depending on the situation.

A good habit of putting on and removing the plastic frames eyeglasses by holding the two temples using two hands evenly can reduce the warp and crook of the plastic frames.

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