Anti-reflective coating on eyeglasses

hogman

hogman

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I am getting new glasses and the anti-reflective coating costs 70 shekels. Does anyone have this? Is it worth it or does it rub off after a while?

And while I am at it, does anyone have any experience with Silhouette or other rimless titanium eyeglasses?

Thanx,

Henry the hog
 
Hi Hogman,

I wear contact lens on a daily basis to work and wear my eyeglasses only on the weekends. My current pair of eyeglasses has the anti-reflective coating which has one major fault: the coating itself scratches VERY EASILY. :rolleyes: I bought my pair at a Pearle Vision Center and they warned me about how easily the coating would scratch. The best thing I can recommend is to buy scratch resisant lens OR the anti-reflective coating, not both. I paid for scratch resistant lens and they are great, but the darn coating shows scratches so badly that it didn't really make sense paying to have both :mad: . Just decide which is more important to you: an anti-reflective surface or a scratch resistant one.

Good luck,
Clayton
 
The coating will scratch but I never had a problem with that, I have a separate pair of sport glasses for activities that are likely to lead to damage. Do not use amonia based glass cleaners (windex etc) on them, it will hasten the demise of the coating. In general the coating lasted about three years, which since most places recomend new glasses every two years isn't bad. It really made it much harder to notice that there was a lens in front of my eyes and it improved my night vision. I think it is worth while. If you are someone who tends to put scratchs on though, stay away from them. $70 seems high, I think I normally paid about $30 for it.
 
Thanx for the info, I dont think I am going to bother spending the 70 bucks, and I cant seem to find it cheaper. I tend to be a bit rough on my glasses and I keep them for a long time.

Thanx,
Henry
 
It might be a little late for this but I would recomend the anti reflective coating on the inside of your sunglasses if you spend a lot of time wearing them outdoors and I don't mean driving in your car. It helps when the sun is behind you.
 
I have both silhouettes and anti reflective coating, they are cool but I have a -9 diopter perscription so it was hard for them to make them rimless because the thick lense is brittle and if I Were you I would get the highest index lense you can (only if you have thick lenses) it costs more but less weight and also look better.
 
Wow I stop by here in a long time and find one of my old threads up! Well, I have been wearing the silhouettes for several months now without the reflective coating, and I can say I am happy with the package. The glasses are very light (they weigh just a few grams). Reflections don't seem to bother me, except maybe when driving at night.


One thing I can say about getting frameless glasses is to have them done at the best place you can. The people who are putting in your lenses are essentially building the frame. I got mine done at D.O.C. eyewear in a mall, and there are some imperfections. I don't think that they would bug most people but they are kind of annoying. There is a tiny bit of glue residue around the mounting plates, the vertical axis of the two lenses is a bit off, and apparently the lense index is not the highest, since both eyes are -3.00 but the lenses look kind of thick. If I could go back I probably would have had the glasses done by a professional company, like sending it to Carl Zeiss or something. So if you get frameless, get them done right.


-Henry
 
I've had my anti-reflective coating for 2 years now and it's still looking great.
To clean them I use only pure cotton (an old t-shirt is the best) and hot water.
Don't even think about getting near them with a kleenex. I did that with my last pair and they were frosted in no time.

For a super-clean I will use some glass cleaner that I bought from my optometrist. It says that its anti-reflective safe right on it and its the same stuff they use in the shop.
I wouldn't trust any aftermarket products.
 
AR coating is something I always get, because it allows greater transmission of the available light, making everything look brighter, and also has the advantage of making the lens more transparent to others. Anti-scratch coating and AR coating is not mutually exclusive; I got both, and haven't had any problems with scratches; it's proven pretty durable.
If you don't wear them all the time, there may be more tendency to scratch from handling, but mine are generally worn all the time, so the only opportunity for scratching would come when cleaning them. I always clean them under running water with a mild liquid soap, and patting (not rubbing) them dry.
 
It seems that they scratch when the wind blows...
Spend the extra money for glass lenses if you're going to bother with AR coatings.
 
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