Eyewear Key Terms

Know eyewear key terms to make smart, stylish purchasing decisions

When buying eyewear for yourself or your employees, or stocking your store's selection, you'll run in to a number of eyewear key terms. If you know the lingo, purchasing the right eyewear for safety or personal use can be much easier. Whether you are looking for acrylic lenses that are shatterproof or photochromatic lenses to serve as sunglasses, once you know eyewear key terms, shopping for the right pair is much easier.

 

Protective eyewear

Protective eyewear comes in a wide range of options, all of which should shield the eyes. While goggles and helmet shields might serve as appropriate protective eyewear, other protective eyewear may have smaller frames and be less bulky. In fact, some designs of protective eyewear are quite stylish.
Try: Sperian carries a number of protective eyewear samples.

Polycarbonate lenses

Polycarbonate lenses are a type of plastic lens that is extremely durable. It's thin, lightweight, scratch-resistant and offers total UV protection. Polycarbonate lenses are a good choice for protective eyewear and safety glasses.
Try: Find out more about polycarbonate lenses in the article provided by Access Media Group.

Impact-resistant lenses

Impact-resistant lenses are plastic lenses that do not break or shatter easily. They must meet certain governmental guidelines to receive that classification.
Try: LAWriter gives the specs an impact-resistant lens must meet in order to qualify as such in the state of Ohio.

Anti-reflective lenses

Anti-reflective lenses, sometimes called no-glare lenses, reduce the amount of light reflected from the shiny surface of the glass or plastic lens. Anti-reflective lenses are especially helpful to reduce the glare of oncoming headlights to drivers. They are also good for computer users.
Try: Find out more about anti-reflective lenses at Essilor of America.

Multi-focal lenses

Multi-focal lenses allow the wearer to see near distances and far distances without the traditional lines of bifocal lenses. The lens is smooth and appears like a single focal lens. The user looks through the top part of the lens for distance and the bottom part for close-up work, such as reading. The area of the lens in between is for mid-distance use.
Try: Determine if you want multi-focal lenses after you read the information provided by FramesDirect.

Photochromatic lenses

Photochromatic lenses automatically change from clear when they are indoors, to dark when they are outside in bright sunlight. Photochromatic lenses can serve in place of prescription sunglasses. They also provide UV protection from the sun's rays.
Try: Transitions Optical explains how photochromatic lenses work.

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