Vision Aid Overseas and Donating Glasses to Charity

The past couple of months has been a very busy time for us not only because of the increasing number of orders but also from the increase in incoming mail from generous members of the public sending in their glasses to us to donate to Vision Aid Overseas.  So we wanted to take this opportunity to write a blog post to say Thank you for your generous donations! A large box of donated glasses was dispatched to Vision Aid Overseas just a few weeks ago and we are...

What Are Rear Surface Progressive/Varifocal Lenses?

A Brief History of Progressive/Varifocal Lenses

The first commercially available Progressive (Varifocal) lens now referred to as the Varilux 1 was introduced by Essel (now called Essilor) in the early 1960′s.  There have been considerable improvements in both design and production technology since, and today there are many different designs of progressive lens available in different materials such as glass, polycarbonate and plastic.

But wait… What are Progressive/Varifocal Lenses?

Progressive lenses are a true Multifocal lens which will...