Excellent feedback. The opticians have abused my trust. Good to hear what actual users of the product have to say.
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Are Crizal lenses worth it?
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Excellent feedback. The opticians have abused my trust. Good to hear what actual users of the product have to say.
No, they are not.
I found this thread after being incredibly frustrated by my lenses with Crizal coating (specifically, the "easy" coating), and began to see how common this problem is.
I have had nothing but misery with this brand of coating on two sets of high index progressive lenses. Each time, within 6 months to a year of purchase, I began to see micro scratches or swirls on each lens. The scratches are concentrated more in the center of the lens than on the outer edges, and they become so prolific that headlights at night create a terrible glare, as do typical LED lights in many common building fixtures.
After getting my second pair of lenses from a different store (I used an online retailer w/ the 1st purchase and could not wait for the longer repair), I made a concerted effort to NEVER clean my lenses dry and to ONLY use approved cleaning solutions and cloths from my glasses store. I have also taken great care to only store them in a case when I am driving in the car (rather than the typical glasses cubby that comes in a lot of cars these days). I also NEVER store these glasses in any kind of high heat environment or place them in direct sunlight to prevent any sort of crazing.
I am convinced that this coating is not compatible with these thin high index lenses, as I cannot see how I have handled the glasses which would result in this same problem. The problem is so prolific that I when I went back to the second store to get new lenses under the warranty, I began to say what the problem was and the clerk completed my sentence for me by saying, "micro scratches, right?" She then told me that this is, "just normal wear and tear with these types of lenses." I told her that was nonsense. I own several pairs of task glasses for computer work, and Rx sunglasses, neither of which have this coating nor have this scratch problem.
Make sure you understand the warranty and don't hesitate to use it. They will only replace your lenses twice and then you are out of luck.
I found this thread after being incredibly frustrated by my lenses with Crizal coating (specifically, the "easy" coating), and began to see how common this problem is.
I have had nothing but misery with this brand of coating on two sets of high index progressive lenses. Each time, within 6 months to a year of purchase, I began to see micro scratches or swirls on each lens. The scratches are concentrated more in the center of the lens than on the outer edges, and they become so prolific that headlights at night create a terrible glare, as do typical LED lights in many common building fixtures.
After getting my second pair of lenses from a different store (I used an online retailer w/ the 1st purchase and could not wait for the longer repair), I made a concerted effort to NEVER clean my lenses dry and to ONLY use approved cleaning solutions and cloths from my glasses store. I have also taken great care to only store them in a case when I am driving in the car (rather than the typical glasses cubby that comes in a lot of cars these days). I also NEVER store these glasses in any kind of high heat environment or place them in direct sunlight to prevent any sort of crazing.
I am convinced that this coating is not compatible with these thin high index lenses, as I cannot see how I have handled the glasses which would result in this same problem. The problem is so prolific that I when I went back to the second store to get new lenses under the warranty, I began to say what the problem was and the clerk completed my sentence for me by saying, "micro scratches, right?" She then told me that this is, "just normal wear and tear with these types of lenses." I told her that was nonsense. I own several pairs of task glasses for computer work, and Rx sunglasses, neither of which have this coating nor have this scratch problem.
Make sure you understand the warranty and don't hesitate to use it. They will only replace your lenses twice and then you are out of luck.
I am currently waiting for my new crizal lenses to arrive, I thaught it was only a 1 year replacement warranty but was quite happy when she told me I have 2 yr coverage, I found that just passed 1 year the were quite worn and scratched, unfortunately I broke my frames that were purchased online for quarter the price with no warranty so have just ordered the exact frames again and will get my new lenses put in, I am pretty ok with that