Coatings
Durable coating
All lenses at New Optics feature a hardening coating that ensures better protection against scratches and dirt. In addition, all lenses have an anti-reflective coating that blocks annoying reflections. In short, at New Optics, you are guaranteed quality.
Blue light filter
All screens—such as those on computers, TVs, mobile phones, and similar devices—emit high-energy light (400–480 nm). This can lead to issues like dry eyes, eye strain, headaches, or sleep problems. Especially given our increasing use of screens, it is wise to protect your eyes with a blue light filter. This coating blocks the ‘harmful’ blue light from your screen, thereby soothing your eyes.
In addition, it is a good idea to follow the 20-20-2 rule. After 20 minutes in front of your screen, look into the distance for 20 seconds. Combine this with spending two hours a day looking around outdoors. Your eyes will thank you!
DriveSafe
Adverse weather conditions and low light can sometimes make it difficult to see clearly while driving. DriveSafe lenses enhance contrast in poor weather and filter out the xenon light from oncoming traffic. As a result, you enjoy better visibility and can judge distances more accurately in challenging conditions such as rain, fog, or snow. This makes driving much more pleasant—and significantly safer.
UV-filter
UV radiation is always present—all year round, even on cloudy days. While UV radiation has certain positive effects on humans, such as triggering Vitamin D production through skin exposure, prolonged exposure also carries serious health risks. Most of us know that UV radiation can damage the skin, but exposure to UV light can also harm the eyes and surrounding tissue. That is why New Optics offers lenses that provide protection against UV radiation up to 400 nm.
Photochromic lenses
Photochromic lenses react to UV rays from sunlight, shifting in intensity to become lighter or darker. They are clear indoors and darken outdoors. They come in various tints: gray, brown, green, and blue.
Prescription sunglasses
A final coating option is a tinted coating. Tinted lenses come in a solid shade—gray, green, black, brown, you name it. They can also be uniformly colored or feature a gradient tint (darker at the top and lighter at the bottom).
With plastic lenses, any lens can be a sun lens—regardless of your prescription, whether single-vision or multifocal! By the way, did you know that at New Optics, you get a free lens all year round when you buy a complete pair of prescription sunglasses with tinted lenses? Come and check out the range at New Optics soon!
