Lens coatings are growing increasingly popular with spectacle users since these coatings improve the overall appearance of the eyeglass lenses as well as enhance their durability and performance that make them immensely popular among glasses users.
The capabilities of lens coatings to give enhanced performance remains the same no matter whether you are using progressive lenses, bifocals, or single vision lenses (Convex or Concave)
If you are looking forward to getting yourself new spectacles with protective lens coatings then you need to consider different types of coatings to make a judgment about which one to have and which one to discard.
Lens coatings
There are plenty of lens coatings available these days to prevent different factors from hindering clear vision. Lens coating improves the overall performance of the eyeglass lenses and makes them at par with the normal human eye.
The most common and highly demanding lens coatings in the spectacle industry are the Anti-Glare, Anti-Reflective, and UV Protected lens coatings. These types prevent the glasses users against the reflective surface of the eyeglass lenses. While UV protection will guard them against the harmful effects of UV rays that can damage the eyes.
Anti-reflective (AR) and anti-glare coatings are pretty much similar and work similarly the whole purpose of their creation is to eliminate reflections of light from the surface of eyeglass lenses ( both front and back surface)
The anti glaring coating is considerably similar to anti-reflective but the only difference is that anti glare panels reduce the surface glare of lenses produced as a result of reflections.
UV Protected coatings are self-explanatory as these coatings are designed for filtering the UV rays from the visible sunlight to penetrate the eyes. Thus these coatings will act as the barrier that will not let these harmful agents cross the barrier and enter into the safe zone of the human eye.
In addition to these common types of lens coatings, there are also fog-resistant lens coatings that are used in snow glasses and practical types of equipment. As far as protttective coatings are concerned Anti-Glare, Anti-Reflective, and UV Protected lens coating can prove to be highly beneficial for the said purpose.
Benefits of using Anti-Glare, Anti-Reflective, and UV Protected lens coating
Now that you are clear about the purpose of the creation of each type of lens coating it is time for you to move forward with the general benefits of using these eyeglass lens coatings. Five common advantages are enlisted below to help you in the quick decision-making process.
- Improving the clarity of vision ( through glasses)
The foremost advantage of using protective coatings on eyeglass lenses is to improve the clarity of vision through the glasses. AR (Anti-Reflective) coatings considerably reduce the surface glare and allow for more light to pass through the eyeglass lenses.
This feature helps in more light transmission and therefore a clear image will be produced on your retina. AR coatings are better for use in classrooms where light conditions are not at par with the outside environment and students need to have better vision clarity,
- Improve the appearance of glasses users
Other than improving in the clarity of vision another improvement protective coatings brought about in spectacles is their enhanced appearance. The greatest disadvantage of using glasses is that onlookers cannot see the eyes of glasses users.
This is because the emitted light rays produce a screen glare that prevents others from seeing you, clearly. This is an annoying feature of glasses but thanks to AR and anti Glare coatings this annoying glare will be eliminated and the overall appearance of users will be enhanced.
Using the lens coatings in your spectacles you will be confident that you are taking the center stage since you can make eye contact which would otherwise seem impossible due to the continuous glaring environment in your workplace.
- Enhance lens life
Lens coatings are not only useful and protective for the glasses owners but are also great for eyeglass lenses. These coatings give the required durability and strength to the eyeglass lenses and make them last longer than their supposed lifespan.
This enhancement in the life span is due to improvement in the working conditions of the glasses.
The scratch resistance provided by these lens coatings makes sure that users can keep on using the same lenses for quite a long period without the urge of replacing them due to poor clarity of vision caused by scratches.
- Guard against UV rays
UV-protected coatings are microscopically thin multilayer coatings that act as filters against UV rays. So glasses using eyeglass lenses with UV-protected coatings will be capable of filtering the harmful UV rays in light.
- Considerably reduce Blue light exposure
The anti-reflective and anti-glaring surface of the eyeglass lenses will reduce the emission of blue light to a considerably great extent and thus users will be saved from the harmful impacts of continuous blue light exposure due to excessive screen time.
