Good info and well explained, not sure if the technology has improved, however years ago anti reflective coatings were very prone to smudging and required frequent cleaning.
Here, in the United States, when I sit down with a sales associate to order glasses it's always so damn frustrating when we get the AR option, because there are to many damn options. I suffer from serious migraines so AR is a huge plus for me except when it comes to price. I am always asked which Level of AR I want on my lenses. I'm assuming lenses with the AR integrated into the material has not made its way to podunk America yet because according to the options I'm always given the AR is coated on top of the lens. Depending on where I go to get my glasses, all the stores have their own range of different levels & prices for the AR. Level 1 AR on the front ONLY Level 2 AR on BOTH sides Level 3 EXTRA coating of AR on the front ONLY Level 4 EXTRA coating of AR on BOTH sides Level 5 Better quality AR product Level 6 Even BETTER quality AR product Level 7 TOP TIER quality AR product Level 8 TOP TIER quality AR product WITH Blue Light FILTER Level 9 Triple coating of TOP TIER quality AR product WITH BLF & a complementary case with a cloth to clean your new $500 lenses with. Seriously, It's a joke. Prices always start off at $25 a lens, every where I've been, then skyrocket from there. I've seen places try to charge as much as $150 a lens JUST for adding AR options. I WILL NOT pay that much but I'm sure there are people who have. It's always about the money. Smh
I’m not sure where you are getting your glasses from but every office I’ve ever worked in me and my fellow opticians asked what the patient is looking to do with their glasses, like are they for reading, every day all day use, only for driving, computer along with their complaints about their current glasses and offer what would work best to meet those needs and prevent the issues the patient is having with their glasses. My suggestion is next time stop the optician and tell them the issues you are having and what you are going to be using your glasses for and what THEY suggest. If the person can’t do that walk out! That person is not an optician, but a sales person. An optician is trained to meet the needs of the patient (even if that means no anti reflective coating), a sales person is trained to sell product to a customer, no matter what. -Tiffany, optician with 14 years experience
Forgot to add one I’m in the US and two , if the optician can’t explain in clear English why they are recommending this product, not the other products and the difference between the products walk out!
What does his EYE CHART say? Believe in things.......the rest is too small to read. The problem with HEADLIGHTS in my state of Maryland, is the car window tinting and they insist on using headlights which are "blue-lights". Or the larger personal use trucks, where their headlights sit up so high they blind you in the rear-view mirror or oncoming traffic. HORRIFIC!
I always knew new car lights were too bright, just read that GMC is being forced to recall almost 800,000 Terrain SUV sold 2010-2017 due to headlights too bright! They've been fighting it all this time saying no one complained!!!
when the trucks with massive bright lights are behind me I adjust all my mirrors to reflect them backwards whether or not I'm blinding them with their own lights is doubtful bc I'm not that good at angles but it's a possibility I guesss
I do know one thing... being a person with light sensitive eyes, unless the glasses/goggles hug my head, sunglasses generally cause your pupils to open up/grow larger, which allows more blue (and UV) light into the eyes from the sides... often more damaging light will be allowed in than you would get if you did not wear the sunglasses... I just wear a broad brimmed hat where possible...
Dr. Allan is wonderful! I follow him and have learned a lot about eye care, managing certain conditions, and helping my elderly parents with MD cope and adjust. He’s very sensible and easy to follow. Thanks for bringing him on your channel! 👁
Anyone who has trouble cleaning their glasses (anti-reflective, or otherwise), try a muslin baby cloth. I had nothing to hand to clean my glasses once when my son was a baby, except a muslin cloth. It worked brilliantly. It was a game changer for me. Emma x
When I got my anti glare lenses , I had a hard time cleaning the. Rub and rub would stay smudgy . I returned them and ordered them without the non glare .
I had great luck using laundry detergent without scents and dyes. I mix it with water in a foaming hand soap dispenser. Lots of water, rub with fingers, and dry with a lens cloth. I hate streaks and smudges, so this is a lifesaver!
I just spent $98 for AR, as I always do. I did not go to Costco, which is more reasonable than eye stores! I used to play piano as an accompanist and sometimes a spotlight would be troublesome. I noticed an improvement driving at night. Anyone wearing glasses with zoom meetings that require light on their face would look better with the AR coating. TV personalities that have spotlights on them need them!
I think the biggest thing would be headlights in rear view mirror/side mirrors are a PAIN. Especially those big trucks that always look like they have their bright son, it feels like I hae to shrink down in my chair to gain half of my visibility back.
OMG I hate that stupid anti-reflective coating. I let the salesman talk me into that once. That stuff was horrible! Always looks like a rainbow on the lenses, then after a while it started to flake off. It was awful! Next time I got glasses I told them not to put it on. I go to pick up the glasses and there it was I could plainly see it, it looks like a stinking rainbow on the lenses. I said hey, that's not supposed to be on there. They took a look at the paperwork and they're like oh yeah I see that you said you didn't want that but hey you got it for free cuz we didn't charge you. I'm like oh hell no, take them back and take it off. They're like oh we can't do that, I'm like the hell you can't because guess what? I know somebody that works in an eyeglasses lab and they said you can take it right back off. So send the glasses back and have them made properly. Which they did. And I've never gotten that stupid anti-reflective stuff on there ever again. The end. :-)
My issue is that all my newer lenses went foggy at the same time. The coatings. I am wearing my 20 year old glasses that apparently don't have the fancy coatings. How do I avoid this because I had three new pairs of lenses die all at once. What coatings do that? Now I'm in the market for new glasses and don't want that to happen again. I'll get the insurance also. Yeah I am thinking I am never getting that coating again
It could me that. Also, if you have transition (color changing) lenses those are known to yellow over time. -Tiffany, optician with 14 years experience
I don't know why they call those "anti reflective" since when someone takes a picture of you with your glasses on, nothing can be seen of your eyes. They just make a reflect and the pictures are poor. Here in Europe it is nearly mandatory to have those types of glasses and you have to specifically ask not to have them
Really? Am I understanding you correctly, in Europe lenses come standard with AR included? I'm curious, if you were to request lenses without AR, are you offered a reduction in price?
@@kismyc0untryazz-491 it seems to be the standart (in France). Those glasses are very fragiles and you'd likely "scratch" them (sorry not my native language) and (the photography portraits - and selfies- sets apart) will end up seeing less. I can't really compare the prices because my last pair of glasses I asked for another kind of glass, too - they call it "mineral glass" that can be shaped thinner, me having astigatism. So I can't really compare... But I think they buy the glasses by the ton and that's why some kinds get cheaper... All in all glasses are very expensive in France (and England) cheaper places in Europe (for glasses) are - to my knoledge - spain and hungaria (then belgium)
@Pam ela no, it isn't free :/ It's only free on the cheapest artefacts, they make them specially for poor people, one could recognise at first sight someone wearing a pair of "free glasses"
I DESPISE these "coatings". They all fail within 2 or more years. In challenging environments like life... working on in the shop, going to the sea, invariably the coatings get marred, start to fail and the glasses are useless.
just this year March I got my new spec. This is 2nd one. The first glasses I noticed after many years i see more and more " cloudy mark ". I don't know what. I only use micocloth the standard spec cloth to wipe the lens daily. Than this year I decide to make a. new glasses. I bought it this year march. Now july i notice something weird , which I noticed a dot mark like keep appear on my left lens when I move to certain direction under bright lights to dark area. Will see that dot. I check the surface of the left lens compare with the right seem like there is some coating mark wear off. Later I google around and happen find this video than know what is lens coating. Also a lot claim lens coating will wear off after just months or years. Even you wipe careful. So I wonder how to prevent this in future ? if I going for my 3rd glasses when I noticed my eyesight degrade further.
My issue is that all my newer lenses went foggy at the same time. The coatings. I am wearing my 20 year old glasses that apparently don't have the fancy coatings. How do I avoid this because I had three new pairs of lenses die all at once. What coatings do that? Now I'm in the market for new glasses and don't want that to happen again. I'll get the insurance also. I really don't want any of that crap. Reading in the comments glass is better or that kind that start with a C
Didn't know there were so many choices, but I am usually asked if I want it and always get it because I'm told all the scary stories about dangerous things that can happen if I don't have it. Problem is it eventually turns yellow, and looks bad. Last time they said that this one doesn't turn yellow.... But... it did.... I'm in the market for some new glasses, so what do I ask for?
Are there certain coatings/materials that help with reflections off wet asphalt more than others? Any certain coatings/materials that are better with astigmatism?
Yes, there have bee improvements over the years. They take less time to get dark and also to go clear again along with being more sensitive to the amount UV light to change so they don’t go dark in buildings. That being said there is still about a 3 minute window for them to get clear.
Why Bob, why!!! Bob, you are perfect, don't worry about your speech. No problem understanding you at all!
I got antireflective coating once, the coating deteriorated and Began peeling and scratching rendering the glasses useless.
My first pair was ruined from pool chemical fumes, supposedly windex slowly eats off the coating even now
Me too. And COSTCO told me so have no choice but to get it.
Good info and well explained, not sure if the technology has improved, however years ago anti reflective coatings were very prone to smudging and required frequent cleaning.
Here, in the United States, when I sit down with a sales associate to order glasses it's always so damn frustrating when we get the AR option, because there are to many damn options.
I suffer from serious migraines so AR is a huge plus for me except when it comes to price.
I am always asked which Level of AR I want on my lenses. I'm assuming lenses with the AR integrated into the material has not made its way to podunk America yet because according to the options I'm always given the AR is coated on top of the lens. Depending on where I go to get my glasses, all the stores have their own range of different levels & prices for the AR.
Level 1 AR on the front ONLY
Level 2 AR on BOTH sides
Level 3 EXTRA coating of AR on the front ONLY
Level 4 EXTRA coating of AR on BOTH sides
Level 5 Better quality AR product
Level 6 Even BETTER quality AR product
Level 7 TOP TIER quality AR product
Level 8 TOP TIER quality AR product WITH Blue Light FILTER
Level 9 Triple coating of TOP TIER quality AR product WITH BLF & a complementary case with a cloth to clean your new $500 lenses with.
Seriously, It's a joke.
Prices always start off at $25 a lens, every where I've been, then skyrocket from there. I've seen places try to charge as much as $150 a lens JUST for adding AR options.
I WILL NOT pay that much but I'm sure there are people who have. It's always about the money. Smh
I’m not sure where you are getting your glasses from but every office I’ve ever worked in me and my fellow opticians asked what the patient is looking to do with their glasses, like are they for reading, every day all day use, only for driving, computer along with their complaints about their current glasses and offer what would work best to meet those needs and prevent the issues the patient is having with their glasses.
My suggestion is next time stop the optician and tell them the issues you are having and what you are going to be using your glasses for and what THEY suggest. If the person can’t do that walk out! That person is not an optician, but a sales person. An optician is trained to meet the needs of the patient (even if that means no anti reflective coating), a sales person is trained to sell product to a customer, no matter what. -Tiffany, optician with 14 years experience
Forgot to add one I’m in the US and two , if the optician can’t explain in clear English why they are recommending this product, not the other products and the difference between the products walk out!
Then the coating starts to fog and peel off and you are screwed and can't see a damn thing. I think it's a major scam.
What does his EYE CHART say? Believe in things.......the rest is too small to read.
The problem with HEADLIGHTS in my state of Maryland, is the car window tinting and they insist on using headlights which are "blue-lights".
Or the larger personal use trucks, where their headlights sit up so high they blind you in the rear-view mirror or oncoming traffic. HORRIFIC!
I always knew new car lights were too bright, just read that GMC is being forced to recall almost 800,000 Terrain SUV sold 2010-2017 due to headlights too bright! They've been fighting it all this time saying no one complained!!!
Believe in things you can not see.
when the trucks with massive bright lights are behind me I adjust all my mirrors to reflect them backwards whether or not I'm blinding them with their own lights is doubtful bc I'm not that good at angles but it's a possibility I guesss
The problem is that the anti reflective coating starts to wear off and ruins the glasses.
WRONG!
Didn't you hear what he said in the end??? It's now incorporated into the lens. It's no longer coated on outside of lens.
My uncle was Joseph Allan. I get progressive, AR and the process to squish thick lens.
I do know one thing... being a person with light sensitive eyes, unless the glasses/goggles hug my head, sunglasses generally cause your pupils to open up/grow larger, which allows more blue (and UV) light into the eyes from the sides... often more damaging light will be allowed in than you would get if you did not wear the sunglasses... I just wear a broad brimmed hat where possible...
Helps with reading my computer monitor for work. I detest the new purple haze ones as a photographer.
AR is also on some watches, sometimes on both sides, some brands do it so well it seems the dial and hand are unprotected! Cheers!
Dr. Allan is wonderful! I follow him and have learned a lot about eye care, managing certain conditions, and helping my elderly parents with MD cope and adjust. He’s very sensible and easy to follow. Thanks for bringing him on your channel! 👁
Anyone who has trouble cleaning their glasses (anti-reflective, or otherwise), try a muslin baby cloth. I had nothing to hand to clean my glasses once when my son was a baby, except a muslin cloth. It worked brilliantly. It was a game changer for me. Emma x
When I got my anti glare lenses , I had a hard time cleaning the. Rub and rub would stay smudgy . I returned them and ordered them without the non glare .
Me too🤓
I had great luck using laundry detergent without scents and dyes. I mix it with water in a foaming hand soap dispenser. Lots of water, rub with fingers, and dry with a lens cloth. I hate streaks and smudges, so this is a lifesaver!
@@sarahjensen2473 can't take laundry detergent everywhere you go though . Pro ably ok for at home cleaning .
Great timing! I'll be getting new glasses in just a few days!
I just spent $98 for AR, as I always do. I did not go to Costco, which is more reasonable than eye stores! I used to play piano as an accompanist and sometimes a spotlight would be troublesome. I noticed an improvement driving at night. Anyone wearing glasses with zoom meetings that require light on their face would look better with the AR coating. TV personalities that have spotlights on them need them!
I think the biggest thing would be headlights in rear view mirror/side mirrors are a PAIN. Especially those big trucks that always look like they have their bright son, it feels like I hae to shrink down in my chair to gain half of my visibility back.
OMG I hate that stupid anti-reflective coating. I let the salesman talk me into that once. That stuff was horrible! Always looks like a rainbow on the lenses, then after a while it started to flake off. It was awful! Next time I got glasses I told them not to put it on. I go to pick up the glasses and there it was I could plainly see it, it looks like a stinking rainbow on the lenses. I said hey, that's not supposed to be on there. They took a look at the paperwork and they're like oh yeah I see that you said you didn't want that but hey you got it for free cuz we didn't charge you. I'm like oh hell no, take them back and take it off. They're like oh we can't do that, I'm like the hell you can't because guess what? I know somebody that works in an eyeglasses lab and they said you can take it right back off. So send the glasses back and have them made properly. Which they did. And I've never gotten that stupid anti-reflective stuff on there ever again. The end. :-)
I also refuse to get them, terrible to keep clean.
My issue is that all my newer lenses went foggy at the same time. The coatings. I am wearing my 20 year old glasses that apparently don't have the fancy coatings. How do I avoid this because I had three new pairs of lenses die all at once. What coatings do that?
Now I'm in the market for new glasses and don't want that to happen again. I'll get the insurance also.
Yeah I am thinking I am never getting that coating again
I WILL NEVER NOT WATCH A VIDEO THAT HAS MY 2 FAVORITE HEALTH UA-camRS. IF DOCTOR EYE HEALTH POSTS THE SAME VIDEO ON HIS CHANNEL, I'LL STILL WATCH IT.
Could the anti-reflective coating be what causes my lenses to yellow after a couple years?
It could me that. Also, if you have transition (color changing) lenses those are known to yellow over time. -Tiffany, optician with 14 years experience
All those ad on coatings are money scams
I don't know why they call those "anti reflective" since when someone takes a picture of you with your glasses on, nothing can be seen of your eyes. They just make a reflect and the pictures are poor. Here in Europe it is nearly mandatory to have those types of glasses and you have to specifically ask not to have them
@Pam ela
Europe is smarter in health care than we are here, and part of the cost is paid for by gov.
Really? Am I understanding you correctly, in Europe lenses come standard with AR included? I'm curious, if you were to request lenses without AR, are you offered a reduction in price?
@@kismyc0untryazz-491 it seems to be the standart (in France). Those glasses are very fragiles and you'd likely "scratch" them (sorry not my native language) and (the photography portraits - and selfies- sets apart) will end up seeing less.
I can't really compare the prices because my last pair of glasses I asked for another kind of glass, too - they call it "mineral glass" that can be shaped thinner, me having astigatism.
So I can't really compare... But I think they buy the glasses by the ton and that's why some kinds get cheaper...
All in all glasses are very expensive in France (and England) cheaper places in Europe (for glasses) are - to my knoledge - spain and hungaria (then belgium)
@Pam ela no, it isn't free :/
It's only free on the cheapest artefacts, they make them specially for poor people, one could recognise at first sight someone wearing a pair of "free glasses"
@@marliesyanke4580paid for by taxation. If you think your national debt doesn't affect your life then keep living in ignorance.
I DESPISE these "coatings". They all fail within 2 or more years. In challenging environments like life... working on in the shop, going to the sea, invariably the coatings get marred, start to fail and the glasses are useless.
just this year March I got my new spec. This is 2nd one. The first glasses I noticed after many years i see more and more " cloudy mark ". I don't know what. I only use micocloth the standard spec cloth to wipe the lens daily. Than this year I decide to make a. new glasses. I bought it this year march. Now july i notice something weird , which I noticed a dot mark like keep appear on my left lens when I move to certain direction under bright lights to dark area. Will see that dot. I check the surface of the left lens compare with the right seem like there is some coating mark wear off. Later I google around and happen find this video than know what is lens coating. Also a lot claim lens coating will wear off after just months or years. Even you wipe careful. So I wonder how to prevent this in future ? if I going for my 3rd glasses when I noticed my eyesight degrade further.
Thank you for sharing!
@@BobandBrad side note Even getting the best lens with best coating will wear off after just few months or year too?
My issue is that all my newer lenses went foggy at the same time. The coatings. I am wearing my 20 year old glasses that apparently don't have the fancy coatings. How do I avoid this because I had three new pairs of lenses die all at once. What coatings do that?
Now I'm in the market for new glasses and don't want that to happen again. I'll get the insurance also.
I really don't want any of that crap. Reading in the comments glass is better or that kind that start with a C
I can’t tell a huge deal in non glare coating and regular lenses. I’ve had both and really don’t see that much of a difference.
Didn't know there were so many choices, but I am usually asked if I want it and always get it because I'm told all the scary stories about dangerous things that can happen if I don't have it. Problem is it eventually turns yellow, and looks bad. Last time they said that this one doesn't turn yellow.... But... it did.... I'm in the market for some new glasses, so what do I ask for?
That’s a lie. I got the anti reflective to help with the headlights at night. They made things worse for me.
Really, I’ve had AR coatings for like 20 years and I think they make a huge difference particularly when it rains.
Hey, maybe it’s you.
Thank you!
This needs to be standard and covered by Medicare!
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very interesting - thanks very much
What about pulverized lenses?
Are there certain coatings/materials that help with reflections off wet asphalt more than others? Any certain coatings/materials that are better with astigmatism?
Sounds like anti glare is good for someone who lives in a bubble suit. I would hate having my life ruled by worrying if I mess up my AR coating.
👓 Good information to know, thank you! 👍👏👓
Where's Brad... :(
have the transitional lenses made improvements over the years? I remember when they first came out they were horrible.
I don't wear glasses myself, but my mum says they're still awful.
I have had them for years, love them. No issues.
Yes, there have bee improvements over the years. They take less time to get dark and also to go clear again along with being more sensitive to the amount UV light to change so they don’t go dark in buildings. That being said there is still about a 3 minute window for them to get clear.
Joseph Allen looks like Trixie Mattel
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2nd
I can’t stand the eye doctor. I found him year ago and super useless