What is a Phoenix lens?
Phoenix Lenses are: The lightest lens material available today. Twice as scratch resistant as polycarbonate. 60 times more impact resistant than standard plastic. Exceeding FDA impact guidelines. Abbe value of 43 versus 30 for polycarbonate and exceeding ANSI UV380 protection guidelines.
What is Hoya Phoenix?
Introducing the Phoenix lens material Phoenix is a proprietary (Trivex-based) material developed exclusively for HOYA. It provides mechanical strength and robustness to the lens without compromise to optical quality.
Does Hoya make Trivex lenses?
The Hoya Hoya® Phoenix Trivex is a perfect choice of Lenses from the wonderful Hoya collection. These exciting Lenses have a compelling arrangement of wonderful features. Trivex offers similar scratch and impact resistance to Polycarbonate but is closer in optical quality to CR-39.
Does Costco sell Trivex lenses?
in addition to offering just one lens design, Costco also does not have the full selection of lens materials that other sources may have. You can only get their HD progressive lenses in low def materials: Poly or 1.67 index plastic. The best optics in plastic would be CR-39 (the old standard) or Trivex.
What is better polycarbonate or Trivex?
Because of its high Abbe value therefore, Trivex lenses can offer a better optical experience than polycarbonate lenses. This is especially the case for those with higher prescriptions, as the severity of the aberrations tend to increase with stronger prescriptions.
Which lens is better Hoya or Zeiss?
When we look at the contour maps of both brands, we are quite surprised that the Zeiss digital lens has much lesser distortion at the sides ( especially the distance) compared to the Hoya Nulux active .
Why are Varilux lenses better than others?
Why are Varilux lenses better than other progressive lenses? Varilux lenses are backed by extensive, groundbreaking research, technology, and wearer testing. They offer natural, comfortable vision to anyone challenged by presbyopia.