Larry wrote:
> "Carl" <crothman@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote in news:48800ca9$0$7337
> $607ed4bc@cv.net:
>
>> http://www.compukiss.com/reviews/sola-access-lens.html
>
> Someone needs to fix the Zeiss dealer search engine. I put in my
> address to look for a "dispenser" and it found 5 locations INSIDE THE
> TRAILER PARK!
>
> None of my redneck neighbors knows anything about optometry. They
> think glasses come from Dollar General or Walmart....(c;
>
> So, how many hundred dollars are these Sola lenses....I mean for the
> pair...
>
They are actually a form of what is known as "progressive multifocals", or
to some, "invisible bifocals". What they've done is eliminate the DISTANCE
part (and thereby getting rid of the inherent problems associated with
having that in the lens too) and made it just an INTERMEDIATE (ie. computer)
lens combined with a NEAR (ie. reading) section at the bottom. By
eliminating the distance part, this lens appears to avoid both the
peripheral distortions associated often with progressive multifocals and the
narrow midrange section associated with progressive multifocals as well. As
well, the transition from intermediate to near seems more seamless.

We sell them relatively cheaply at, I believe, $129 or $139 per PAIR (not
per lens Larry). I would speculate that they they may be more elsewhere, as
they are worth it, I think. We sell a lot of them, relative to the overall
market, probably because I promote them personally, and I keep them
inexpensive. We have gotten, over the years, a miniscule number of
"failures" with this lens (though there always will be some - part of human
nature, I suppose). But I can almost guarantee that they will eliminate or
reduce anonymous's problem as described.