Varilux Lenses

Varilux progressive lenses are hard to find online, because eye doctors and optical stores have been pressuring Essilor, the maker of Varilux, to support their high prices and prevent sales online on the internet.  However, as one of the few stores with a license to sell Varilux products online, Eyeglasses.com has been selling Varilux lenses for over 20 years. And all of our Varilux progressive lenses are Made in USA.

Varilux is known as the highest quality, and best-well known brand of progressive lenses in the world.  The Varilux family of  progressive lenses consists of several sub-brands, which are Varilux Comfort, Varilux Physio, and Varilux W3+ Series. Varilux progressive lenses have been the industry leader since progressives were introduced, because they provide sharp vision at every distance—even in dimly lit conditions—which eliminates blurriness and low-light issues that are common in low-quality progressive lenses.  There is a huge difference between high-quality prescription lenses, and cheap low-quality lenses; but when you choose Varilux lenses, you are assured of having the finest vision available today. Varilux lenses are often dispensed with its sister brand - Crizal - because if you want the best lenses you should also have the best coating on them with the two year warrantee.

Varilux Comfort® Progressive Lenses

As the first progressive Essilor lens introduced in 1993, Varilux Comfort lenses was the first progressive lens, and it established a new standard on the market at the time of its launch. With its high performance and ease of adaptation, it received the acclaim of the optical industry. The concept of the Varilux Comfort® lens is the result of optical research and the use of what is considered a first in studies on the inner workings of the visual system.  There have been several generation of Varilux COmfort lenses, and now the latest version is named Varilux Comfort DRx.

Thanks to a smooth adjustment process, the Varilux Comfort® lens provides natural vision, whatever the distance. Observations on the wearer's visual behavior are at the origin of the creation this progressive lens. It complements the wearer's visual ergonomics, enabling the wearer to maintain a natural posture for ultimate visual comfort. Therefore, the adjustment to the lenses is much easier.

We offer these Varilux Comfort Lenses online:
Varilux Comfort DRx CR39
Varilux Comfort DRx Polycarbonate
Varilux Comfort DRx Trivex
Varilux Comfort DRx 1.67 High Index

Varilux Physio® Progressive Lenses

Varilux Physio® lenses were introduced in 2006 and they benefit from innovative technology derived from spatial optics research to provide correction of presbyopia and other visual deficiencies. These progressive lenses guarantee a high-resolution vision, whatever the distance. The Physio lenses provide for a smooth and effortless transition from near to far and every distance in between. Varilux® Physio® lenses features all the benefits of Varilux Comfort®, and uses the prescriptions from both your eyes so your lenses are calculated as a pair, letting your eyes work better together.

- In distant vision, visual acuity is at its maximum: images are very clear and contrast is rendered perfectly.

- In intermediate vision, the field of vision is widened by 30%. In this zone, where presbyopia is complicated to correct, focusing is considerably easier.

- In near vision, Varilux Physio® enlarges the close-up zones of vision without requiring any change in posture.

Created with the eye's physiology in mind, Varilux Physio® leads to perfect natural vision, whatever the activity being undertaken. Contrasts are improved. Varilux Physio® offers a personalised solution: correction of presbyopia which is precisely adjusted to visual behaviour.

We offer these Varilux Physio DRx Lenses online:

Varilux Physio DRx CR39
Varilux Physio DRx Polycarbonate
Varilux Physio W3 Trivex
Varilux Physio DRx 1.67 High Index
Varilux Physio DRx 1.74 High Index

 

Varilux Physio® W3+ Lenses

Varilux W3+ is the most advanced lens series on the planet, the latest development in the Physio family.

We offer these Varilux Physio W3+ Lenses online:
Varilux Physio W3+ Polycarbonate
Varilux Physio W3+ Trivex
Varilux Physio W3+ 1.67 High Index 
Varilux Physio W3+ 1.74 High Index

Varilux Physio W3+ lenses use SynchronEyes Technology to keep both eyes working together.  When your eyes work together, they work better for maximum vision and minimum stress.  SynchronEyes uses prescriptions from both eyes to calculate lenses as a matched pair, to provide you with a smooth and effortless transition from near distance to far distance, and every distance in-between.  In addition, Essilor’s proprietary W.A.V.E. Technology eliminates distortions and blurriness, even in dimly lit conditions.

How To Choose A Varilux Lens

Choosing the best progressive lenses for your needs from among Varilux family is partly a function of what you can afford to spend, and partly determined by your needs. The Varilux Physio® has a 30% wider viewing area in the middle (corridor) which means you don't have to turn your head as much, and so it is more comfortable. If you have worn Varilux Comfort® lenses for years since they were first introduced, you will love Varilux Physio® lenses . The next question is, how to choose between the Varilux Physio® and Varilux X Series . This is more of a question for your eyecare professional, or the counselors at Eyeglasses.com. While we offer all of these lenses, they are often interchangeable for most people and there is little difference.

Are Varilux Lenses The Best?

What makes the best progressive lenses? In our opinion, the best progressive lenses are the progressive lenses that have the best optical clarity, and the widest corridor (the viewing area in the middle of the lens). With the widest corridor of any progressive lens on the market, Varilux Physio® lenses are the easiest and most comfortable lenses to wear.

Varilux is owned by Essilor, the world's largest eyewear company. Varilux lenses are the clearest, widest-corridor progressive lenses available on the market today. With Varilux lenses, you can be sure that you have the best lens technology working for you. At Eyeglasses.com, most of the lenses we dispense are made by Essilor, unless a customer specially requests a different brand.

Since 1959, with the invention of the world's first progressives, Varilux has innovated lens science to advance and set new standards of performance for vision and vision care for presbyopic patients. A combination of two good things, technology and innovation, Varilux progressive lenses provide clear vision at all distances without the age-old and unsightly bifocal lines. And with more than 300 million lenses sold worldwide, Varilux is the progressive lens brand that eye care professionals trust and recommend most.

Varilux lenses are specifically designed for people over 40 who experience presbyopia - a condition in which near vision (needed when reading, sewing or working at the computer) becomes increasingly blurred with age. Varilux enables people to see near, far and everything in-between and look fabulous at the same time.

Replacement Progressive Lenses

Eyeglasses.com has an excellent service for replacement progressive lenses - just send in your glasses and we will install new progressive lenses with the same prescription or a new prescription. Replacing progressive lenses is simple to do: you send us your glasses, we copy the measurements from the lenses and make new lenses.

Varilux Definity® Progressive Lenses

Definity® progressive lenses were created and developed by Johnson & Johnson, who later sold it to Essilor. Definity® progressive lenses are the only progressive lens that utilizes DUAL ADD® Technology, a patented, dual-surface, offset design which provides several distinct optical advantages, and a wider intermediate zone. Definity® lenses also offer the least amount of peripheral distortion of any progressive and a unique zone of correction called GROUND VIEW ADVANTAGE™, which features a reduction in power which minimizes distortion and flattens the field of vision, giving wearers greater clarity when looking down.

Another significant benefit of DUAL ADD® and GROUND VIEW ADVANTAGE® is that these advantages become more pronounced as add power increases. Definity® is the perfect lens for the active lifestyles of today's presbyopes. With the superior intermediate vision, Definity® makes computer use, driving or any other everyday activity more comfortable. With clearer vision when looking down, Definity® makes going up and down stairs, playing golf or tennis, or navigating uneven surfaces easier.
 

Author of this article: 

Mark Agnew
CEO of Eyeglasses.com, which he founded in 1999.  For over twenty years, he has educated consumers, improved their vision choices, and reduced costs in eyewear.  Mark authored The Eyeglasses Buying Guide, the most comprehensive and best-selling glasses buying guide in the world.
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