A Closer Look at the $13B Premium Eyewear Market

Re:A Closer Look at the $13B Premium Eyewear Market by anonintons on Monday October 09, 2017 @02:32AM (#15431926)

Does anyone know if the various brands of lens matters, e.g. Nikon v Hoya v Carl Zeiss...

I have pretty bad vision, -9.0 and astigmatism so the optometrist recommend I get 1.74 high index lenses from Nikon [1], because according to him, it would be "harder/more impact resistant" and the quality would be better.

I also got additional coatings, like anti-reflective, blue light, UV, etc...

So I'm just wondering, if the brand actually matters or are they also all made by a single large factory? Are Nikon lenses that much better than the generic ones from Warby Parker?

1. http://nikonlenswear.com/products/see-series/seecoat-plus

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Re:A Closer Look at the $13B Premium Eyewear Market by walterbell on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @11:20AM (#15442533)

Nikon has a joint venture with Essilor (soon to be Luxottica), so their lenses are very similar: https://www.essilor.com/en/medias/news/nikon-essilor-15-year... & https://www.optiboard.com/forums/showthread.php/56186-Nikon-...

Here is a chart on lens materials: http://64.50.176.246/tools/materials.php

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