Talking Tinted Suns vs. Polars vs. Mirrors with Your Customers

[@gibsonst]

As a consumer, your videos have been extremely helpful... they've helped arm me with the knowledge to get the best bang for my buck. Thanks John and LKO!

[@devincritch1008]

Hi John, great video as usual ! In the dispensary where I work we generally only do polarized because cost wise it's not that much more from the supplier, and it is a bit of a better sunglass tint. Personally, when I am helping a customer choose a tint I have both samples and I allow them to look through eahc one and choose which one they think is better. Some customers say they don't see a big difference between pol/non pol and some some there is a big difference.

[@LaramyKOptical]

I always say, "If you have something that works for you consistently with good results then keep doing it." It sounds like a good business decision if your wholesale costs are good for polarized. It doesn't sound like that is what you are doing (although people do it) playing around with the tint on a polarized is not recommended.* Where with a non-polarized you can go from a wave over the tint tank to opaque and everything in between. As mentioned in the video and shown in one of the others, my biggest problem with polarized is thickness and poor finishing appearances. *The heat from the dye pot can cause damage to the filter and/or cause the lens to delaminate.

[@Neinei-u4e]

Can you kindly do Autofraction and DSR as what to exactly we have to say to our patient when they get their pre test eye done

[@LaramyKOptical]

OpticianWorks.com covers that and more.

[@tia8935]

Never thought about the peripheral like that. Very cool

[@네모네모-t4s]

Hi, John. always thank u for the useful information. I’ve been working as an Optician in Korea for 8 years. I studied language and major together. Thanks to you for everything. 😊

[@lauriechen9924]

So helpful!!! Thanks. Which AR would you suggest for a gray photochromic with a sliver flash mirror? Back side or regular AR? Thank you!

[@LaramyKOptical]

No choice there (to the best of my knowledge) if you get the flash mirror you can't get a front side AR so it would be back only. I'm hearing good things about IOT's new NeoChrome Mirrors which are a photochromic flash mirror combo. John

[@lauriechen9924]

@@LaramyKOptical thank you!

[@luisgomez1211]

Hello Laramy ( I know that is not your name ) I'm going to start listening to your theme tinted suns vs. polaroid...lets see...I saw it, Interesting...thank you...👍...

[@AvennGed1]

Thanks for the vid John!

[@varriovlogs]

i need a 35% tinted lenses and add a mirror coating do you do that and what are the prices

[@LaramyKOptical]

Sorry but we are a wholesale lab so we don't work directly with the public. That should be something any independent optical shop should be able to easily take off for you. *tint and mirror can have unpredictable results. They may well guide you towards a pre-tinted pre-mirrored lens series.

[@varriovlogs]

@@LaramyKOptical thanks for the response one last question im having a hard time finding a optic that do tinted lenses with flash mirror but not photocromic is it posible to do tinted lenses with mirror and what the name of the mirror will be call in labs

[@LaramyKOptical]

@@varriovlogs Drop me an email through the OpticianWorks website. I can pass this on to the lab and they can cover all your options.

[@jeffu.8053]

I tried a couple of sets of polarized lenses with a flash mirror coating and no AR coating and there were so many reflections off the back surface of the lenses that they were unusable. Is it common for a polarized filter to cause this or is it due to the mirror coating or an interaction between the two? My current set of polarized lenses have a mirror coating and an AR coating and this is not an issue at all on those.

[@LaramyKOptical]

I really can't say if there is a direct relationship between mirror coats and increased backside reflection but I can certainly see how it could be! Sounds like you troubleshot the problem. I know all my mirror coated lenses also have a backside AR and that the lab recommends that combo. John

[@Viickatnite]

Love this! Very well-explained. If you had to recommend one, would you suggest backside AR over polarization?

[@LaramyKOptical]

DOH! I think my head just exploded. AR, no polarized, no AR, no polarized... Bang for the buck I guess polarized over a backside AR. Depends on all the stuff we talk about in that video and all the others. John

[@RaquelHi]

Love it

[@nemesis851_]

Hi John 👋

[@LaramyKOptical]

Howdy!

[@user-rh6ru5oz2o]

Sweet thumbnail

[@dtroy15]

Excellent video! One minor observation I thought I would share. On polarization and safety, which you might not have considered due to your location: Spotting black ice on roads. Reducing the glare off dry asphalt and ice makes the difference between the surfaces much more obvious.