Airwear® lens material , EXTRAORDINARY BENEFITS FOR EVERYONE, EVERYDAY

A little history,

  • 1970s : Polycarbonate was first developed for highly protective equipment, such as visors for motorbike helmets, or for astronaut helmet visors and space shuttle windshields.

  • Early 1980s : Polycarbonate eyeglass lenses were introduced in response to growing customer demand for lenses that were both lightweight and impact resistant.

  • 1997 : Creation of Airwear® lens material, which benefits heightens Crizal®, Eyezen™ and Varilux® lens properties.

MOST IMPACT RESISTANT INDEX

MOST IMPACT RESISTANT FEATHERWEIGHT LENS

THINNESS

BLOCKS 100% TRANSMISSION OF UV

BLUE LIGHT PROTECTION IN-MASS WITHOUT ANY TRADE-OFF ON AESTHETICS

PROTECTING OUR PLANET

SUITABLE FOR ALL FRAMES

Airwear® impact resistance compared to other indexes

84% of consumers rate impact resistance as important criteria when choosing eyeglasses.

Most Impact Resistant Index

Airwear® lens is:

  • 40 times more impact resistant than Orma® and 1.56 lenses,
  • 4 times more impact resistant than 1.53,
  • 9 times more impact resistant than Ormix®

Highly recommended for nylon / rimless frames.
Airwear® lens is compliant with most stringent impact resistance tests including FDA (USA) and High Velocity Impact test (ANSI Z87.1).

24% of consumers feel their eyeglasses are too heavy

The Most Impact Resistant Featherweight Lens

The magic of polycarbonate is that increasing shock resistance does not impact the weight of the lens

Airwear® lens is:

  • As light as 1.56 and Ormix®
  • Up to 16% lighter than Orma®

*Average weight on internal lenses of 70 diameter from 0.00D to -4.00D

Consumers are expecting thinner/ultra thin lenses since 80% of them are interested in lenses to optimize wearing comfort and aesthetic

Thinness

Airwear® lens is:

  • Up to 21% thinner than Orma®
  • As thin as 1.56 and Ormix®

*Average edge thickness on internal lenses of 70 diameter from 0.00D to -4.00D

Blocks 100% Transmission of UV*

Airwear® naturally blocks UV on front side. Back side UV protection when combined with Crizal®

*ISO 8980-3 standard defines UV upper limit at 380nm

Blue Light Protection In-Mass without any Trade-off on Aesthetics

When combined with the lens feature Blue UV Capture™, Airwear® material blocks at least 20% of blue-violet light* while keeping the most transparent* lens compared to other indexes.

*Harmful Blue-Violet light: up to 455nm, with the greatest toxicity between 415-455nm. For Polycarbonate concave lenses, the harmful blue light blocking percentage might be slightly lower.
*Within the Blue Cut in-mass substrates

Essilor® Airwear® lens, MANY BENEFITS

SEE OUR SERVICE THROUGH THEIR EYES.

Boosted by your guided recommendation, Essilor® lenses provide tailored solutions to every wearer, and bring them the best possible vision solution. Discover this clear, three- step recommendation process supporting your expertise:

Airwear® lens is highly recommended for all consumers especially people looking for high impact resistance, such as kids and sportsperson. The prescription range recommended is sph [+4.00;-4.00] for adults and higher with small frames.

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