You may have started out life without needing any type of glasses, but it is possible you may need reading glasses. You’ll know you need them when you’ve reached the of point of not being able to read close up anymore. There are two types of styles of Reading Glasses you can choose from; Full Frames which the lens makes up the entire prescription, and half frames which are the smaller “Ben Franklin” style that sit low on your nose.

Full frames are mostly for people who spend a lot of time looking at things close up. After you’ve been staring in a small area for a while and you look up things can often look blurry in the distance.

Half frame reading glasses let you look down while working or reading and then up and over them to see things in a distance with out it being blurry. Most people who never needed glasses always start out with a pair of reading glasses before they need a bifocal or no line progressive pair.

There are even handy accessories for temporary use like small foldable readers that fit in pen-sized cases and magnifiers that hang around your neck like a pendant. There is also plastic lenses mounted in credit card-sized holders that slip easily in a wallet that are perfect for the situation for when you just want to know what the menu actually says at a dim lit restaurant.

For moments out in the sun tinted reading glasses with UV protection are available too; a popular type is the sunglass bifocal, with a nonprescription upper half for looking far away and a reading prescription in the lower half for close up.

AC Lens has all these styles and many frames to choose from. Browse our selection of reading glasses today.

In Family Circle Magazine’s August 2011 issue, they get serious about contact lens care and give 8 simple ways to improve your eye health. Did you know 76% of Americans say vision is their most important sense? However, nearly 40% wear contact lenses but most don’t care for them properly. The biggest mistake is not replacing contact lens cases or contact lenses when applicable.

LensAlert! makes it so easy to remember this very important step. It’s a contact lens and case digital reminder timer. You’ll never forget to replace your case or contact lenses again.

I Sonic’s Ultrasonic Contact Lens Cleaner is the perfect accessory to keep your contacts clean, fresh, and comfortable. This product uses the application of ultrasonic principle to clean protein deposits that cover the surface of contact lenses, rapidly and completely. Meaning you can get clean lenses fast!

Features:
1. Rapidly cleans out protein deposition.
2. 5 minutes strong cleaning once a week.
3. The portable case is suitable for international voltage.
4. Ultrasonic frequency: 150KHz
5. 7W

Traditional contact lens cleaning is to steep the contact lenses in care solution, where the solution will gradually dissolve the protein deposits on the surface of the contact lenses over time. It usually takes 6-8 hours to completely clean contact lenses in the traditional way. I Sonic’s Ultrasonic Contact Lens Cleaner takes advantage of the ultrasonic technique, a special high frequency (150KHz), to wipe out protein deposits completely in 2 minutes, protecting lenses effectively. Buy the I Sonic Ultrasonic Contact Lens Cleaner at AC Lens now.

Biofinity Multifocal Contact Lenses, manufactured by CooperVision, are now available at AC Lens. Biofinity Multifocal is the latest addition to the Biofinity family of monthly replacement contact lenses. The product combines the Biofinity Asphere and Toric lens material with proven Balanced Progressive Technology.

In addition to the new product, CooperVision also introduced a new streamlined fitting approach. Working closely with eye care practitioners, CooperVision developed the new process to make it easier for eye care practitioners to fit their patients and offer lens wearers an ideal combination of ease, comfort and eye health.

Biofinity Multifocal is currently available in sphere powers of +6.00 D to -8.00 D and in four ADD powers (+1.00, +1.50, +2.00, +2.50). A D and N lenses are available for each ADD power. The two-lens system means that your eyecare professional will have specified one eye as “Dominant” on your contact lens prescription. This is typically indicated by a “D” whereas the non-dominant eye is marked with an “N”. Please select the proper “Add” power for each eye indicating which is dominant for your bifocal prescription.

Biofinity Multifocal contact lenses focus light from both near and far distances to the back of the eye, creating the clearest possible image. This unique system uses two different, yet complementary, lenses that work together to provide clear vision near, far, and in between.

The optical design of Biofinity Multifocal enables your eye to instinctively find the zone that provides optimal focus. The gradual transition zones let you see everything clearly and effortlessly at any distance.

Visit your eyecare provider to see if Biofinity Multifocal contact lenses are right for you or visit our site to learn more or buy Biofinity contacts, Biofinity Toric, and other CooperVision brand contacts.

I live in a house of a serious gamer, no joke. So I know first hand how many hours someone can spend in front of a TV or computer screen. Did you know most gamers spend around 30-35 hours a week in front of a glowing screen? Some people even have to work on a computer every day, all day – so that’s at least 40 maybe more hours each week someone can spend straining their eyes. Individuals who do this typically have a lower-than-average blinking rate, which leads to discomfort in their eyes. Dry eyes anyone? Now lets add contact lenses into the mix. Ouch! If you work at a computer, or you can’t put down your new game, having a contact lens that has a lot of wettability and the ability to wear them for a long period of time is necessary.

Now there is Biofinity Contact Lenses which offers natural wettability, ample oxygen, and low modulus for daily or extended wear. Perfect for gamers and heavy computer users, Biofinity contact lenses are the perfect relief for dry eyes and eye strain. Those with astigmatism need not worry with Biofinity Torics. To learn more about these lenses visit EyeFit Biofinity Guarantee for Gamers.

AC Lens carries the widest variety of contact lens accessories in the industry. We’d like to introduce our newest addition, the Contact Solution Contact Lens case.

Great for travel, this unique product makes it convenient to carry your solution and contacts around anywhere you go by allowing you to store solution right in the case. Check out this diagram to see how it can help you:

Check it out in use:

The Contact Solution case is inexpensive and comes in four different colors – blue, green, orange, pink. Take the Contact Solution case on flights, road trips, work, or anywhere you may need your lenses. It holds 3 fl. oz. of solution and includes a mirror so you can put in your contacts on the go.

Buy the Contact Solution case at AC Lens now!

Johnson & Johnson has just released the Acuvue TruEye to the US market. Highly popular in Europe, the TruEye is the only daily disposable contact lens made with silicone hydrogel material making it extremely breathable and comfortable for the eyes. Read this Acuvue TruEye Review to learn more about one persons experience with this new lens.

You can find Acuvue True Eye contact lenses available in a 1-Day Acuvue TruEye 30 Pack and a Acuvue TruEye 90 Pack. See your eye doctor now to find out if TruEye is right for you.

One big benefit when shopping at AC Lens is our product review feature. Visitors can rate or review our full line of contact lenses, designer sunglasses, prescription swimming goggles, and other vision care products.

Here are step by step instructions on how to review our products.

1. First, go to the product you would like to review. Under the “Add To Cart” button, you’ll see three shaded tabs which say “Description”, “Accessories”, and “Reviews.” Click on the “Reviews” tab to see them.

2. In this view, you can now read every review we’ve received on various products. You can click the thumbs up or thumbs down button to rate any of the current product reviews. At the bottom, you can also click on a link that will take you to more customer reviews of that product.

3. To write a review, simply click on the “Submit A Review” link at the top of the reviews tab. You will be given the option to rate each product on comfort, vision, and your overall rating on a 5 star scale with 1 being low and 5 meaning you loved the product.

4. After you’ve entered your star rating, you’ll now see a field to do the written portion of your review. The written portion is not required but recommended to provide visitors the most accurate and honest opinion of each product. Fill in the review title and then enter your full review in the review body section. You may then enter your name or leave the name field blank to stay anonymous.

That’s all you need to do to rate products on AC Lens. When writing reviews, keep in mind every submission is subject to editorial review by AC Lens and may take 5 to 8 business days to be posted live on our website. Every entry on our site come from actual visitors to AC Lens. Now that you know how to send in ratings, go submit some of your own on your favorite bifocal contacts, toric contacts, Acuvue contacts, or other lenses and vision care products.

According to a recent study in Contact Lens Spectrum (March 2009), Proclear Toric was rated best overall lens by 53 contact lens wearers who completed a five month study comprising a month wearing each of 5 competing soft toric lenses contact lenses. 27.9% of the participants rated Proclear Toric best overall compared to Biomedics Toric, Purevision Toric, Acuvue Advance for Astigmatism and Air Optix for Astigmatism which each scored best with 21% of the participants or lower. 

However, Johnson and Johnson latest soft-toric lens – the Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism was not included in the study.  The authors of the study also pointed out that not all of these lenses are recommended for one month of daily wear, some are recommended for 2 week wear only, and this might have impacted participants view of the “best overall lens”.

The February edition of Woman’s Day magazine featured the LensAlert in their “Product We Love” section and they recommended ordering it at ACLens.com. If you’re not familiar with the LensAlert, it’s a contact lens timer that keeps track of when you need to replace both your contact lens case and contact lenses. With a few clicks of a button, you can set the contact lens timer up to 60 days and the contact lens case up to 99 days so you’ll know exactly when to replace both.

LensAlert is rapidly becoming a must have item for contact lens wearers and AC Lens was the first retailer to carry the product online. Improve your eye health by never forgetting doctor recommended change times with this customer approved, 5 star rated product. Pick up a copy of Woman’s Day magazine, on newsstands now, to read the full write up.