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If you’ve not been living in a cave, I’m quite sure you would have heard of Transitions lenses. Yes, they are the type of lenses that react to UV Light, so they turn dark outdoors when exposed to the sun’s UV rays but remain fully clear indoors. The Transitions Signature Lenses are the newest and most improved version of Transitions lenses. With their exclusive Chromea7™ photochromic technology, Transitions Signature lenses are more reactive to UV light than their predecessors, and get darker in more conditions. They also adapt to indirect light such as light reflected from buildings, cars, etc. In fact, they continuously adapt to changing light so they’re always exactly the shade you need them to be. Even lenses are so smart nowadays. If you’ve been a long-time spectacle-wearer like me, you will understand what a big difference that makes in terms of user experience. I’ve been myopic since I was 10 years old, but it was only recently that I got myself a new pair of spectacles fitted with Transitions Signature lenses. To be frank, it was nothing short of an epiphany experience for me.
For people like us who live in countries with tropical climates, the sun rays can get very glaring sometimes. That was one of the reasons why I disliked wearing spectacles whenever I needed to be outdoors for a long period of time. The sun rays made it hard for me to fully focus on what I was doing and that was really frustrating. When I wore my spectacles with Transitions lenses out for the first time, I was amazed at how fast the lenses reacted to the UV rays, helping to cut away the glare almost instantly. Most of the time, I wasn’t even consciously aware that my lenses had turned that dark until I took them off for a look. In the words of my kids,“It’s like magic!”, and they couldn’t have described it better. My primary motive of wearing spectacles is to correct my myopic vision, but it is just as important to me that the whole experience is comfortable as well. Transitions lenses helped to achieve that, and more. Here are my top 3 reasons why I love my Transitions Signature lenses, and why they worked for me:
1. I don’t have to squint my eyes under the sun anymore!
And that’s a huge plus for me. It used to be that when I stepped out under the sun wearing my specs, I would inevitably squint my eyes because the sun rays were too glaring. I couldn’t see clearly or focus with full attention, and It’s especially frustrating when I am out with my kids, who are hyperactive and constantly on the move. With my new Transitions lenses, the glaring sun rays were no longer an issue! This was what my lenses looked like within 10 seconds of stepping under the sun. Pretty amazing, isn’t it?
During my last visit to Legoland Water Park, I purposefully wore my Transitions lenses to test them out. They turned out to be perfect! The whole time I was out under the sun with my kids, my vision was clear and the glare was completely blocked out. From the shade of my lenses, I am sure you can tell how hot that day was!
That was how dark my Transitions lenses became when I was playing in the wave pool with my husband and kids – Absolutely perfect, isn’t it? :)
2. I can see better, so I am happier!
Clear and vibrant vision is a very important thing to a person with myopia. My close friends will testify that whenever my eyes are giving me problems, I get very depressed. I hate it when I cannot see clearly, and that affects my productivity. Transitions lens not only gives me clear vision indoors, it also gives me good and vivid vision outdoors. Their great adaptability to different type of lighting conditions is great for people like me, who is constantly on the move from indoors to outdoors and back to indoors many times in a day. Just as it can quickly turn dark outdoors, it also fades back to clarity quickly when I get back indoors. Ingenious invention!
I remember the last time I visited the Legoland Mini Land, I had such a hard time looking at the various creations and all the details because the sun was just too glaring. This time when I went there again, I had such a great time examining every tiny Lego piece and taking photographs of them, simply because I had my specs with Transitions lenses on. In fact, everything looked more vibrant, colorful and vivid this time round!
3. It protects my eyes from harmful UV rays!
Everyone knows how important our eyes are, and since I cannot avoid going under the sun, the only way I can prevent harmful UV rays from hurting my eyes is to put on my pair of specs with Transitions lenses. The best part is that while doing that, it maintains its vivid and sharp color perception. I am a huge fan of vibrant colors, so I expect my vision to be crystal clear and vivid all the time as well.
Recently, my right eye suffered some redness and blurriness of vision because of overuse of contact lenses, so I had been wearing my spectacles for the past few weeks. My eyes were so sensitive to light that I couldn’t even open them without tearing when I was out under the sun! And it occurred to me that if I didn’t have a pair of specs with Transitions lenses that helped to block out the harmful UV rays and glare from the sun, I probably had to stay indoors this entire time (Unthinkable!). My specs with Transitions lenses definitely came in handy at this time and I am so thankful for that.
Having experienced first hand how good Transition lenses are, I seriously don’t think I can go back to ordinary lenses anymore.
Want to know what your world will look like through Transitions Signature lenses? Here’s an interesting site you can go to -
Transitions Viewer: http://www.transitions.com/en-sg/virtual-viewer/ For more information on the Transitions Signature lenses, go to http://www.transitions.com/en-sg/products/transitions-signature/
