Coatings.

I have used Essilor Crizal and Zeiss. To be honest, unless you work in office environment, better dont opt for these lenses. The coatings will help you clean the lenses much easier. I think the Zeiss also have better glare coating IIRC. The problem I have with these are coatings tend to peel off after a year or so (apparently I was told that I cant wash them with soap, shampoo etc.. also cant work in a hot environment like kitchen for example). At first I didnt even know there's warranty for these to replace them for free if the coating peel off within a year. However even after I replaced my Zeiss lenses for free, it still peel off again a year later. The Zeiss lenses arent cheap somemore, and only polished after you placed order on them.

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In the distance past, I have used a pair of Hoya. I dont think it has coatings as well since I had no peeling coating problem as I washed them with soap. The special thing about the lenses is that it straighten the view of the edge of the lenses which curved with normal lenses due to its shape.

Currently Im on my 2nd pair of glasses from A-Look. Both also using their Photogrey lenses. Yes, there are no coating on these which makes cleaning them a bit harder. However I do not need to care for them at all. I can wash them with soap, shampoo etc which I cant do with branded lenses like Crizal and Zeiss (I didnt even use soap with my Zeiss lenses but the coating still peel). There are scratches on the lenses which is fine, unlike peeling coating which affect visibility.

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Apr 5 2022, 04:04 PM

I think the clarity is the effect of the coating reducing reflection and glare. I do agreed they worked, I never doubted them. I'm just disappointed the coating peeloff is so bad. If I'm the only one having problem, fine, user problem. My brother and my wife also had a pair of Crizal and the same problem. My wife's glasses fare a little better since she work in office and only very minor peeloff after 3 years.

I have no problem if I had to pay RM500 and it would last 3-4 years. Roughly RM150 a year investment. However I'm not okay with paying almost RM600 for a pair of Zeiss lenses (not inclusive of frame) and had the same coating peel off on both the original and replacement under 2 years. It shouldn't become a burden to the user to baby these lenses. I'm paying more for QC but it's more like a liability in my case.