Lenses
Lenses are the most important part of your eyewear. Barnett Opticians specializes in high definition digital, ultra-thin, and the hardest and most scratch resistant non-glare lenses. When is comes to lens selection, the expert opticians at Barnett Opticians are prepared to help you select the best lens design, material, treatments, and technology for your individual needs, prescription and budget. For example, there are over 500 different progressive, or “no-line” bifocal lenses available today. Each manufacturer has lenses designed for different purposes. Whether that purpose is low cost, most distance or near vision, larger or smaller frames, active lifestyles, or “universal fit,” you will want the lens that is best for you, not the lens that can be bought in volume to cover everyone, or offers the best benefit for the sales person. The best lens for you doesn’t have to be expensive, many times the best lens for you is manufactured from the lower cost materials. Every lens from Barnett Opticians is guaranteed to exceed ANSI standards for prescription accuracy.
 Digitally surfacing to .01 diopter accuracy  Blocking lens for edging |
 Marking lens for frame alignment  Edging a high power lens |
Lens Technology
The most exciting advancement in lens technology today are the high-definition digital lenses. These lenses are computer designed uniquely for your individual frame choice, prescription, and wearing position as optimized by our expert opticians. The lenses are computer surfaced to perfection of .01 diopters of power, giving you the widest possible fields of vision at near, distance, and intermediate vision with smooth transitions between zones.
There are many lens material available to create your prescription eyeglasses. High index materials create thinner and lighter eyewear. Polycarbonate and Trivex materials have the best impact resistant qualities for safety. The patients' prescription, needs and desires as well as the optics and characteristics of each lens material must be taken into consideration when choosing the best lens material. No one is better at selecting lenses than Barnett Opticians.
Non-glare or anti-reflective treatments have come a long way in the last few years. These treatments are much more scratch resistant than acrylic lenses have ever been. There are easy clean, dust, water, and smudge resistant treatments, and extreme low reflectance treatments for the ultimate invisible lenses. If you are having trouble with your current lenses, we may have a solution for you.
There are many lens material available to create your prescription eyeglasses. High index materials create thinner and lighter eyewear. Polycarbonate and Trivex materials have the best impact resistant qualities for safety. The patients' prescription, needs and desires as well as the optics and characteristics of each lens material must be taken into consideration when choosing the best lens material. No one is better at selecting lenses than Barnett Opticians.
Non-glare or anti-reflective treatments have come a long way in the last few years. These treatments are much more scratch resistant than acrylic lenses have ever been. There are easy clean, dust, water, and smudge resistant treatments, and extreme low reflectance treatments for the ultimate invisible lenses. If you are having trouble with your current lenses, we may have a solution for you.
Brands
We use many brand name lenses in our arsenal of favorites, Some of the name brands you may recognize are Crizal, Zeiss, Varilux, Hoya, Younger, Sola, Oakley True Digital, Pentax, Drivewear, Esslior, Xperio UV, Transitions, Vantage, Shamir, KBco, and Nikon.
Barnett Opticians - 2203 Broadwater Avenue - Billings, MT 59102 - (406) 652-4347
