Lens Tinting Vs Transitional, Photochromic Lenses?

When habitancy shop for designate glasses these days they are offered a lot of options: collection of styles, sizes, shapes and lens types and colours. If you are buying your glasses in a local optic store, the shop assistant will by comparison to you the benefits and drawback of each choice that you may choose. This article, however, is aimed for habitancy who shop for designate glasses online. I hope it will give you a great idea about lens tinting and photochromic lenses when you are choosing in the middle of the two.

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First, let me by comparison what both of these options mean:

1. Lens tinting is when the lens is constantly tinted with a colour and percentage of your choice. You can opt an 80% grey tint and your glasses will look like sunglasses or you can go with lighter version and different color to suit your style.

Advantage: Great choice of colors, You can choose percentage of tint darkness, Can be used and as good as sunglasses, Much cheaper then transitional lenses

Disadvantage: Tinting is permanent, you cannot undo it.

2. Transitional or also known as photochromic lenses become dark only when they are exposed to sun light. Ordinarily they don't offer much color variations, Ordinarily grey or amber limits your choice. It takes time for such lenses to become dark when you go surface or clear again once you are inside. Ordinarily full transition time is in the middle of 7-15 minutes depending on a lens.

Advantage: Can use such glasses both inside and outside.

Disadvantage: Small color selection, Transition takes time ( which can be a bit annoying), More expensive, Although such lenses become dark when you are outside, they are not as dark as your normal sunglasses.