If you’re dazzled by oncoming headlights when driving in darker months, our range of Driving lenses could help. These specific driving lenses reduce glare, improve vision in low-light conditions and offers accurate vision when changing focus between the road, your dashboard and your mirrors
Tired eyes could be a sign of eye strain – and during the winter months when the nights are darker for longer, our eyes have to work a little harder; which can add additional strain when driving. We may have lenses that can help. Speak to your local store to find out more.
Yes, all our sunglasses can be made to your prescription. You can also have any frame you like with tinted lenses, to create sunglasses
In winter, weather changes mean it’s more likely you’ll be driving on wet roads – be that from rain, snow or sleet. During the winter season the sun also sits lower in the sky, which when coupled with wet roads leads to reflections from the surface of the water. This can cause uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous driving conditions. Polarised sunglasses can help though – they block the horizontal light caused by these conditions and allow you to see more clearly.
The short answer is every 2 years.
Even if you don’t need glasses it’s important to have your eyes checked every two years. You may not be suffering from any eye health problems at the moment, but a regular check-up can detect any underlying problems early on as well as any changes to your vision.
Conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and glaucoma can all be detected with an eye test. If they are spotted earlier on they can be treated more effectively.
However, an eye test does much more than detect problems with vision; it can also detect medical problems such as high blood pressureand diabetes. In these cases, your optometrist will notice changes to the blood vessels at the back of your eyes and refer you to your GP if they find anything that may need addressing.
Optometrists also recommend that children under 16 have their eyestested annually. This is to help diagnose problems (if any) early. The sooner problems are detected the greater the chance of developing optimal vision.
Your optometrist may recommend that you have eye tests more frequently, if for example, you have a history of eye problems. Optometrists also recommend that people over 70 years should have their eyes tested once a year.
To recap;
Children under 16 years of age should have their eyes tested once a year.
Adults should have their eyes tested once every two years.
Adults over 70 should have their eyes tested once a year.
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