Crizal Alize and Crizal Avance lenses
Crizal® has become the industry standard term for a high quality lens coating. Made by Essilor, the world’s largest lens company, Crizal® sets the standard for durability and scratch resistance for eyeglass lens coatings. Essilor originally introduced Crizal® , but later that technology was superceded by Crizal® Alize®, and then Crizal® Avance™. Crizal® is not used much anymore, and it is almost always dispensed as Crizal® Alize® or Crizal® Avance™.
Did you know that…
Over 80% of the information we receive through our senses is provided by our eyesight? As the only link between that information and your eyes, eyeglass lenses play an essential role. The greater their transparency, the more information they transmit.
Smudges, dust and reflections make lenses less transparent and consequently their optical performance is less effective. Your lenses are constantly exposed to these three enemies that can impair contrast perception, and as a result, lens performance.
Crizal lenses by Essilor provide longer lasting transparency.
Essilor of America, Inc. has teamed with 3M Company to debut a state-of-the-art lens, Crizal Avance with Scotchgard Protector, the Anti-Reflective lens that’s made to stay clean. This exciting new generation of Crizal® lenses offers customers an unprecedented level of lens performance, cleanability and clarity.
Leading-edge technology makes these reflection free eyeglass lenses resistant to scratches, dust and smudges. They are easier to clean than ever! Plus, their exceptional clarity ensures optimal quality of vision.
Crizal® Alize and Crizal® Avance™
A clinical study shows that a Crizal lens improves contrast perception by 20%*, versus an ordinary lens with no anti-reflective coating. This translates to greater visual comfort, especially for the wearer who works on a computer, or under fluorescent lighting.
Crizal is shown to improve eyeglass wearers’ perceived contrast threshold up to five times* in a simulated night driving situation combining dim light and bright glare from oncoming headlights.
More than 260 million Crizal-treated lenses have been sold worldwide since the product was launched in 1992. In fact, the satisfaction rate of the latest generation of Crizal lenses was above 90%*. (* International study – 689 Eyecare professionals – August 2009)
Crizal lenses perfect transparency allows you to enjoy the world with no limitations.