Varilux vs progressives

Not for me. Relative had Varilux and adjusted to then almost immediately, something crazy like an hour or so. She is now going to buy new glasses and the man is telling her she will have a lengthy adjustment period for her progressives. She said that with the Varilux she didn't. He is trying to tell her that Varilux aren't progressives and that even if she adjusted to Varilux quickly she will still have a lengthy adjustment period, like a week or more, with progressives.

This doesn't sound right. Varilux are progressives, they are just a name brand. She is wondering, rightly so, if she should try another place as buying glasses from a guy who doesn't seem to know his own product is a bit unnerving. Or are name brand Varilux progressives that superior to regular progressives that it will in fact take her a week or longer to adjust to them?

Sounds like hogwash to me. Varilux is a brand of progressive lenses. The man does not appear to know his stuff.

Rufus said:
Sounds like hogwash to me. Varilux is a brand of progressive lenses. The man does not appear to know his stuff.

That is what we were both thinking, but I am not an expert so I didn't know if Varilux had some difference in their product that made it easier to adjust to. I recommended that she go somewhere else for her glasses.

If you look at their website you can see the word 'progressive' at least three times.

Varilux has more peripheral vision and is easier to get used to than other progressive lenses, and are more expensive. Anybody who says Varilux lenses are not progressives is probably trying to sell an inferior product for the price of Varilux.

I wore Varilux for years and then switched to Costco. The lenses that Costco uses are made by the same manufacturer but are an older generation. But they are one-third the cost of Varilux, and it only took me two days to get used to them. I'm now on my third pair of Costco progressives and are very happy with them, but at least I knew that they are an older generation of progressives, and one-third the cost.

eta - My most recent pair of progressives from Costco do use a new technology and it seems that the peripheral vision is better.

LIke an earlier poster said: HOGWASH. Unless your relative is rolling in money there is no reason to spend the extra money for Varilux. Like cramer, I've had Varilux and am now happy with my Costco progressives.

If your relative switches to the less expensive progressives and has difficulty adjusting it will likely be not because of the less expensive lens, but the off chance that her/his new script needs tweeking--I've had this happen.

cramer said:
Varilux has more peripheral vision and is easier to get used to than other progressive lenses, and are more expensive. Anybody who says Varilux lenses are not progressives is probably trying to sell an inferior product for the price of Varilux.
I wore Varilux for years and then switched to Costco. The lenses that Costco uses are made by the same manufacturer but are an older generation. But they are one-third the cost of Varilux, and it only took me two days to get used to them. I'm now on my third pair of Costco progressives and are very happy with them, but at least I knew that they are an older generation of progressives, and one-third the cost.
eta - My most recent pair of progressives from Costco do use a new technology and it seems that the peripheral vision is better.

She hasn'tgotten the new glasses yet. She will now be going to a different place, she wasn't impressed with the guy helping her at the above place.

Varilux, cost more but there is a difference. I cannot say if one gets use to the progressive quicker but the crisper vision is noticeable. I got Costco glasses and there is a difference.