frames, materials, and lens types

Since 1978, ABBA Eye Care has prided itself in providing the finest in quality frame wear in southern Colorado.  We have continually been recognized for maintaining a complete inventory of the most up to date designs and technologies available in the marketplace.  Each of our locations has approximately 1000 frames available for our patients to choose from.

Our Opticians provide the finest in customer satisfaction and are highly knowledgeable in all the latest styles and what will be the newest trends in the optical profession.  They are able to give recommendations that vary from the inexpensive to the most fashionable custom frame wear to suit a particular customer’s needs. 

A portfolio of some of the most prominent fashion frame manufacturers that are featured in our locations include but are not limited to the following collections:

LENS MATERIALS

GLASS
In the past this material was the only option for patients needing corrective lenses.  If these lenses are not heat-treated they are not resistant to breakage.  Accordingly the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has mandated that these lenses be either heat or chemically treated to make them more resistant to breakage.  Even so they are not as shatter proof as Plastic or Polycarbonate materials and are considered to be outmoded technology by most professionals.  Many of the old style tints and segments are no longer available or can only be ordered at a prohibitive cost to the patient. In addition glass is the heaviest lens available.  The best alternative for the patient is to select a different lens material.

PLASTIC (CR-39)
Plastic lenses are approximately one-half the weight of a glass lens.  Other advantages over the glass lens are that this material can be treated for Ultraviolet (UV) protection and can be treated with scratch resistant coatings.  They also accept Anti-Reflective (AR) coatings and practically any other lens treatment obtainable.  While this type of lens material is vastly superior to glass, it is still considered an outmoded technology and is not preferable to Polycarbonate material.

POLYCARBONATE
Polycarbonate is the most impact resistant of all materials available today.  This material is the superior option, not only for regular lenses, but also for safety eyewear, sportswear, and children’s eyewear.

This material is also the lightest and thinnest lens available. It allows for, not only for clarity of vision, but greater patient comfort.  In addition advanced scratch coatings can make this lens material the most scratch resistant material.  Polycarbonate is the lens material of choice by most professionals.