About Anti-Reflective Coatings

Anti-reflective coatings help to make the eye behind the lens more visible. They also help lessen back reflections of the white of the eye as well as bright objects behind the eyeglasses wearer (e.g., windows, lamps). Such reduction of back reflections increases the apparent contrast of surroundings. At night, anti-reflective coatings help to reduce headlight glare from oncoming cars, street lamps and heavily lit or neon signs.

 

Exceed

Available exclusively from Harbor Optical, the Exceed family of premium AR coatings has been designed to meet all of your AR needs.  With true anti-static properties, as well as a dramatically improved scratch coat.  This combination creates an AR coating that is easier to clean and much more scratch resistant.

The lenses of today offer minimal scratch coating from the factory.  To preserve the quality of the lens over its typical lifespan, a premium hardcoat should be applied. In an effort to provide the highest quality hardcoat available, we have released Armor.  Armor offers superior scratch resistance tough enough to fight the everyday wear that can destroy a stock coated lens.

The Exceed family of coatings provides all of the standard AR features, as well as a conductive, anti-static layer that actually repels dust and particles.  Our AR family also benefits from a hydrophobic and oleophobic coating that makes cleaning your lenses even easier.  Lenses with our AR coatings will stay cleaner longer, and provide patients with an unmatched ease of care.  Cleaner lenses facilitate better vision.

We offer four levels of AR protection:

EXCEL:  Excel is our entry-level AR coating product.  It offers the same basic properties that all AR coatings offer.

ELITE:  Elite is our mid-range AR.  It performs much like Excel, but also has a super-hydrophobic applied. The Elite coating comes with a two year warranty.

EXCEED:  Exceed is our premium AR coating. It has all of the great properties of Elite, but also features the anti-static layer that repels the dust and contaminants that can damage lenses during cleaning.

EXCEED-XT:  Exceed-XT is our super premium AR.  It does everything Exceed does, but it also has a specially formulated thermal cured dip hardcoat on both sides of the lens, making it up to four times more scratch resistant than traditional AR.