Drivewear®, lenses combine a polarizing filter with photochromic technology to improve vision across wide range of conditions encountered in driving.

Most Americans now spend considerable amounts of time in a car. We commute in cars, we run errands in cars and we take a car to virtually all of our activities.  Driving involves using our eyes in a wide range of visual conditions, including low light, overcast, bright sun, and high glare.  No current lens improves visual function in all these conditions.  When Younger Optics worked with Transitions Optical, Inc. to create Drivewear®, our goal was to create a lens that could improve visual function across the full range of conditions encountered behind the wheel.

Drivewear's Glare Wheel Demonstrator
See how Drivewear blocks blinding glare in different environments.

Drivewear® offers prescription, plano and recently expanded its line by adding a flat-top 28 in hard resin that aims to meet the wide range of visual conditions that drivers encounter. This is accomplished by marrying Younger Optics NuPolar polarizing technology with Transitions Optical photochromic technology. Drivewear lenses are able to sense and react to a range of light conditions both outdoors and behind the windshield of the car. In addition to glare and excessive light protection, Drivewear enhances red and green traffic signal recognition.

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Younger Optics now offers two videos with information on Drivewear lenses; a 60-second looping  video for the patient waiting room, and a three-minute Drivewear training video for eyecare professionals. The first explains the benefits of Drivewear technology at the consumer level, showing and explaining how Drivewear lenses react in real life situations, from driving in overcast and daylight conditions to boating and bike riding outdoors in bright light conditions. The second adds important information about complimentary marketing materials available through Younger. Both videos come in DVD format and are offered at no charge.

From the moment of reflection, light becomes polarized and forms visual noise - blinding glare that interferes with the real image. The only way to eliminate this glare is to place a polarized lens in its path. This fundamental principle gave birth to polarized eyewear. Polarized lenses enhance the most important function of prescription eyewear - improvement of visual acuity. It is the result of polarized lenses' special attribute - ability to block blinding horizontal glare. No other lenses or treatments can achieve this result. Younger Optics created a proprietary technology to match the polarizing film curve with the front curve of the lens in both single vision, multifocal and progressive lenses called NuPolar®.  In 1996 NuPolar was awarded the prestigious Award of Excellence by the OLA. It is the first and only sunglass lens to receive this honor. 

Younger Optics introduces another effective tool to show the true advantages of polarized lenses - its
new Glare Demonstrator. 
It realistically demoonstrates the
effects of glare and the performance
of polarized lenses. Like other value-added features, polarized lenses require explanation to the consumer.

Art & Science of Polarization

KODAK CleAR™  and YOUR EYES™ 
Anti-Reflective Coating 

High performance and great looks come together 
The proprietary top coat repels dirt, grime and fingerprints and makes cleaning a snap. Distracting reflections are eliminated so your patients’ eyes shine clear and bright.

Light shines through for sharper vision 
With ordinary lenses, approximately 10% of light is reflected away and doesn’t reach the eyes. With KODAK CleAR Coating, 99% of available light reaches the eyes.

Stands up over the life of the prescription 
KODAK CleAR coating is rugged enough to resist cracking, crazing and peeling. Plus, it provides durable protection against scratches 

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   Custom clip-on sunglass sytstems have taken the optical industry by storm. At Katz and Klein, we custom make clip-ons to fit specific frames. One of the clip-on products available is from Nu-Clip. In fact, Katz and Klein is an exclusive distributor of both Nu-Clip and Made In The Shade products.

Nu-Clip custom hardware comes in a palette of 18 different colors. These were carefully selected after an intensive study of the most popular colors in the optical frame industry.

Available colors are:

 Gold                             Matte Black
 Yellow Gold Matte         Antique Green
 Silk White                     Antique Silver
 Shiny Black                   Yellow Gold
 Antique Copper             Shiny Silver
 Antique Wine                Black Pearl
 Matte Gold                    Antique Gold Shiny 
 Matte Silver                  Antique Blue 
 Gun Metal                     Antique Gold

Transitions Optical, Inc has several new customizable materials on the Transitions Online Marketing (TOM) tool to empower Eyecare Professions to more easily promote your business and educate patients on healthy sight.  

The TOM tool includes:

•  Point-of-sale tools
• Advertising and promotion materials
• Useful practice management tools 

These tools can help you develop marketing material tailored specifically for your practice so you stand out from the competition.  The TOM tool can help better target specific groups within your practice to meet their specific needs.

Choose from a variety of templates where all the material is customizable, allowing you to create unique headlines, seasonal messages, a library of images reflecting different ages, gender and ethnicities, special offers and promotions and practice information.

Running a successful practice is no easy feat and the TOM tool can help simplify the process to make it a rewarding experience.  Through consistent use of the TOM tool, you and Transitions can work together to better manage your practice and achieve the mutual goal of healthy sight for every patient.

OLA serves as the Secretariat for the ANSI Z80 Committee, which develops and publishes all Ophtalmic Optics Standards. The Z80 Standards describe national and international recommendation and performance requirements for matierals and equipment used inthe production of spectacles and other vision aids.

Click on ansi.org to go to their website. Once there enter "ANSI Z80 in the search windo and click on the FIND button.

At Katz & Klein, we specialize in Industrial Prescription, Safety Eyewear.  We deliver precise prescriptions with quick turn around time.  We manufacture Safety lenses available to Industry and Municipality workplaces, as well as Independent Doctors of Optometry. 

Katz & Klein provides full service to Industry. 
We offer off-site dispensing with our spanning
list of Participating Providers throughout Northern California and Nevada.  Our Participating Providers are Independent Doctors of Optometry who partner with us to provide excellent quality and service to your business.  This ensures the highest level of optical knowledge, proper frame selection and fit for each employee.

For smaller business, Katz & Klein will provide on-site fittings and dispensing.

We are proud to offer Sperian/Titmus Safety rated frames and the Wiley X®, Z87 Rxables.  (The Wiley X® Collection is available to our Industrial Partners only.)  

Katz & Klein provides full service to the Independent Eyecare Professional.  We provide the full line of Spearian/Titmus Z87.1 Frames.  We manufacture prescription safety lenses available in Polycarbonate, CR39 and Glass, all according to the latest ANSI Standard guidelines.  These lenses are available in Single Vision, Bifocal, Trifocal, Occupational and Progressives.  Anti-reflective coatings are available and done in-house.  Also available in safety, Photochromic and Polarized lenses.