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Medical Forum / General / Vision / January 2005Difference between Varilux Comfort and Panamic?
After wearing my Varilux Comfort PAL's for a few days I can say that although I am still happy with them, I am becoming aware of their limitations. Does anyone know what is the real, practical difference between the Panamic and the Comfort? Does the Panamic have larger intermediate and/or reading areas, or less peripheral distortion? Or is it just Essilor's "it's- time-to-come-out-with-something-new" design? >After wearing my Varilux Comfort PAL's for a few days I can >say that although I am still happy with them, I am becoming [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >peripheral distortion? Or is it just Essilor's "it's- >time-to-come-out-with-something-new" design? Joe, The Panamic has improved binocular vision compared to the comfort, primarily at intermediate and near, with less peripheral blur at these shorter distances. If fit properly this should provide a larger perceived field of vision, especially at higher add powers. Most folks will not see the difference unless compared side by side. There are a couple patents awarded to the design so it's not entirely good marketing. What I like about this lens is that it is more aspheric than the Comfort. Look for flatter front curves, resulting in thinner and lighter lens with a flatter lens profile with plus lenses. Compared to the Comfort. Hope this helps Robert Martellaro ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Optician/Owner Roberts Optical robopt@execpc.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself." - Richard Feynman >The Panamic has improved binocular vision compared to the comfort, primarily at >intermediate and near, with less peripheral blur at these shorter distances. If >fit properly this should provide a larger perceived field of vision, especially >at higher add powers. Most folks will not see the difference unless compared >side by side. Thanks, that pretty much agrees with what the optician told me. She said "any good quality PAL would work fine" for me, due to my relatively low add power (+1.5) and relatively "wide" frame (lens measures 32 mm high, hmmm, I remember when that would have been considered "narrow"... :) I will probably switch over to Panamic later on when my add power increases, as I'm sure it will in coming years... :-( >There are a couple patents awarded to the design so it's not >entirely good marketing. What I like about this lens is that it is more aspheric [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >"Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself." > - Richard Feynman > >The Panamic has improved binocular vision compared to the comfort, primarily at > >intermediate and near, with less peripheral blur at these shorter distances. If [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >"Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself." > > - Richard Feynman |
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