What is Essilor Transitions Signature GEN 8?
Essilor Transitions Signature GEN 8 is a groundbreaking technology that enhances visual experience for wearers of prescription eyeglasses. This technology uses a photochromic dye that activates in response to specific wavelengths of light, thereby adjusting the tint of lenses that will ultimately protect your eyes from glare, harmful UV rays, and blue light.
The Gen 8 lenses are the latest, most advanced version of Essilor's signature Transitions lenses. These lenses are designed to provide better clarity in different types of light environments, including indoors, outdoors, and low light conditions. With its quick and intuitive response to light, it is no surprise that the Essilor Transitions Signature Gen 8 lenses are the most responsive and automated lenses in the market.
Apart from the upgrade of technology, GEN 8 lenses offer a wider selection of colors that can coordinate with your style. You can select the perfect style of eyeglasses that will fit your personality, whatever your preference for tint you can choose between gray, brown, and graphite green.
Moreover, Essilor Transitions Signature GEN 8 lenses also offer complete protection against harmful UV and blue light. The Gen 8 technology blocks 100% of UVA and UVB rays and 95% of harmful blue light, providing complete protection and peace of mind to wearers.
In summary, Essilor Transitions Signature GEN 8 is a highly advanced technology that enhances visual experience while providing comprehensive protection for the eyes. This technology is a game-changer for eyewear with its ability to adapt to various lighting environments, tint preference, and stylish design that caters to every wearer's preference and needs.
Frequently Asked Questions about essilor transitions signature gen 8
Transitions Signature GEN 8 lenses are expertly engineered to provide your eyes with a better vision experience, better style and better protection1. The best for people who want our clearest & fastest lenses. In fact, 89% of wearers preferred to keep Transitions Signature GEN 8 over premium clear lenses6.
Transitions® Signature® GEN 8™ lenses deliver all the benefits patients want: protection, outdoor darkness, full indoor clarity, responsiveness and long-lasting performance, without sacrificing any one dimension of performance.
Transitions Signature lenses are the most balanced every day adaptive lenses. They have the ideal combination of darkness, fast fade back speed and indoor clarity. They provide you with optimal comfort in all situations and temperatures, and protect against harmful UV rays.
The Transitions Xtractive lenses do have some tint, even while indoors, and the Transitions 8 lenses do not. Many people have stated that blue light is blocked out better with the Transitions Xtractive lenses. The Transitions Xtractive have been shown to have the darkest tint when outdoors.
Transitions Signature GEN 8 lenses are now available in four style colours: Emerald, Amber, Sapphire and Amethyst, in addition to existing iconic colours of Grey, Brown and Graphite Green.
They are available in 7 vibrant colors to suit every style: Iconic Colors (grey, brown, graphite green) and Style Colors (emerald, sapphire, amethyst and amber).
By far the number one complaint I get from patients regarding light adaptive lenses is the length of time it takes fully dark lenses to return to clear. Transitions VII took nearly eight minutes to return to clear. The new Gen 8 technology cuts it down by three minutes, making the fadeback time less than five minutes.
Transitions Gen 8 Signature lenses "fade back indoors in less than five minutes." It took three minutes longer for the previous Transitions generation of lenses to activate.
Transitions® XTRActive®
The main concern glasses-wearers have with the Transitions® Signature® lens is that it doesn't get dark enough in the sun; the XTRActive® lens solves that. It also activates with both UV light and natural, visible light, so that it can adjust slightly in the car.
They are available in 7 vibrant colors to suit every style: Iconic Colors (grey, brown, graphite green) and Style Colors (emerald, sapphire, amethyst and amber).
Transitions Signature GEN 8 lenses activate to a category 3 darkness up to 30% faster3 and are 3 minutes faster to fade back to clear4 than Transitions® Signature® VII lenses. Transitions Signature GEN 8 lenses are even darker outdoors than Transitions Signature VII lenses when fully activated.
category 3 darkness
Transitions Signature GEN 8 lenses achieve significant darkness outdoors – up to a category 3 darkness.
Transition grey lenses do not alter colors. So the colors you see will be true, only darker while wearing transition gray lenses in the sun. Transition brown lenses do make colors appear different because everything is tinted brown. If this will be a problem for you, you should stick with grey.
