Varifocal lenses are constantly evolving as research and developments continue with all manufacturers. What we have done in the past is just upgrade our Elite to the new better lens and make our old Elite the premium lens. This time though the new lens is much better than the existing Elite and really should only be worn by those that have had the Elite design before. 

We charge:

• £20 extra for the 1.5 index
• £30 extra for 1.6 index
• £40 extra for the 1.67/1.74 index lenses,

For those that are particularly discerning about their vision it’s worth it! They are only a ‘phone order’ only at the moment. Feel free to ring and we can process and advise accordingly. (Tel: 01455 293417) 

 The Super Elite are available in all the lens materials including XtrActive Transitions.

Fabulous offer available!  Upgrade any bifocal or varifocal lenses ordered with anti-glare/scratch to the superior ultra-clean coating (worth £10) free.

Call now for details on 01455 293417

Offer available today and tomorrow only!!!

With the clocks due to change at the end of this month it is time to change your lenses to Transition (reaction) lenses.   http://gb.transitions.com/ 

These are the lenses that change according to the ambient light, they go darker when its bright and then go clear when its dark, they are great as an all purpose pair of glasses. They are plastic lenses, not glass as they used to be, so they are stronger and lighter and work really well.

We can do reactions in almost any type of lens, single vision, bifocal, varifocal, high index etc and with all the usual coatings. Have a look at our prices:

http://www.ciliaryblue.com/single_pricelist.html

Have a look at our prices and get your frames reglazed.  A simple easy process!

The website has been set up so that the ordering of replacement lenses is as simple as it can be, while making sure there is little room for errors. When you have ordered, your prescription has been verified and all your details checked, they are then stored securely on our dedicated administration site. This means that we can call up all your details within seconds. If you want to re-order lenses but don’t have time to do it on the website or simply can’t find your prescription details, just ring us on 01455 293417 and we will run the order through for you in seconds. Our friendly staff are there to answer your call from 9-5 weekdays and 10-4 weekends. If we miss your call we will get back to you.

We are pleased to announce the winners of our Christmas prize draw.

• £200 reglaze - Clare, Languedoc, France
• £100 reglaze - Franchi, London
• £100 reglaze – Monica, Glamorgan
• £50 reglaze - Paul, Surrey
• £50 reglaze – Marc, Sussex

All winners have been notified by email, the prizes can be redeemed any time throughout 2013. Just ring and ask for Laura to order. Tel: 01455 293417.

Congratulations and Happy New Year!

When we set up ciliaryblue, the aim was to make the reglazing of spectacles cheap, easy and professional.

Doing it cheaply was always going to be easy when compared to the high street as our overheads are considerably less, we could supply the same products from the same suppliers much more cheaply.

Making it easy took more thought. Sending the customer the pre-addressed and pre-paid packaging to send the frames to us was the first step. It meant there was no looking for bubble wrap or boxes then a trip to the post office for stamps. Just place the specs in the box with the presciption and post back. The website was designed to be easy to navigate and to understand, and the presciption entry and lens order page simple and informative. 

The pricing structure was simplified too. No extra charges for rimless or semi-rimless glazing (all of our competitors do this- at time of writing). No pitches saying free coatings, 241′s etc, you just pay for what you want.

Professional, I am the Optician who runs the business, I run this with the same constraints and guidlines as I did on the high street, no corners cut. Honest advice is given, no hard selling. We try to answer all emails promptly, reply to messages and even phone back missed calls.

We try to offer the same quality of service you would expect to get at your favourite Opticians while saving you money.

I hope we manage to achieve our goal.

When we buy in our lenses for your reglaze, we have a choice of the size of  lense we order. The lenses come to us circular pieces of plastic that we cut to size and shape with specialised machinary. This part of the process is very automated, if we order lenses that are much too big for the frame they to be fitted too, they spend longer in the machine, causing more wear on parts, using more water etc etc..

But with plus powered lenses the impact on the customer of using lenses larger than we need to is much thicker heavier lenses. All the lenses picture below are the same power (+4.00) but have been ordered as 55mm diameter blank, 65mm and 75mm.

All the same power just different blank sizes, once these lenses are then glazed on the machine to fit the frame the impact on thickness is easy to see. The smallest blank size is the thinnest lens at the top of the 'stack'. You can see that just by using the correct size lens the thickness can be minimised dramatically. Sometimes the effect of using more expensive thinner high index lenses can be lost by using the wrong blank to start with. Smallest blank size at the top!

Ciliaryblue will reglaze most sunglasses, we are often asked what colour tints are available. Most of the tints are done on-site by us, it is really quite difficult to show the colours in a photograph but we have tried to give you and idea what they look like. It can be a little deceiving when they are shown against a white background. The most popular tints are grey, green and brown for £22, though blue, pink and yellow can be done for £30 too. All our tinted lenses are treated with a clear UV block coating and an anti-scratch. We can do graduated tints so thay are darker at the top of the lens and lighten towards the bottom for £30.

Please ring on: 01455 293417 or email: info@ciliaryblue.com

Eyecare vouchers are issued by an employer to employees to help with payment towards their glasses, particularly if some of the work is done using visual display screens.

Many employees want to keep their existing frames so want to ‘reglaze’ them with new up-to-date lenses. We can now accept the Eyecare Vouchers, which means for many customers they will be able to claim enough back to cover fully coated anti-glare/scratch lenses that function brilliantly for this type of work.

Please call before you order so that we can process the trnasaction manually over the phone.

Please call on: 01455 293417.  Email: info@ciliaryblue.com 

Link to eyecare vouchers scheme

We have seen a huge increase in orders from France recently, all of the customers are English speaking. I spoke with one of the customers today and found out why the increase. Cost, of course! He wanted to order uncoated bifocal lenses only for his own frame, the cost was a staggering 350 euros  in old money £280+! We charge £30! So if you live in France, call or email and we will beat any prices the French have to offer!

See our prices here: Single Vision     Varifocal/Bifocal

If you would like to order online, you can. All we ask is you send the frames you want glazing direct to us to the lab address below, and select recorded delivery for the postage option. We will then send them back International Signed for. Feel free to order manually over the phone if you’d prefer.

Lab Address: Ciliaryblue, 12 Pipistrelle Drive, Market Bosworth, UK, CV13 0NW.

Phone: +441455 293417   Email: info@ciliaryblue.com