From the very latest technology in lenses to the most innovative designs in fashion eyewear, Jai Kudo is recognised as a benchmark of technical precision and contemporary style. We now introduce our latest multifocal progressive lens, and it's like nothing you've ever experienced before.
WIDEVIEW multifocal lenses by Jai Kudo adopt the very latest in backsurface progressive lens design and freeform manufacturing technology to produce a multifocal lens which provides a whole new level of clarity and freedom.
Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW lenses enhance up-close vision whilst providing you with amazingly sharp midrange vision and a hugely improved width of distance vision, all in a single, supremely comfortable lens. With WIDEVIEW, you'll enjoy unmatched optical freedom and absolute comfort, without compromise.
Whilst reading, working at your computer, or keeping in touch through your PDA or mobile phone, Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW lenses will give you all the close-up vision you could ask for, with absolutely no uncomfortable head positions or unnatural eye movement. And when switching from near to distance vision your focus changes will be fast, smooth and completely natural, so you can switch from the road ahead to the dashboard speedo with ease.
Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW lenses constitute a major breakthrough in multifocal lens performance, both in terms of their revolutionary freeform design, and their cutting-edge backsurface technology. It's the visual equivalent of taking cotton wool out of your ears... and it means you get clearer, sharper vision, improved visual contrast, wider fields of view and truly unmatched comfort.
Backsurface technology eliminates the distortion caused by the magnification differences between different areas of the lens. These significant shape changes on the front surface of a regular multifocal lens create excessive distortion. But the perfectly spherical front surface of Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW lenses completely eliminates this type of distortion, and means you adapt to the lenses automatically.
Backsurface technology also widens all your visual fields (close, intermediate and distance). These larger fields of view provide vastly improved image stability and ensure that whatever activity you're enjoying you'll be able to see everything around you in crisp, natural detail. Perfect for leisure activities such as hiking, fishing, skiing or playing tennis.
Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW lenses are available with a selection of coating options, enabling you to ensure you get the very best from your lenses. Our coatings are among the strongest in the world and are fully guaranteed for 2 years.
HC probably the most robust hardcoating in the world, tested to a 10H hardness rating and surpassing the performance of the hardest coatings available on the market today.
HMAR (Hard Multi-Coated Anti-Reflective) coating virtually eliminates reflections and ensures absolute clarity. It's considerably more comfortable for night driving and computer use, and benefits from increased resistance to scratching & abrasion.
STAYCLEAN represents a genuine advance in coating technology: we've taken our industry leading HMAR and incorporated a revolutionary new treatment into the coating process. By 'filling the gaps' that exist naturally between molecules on the top layer of the coating, we have created a completely smooth surface that does not collect dirt particles. This state-of-the-art 12 layer 'SMAR' enables STAYCLEAN lenses to offer greatly improved resistance to smudging & smearing, and reduces the need for cleaning by 90%.
TRANSITIONS™ is the world's leading brand of photochromic lenses, and Jai Kudo is delighted to be working with Transitions to bring you this superb material. Offering 100% UVA & UVB protection, with super-fast reaction times and a choice of grey or brown tint, this truly is an all-purpose lens that negates the need for sunglasses.
SUNSENSORS®+ lenses are a new, high performance photochromic product with superior tensile strength, specifically designed for rimless frames. They offer 100% UVA & UVB protection, with a powerful UV cut-off capacity. In addition, they have been proven to retain 95% of their photochromic performance even after 3 years of normal use.
POLARISED lenses 'rearrange' light, allowing you to see 'through' glare. 100% Polarized lenses are the only truly effective way of eliminating glare; perfect for outdoor leisure activities such as hiking, fishing and skiing.
DRIVEWEAR® lenses are specifically designed to adjust to differing light conditions whilst driving. DriveWear lenses incorporate two of the most advanced optical technologies currently available: Transitions™ Photochromic and NuPolar® polarization.
WIDEVIEW by Jai Kudo - a whole new level of freedom.
At Jai Kudo we want the same thing you do: for your progressive patients to be delighted with their lenses. That means sharp, distortion-free vision, supreme comfort and a completely natural experience. It means the very latest in progressive lens technology and a thorough understanding of the progressive wearers genuine optical needs.
Jai Kudo now meets and exceeds those needs with WIDEVIEW. VIEW is a completely new and innovative generation of the result of combining 30 years of cutting-edge research & development with state-of-the-art backsurfacing technology. These supremely advanced lenses deliver incredibly sharp, exceptionally comfortable and truly natural vision.
Jai Kudo VIEW lenses deliver a considerable improvement in visual acuity and contrast sensitivity in all fields of vision, improving quality of life for your patients and making their every day tasks easier and more comfortable, including activities such as driving, reading and the processing of sharp detail.
In addition, VIEW lenses virtually remove the dispensing restrictions imposed by standard progressive lenses, and allow your patients to choose any size and style of frame, without you having to worry about squeezing their distance vision or cutting into their reading area. And, unlike other progressive lens providers, Jai Kudo places the utmost emphasis on providing a premium backsurface lens product - with 3 different corridor options - at one, single, truly affordable price; so now you can offer every patient the incredible benefits of freeform backsurface technology, at a price that will make you both smile.
Ultimately, Jai Kudo VIEW lenses deliver unsurpassed progressive performance and will enable you to provide your patients with a visual experience a step closer to "real world" vision.
Jai Kudo VIEW is quite simply unlike anything your patients have ever experienced before.
Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW lenses deliver natural vision at every distance.
Since the introduction of our progressive product line, Jai Kudo has earned the trust of opticians and their patients throughout the UK & Europe by providing progressive lenses that deliver ultra-smooth transitions from one area of focus to another. Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW lenses now take this concept to the next level, and provide a visual experience unlike anything your patients have ever known before.
Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW lenses incorporate revolutionary freeform technology in order to ensure absolute consistency across the entire lens, and eliminate the common problem of one area of vision compromising another.
In addition, the backsurface manufacturing process enables Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW lenses to considerably reduce distortion and maximize fields of vision for each unique prescription.
This results in perfectly smooth transitions between the visual areas of the lens, ensuring an incredibly natural and effortless experience for the wearer, and enabling extremely rapid - if not automatic - patient adjustment.
In other words: WIDEVIEW lenses are the ideal choice for complete patient satisfaction.
Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW lenses deliver the optimum combination of near, intermediate, distance, and peripheral vision, with the minimum of compromise between vision zones. Thanks to a perfectly balanced power profile across the lens, vision moves smoothly from one area of focus to the next, resulting in stunning clarity where wearers need it most. In addition, the soft periphery minimizes unnatural head movements, providing a more comfortable posture in all situations.
Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW means built in customer satisfaction.
Progressive patients want their lenses to deliver one thing above all: the sharpest vision - with no effort.
Using advanced backsurfacing technology, Jai Kudo VIEW lenses are precisely refined to meet the exact visual requirements of every patient. That means an extra wide field of view from near to far, maximum clarity of whatever the patient focuses on, and minimum distortion across the lens.
Closer to the eye means a wider visual field.
Jai Kudo VIEW lenses feature a convex spherical front surface and an aspherical backsurfaced progressive design. This effectively eliminates distortion and - since the progressive power is so much closer to the eye - provides a considerably wider visual field. The optimized asymmetrical design of the back surface of the lens ensures perfect balance between the progressions, which translates into sharper vision across the progressions. The same freeform backsurface technology enables the wearer to use a much larger near vision area of the lens in complete comfort; and with a rock solid power profile across the entire extended near vision area, totally consistent clarity is assured.
Easy eye movement and a more natural viewing angle.
In addition, distortion has been virtually eliminated throughout the distance zone and the ultra-smooth power transitions ensure superior peripheral vision with almost no peripheral astigmatism. The extended near zone and precisely aligned corridor provide a marked increase in reading area, and the wider reading area and greater visual comfort associated with Jai Kudo VIEW lenses allow the patient a much greater flexibility of posture. Eye movement and head position are more natural and the wearer is more comfortable.
Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW means precision, control and comfort for every patient.
The Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW family: 3 corridors - 1 price - no limitations.
Jai Kudo VIEW lenses are available as a complete family of products, each tailored to a specific lifestyle, fashion statement or activity. That means that your patients no longer have to compromise between looking sharp and seeing sharp.
And it doesn't end there... the Jai Kudo VIEW range of lenses doesn't place a premium on the latest technology, or the shortest corridor: we give you every corridor option, but just one price, making Jai Kudo VIEW lenses the only choice for superior technology and unbeatable value.
15mm DEEP corridor: Wide, sharp distance vision with super-smooth power transitions through all zones for the ultimate peripheral acuity. A wider corridor and improved reading area, precisely positioned to deliver complete comfort when reading. Suitable for general use, with almost instant patient adaptation.
13mm REGULAR corridor: Carefully controlled power progression to ensure minimal distortion and effortless patient adaptation, with vastly improved clarity and contrast in all vision zones. Suitable for medium size frames with further enhanced comfort when reading.
10mm SHALLOW corridor: Completely natural, fast and effective progressions across all vision zones, with extremely wide, clear distance and reading areas. Perfect for small, modern and high-fashion frames.
Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW lenses are available in every index currently found in the monomer lens market and in an extensive range of special materials and options, including: CR39 / High Index / Photochromic / Polarised / Tinted / DriveWearŪ.
The latest additions to the WIDEVIEW range include 100% Polarised lenses; the only truly effective way of eliminating glare; perfect for outdoor leisure activities such as hiking, fishing and skiing.
We are also delighted to introduce Jai Kudo WIDEVIEW DriveWearŪ lenses, which are specifically designed to adjust to differing light conditions whilst driving.