AO lenses



AO Pro Easy


General Purpose Choice

AO Pro Easy is a general purpose progressive designed to provide exceptional and easy viewing performance in the majority of frame shapes. Its highly successful design provides a lens that is easy to fit, easy to adapt to, easy to dispense and easy for patients to wear.

Features & Benefits

  • The lens geometry guarantees ease of dispensing and a consistently high fitting success
  • Delivers balanced viewing performance customers can rely on, regardless of where they look through the lens
  • Unique smoothing technique provides virtually seamless integration of all visual fields - allowing balanced and comfortable viewing
  • Optimised corridor length enables fitting into a wide selection of frame shapes and sizes.

Fitting specification

Minimum fitting height 18mm Corridor length 15mm
Material Index Add Range
Plastic 1.67 0.75 to 3.50
Transitions 1.67 0.75 to 3.50
Plastic 1.6 0.75 to 3.50
Polycarbonate 1.59 0.75 to 3.00
CR39 1.5 0.75 to 3.50
Transitions 1.5 1.00 to 3.50

AO Technica


Task Specific Progressive

AO Technica is an ergonomically designed progressive lens optimised for near and intermediate viewing making it the ideal choice for occupational wear.
The lens provides unsurpassed visual comfort for visually demanding tasks or occupations, such as computer work, surgery, or accounting. AO Technica is designed for presbyopes who require more comfortable and natural near and mid-range viewing than their current eyewear provides.

Features & Benefits

  • In-built angle of degression allows wearer to properly locate near / intermediate viewing function - without the need for head tilt
  • Wide angle viewing with a level of viewing performance unavailable until now
  • Excellent near and mid range viewing performance makes it ideal for demanding occupations.

Fitting specification

Minimum fitting height 22mm Corridor length 18mm
Material Index Add Range
CR39 1.5 1.00 to 3.00

AO Compact


Small Frame Choice

AO Compact is the world's first short corridor progressive lens engineered for small frames and designed with a full-powered reading area properly located within the frame shape. The short corridor length of 13mm, with a minimum fitting height of 17mm, allows for the fitting of the lens into many shallow frames, without sacrificing a good intermediate capability.

Features & Benefits

  • Full-powered reading area properly located with frame shape
  • Multi-design ensures that all patients receive the same level of optical performance
  • Unique smoothing technique provides virtually seamless integration of all visual fields - allowing balanced and comfortable viewing.

Fitting specification Minimum fitting height 17mm Corridor length 13mm
Material Index Add Range
Plastic 1.6 0.75 to 3.50
Polycarbonate 1.59 1.00 to 3.00
Plastic 1.54 0.75 to 3.50
CR39 1.5 0.75 to 3.50
Transitions 1.50 1.00 to 3.50

AO Pro


Balanced Natural Vision

The success enjoyed by the AO Pro range of progressives results from the 'Variable Geometry' design principle pioneered by American Optical. It allows for a distance zone that is both stable and wide - offering presbyopes one of the most expansive and liberating viewing experiences available from a general purpose progressive. Each AO Pro lens has an 'addition specific' corridor length for each add power that provides optimum visual acuity in the distance area with a balanced near zone.

Features & Benefits

  • A smooth distribution of power across the lens surface provides the wearer with a lens that is easy to adapt to
  • Broad range of material availability provides a suitable dispensing option for the vast majority of presbyopes.
  • Fitting specification Minimum fitting height 23mm Corridor length 19mm
    Material Index Add Range
    Plastic 1.6 0.75 to 3.50
    Polycarbonate 1.59 1.00 to 3.00
    Plastic 1.54 0.75 to 3.50
    CR39 1.5 0.75 to 3.50
    Transitions 1.50 1.00 to 3.50
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