Young Visionaries Eyewear Plan
- Large selection of durable pediatric eyewear from quality collections at a fair price
- Tough Phoenix lenses that protect children's eyes and resist scratches
- Frames with the colors, shapes and fit that kids will love
- Simple low deductible frame and lens warranty
- Proper frame fitting and eyewear handling training by experienced licensed opticians
Madeira Optical offers reasonably priced quality kids glasses and combining them with tough Hoya Phoenix lenses at a price parents will appreciate. Quality children's eyewear should be designed to fit children's bridges. The material should be hypoallergenic and durable. Spring hinges are also a good feature. Phoenix lenses are a recently developed lens material that is light and thin, impact resistant, and provides superior optics. Phoenix is great for children's lenses because they combine impact resistance and superior optics. Phoenix is 60 times more impact resistant and 19% lighter than standard plastic lenses. Don't forget to consider sports glasses that protect children during activities and reduce wear on everyday eyewear. Please stop by to learn more.
Children's Frame & Lens Warranties
Kids will be kids, and even the best frames can only withstand so much. That's why every pair of children's glasses at Madeira Optical include a one year manufacturer's defect warranty. Our children's glasses and lenses also carry the Madeira Optical unconditional warranty that can be used up to a year after purchase. These warranties are included at no extra charge. Warranties do not cover loss. Details are available at Madeira Optical.
Children's Lens Options
Due to their safety performance, the best lens materials for children are Trivex and polycarbonate. These lens materials are the safest in the optical industry, and their impact resistance meets the new ANSI Z87.1 impact standard.
Trivex is impact resistant and durable lens material. Trivex has a specific gravity of 1.11, making it the lightest of the commonly utilized lens materials on the market. Trivex is 100% UV protective and offers great scratch protection. The manufacturer states that Trivex has superior optics.
Polycarbonate is a 1.59 index lens and used for airplane and bullet proof windows, astronauts' faceplates, and sports helmets. Polycarbonate is very durable and lightweight. With a specific gravity of 1.20, these lenses are much lighter than basic (CR-39) plastic. Additionally, polycarbonate provides 100% ultra-violet protection.
Children's Dress (Everyday) Eyewear Frames
Kids have a significantly more active lifestyle than most adults. Children also have developing features such as bridges that are harder to fit than adults. Features on children's eyeglasses like spring hinges and flatter bridge designs create a dress or daily-wear frame as safe and comfortable as possible without being a safety or sports frame. Since dress glasses are not appropriate as safety wear for the variety of activities most children participate in, safety sports frames are often recommended.
Madeira Optical carries children's dress eyewear from Disney, Disney Princess, Flexon Kids, Lafont, MODO ECO Kids, Nike Vision, OGI Kids, Power Rangers and X Games. Please visit us in our Cincinnati Ohio optical shop for our complete selection of kids and tweens glasses.
Sports Eyewear
According to a Prevent Blindness America study in 2001, more than 38,000 people experienced a sports-related eye injury and needed some kind of medical treatment. Most of those eye injuries occurred in children ranging in age from 5 to 14. School-age children are particularly prone to eye injuries since their hand-eye coordination; balance, reaction time, and speed are still being developed. Regardless of age, 90 percent of sports-related injuries could be prevented if an athlete simply wore protective sports eyewear. Many children participate in organized sports like t-ball, baseball, softball, soccer or lacrosse. Dress eyewear is good for normal everyday use, but is not intended for tough treatment found in sporting activities. Many people believe that a frame is safe for sports if it has polycarbonate or Trivex lenses. Unfortunately, that’s not necessarily the case. With dress frames, the lens might pop out of the frame and into the eye on impact, or the frame itself might break and cause injury. We recommend ASTM approved sport eyewear for any adults or children that play sports. ASTM F803 is a standard that judges eyewear for specific activities. Parents can set a good example by using safety glasses when working with power tools such as saws or weed trimmers. Plano safety eyewear is inexpensive and can be found at any hardware store.
Eyewear Maintenance 101 for Children
Proper eyewear maintenance is one way to extend the life and performance of glasses. It is important to demonstrate to children the proper way to put on and remove eyeglasses with both hands. It is also important to show them how not to lay the glasses on a table with the lenses facing down. We demonstrate how to properly place the glasses in a case, and we recommend keeping the case closed and always nearby. Finally, we show how to properly wash the lenses to remove dust and dirt before they are wiped dry.
Children's Eyewear Collections
Madeira Optical carries children's eyewear from Disney, Disney Princess, Flexon Kids, Lafont, MODO ECO Kids, Nike Vision, OGI Kids, Power Rangers and X Games. You can also find Rec Specs sports eyeglasses and Julbo kids sunglasses. Please visit us in our Cincinnati Ohio optical shop for our complete selection of kids and tweens glasses.