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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

LensDesign has 1.6 and 1.7 hi index progressives on their site.

OpticsPlanet also has 1.67 high index progressives.  They're out of IL.

Eyeglass Direct. also lists them.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


> I need both..
> I was really excited about getting glasses from a company called Zenni
> Optical, but found out today that they can't make the lenses I need.  I
> looked around the web and saw a few sites that sell frames and lenses,
> but none can fill my prescription because I need the super hi index 1.67
> with progressive bifocal lenses.  Most companies, if they even offer the
> 1.67 HI lens, offer it only in single vision lenses.  My prescription is
> such that if I don't have the 1.67 or 1.71 or better, the lens is
> THICKER than coke bottle glass.  In fact, the lenses in the glasses I
> have on now are 1.67 and the lens is still 7mm thick. (These are
> varilux)  The ONLY company I can find that offers the lenses I need is
> this Indian company.  Their frame selection sucks, but looks are
> secondary to price for me.