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HOYA Lenses

From Japan, and in our consulting rooms every day. We fit HOYA lenses at Edgbaston and Barnt Green: single vision tailored to how you wear your frame, Sync III for tired eyes at screens, iD varifocals, EnRoute for the drive home, Sensity lenses that darken in the sun and MiYOSMART for children whose short sight keeps rising. Explore the range below, then let us match it to your eyes and your day.

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A woman in glasses with light-reactive HOYA Sensity lenses, smiling by a sunlit window For the visionaries

60%

average slowing of short-sight progression with MiYOSMART in a two-year clinical trial1

3 months

adaptation guarantee on HOYA varifocals and Sync III lenses4

100 days

to switch with Sensity's Satisfaction or Switch guarantee4

98%+

polarising efficiency of HOYA Polarised sun lenses4

Lens finder

Which HOYA Lens Fits Your Day?

Three taps. We'll point you to the HOYA lens worth talking about at your appointment, and what to pair it with.

01 Who are the lenses for?
02 Where do your eyes spend most of the day?
03 What would you most like to fix?

Answer the three questions and your match appears here.

The range

From Essential to Made-for-You

HOYA grade their lenses from essential designs to individual lenses calculated for your eyes, your frame and the way you wear it. Filter by the type of lens you need.

IndividualCalculated for you

Nulux iDentity V+

HOYA's personalised single vision lens, tailored to how your frame sits on your face, for sharp, unrestricted vision in every direction.

Single vision

See the difference

HOYA's best

Hoyalux iD MySelf

The most personalised varifocal in the HOYA range, with wide fields of view at every distance and enhanced focus when you switch between devices on the move.

Varifocal

Compare varifocals

Hoyalux iD WorkStyle 3

An indoor lens tailored to your working day, in Space, Screen and Close versions, balancing the two eyes for comfortable binocular vision.

Office

Desk lenses
PremiumWide, easy vision

Hoyalux iD LifeStyle 4

Clear, relaxed vision at every distance and a natural flow between them, with less swaying when you walk downstairs. Indoor, Urban and Outdoor designs.

Varifocal

WorkStyle Business

A desk lens with a greater range of near and intermediate vision, worn alongside your everyday varifocals. Clear up to 2 or 4 metres.

Office

EnRoute Pro

HOYA's most advanced driving lens, with a glare filter, a contrast-enhancing filter and a design that considers your mirrors and dashboard.

Single visionVarifocalDriving

See the difference
AdvancedWider and flatter

Nulux TrueForm

An aspheric single vision lens with flatter curves for a slimmer look and even wider peripheral vision. Ideal for prescriptions of −3.00 or +3.00 and above.

Single vision

WorkSmart Room

An entry-level office varifocal with an intermediate area twice as wide as a conventional varifocal, for a wide view of your immediate surroundings.

Office

StandardProven designs

Hilux TrueForm

HOYA's successful spherical design, freeform calculated for each prescription. A sensible choice for lower prescriptions, in a wide choice of materials and coatings.

Single vision

Balansis

Large, clear viewing areas and an easy switch from far to near, so you feel steady and secure on the move. Easy to adapt to.

Varifocal

SupeReader

An enhanced reading lens with more depth than ordinary readers, for single tasks at near such as reading or one device.

Office

EssentialGood value

Nulux & Hilux

Conventional single vision designs. Nulux is aspheric for a wide field and less eye magnification; Hilux suits lower prescriptions on a budget.

Single vision

Daynamic

A full back-surface varifocal with large clear fields at all distances and a good performance-to-price ratio.

Varifocal

Amplitude Plus

Comfortable, sharp vision with wider fields than a conventional varifocal, and freedom of frame choice.

Varifocal

SpecialisedMade for a task

Sync III

Single vision with a gentle 'boost zone' at the bottom of the lens that relaxes your focusing muscles at screens and print, in three strengths.

Single visionDigital

Choose your boost

EnRoute & EnRoute Lite

Everyday lenses optimised for driving, with less glare from headlights and streetlights. EnRoute Lite adds Sensity Dark for drivers sensitive to light.

Single visionVarifocalDriving

Award winner

MiYOSMART

Spectacle lenses developed for children, to correct short sight and slow its progression. Clear, light-reactive and polarised versions.

Single visionChildren

For children
Single vision lens simulation: the dashed circle of sharp vision reaches almost to the edge of the lens
Single vision lens simulation: a wide circle of sharp vision with a flatter lens
Single vision lens simulation: a medium circle of sharp vision
Single vision lens simulation: a smaller circle of sharp vision, with blur towards the edge

HOYA simulation. The dashed line marks the area of sharp vision; outside it, the view softens.

Single vision

See the Difference at the Edge

Look straight through the centre of almost any lens and things are sharp. The difference between designs is what happens when your eyes move. Pick a design to see how far the clear area reaches.

Nulux iDentity V+

Calculated point by point for your prescription and for how your frame sits: the angle, the distance from your eyes and the wrap. HOYA's Binocular Eye Model checks the two lenses work together as a pair.

Best for anyone who wants the sharpest vision in every direction, and larger frames.

HOYA Sync III

Screen Comfort

Hours on a phone or laptop make your focusing muscles work hard, long before you need reading glasses. Sync III lenses keep your distance prescription for everyday wear and add a gentle 'boost zone' at the bottom, so close work takes less effort. Drag across the view to compare.

Standard single vision Sync III

A street seen through a lens while reading a tablet. With a standard single vision lens the tablet at the bottom of the lens is harder to focus on; with Sync III the boost zone keeps it comfortable.

HOYA illustration. Actual visual experience varies with your prescription and how the lenses are worn.

After two hours or more at a screen, my eyes feel…

Sync III 9

A +0.95 boost for minimal to moderate signs of eye strain.

Ultra Boost carries the boost power beyond the boost zone, for the closer working distance of a smartphone.

Your optometrist confirms the right boost zone at your appointment. Sync III lenses come with HOYA's three-month adaptation guarantee: if they don't suit you, HOYA replaces them with a suitable alternative.4

HOYA varifocals

Near & Far

Every varifocal blends far, intermediate and near vision into one lens, with some blur at the sides. In HOYA's simulations the white lines mark where that blur begins: the more open the view between them, the more of the lens is clear. Pick a design to compare.

Varifocal simulation of a beach view with a tablet: very wide clear zones
Varifocal simulation of a beach view with a tablet: wide clear zones
Varifocal simulation of a beach view with a tablet: large clear zones
Varifocal simulation of a beach view with a tablet: clear zones with more blur at the sides
Varifocal simulation of a beach view with a tablet: narrower clear zones

HOYA simulation, for illustration. Actual zones depend on your prescription, frame and fitting.

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Individual · Hoyalux iD MySelf

The best HOYA varifocal, far and near

  • HOYA's highest level of personalisation, the most tailored lens design
  • Enhanced focus when switching between digital devices, especially on the move
  • Wide visual fields at all distances, so it is easier to adapt to

Also: iD MySelf Profile comes in five pre-set designs for people who switch focus between devices all day.

Every HOYA varifocal comes with a three-month guarantee: if you cannot get on with them, HOYA replaces them with a suitable alternative.4

Office lenses

Made for the Desk

Everyday varifocals give much of the lens to far vision. HOYA's office lenses hand it to the screen, the desk and the room around you instead. The shaded area shows how far each one keeps you in focus.

Overhead view of an office: the clear-vision area reaches from the desk to across the room
Overhead view of an office: a wide clear-vision area reaching about four metres
Overhead view of an office: a clear-vision area reaching a few metres
Overhead view of an office: a clear-vision area covering the desk only

Individual

For varifocal wearers who constantly switch between near and the far side of the room. Tailored to your working conditions, with easy adaptation and better comfort. Choose Space for a dynamic office, Screen for computer work up to about 2 metres, or Close for precision hobbies and professions.

Far-intermediate
Excellent
Intermediate
Excellent
Near
Excellent

Office lenses are designed for near and intermediate tasks indoors. They are not for driving or sport, so we usually pair them with your everyday glasses.

HOYA EnRoute

Less Glare

The driving lens that takes you places. EnRoute is an everyday lens designed around the drive, cutting glare and reflections from oncoming traffic and streetlights. Choose day or night and a lens, then drag across the windscreen to compare with a standard lens.

Standard lens EnRoute Pro

A view through the windscreen with oncoming headlights. Through a standard lens the lights flare and the edges of the view blur; through EnRoute the glare is reduced, and EnRoute Pro adds more contrast and a wider clear view.

HOYA images, for illustration. The white lines mark where vision begins to blur. Actual visual experience varies with weather, your eyes and how the lenses are worn.

A smiling man in glasses leaning from the window of his car by the beach

EnRoute

  • Reduced glare and reflections from oncoming traffic and streetlights
  • Better contrast and brightness when driving in low light
  • Clear vision of the road, the dashboard and the mirrors
  • Relaxed, comfortable driving

EnRoute Pro

  • All of EnRoute, plus a contrast-enhancing filter for better colour perception and even less glare
  • A design that considers your mirrors and dashboard, for a natural, relaxed driving posture
  • Can be optimised for your own measurements and frame

EnRoute Lite

  • For everyday drivers who want extra daytime performance
  • Sensity Dark material for people who are sensitive to light
  • The glare filter for night-time driving

Lens materials

Thinner, Lighter Lenses

The higher the index, the more the material bends light, and the thinner the lens can be. Pick a prescription to see HOYA's measured thickness and weight for each material.

Prescription strength

Thickness (centre and edge) and weight from HOYA's lens guide, for uncut lenses 65 mm across for minus powers and 60 mm for plus powers. The cut lens in your frame will be smaller and lighter. Profiles are drawn to scale with each other.4

1.74

  • Three times stronger than 1.50
  • The thinnest HOYA lens, for prescriptions of −5.00 / +5.00 and above
  • No limits on frame choice

1.67

  • Five times stronger than 1.50
  • For prescriptions of −4.00 / +4.00 and above
  • Looks good in rimless and nylon-supra frames

1.60

  • Four times stronger than 1.50
  • For prescriptions up to −5.00 / +5.00
  • Great optical performance

1.53

  • Three times stronger than 1.50, and very impact resistant
  • Ideal for children, with a two-year guarantee against cracking
  • For prescriptions up to −5.00 / +5.00

1.50

  • Half the weight of glass
  • The clearest optics, with the highest Abbe value
  • Cost effective for prescriptions up to −2.00 / +2.00

HOYA Hi-Vision coatings

The Right Coating

A coating keeps a good lens good: fewer reflections so people see your eyes, a surface that sheds water and grease, and a hard layer against scratches. Compare HOYA's Hi-Vision coatings, rated as HOYA rate them.

Premium +

Hi-Vision Meiryo

HOYA's most premium coating, with exceptional clarity, scratch resistance and UV protection, easy-clean features and outstanding low reflectance.

3-year no-quibble guarantee against damage

  • Anti-reflective5 out of 5
  • Water repellent4 out of 5
  • Scratch resistant4 out of 5
  • Oil & grease repellent4 out of 5
  • Anti-static3 out of 5
  • 100% UV protection, front and back
  • Extra comfort at digital screens

Ratings out of five, from HOYA's lens guide. Guarantees are HOYA's, subject to their terms.4

HOYA Sensity · light-reactive lenses

Lenses that Adapt

Sensity lenses are clear indoors and darken in the sun, so one pair does both. HOYA's Stabilight Technology keeps them performing across seasons and climates. Each Sensity is tuned for a different kind of wearer: pick yours.

A woman in light-reactive glasses, the lenses clear indoors and darkening outside

Stand out with outstanding comfort

Sensity

The best all-round Sensity performance.

  • 100% UV protection
  • Reduces glare

Colours

  • Emerald Green
  • Bronze Brown
  • Silver Grey
  • Oceanic Blue

Satisfaction or Switch: if you're not completely happy with your Sensity lenses, return them within 100 days to exchange for another Sensity product or clear lenses.4 Swatch colours are approximate on screen.

Prescription sun lenses

Enjoy the Sun, Without the Glare

HOYA sun lenses can be made in your prescription, in almost any design, colour and finish.

Did you know…

  1. Sunglasses can be made to your prescription.
  2. UV damage to the eyes is cumulative and often irreversible.
  3. The eyes are the only internal tissue directly exposed to UV.
  4. 90% of visible premature ageing around the eyes is caused by UV.
  5. UV-protective lenses, clear or tinted, can help delay early cataracts.
  6. Reflected UV light is as damaging as direct UV.
A fan of HOYA mirror lenses in blue, silver, gold and violet

Reflect your style

Mirror & Light Mirror

Blue, silver and gold mirrors on solid tints, plus flash light mirrors in blue, silver, copper and violet over gradient tints for a subtler, edgier look.

A fan of HOYA Spectrum tinted lenses in soft and deep colours

Colour your life

Spectrum tints

Solid and gradient tints in a range of densities for every prescription, for relaxed, natural vision in the sun and your own style.

A fan of HOYA Special tints in yellow, orange and brown

A new perspective

Special tints

Six contrast-enhancing colours for fishing, cycling, hiking, water and winter sports, keeping fine detail clear when the light is far from ideal.

A fan of HOYA Polarised lenses in brown, grey and green

Enjoy the sun without the glare

Polarised

Blocks the reflected glare from water, wet roads, snow and glass, for relaxed, contrast-rich vision outdoors. Grey, brown and grey-green.

Looking at a marina through a pair of polarised lenses: the water is clear and free of glare inside the lenses

HOYA Polarised

Why Polarised?

Light bouncing off shiny surfaces becomes polarised, which intensifies it into dazzling glare. A polarising filter blocks that horizontal glare while letting useful light through. HOYA Polarised lenses have a polarising efficiency of over 98%, with 100% UV-A and UV-B protection, and suit all ages, children included.

Would you benefit?

More frames and options on our prescription sunglasses and sports eyewear pages.

A smiling boy wearing red glasses with MiYOSMART lenses

HOYA MiYOSMART · Optician Awards winner 2022

For Growing Eyes

Short-sightedness is best managed early, to avoid long-term vision problems.2 MiYOSMART spectacle lenses were developed specifically for children: they correct short sight and slow its progression, in an easy, non-invasive way.

60%

slower progression of myopia on average over two years, compared with ordinary single vision lenses1

21.5%

of children in the trial showed no progression at all over the two years1

We fit MiYOSMART as part of our Myopia Control Clinic

A boy in red glasses with clear MiYOSMART lenses

MiYOSMART Clear

The everyday lens for school and home, with HOYA's MiYOSMART anti-reflection coating.

A boy outdoors in glasses with MiYOSMART Chameleon lenses darkened by the sun

MiYOSMART Chameleon

Light-reactive: darkens in bright sunlight and returns to clear indoors, with full UV protection and the same myopia treatment zone.

A girl smiling in a park wearing MiYOSMART Sunbird polarised sun lenses

MiYOSMART Sunbird

Polarised sun lenses that cut glare and let children enjoy the outdoors, still with the myopia treatment zone.

Chameleon and Sunbird are not recommended for rimless or nylon-supra frames; we'll help you choose a frame that suits.

Good to know

HOYA Lens Questions

What is the difference between iD MySelf and iD LifeStyle 4?

Both are premium HOYA varifocals. iD MySelf is the most personalised, using your measured working distance and how your frame sits to give the widest fields of view and the easiest switching between devices. iD LifeStyle 4 comes in three design directions, Indoor, Urban and Outdoor, so the lens leans towards the distances you use most. We'll recommend one after talking through your day.

Do I need Sync III lenses?

If you spend two hours or more a day on screens or close work and your eyes feel tired, achy or slow to refocus, Sync III may help. They look and wear like ordinary single vision lenses, with a gentle boost at the bottom of the lens. There are three strengths and an Ultra Boost option for smartphones; your optometrist will confirm which suits you.

How thin will my lenses be?

It depends on your prescription, the material and the frame. As a guide, 1.60 suits prescriptions up to −5.00 or +5.00, 1.67 from −4.00 or +4.00 and up, and 1.74 is the thinnest for stronger prescriptions. A smaller, well-centred frame also makes lenses thinner. Try the thickness comparison above, then we'll check with your exact prescription.

Can I wear office lenses for driving?

No. WorkStyle, WorkSmart and SupeReader lenses are designed for near and intermediate tasks indoors and are not suitable for driving or sport. Most people wear them alongside their everyday glasses. For the car, look at EnRoute.

Do Sensity lenses work in the car?

Most light-reactive lenses barely darken behind a windscreen, because the glass blocks much of the UV that triggers them. Sensity Dark and Sensity Shine are designed to darken behind a car window too. For night driving, the lenses are clear; if glare from headlights bothers you, EnRoute is made for that.

I struggled with varifocals before. Will HOYA be different?

Lens design and accurate measuring make a real difference. Wider-field designs such as iD MySelf and iD LifeStyle 4 are easier to adapt to, and HOYA varifocals come with a three-month guarantee: if you can't get on with them, HOYA replaces them with a suitable alternative. Tell us what bothered you last time and we'll factor it into the lens, frame and fitting.

From what age can a child wear MiYOSMART?

MiYOSMART is designed for children with short sight, and the earlier myopia is managed the better. We assess each child in our Myopia Control Clinic, recommend the right option, whether that is MiYOSMART or another treatment, and review progress regularly.

Sources

  1. Lam CSY, Tang WC, Tse DY et al. Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (D.I.M.S.) spectacle lenses slow myopia progression: a 2-year randomised clinical trial. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020;104:363–368 (published online 29 May 2019), doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-313739. Follow-up: Lam CSY et al., British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 (3 years), doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-317664; and ARVO Annual Meeting 2022 (6 years).
  2. Bullimore MA, Ritchey ER, Shah S, Leveziel N, Bourne RRA, Flitcroft DI. The Risks and Benefits of Myopia Control. Ophthalmology, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.04.032.
  3. MiYOSMART is patent protected (China ZL 201310628174.8; Hong Kong 1210838; US 10268050 & 11029540).
  4. HOYA Vision Care, Your guide to HOYA lenses: lens designs, Sync III boost zones, office lens ratings, Hi-Vision coating ratings and guarantees, Sensity Satisfaction or Switch, Polarised efficiency, and lens thickness and weight data. Guarantees are provided by HOYA and subject to their terms.
HOYA

HOYA, Hoyalux, iD, MySelf, LifeStyle, WorkStyle, WorkSmart, SupeReader, Nulux, Hilux, iDentity, TrueForm, Sync, Balansis, Daynamic, Amplitude, EnRoute, Hi-Vision, Meiryo, LongLife, BlueControl, Sensity, Stabilight and MiYOSMART are trademarks of HOYA Corporation. EYE Opticians is an independent practice that dispenses HOYA lenses. Photography and lens simulations are from HOYA's lens guide.

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