What's in a Lens?
A lens is the part of your glasses you actually see through. At Torga, every lens is made for your prescription and your frame, in our own lens laboratory in Cape Town.
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Adjusting to Your New Multifocals
Multifocals take a little getting used to, and that is normal. Your brain needs time to learn where each zone of the lens is. For most people it gets…
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Caring for Your Contacts
Clean hands, fresh solution and the wearing schedule your optometrist gave you are the basics of looking after your contact lenses.
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Reading Your Contact Lens Prescription
Your contact lens prescription is on the side of your contact lens box. You can also ask your optometrist, who has it on record, and you are given a…
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A Matter of Facts About Eyes
You use your eyes every waking moment, so here are some things worth knowing about them, and a few simple habits that keep them comfortable.
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Torga Flexivue Pilot - Multifocal Lenses for the Commercial Aviator
Few activities are more demanding on your visual acuity than aviation. That’s why Pilots generally need comfortable, sharp vision in three visual…
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Protecting your eyes from the sun
Which rays do the sun emit and how much are we exposed to? The sun emits different light components that consist of visible light, in frared light and…
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No Line Bifocals - The future is here!
First, what are Bifocals? These lenses have two different prescriptions in the same lens. A small portion in the lower part of the lens contains the…
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It's Torga's Anti-Fog Solution
How to stop your glasses from fogging up when you wear a mask Most common challenges with wearing glasses are easily addressed by your optometrist…
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Blue Light Demystified: The Blue Light Fact Checker
There’s been much talk about blue light, what it is and what effect it may or may not have on your eyes. In search of the facts to demystify it, we…
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