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PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE
Patients wear their lenses every day, all year long, in a variety of locations,
temperatures and weather conditions. They spend their days in constantly
changing environments, going from inside to outside, from sun to shadow,
and changing their position in relation to the sun. All these factors influence
the performance of photochromic lenses and their wearer’s experience
outdoors and indoors.
REVOLUTIONARY MEASUREMENTS FOR A REVOLUTIONARY PRODUCT
LAB WEARERS LIFE
Performance evaluations and measurements are only meaningful if they reflect
what wearers are actually experiencing. Using real conditions, real locations
and real situations, we have developed a new proprietary methodology for
designing, developing and analysing photochromic performance. By testing
them in more than 200 different real life conditions representing more than a
thousand scenarios combining temperatures, angles of light, UV and weather
conditions and geographies, we have developed Transitions® Signature™ VII
lenses to be more responsive in more situations. We have also tested Transitions
Signature VII lenses with actual wearers.
200+ real life conditions1,000+ scenarios
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Transitions® Signature™ VII lenses have been designed to improve
the visual experience of both current clear lens wearers and
current photochromic lens wearers.
89% of current clear lens wearers and 93% of photochromic lens wearers
described their experience as excellent, very good or good with
Transitions Signature VII lenses. In fact, 82% of clear lens wearers rated
Transitions Signature VII lenses as being better than their current clear lenses.
SUPERIOR WEARER EXPERIENCE
On average, Transitions Signature VII lenses are significantly darker in outdoor
conditions than Transitions® VI lenses. More importantly, with improved
temperature stability and more responsiveness, Transitions Signature VII lenses
are darker than Transitions VI lenses in all the outdoor conditions that are
important for the wearer.
OPTIMAL COMBINATION OF OUTDOOR BENEFITS
Average increase in % tint
compared to Transitions VI
when measured in 200 real
life environments across a
range of temperatures:
82% of clear lens wearers ranked experience superior to current clear lenses
93% of photochromic lens wearers have a superior
wearing experience
89% of clear lens wearers have a superior wearing experience
15%21%darker
outdoorsdarker
outdoors
Transitions Signature VII
Brown
Transitions Signature VII
Grey
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Transitions Signature VII lenses provide more benefits for wearers outdoors. As a
result, wearers have higher overall satisfaction. They are more reactive to indirect
sunlight, making them darker even when the wearer is facing away from the sun.
This is important, because even when the wearer isn’t looking directly
at the sun, reflections from glare can make it difficult to see.
Transitions Signature VII lenses react quickly, providing the right amount
of tint and improving quality of vision in all conditions.
MORE REACTIVE
*Average % tint in various conditions and temperatures
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions VI lenses
% T
int
Transitions Signature VII lenses
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions VI lenses
% T
int
Transitions Signature VII lenses
Transitions Signature VII lenses are more reactive to indirect sunlight, making them darker in all wearer positions
86
88
82
74
62
86
80
70
82
73
78
68
Real World PerformanceFacing the sun no hat
Away from the sun no hatAway from the sun with hat
16% more reactive 20% more reactiveMore reactive toindirect sunlight
*Average % tint in various conditions and temperatures
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions® VI lenses
% T
int
Transitions Signature VII lenses
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions VI lenses
% T
int
Transitions Signature VII lenses
Transitions Signature VII lenses are more reactive to indirect sunlight, making them darker in all wearer positions
86
88
82
74
62
86
80
70
82
73
78
68
Real World PerformanceFacing the sun no hat
Away from the sun no hatAway from the sun with hat
16% more reactive 20% more reactive
More reactive toindirect sunlight
*Average % tint in various conditions and temperatures
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions® VI lenses
% T
int
Transitions Signature VII lenses
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions VI lenses
% T
int
Transitions Signature VII lenses
Transitions Signature VII lenses are more reactive to indirect sunlight, making them darker in all wearer positions
86
88
82
74
62
86
80
70
82
73
78
68
Real World PerformanceFacing the sun no hat
Away from the sun no hatAway from the sun with hat
16% more reactive 20% more reactiveMore reactive toindirect sunlight
*Average % tint in various conditions and temperatures
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions VI lenses%
Tin
tTransitions Signature VII lenses
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions VI lenses
% T
int
Transitions Signature VII lenses
Transitions Signature VII lenses are more reactive to indirect sunlight, making them darker in all wearer positions
86
88
82
74
62
86
80
70
82
73
78
68
Real World PerformanceFacing the sun no hat
Away from the sun no hatAway from the sun with hat
16% more reactive 20% more reactiveMore reactive toindirect sunlight
*Average % tint in various conditions and temperatures
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions® VI lenses%
Tin
tTransitions Signature VII lenses
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions VI lenses
% T
int
Transitions Signature VII lenses
Transitions Signature VII lenses are more reactive to indirect sunlight, making them darker in all wearer positions
86
88
82
74
62
86
80
70
82
73
78
68
Real World PerformanceFacing the sun no hat
Away from the sun no hatAway from the sun with hat
16% more reactive 20% more reactiveMore reactive toindirect sunlight
*Average % tint in various conditions and temperatures
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions VI lenses%
Tin
tTransitions Signature VII lenses
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions VI lenses
% T
int
Transitions Signature VII lenses
Transitions Signature VII lenses are more reactive to indirect sunlight, making them darker in all wearer positions
86
88
82
74
62
86
80
70
82
73
78
68
Real World PerformanceFacing the sun no hat
Away from the sun no hatAway from the sun with hat
16% more reactive 20% more reactiveMore reactive toindirect sunlight
*Average % tint in various conditions and temperatures
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions® VI lenses
% T
int
Transitions Signature VII lenses
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Transitions VI lenses
% T
int
Transitions Signature VII lenses
Transitions Signature VII lenses are more reactive to indirect sunlight, making them darker in all wearer positions
86
88
82
74
62
86
80
70
82
73
78
68
Real World PerformanceFacing the sun no hat
Away from the sun no hatAway from the sun with hat
16% more reactive 20% more reactiveMore reactive toindirect sunlight
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More consistent performance in all temperatures
96% 96%
93% 94%
77% 80%
71%80%
68% 73%
63%69%
Paris - May
Darker
Rome - June Darker
Northern US - February
Similar Darkness
19% less sensitive to temperature change in all conditions
11% less sensitive to temperature change in all conditions
Example
locations and
seasons.
Average % tint
Transitions VI lenses Grey
Transitions VII lenses Grey
TVI TVII TVIITVI
TVI TVII TVIITVI
TVI TVII TVIITVI
Transitions VI lenses Brown
Transitions VII lenses Brown
More consistent performance in all temperatures
96% 96%
93% 94%
77% 80%
71%80%
68% 73%
63%69%
Paris - May
Darker
Rome - June Darker
Northern US - February
Similar Darkness
19% less sensitive to temperature change in all conditions
11% less sensitive to temperature change in all conditions
Example
locations and
seasons.
Average % tint
Transitions VI lenses Grey
Transitions VII lenses Grey
TVI TVII TVIITVI
TVI TVII TVIITVI
TVI TVII TVIITVI
Transitions VI lenses Brown
Transitions VII lenses Brown
Transitions Signature VII lenses are more reactive to indirect sunlight, making them darker in all wearer positions
Transitions® Signature™ VII lenses are less temperature dependent than
Transitions® VI lenses – they are darker when it is hot, with similar
darkness when it is cold.
GREATER TEMPERATURE STABILITY
Superior fade back speedAlthough Transitions® Signature™ VII lenses are darker
than Transitions® VI lenses in all conditions, the lenses
take a comparable amount of time to return to clear.
Therefore Transitions Signature VII lenses are
actually faster to return to clear compared to
Transitions VI lenses.
Superior clarity indoorsThe clarity of Transitions Signature VII lenses is excellent and goes
up to 95% transmission in brown with anti-reflective coatings.
Wearers perceive lenses to be clear at 86% transmission1 – meaning
Transitions Signature VII lenses significantly surpass the level needed
to be perceived as clear by wearers.
PROVIDING SUPERIOR INDOOR PERFORMANCE
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of clear lens wearers satisfied with indoor clarity of
Transitions Signature VII lenses
of photochromic lens wearers satisfied with
indoor clarity of Transitions Signature VII lenses
96% 86%
Grey Transitions Signature VII lenses
Brown Transitions Signature VII lenses
% Transmission of indoor clear state
1 ADRIANT Sensory Study, 2006
of clear lens wearers satisfied with indoor clarity of Transitions® VI lenses
of photochromic lens wearers satisfied with indoor clarity of
Transitions VI lenses
93% 87%
If a lens has 86% light transmission, a wearer will perceive it as clear
60
70
80
90
100
% C
lari
ty
86%
AR AR88%
95%
89%
94%
of clear lens wearers satisfied with indoor clarity of
Transitions Signature VII lenses
of photochromic lens wearers satisfied with
indoor clarity of Transitions Signature VII lenses
96% 86%
Grey Transitions Signature VII lenses
Brown Transitions Signature VII lenses
% Transmission of indoor clear state
1 ADRIANT Sensory Study, 2006
of clear lens wearers satisfied with indoor clarity of Transitions® VI lenses
of photochromic lens wearers satisfied with indoor clarity of
Transitions VI lenses
93% 87%
If a lens has 86% light transmission, a wearer will perceive it as clear
60
70
80
90
100
% C
lari
ty
86%
AR AR88%
95%
89%
94%
of clear lens wearers satisfied with indoor clarity of
Transitions Signature VII lenses
of photochromic lens wearers satisfied with
indoor clarity of Transitions Signature VII lenses
96% 86%
Transitions Signature VIIGrey Transitions Signature VII lenses
Brown Transitions Signature VII lenses
% Transmission of indoor clear state
1 ADRIANT Sensory Study, 2006
of clear lens wearers satisfied with indoor clarity of Transitions® VI lenses
of photochromic lens wearers satisfied with indoor clarity of
Transitions VI lenses
93% 87%
If a lens has 86% light transmission, a wearer will perceive it as clear
60
70
80
90
100
% C
lari
ty
86%
AR AR88%
95%
89%
94%
of clear lens wearers satisfied with indoor clarity of
Transitions Signature VII lenses
of photochromic lens wearers satisfied with
indoor clarity of Transitions Signature VII lenses
96% 86%
Transitions Signature VIIGrey Transitions Signature VII lenses
Brown Transitions Signature VII lenses
% Transmission of indoor clear state
1 ADRIANT Sensory Study, 2006
of clear lens wearers satisfied with indoor clarity of Transitions® VI lenses
of photochromic lens wearers satisfied with indoor clarity of
Transitions VI lenses
93% 87%
If a lens has 86% light transmission, a wearer will perceive it as clear
60
70
80
90
100
% C
lari
ty
86%
AR AR88%
95%
89%
94%
20%faster
fade back to completely
clear
Wavelength (nm)
% T
rans
mit
tanc
e%
Tra
nsm
itta
nce
Wavelength (nm)ActivatedUnactivated
2800
20
40
60
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80
90
100
0
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330 380 430 530 580 630 680 730 780
280 330 380 430 530 580 630 680 730 780
ActivatedUnactivated
SPECTRA OF TRANSITIONS SIGNATURE VII LENSESBROWN
GREY
Transitions Signature VII lenses use the patented Chromea7™ technology.
A true molecular breakthrough, this exclusive 8-dye formulation keeps
more molecules activated to absorb more light – allowing for a better, more
responsive lens in all real life conditions.
They are more reactive to indirect sunlight, better capture reflected sunlight
and become even darker on hot days. Transitions Signature VII lenses provide
this outstanding outdoor performance without sacrificing indoor clarity.
Let the latest technology help your patients experience Life well lit™.
WHAT MAKES THEM BETTER IS OUR NEW TECHNOLOGY
Like all Transitions® lenses,
Transitions® Signature™ VII
lenses block 100% of
UV rays.
They are available in a
contrast-enhancing brown
tint or a neutral grey tint
that does not affect colour
perception. Both colours
meet all standards for driving,
including driving at night.
UV BLOCKAGE AND COLOUR
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Category as per ISO 8980-3 Cat. 0 Non Activated, Cat. 3 Activated
Traffic signal recognition as per ISO 14889
Suitable for night driving per ISO 14889
Block 100% UV rays per ISO 8980-3, ANSI Z80.3, EN 1836 and AS/NZS 1067.
Impact resistant as per ISO 14889 Section 5.2, ANSI Z80.1 and US FDA Impact Resistant Regulation 21 CFR 801.410
Sources:Wearer Benefits: Transitions Optical double blind wearer test. Nov 2011 – Jan 2012Real World Performance: Transitions Optical Real World Tests 2011
Transitions.comTransitions and the swirl are registered trademarks and Transitions adaptive lenses, Transitions Signature, Chromea7, Life360 and Life well lit are trademarks of Transitions Optical, Inc. Copyright ©2013 Transitions Optical, Inc. Photochromic performance and polarisation are influenced by temperature, UV exposure, and lens material. *For terms and conditions visit transitions.com/en-AU/eyecare-professionals
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