Coatings make a good lens even better.
If you are looking to protect that new lightweight plastic lens are reduce unwanted glare, protect your own eyes from damaging UV radiation. Or just snazz up your look with a cool tint. Coatings are a great addition to a great lens.
Scratch Protection

Due to their lightweight qualities, plastic lenses are significantly more comfortable to wear. The downside, they are also much more sensitive to scratching than glass lenses. Scratch Resistant Coating is a must for all plastic lenses.  Some lenses come with this feature because it provides an additional degree of durability that you expect from premium lens choices.  However, when you are building your own options from the ground up, rest assured that though no lens is scratch proof adding this option will add to the durability of your lens and is well worth the nominal expense.
UV Blocking

Ultraviolet rays from the sun can be harmful to your eyes, and UV protection is now recommended by many eyecare professionals. A UV coating can be added to your finished spectacle lenses to absorb harmful UV rays. Many SOLA lenses come with built-in UV protection. These include SOLA Spectralite® high-index lenses, Spectralite® Transitions® lenses, Transitions® lenses and polycarbonate lenses. Increasingly, many parents are making sure that their children are receiving UV protection to ensure the safety of their eyesight for years to come.
Anti-Reflective

Anti-reflective coatings can be added to finished lenses to improve vision and appearance. AR coatings, as they are called, virtually eliminate the reflections from the back of spectacle lenses, such as images of your own eyes and eyelashes. AR coatings also allow more light to reach your eyes, which increases contrast and clarity. This means that you actually see better - particularly in low-light situations like night driving. Light reflections from the front of your lens are also significantly reduced. This makes your lenses appear almost invisible, making your eyes the focus of attention, not your glasses. In photographs or on video, the reduced reflections will make a dramatic difference.
Anti-reflective coatings also help tremendously with glare difficulties when driving at night, when using computers, and when around fluorescent lights. Our anti-reflective coatings, unlike many of those used by our competitors are fully guaranteed for your satisfaction, and guaranteed against scratching. Ask our trained staff for details.
Without AR Coating
With AR Coating

Tints

Many eyeglass wearers enjoy tinting their lenses for fashion and also for comfort from the bright sunlight. It's easy, quick and affordable and can be done with virtually any lenses. The only drawback is it needs to be done before the AR coating is applied. So you just need to select the tint at the time the lens is ordered. Of course,  if you don't have an AR coating, tinting can be done at anytime.