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STOTTS. Active — for regular sport with a genuine visual demand
Who it's for · What's in it · What powers it · What it won't do · Who it isn't for
For regular sport with a genuine visual demand — golf, cycling, running, racquet sports, shooting — a lens designed for the curve of a sports frame, with a stable view to the edge, and as many visual zones as your sport actually asks for.
Lens technology: Nikon Lenswear. Configuration: STOTTS.
Who it's for
The day this configuration is built around.
- People who play weekly or a few times a month and told us what their sport asks of their eyes — distance in motion, glare, switching between scorecard, ball and green
- Not for occasional play — sport-specific eyewear is not indicated, and the profile says so
- A near or intermediate zone only when you wear a reading correction and told us you switch distances when you play — never "over 40, therefore multifocal"
What's in this configuration
What we measure, decide and check.
- Your Lens Profile, checked against your prescription in practice
- Prescription validated — and your reading addition confirmed if a two- or three-zone design is considered
- Number of visual zones — one, two or three — confirmed from what your sport asks of you
- Sports-vision route: Clive Duerden, optometrist at Brown Opticians, Burnley, holds a Diploma in Sports Vision
- Fitting review after you collect — adjusted or put right if needed
And the design parameters, where the design accepts them
- Two-zone designs: Sports 2 or Sports 2 HI decided by your confirmed addition (+1.75 or less / +2.00 or more)
- Frame-shape optimisation — the design is calculated for your frame's actual shape and size
- Position-of-wear — wrap, tilt, vertex — included as standard on SeeMax Sports and entered from measurements, not defaults
- Base curve matched to the frame — curves 1 to 8, with 7 and 8 often used in wrap-around sunglasses and sports frames
- Near inset set from your measured working distance
- Tint, mirror or polarised option chosen for the sport, in practice — custom tint matching at 1.67 and 1.50
Your own Lens Profile lists only the parameters the design it names can actually take — a lens that has no near inset is never shown one. Source: Nikon Lenswear Dispensing Guide 2026.
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The lens technology underneath.
Nikon SeeMax Sports family — one, two or three visual zones (likely SeeMax Sports 1 for distance alone). Sport, wrap and tint are settled in practice.
Lens technology: Nikon Lenswear. Configuration: STOTTS.
The lens technology is Nikon Lenswear's and is available from other opticians. The configuration — assessment, measurements, design parameters and dispensing — is ours.
What it won't do
Said before you choose, not after.
Who it isn't for
When the profile says no.
- Sports lenses You play now and then rather than every week — sport-specific eyewear is not indicated.
How we decide
In practice, in this order.
- 01Confirm the sport, the frame wrap and the number of visual zones
- 02Check the reading addition if a two- or three-zone design is considered
- 03Base curve and tint for the frame and the sport
A case, in outline
A golfer and cyclist in their forties or fifties with a real visual demand who squints outdoors. The profile names Active — a lens shaped for a sports frame — with a light option alongside, and the sports-vision route at Burnley for anyone who wants it.
An outline, not a promise: every configuration is confirmed against a prescription and measured in practice.
Sports vision
The sports-vision route.
Every practice can dispense an Active configuration. Clive Duerden, optometrist at Brown Opticians, Burnley, holds a Diploma in Sports Vision. That credential is published for Burnley only.
Separately, STOTTS. as a group has delivered vision screening for Burnley FC players. Read how club vision screening works
About the cost of a second pair
If it lives beside your everyday pair.
A complete second pair starts from £99 for single vision and £199 for a varifocal; members save 20% on complete eyewear and 50% on an additional complete pair within 90 days.
Active questions.
Do I need sports lenses if I play now and then?
No. The profile only names Active for weekly or monthly play with a specific visual demand. Occasional play is not indicated — and we would rather say so.
Golf varifocals — one zone or three?
Only as many as your sport asks for. A three-zone design is considered only when you wear a reading correction and told us you switch between scorecard, ball and green when you play. Otherwise one stable distance zone is usually the honest answer.
Why is frame-shape optimisation stated here and not elsewhere?
Because it is compulsory on every SeeMax Sports design, and position-of-wear is included as standard on them — so Active is the one configuration where both can be stated online.
Is there sports-vision expertise at every practice?
Every practice can dispense an Active configuration. Clive Duerden, optometrist at Brown Opticians in Burnley, holds a Diploma in Sports Vision — that credential is published for Burnley only.
Your next step
Find out if this is your configuration.
Answer the Lens Profile questions about your day and it names the configuration your answers point to — Active or another — or says plainly that nothing needs to change. The configuration itself is assembled in practice.
A STOTTS. configuration describes what we measure, decide and check in practice around a lens; the lens technology is Nikon Lenswear's and is available from other opticians.