Eyewear · Lens Configurations · Focus
STOTTS. Focus — for sustained, head-down close work
Who it's for · What's in it · What powers it · What it won't do · Who it isn't for
For sustained, head-down close work — crafts, fine detail, DIY, long sessions at one distance — a lens set for the task rather than reading through the bottom of an everyday lens.
Lens technology: Nikon Lenswear. Configuration: STOTTS.
Who it's for
The day this configuration is built around.
- People who described detailed close work for an hour and a half or more a day, staying put while they do it
- Where the furthest distance in that task is within about 0.7 m — the head-down branch of the desk question points here too
- Not for anyone who already owns and uses reading glasses for it — we review those instead
What's in this configuration
What we measure, decide and check.
- Your Lens Profile, checked against your prescription in practice
- Prescription validated, including your near addition
- Coating chosen for a reason you gave us — SeeCoat Next Reveal worth discussing only because you told us dim-light reading is hard
- Whether it lives beside your everyday pair — decided with you
- Fitting review after you collect — adjusted or put right if needed
And the design parameters, where the design accepts them
- Your near working distance measured with the real object in your hands — the design is set around 0.7 m at eye-point, depending on your reading addition
- Ordering type — low, mid or high add — set from your confirmed reading addition
- Frame checked for the design — fitting height measured to the lower lid like a bifocal, a minimum 15 mm to top and bottom rim, 30 mm total frame depth
- Position-of-wear — how the frame sits: wrap angle, pantoscopic tilt, vertex distance — measured in practice where the design accepts it
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 E-Life Pro family, likely E-Life Pro Read — set around 0.7 m at eye-point, depending on your reading addition.
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.
- Another reading pair You already have and use reading glasses; we would review those rather than add a pair.
- Separate reading glasses Your varifocals already carry your near vision and you have not reported reading difficulty — a separate reading pair would mostly duplicate what you have.
How we decide
In practice, in this order.
- 01Confirm your near working distance and reading addition
- 02Fitting height measured to the lower lid; frame depth for the design
- 03Whether it lives beside your everyday pair
A case, in outline
A retired hobbyist doing three hours or more of head-down craft work who takes their glasses off to see the detail and avoids small print. The profile names Focus — a task pair for the bench — never a screen configuration, and never a lens for walking about.
An outline, not a promise: every configuration is confirmed against a prescription and measured in practice.
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.
Focus questions.
Is Focus the same as reading glasses?
It is set for a task at a measured distance rather than for reading in general, with the fitting height taken to the lower lid and the frame checked for depth. Whether it is the right step — or whether reading glasses you already own are — is decided in practice.
Can I wear it around the house?
No. It is a task pair — not for driving or walking about — and the card says so.
Why does the profile mention dim-light reading?
Only if you told us reading in dim light is hard. A contrast coating is then worth discussing for that reason alone; it is never included by default.
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 — Focus 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.