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Glasses for screens and working life.

Lenses · Screens & Work

Glasses for screens and working life.

Modern work asks a lot of your eyes.

Phones, laptops, monitors, paperwork and the person across the meeting room — all at different distances, all day. If your current glasses can't keep up, the answer usually isn't stronger lenses. It's lenses chosen around how and where you actually work.

Does any of this sound familiar?

If you recognise even a couple of these, it's worth a conversation — not a stronger prescription.

The solution

Lenses built for the way you work.

Instead of forcing everyday varifocals to cope at a desk, we fit lenses designed for near-to-intermediate distances — so your screen, your keyboard, your notes and your colleagues all sit comfortably in focus. For heavy screen users that often means a dedicated pair for work, alongside your everyday glasses.

Where they suit you, we use Nikon's indoor and office lens designs (such as Relaxsee and eLife) — but the technology is only half of it. The comfort comes from measuring your real working distances and fitting the lens precisely to your eyes and frame.

Nikon eLife office lenses for comfortable vision across a workspace
Imagery: Nikon Lenswear

How we get your lenses right

Expertise first — the four things we always do.

A screen lens is only as good as its measurements. This is how we get yours right, whichever lens you end up with.

  1. 01

    Understand

    Where your glasses currently let you down — driving, screens, reading, your working distances, comfort, previous varifocals and how they look.

  2. 02

    Select

    The most appropriate lens type and level of personalisation for you — not automatically the most expensive one.

  3. 03

    Measure

    The position of your eyes, how the frame sits on your face, your working distances and the exact measurements that lens design needs.

  4. 04

    Review

    Fit, comfort, adaptation and real-life performance after you collect them — and we adjust or put things right if needed.

Where Nikon comes in

Nikon is the technology. We are the judgement.

Nikon gives us an exceptional range of lens technology — personalised progressives, advanced coatings, light-adaptive and polarised lenses. Our expertise lies in identifying which part of that range is right for you, measuring it precisely, and making sure it performs properly in real life.

Imagery: Nikon Lenswear

Who looks after you

The stylists and dispensing opticians who look after your lenses.

Getting your working vision right comes down to measurement. Our eyewear stylists and dispensing opticians — including FBDO-qualified specialists across our practices — take the time to map out your exact screen distances and how you sit, then choose and fit a lens designed around your desk, not an average one.

Rizwana — Senior Eyewear Stylist & Lens Specialist at STOTTS. Chorley

Rizwana

Senior Eyewear Stylist & Lens Specialist

STOTTS. Chorley

April Briscoe — Dispensing Optician & Practice Manager (FBDO) at STOTTS. Urmston

April Briscoe

Dispensing Optician & Practice Manager (FBDO)

STOTTS. Urmston

Lauren Fay — Dispensing Optician (FBDO) at STOTTS. Burnley

Lauren Fay

Dispensing Optician (FBDO)

STOTTS. Burnley

Amanda — Senior Stylist & Branch Manager at STOTTS. Swinton

Amanda

Senior Stylist & Branch Manager

STOTTS. Swinton

Nic — Eyewear Stylist at STOTTS. Unsworth

Nic

Eyewear Stylist

STOTTS. Unsworth

Bridget Denson — Branch Manager & Eyewear Stylist at STOTTS. Padiham

Bridget Denson

Branch Manager & Eyewear Stylist

STOTTS. Padiham

Kieran Scott — Dispensing Optician & Eyewear Stylist (FBDO) at STOTTS. Chorley

Kieran Scott

Dispensing Optician & Eyewear Stylist (FBDO)

STOTTS. Chorley

Kari Tumelius — Dispenser & Eyewear Stylist at STOTTS. Urmston

Kari Tumelius

Dispenser & Eyewear Stylist

STOTTS. Urmston

Dan Cheetham — Dispensing Optician (FBDO) at STOTTS. Burnley

Dan Cheetham

Dispensing Optician (FBDO)

STOTTS. Burnley

Leah Howorth — Practice Manager & Dispensing Optician (FBDO) at STOTTS. Chorley

Leah Howorth

Practice Manager & Dispensing Optician (FBDO)

STOTTS. Chorley

Adele Dixon — Practice Manager (FBDO) at STOTTS. Burnley

Adele Dixon

Practice Manager (FBDO)

STOTTS. Burnley

Rebecca — Eyewear Stylist & Dispenser at STOTTS. Chorley

Rebecca

Eyewear Stylist & Dispenser

STOTTS. Chorley

Screen & work lens questions.

What are office or work lenses?

They are lenses designed around the distances you actually use at work — your screen, your desk and the people across the room — rather than for driving. They give a much wider, more comfortable field of clear vision for close and intermediate tasks than a standard reading or distance lens, which is why they suit long days at a desk.

My varifocals feel restricted at my desk — is that normal?

It is common. Everyday varifocals prioritise distance vision, so the intermediate and reading zones sit lower and narrower — fine for general life, less comfortable for hours of screen work. A dedicated screen or office lens widens exactly the zones you use at a desk.

Do I need a separate pair just for the computer?

Not always, but for people who spend a lot of the day on screens it is often the single most comfortable change they make. A lens matched to your working distances reduces the head-tilting and eye strain that everyday varifocals can cause at a desk.

Will this help with tired eyes and headaches at work?

Often, yes. A lot of end-of-day eye fatigue comes from your eyes working harder to hold focus at the wrong distance, or from lenses that are not positioned precisely. A properly measured screen lens, with a good anti-reflection coating, usually makes screen time noticeably more comfortable — though persistent headaches are always worth having checked.

What Nikon options are there for screen and office use?

Nikon makes lenses designed specifically for indoor, near-to-intermediate use (such as its Relaxsee and eLife ranges). Our job is to identify which suits your prescription and your measured working distances, then fit it precisely — the technology only works if the measurements are right.

Ready when you are

Let's get your working vision sorted.

Book a lens consultation and tell us about your day — screens, distances and where your current glasses let you down. We'll recommend, measure and fit lenses built around your work.

Book a Work & Screen Lens Consultation