Large Variety of Fashionable Frame Options
Bard Optical is your number one resource for fashionable and functional eyewear! We carry an extensive variety of frames styles and brands for every budget. Whether you need timeless or fashion-forward style, you’ll find eyewear you love at Bard Optical. Our experienced opticians have all completed extensive training on which frame shapes and sizes are best for you. They will find the frames that provide the style you want with the fit you need.
Luxury Brands
Bard Optical is proud to offer a curated collection of luxury brands at each location. Look and feel your best with a pair of designer eyeglass frames from designers like:
Advanced Lens Technology
Throughout our over 80+ years of experience, Bard Optical has continuously updated and adopted the latest lens manufacturing technology. Our state-of-the-art digital lab in Peoria, IL produces the highest quality lenses on the market.
Types of Lenses
Bard Optical offers a wide range of eyeglass lenses that address a variety of needs from single vision lenses to digital progressive multifocal lense. Read below to learn about each type of lens we offer, and to find out which one is best for you.
- Progressive Lenses
- Anti-Glare
- Polarized Lenses
- Transitions Lenses
- Blue Light Lenses
- Trivex Lenses
- Polycarbonate Lenses
Progressive Lenses
See clearly at virtually every distance and avoid bifocal lines with progressive lenses! These line-free multifocals gradually progress magnifying power from bottom to top for a smoother transition through intermediate and near vision.
Anti-Glare
Anti-glare coating eliminates reflections from the front and back surfaces of your lenses, allowing more light to pass through. This reduces eye strain, makes it easier to see in bright conditions, and lets people better see your gorgeous eyes behind your lenses!
Polarized Lenses
Polarized sunglass lenses block the glare that reflects off common outdoor surfaces including water and snow, making them valuable year-round! They’re also extremely useful for driving, as they reduce the glare from cars and pavement.
Transitions Lenses
Transitions lenses get dark when you go outside yet remain clear when you are inside. We are proud to offer a variety of photochromatic lenses from Transitions, the maker of the highest quality, best known light adaptive lenses in the world.
Blue Light Lenses
Blue Light Lenses help reduce the impact of harmful blue light emitted from natural sources like the sun as well as artificial sources like computers, smart phones and flat screen televisions. Harmful blue light can impact the production of melatonin in the body making you less alert and have trouble sleeping. It can also lead to digital eye strain.
Trivex Lenses
Trivex is the most lightweight, impact-resistant, and optically clear eyeglass lens material available. Trivex lenses are 60 times more impact resistant than FDA minimum impact standards for street/dress eyewear and they provide 100% protection from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
Hi Index lenses are the thinnest lenses available, making them an ideal choice for patient’s with high prescriptions.
Polycarbonate Lenses
Polycarbonate lenses are best suited for children, active adults, and those with strong prescriptions. Their impact-resistant, virtually unbreakable material and 100% UV protection make them perfect for outdoor activity! They’re also lighter and thinner than plastic, which helps minimize potential distortion.
Progressive Lenses
See clearly at virtually every distance and avoid bifocal lines with progressive lenses! These line-free multifocals gradually progress magnifying power from bottom to top for a smoother transition through intermediate and near vision.
Anti-Glare
Anti-glare coating eliminates reflections from the front and back surfaces of your lenses, allowing more light to pass through. This reduces eye strain, makes it easier to see in bright conditions, and lets people better see your gorgeous eyes behind your lenses!
Polarized Lenses
Polarized sunglass lenses block the glare that reflects off common outdoor surfaces including water and snow, making them valuable year-round! They’re also extremely useful for driving, as they reduce the glare from cars and pavement.
Transitions LENSES
Transitions lenses get dark when you go outside yet remain clear when you are inside. We are proud to offer a variety of photochromatic lenses from Transitions, the maker of the highest quality, best known light adaptive lenses in the world.
Blue Light Lenses
Blue Light Lenses help reduce the impact of harmful blue light emitted from natural sources like the sun as well as artificial sources like computers, smart phones and flat screen televisions. Harmful blue light can impact the production of melatonin in the body making you less alert and have trouble sleeping. It can also lead to digital eye strain.
Trivex Lenses
Trivex is the most lightweight, impact-resistant, and optically clear eyeglass lens material available. Trivex lenses are 60 times more impact resistant than FDA minimum impact standards for street/dress eyewear and they provide 100% protection from the sun’s harmful UV rays.H3: Hi Index Lenses
Hi Index lenses are the thinnest lenses available, making them an ideal choice for patient’s with high prescriptions.
Polycarbonate Lenses
Polycarbonate lenses are best suited for children, active adults, and those with strong prescriptions. Their impact-resistant, virtually unbreakable material and 100% UV protection make them perfect for outdoor activity! They’re also lighter and thinner than plastic, which helps minimize potential distortion.
Da Vinci Lens Series
The Da Vinci Lens Series embodies our “Vision for Life” philosophy by offering a wide range of powerful and effective lens solutions to keep up with your changing age and vision. There’s a Da Vinci lens for virtually every need! We offer progressive lenses for our multifocal patients as well as digitally mastered high-definition lenses for single vision patients as well. We also offer specialty lenses for driving, computer usage and more.
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Eyeglasses Near You
With 20+ offices across Central Illinois, we make it easy to find a Bard Optical location near you. You can expect our expert opticians to provide excellent eyewear service, no matter which location you visit!
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Our Convenient Locations
With 20+ offices across Central Illinois, it’s easy to find a Bard Optical location near you. Our eye care centers are conveniently located to bring our family closer to yours. While we tailor every patient’s experience, there’s one thing you can expect at every Bard Optical location: the dedication to your lifelong clear vision that we’ve staked our name on.