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I thought flexon was just very springy metal, not nitinol. Nitinol is not very rigid, it bends easily. And even though it snaps back when heated, it's not perfect -- I've got a few toys made of the stuff and after a while they get damaged and don't return perfectly to the original shape.



Searching "Flexon" on Wikipedia redirects to Nitinol.

This article claims its the same stuff, just a specific alloy:

https://www.pressrelease.com/news/myeyewear2go-com-eyeglass-...

The Beta Group, who claims to have started Flexon, says "Beta advanced the technology of Nitinol with its pioneering Flexon Ophthalmic Eyewear."

https://www.betagroupllc.com/wrought-nitinol/

Sounds pretty legit to me unless I see something else saying otherwise. I think they just stress the titanium of it as a lot of consumers probably think of titanium as a "space age" futuristic metal that they make space ships and the SR-71 and Lt. Dan's legs out of. Saying its made of Nitinol means nothing to a lot of average consumers.




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