Visionstar AA-16

The AA-16 is aimed at the premium end of eyewear retail. Sunglass specialists, designer frame boutiques, optical practices with a fashion wall, and eyewear concessions in department stores and airport shops all sell frames that customers choose by eye before they ask to hold them. A column of sixteen hooks, as photographed, lets a brand story run down one strip of wall, and the locked guard keeps that story intact through a busy day.

Fit matters more than features with a fixture like this. In the UK, the British Retail Consortium's March 2025 crime survey put shoplifting losses at £2.2bn across a year with roughly 20 million incidents, and small, valuable goods such as designer sunglasses fit that pattern. The cost of locking falls hardest on low-value lines. Numerator's 2024 study of over 5,000 US shoppers found 27% would leave or switch store on meeting locked goods, so a lock pays where each pair is worth the wait and the advice that comes with it. Readers and basic frames sit better on open displays.

Placement completes the fit. Staff need to reach the lock at the lower bracket without stooping past customers. The Equality Act 2010 duty to make reasonable adjustments, with the reach guidance in BS 8300-2, argues for keeping some of the range within seated reach. Retail groups often buy fixtures through a store design specification or a framework agreement. The conformity documentation those procurement routes require is issued by the manufacturer and shared by the enquiry team.

Built for high-value frames

A locked guard earns its cost on stock that customers inspect before handling and that would hurt to lose. Designer sunglasses and premium optical frames are exactly that profile.

Large lenses pictured on the hooks

The catalogue photograph hangs big, dark-lensed sunglasses on the AA-16. That gives fashion retailers a direct view of how statement frames sit on the rod before they order.

Sixteen positions in one column

The photographed rod carries sixteen hooks, enough to show a brand's full sunglass range in one vertical run. Fewer rods per brand means fewer locks to open on a busy day.

Selective security across a shop

A shop can lock its designer wall with AA-16 rods and keep its open ranges elsewhere. Security goes where the value is, and the rest of the floor keeps its pace.

Lock placed low on the rod

The photograph puts the lock at the lower bracket. Staff work the key below the frames, leaving the display itself clear while the guard is opened.

No power to arrange

Without wiring, a feature wall can go up wherever the brackets fit. There is no socket to add and nothing for the portable appliance test schedule.

Upkeep measured in minutes

A look at the brackets, a turn of the lock and a wipe of the tube is the whole maintenance routine. Spare keys are the only recurring purchase.

Ten rods to dress a feature wall

The carton of ten suits a full designer wall or two brand bays in one delivery. Fitting a whole run at once keeps the bracket heights consistent.

Photographed configuration

The AA-16 is one of two codes the series catalogue photographs, so its own construction is visible on the page.

Sixteen hooks in the photograph

Count the hooks in the catalogue photograph and there are sixteen. The written configuration states the definitive count and the pitch between hooks.

Vertical tube

The tube runs above the upper bracket and below the lower one, with the hooks set down its length between them.

Guard wire between the brackets

A wire runs parallel to the tube at the hook ends, stretching from bracket to bracket. Locked, it stops frames leaving their hooks.

Lock and keys at the lower bracket

The lock and its keys appear at the lower bracket in the photograph. A close-up shows the barrel set into a collar on the tube.

Buffer

The series heading names a buffer, a cushioning part. The fitting instructions show its location.

Stand-off brackets with round wall plates

Two arms hold the tube clear of the wall, each ending in a round plate for fixing. A close-up shows the arm and plate.

No electrical components

The rod has no lights, cables or power supply, which keeps installation to brackets and fixings.

Carton of ten

The AA-16 ships ten to a carton measuring 1450 × 230 × 210 mm.

Carton weight

A full carton weighs 19.5 kg.

Freight space

Each carton occupies roughly 0.070 m³, a figure freight forwarders need for a shipping quotation.

Finish

The catalogue shows a polished silver finish. The written configuration names the material and finish of shipped rods.

Keys, fixings and instructions

Keys per rod, the keyed-alike arrangement and any fixings packed with the rods are listed in the written configuration. The fitting instructions travel with it.

The AA-16 suits sunglass specialists, designer frame boutiques and optical practices that sell premium eyewear across the counter, where a long locked column protects stock customers want to see. Its case is fit: a photographed sixteen-hook rod, large lenses pictured on the hooks and a lock at the lower bracket. It is a poor match for discount readers, children's ranges or any section built on open self-selection. Before ordering, settle the hook pitch against the widest frames, the wall height at each position and whether a whole wall should share one key. Medigear.uk lists the AA-16 for business buyers worldwide and can arrange delivery, installation, commissioning, familiarisation and service cover. Ask the enquiry team for the rod length, the written configuration, the keying options and loose-rod availability before ordering.