Love My Glasses!

[kib]

Just wanted to say that a minor miracle has occurred. I ordered new glasses online and 1. the prescription is perfect, and 2. I actually love them. I got them from Glasses.com. They are having sale, lenses are free with any frame over $150. ALL lenses. These are strong progressives with a 1.67 index (extra thin) lens. Free. Frame was $197. For those of you with strong prescriptions, you know lenses are always the crazy expensive part, I'm amazed and thrilled. :cool:


I will say their interface is a pain, it doesn't filter well. They have an interesting 3d try-on program for android devices (it was interesting but IMO not ready for prime time), no regular 'upload your picture try-on' but they do let you order frames to try on at home for free. They do insist that you have a current prescription, you can't just input your numbers but they will call your eye place if you can't fax/email a copy.

[razz]

Interesting to hear about the online shopping and how far it has ranged. Glad that it worked out for you.

[pinkytoe]

DH ordered his first ever pair of prescription glasses online at considerable savings but alas, he says that peripheral vision is blurry (progressives). As I don't wear glasses, I don't know what he is referring to.

[Tussiemussies]

DH has been ordering glasses online for a couple of years now. They are always perfect and at a great savings. I forget what site he uses...

[lessisbest]

We can get frames and lenses for much less at Sears Optical, especially when they have a bogo sale, and we both wear trifocals which are more expensive. When it comes to bifocals, trifocals and progressives, you need to be sure the frames are fitting you correctly before they can place your bi- or trifocal. Your eye needs to come as close as possible to the center of the lens if they fit correctly. While wearing your glasses that are correctly adjusted to your face, the lens is measured to your pupil. The bifocal needs to be located just below your pupil when you look straight ahead, or else it will interfere with your distance vision because it's in the wrong spot.

I avoid progressives and opt for the "dot" in the center of the lens with bi- or trifocal located in the "dot". This means the peripheral area not covered by the "dot" is your distance vision, which is needed when you look side to side to check traffic. Otherwise you have to bend your head down when looking through a progressive lens (in a completely unnatural way) to avoid looking through the progressive part which is for reading. When you need your bi- or trifocal, you are generally looking straight ahead reading something, so I found progressives a HUGE waste of money.

[kib]

Knowing exactly what size glasses you need, and the optician not screwing things up, are two essential elements in getting glasses that work. My pd is a 57 (average face is a 63) so there really aren't any glasses that fit me perfectly, the pair that came closest in the store says Hello Kitty on the side. My new optometrist, she of the groovy testing devices, charges about $200-$300 for frames, and then $400+ for the lenses. OUCH! Admittedly, not having my pupils in the center of the lenses means progressives aren't perfect, but most of my online issue has been with optician error, apparently some of the cheaper sites use a process that's really not suitable for strong scripts. So I'm not sure if Glasses.com uses a different process or I just got lucky (and finally found a pair in a size close enough to work), but I'm so pleased with these. The "dot method" sounds interesting, I hadn't heard of it, so maybe next time I'll check out Sears and see what they can do for me, but for now, I'm happy.

[Spartana]

I don't wear glasses - yet - but saw an ad on TV that said Walmart was having a sale on it's glases that included both the frame and lens for $38. Don't know if that includes all types of lens and all types of frames but probably not. But if anyone is just looking for inexpensive prescription reading glasses it's probably a good deal. I just started wearing the 100 strength reader glasses to read fine print now so glasses will probably be just around the corner for me.

[kib]

Oh, I think lots of people keep their distance vision forever, and I predict you will be one of them. :)

The deal with most sales is, they don't include anything but a standard 1.59 (thicker), single prescription lens. The minute they see my prescription, the price quote makes me pale; I have wound up wasting a lot of time thinking I was going to pay $100 and having $545.79 staring me in the face as I go to seal the deal. I will say if you have a mild prescription, $38 is a great sale.

[SteveinMN]

The deal with most sales is, they don't include anything but a standard 1.59 (thicker), single prescription lens. The minute they see my prescription, the price quote makes me pale; I have wound up wasting a lot of time thinking I was going to pay $100 and having $545.79 staring me in the face as I go to seal the deal.
Same here. We save the money in an HCRA because the bill is sobering. But if I want a frame that has a resemblance of being au courant and lenses that don't look like bottle bottoms and shift colors and cause comet tails on bright lights, that's the price. One of DW's favorite sayings is, "Sometimes it costs more to be me." I'd love to try a Warby Parker kind of outfit, but, with my prescription, I suspect I'd spend a lot of my time getting it done right.