Went to optometrist yesterday for new glasses and received this gamut of choices that are foreign to me, cause I haven't bought new glasses in like 10 years. Could use some recommendations... I'm 20-600, so thin cut is a must. That's baseline price which is more that most any designer frame out there. Shockingly expensive, but a must. They know they got us. Bastids. Options: Premium cut Transition Glare free Polarized I do have experience with glare free and find that it takes a lot of care to avoid scratches and that pearly luster. So not a big fan unless the technology has improved Premium cut vs standard is completely new to me. Not sure the value and it adds $100. Explained as new tech that increases the perfect view port before curvature comes in. Comparison is contacts create no curvature of view. Is this a noticeable difference warranting the price Transitions. Worth it? Price makes the lenses over $600. I'm tempted to get two pairs. An indoor one and a true polarized outdoor one, unless the transitions are equal to my ray ban sunglasses. Are they? tia
What is your prescription? It'll read something like this: Sphere - Cylinder - Axis - Add +/-#.## -#.## x### (+#.##) OD is right eye, OS is left eye.
They didnt give it to me the prescription yet. But for Contacts it is OD -6.00 OS -6.75 Dailies circumference is like 8 / 13.5. Whatever that company who made Focus Dailies says Does that matter for glasses?
It gives an insight to your glasses prescription. If your contacts are that, you're in the ballpark of -6.50 sphere OD and -7.25 sphere OS for your glasses. Regarding that, your eye doctor should have given you your prescription unless he/she hasn't figured it out yet. It's a federal law whether you ask for it or not. Definitely would recommend something high index for thinner lenses. Lenses have an index of refraction value between 1.53 to 1.74, the lower end being thicker lenses and higher being thinner lenses. You're probably well off with something like 1.67-1.70, you don't have to go to a premium 1.74. You can use this to get a ballpark of your lens thickness: http://www.opticampus.com/tools/thickness.php. Input your prescription and then frame size details. Interpupillary distance is your PD, distance between your eyes. You can get the frame details from the frame, it'll have three numbers like 50-20-145. The first one is the frame eyesize, the second is the bridge size, the last is the temple length. I always recommend anti-glare coatings. They're worth your money to reduce reflection and glare at night. Some of the cheaper anti-glare coatings can get smudgey, but it's worth it. I think transitions look dorky. They activate by UV light, so they don't get darker in the car. If you can afford it, go with the second polarized sunglass prescription. Premium cut vs standard, I'm not sure what that means since people will call it differently. If it's what I think it is, I doubt it's worth the price for your prescription.
Dude that is so awesome. I really appreciate it. They are giving me the prescription Wednesday. I had to rush out and they said it takes 10 minutes or so to get me the formal one I'll post those numbers and get you the description of premium I agree about transition. Dorky I'll get the glare per your recommendation. And probably do the polareized. I'm wondering if both the indoor and polarized need the glare coating. Also is there a brand for anti glare that I can request?
Where are you getting your lenses at if it runs you 600 bucks. Costco can give all those things for less than 200 and they have premium lenses.
polarized is great for the beach, but can be a problem reading your phone and car dash/gps screens btw, i like the anti-glare on seiko lenses best
just use zennioptical.com, glasses are like $30 I have 3 pairs from there and theres really no difference from when I used to spend $200+ at Vision Source
Thin, progressives with transition are quite expensive. And there is a 30% discount that I wasn't applying. But I guess I caused a tangent by mentioning price. And yes, I intend to shop around, but the thread is about additional option I don't know what your prescription is but mine requires thin cut lenses. I doubt the "no matter what your prescription is" is true. You sound like one of the lucky ones who doesn't need thin cut. Further, I'm over 40 and need progressives. I doubt thin, progressives are $30 nor less than $200. Thanks all for the reminder where to shop around, but back on topic. I'm asking about other additional options, and what people think. I didn't create this thread about price, but rather cost/benefit. As mentioned in OP, I'm asking about the added options...Premium v Standard, Transitions, anti-glare and polarized.
I don't know why people just don't get their eyes lasered. I see hipsters in some heavy black frames like my dad wore and think why block your peripheral vision. Over the course of 5 years or so it's cheaper than glasses or lenses, and you get to buy cool sunglasses . I had mine done in 1994 and still at 62 I only use reading glasses to read on paper or use a little screwdriver. It took 10 minutes, I didn't feel a thing and I could see when I walked out the door.
What I'm saying is that Costco and Sam's club will have name brand lenses that are progressive, high index, transition, anti-glare and all that stuff for right at 200 bucks. The only draw-back is they don't have the same selection of frames as boutique places. My sister-in-law is an optician and Costco prices are less expensive than her wholesale costs.
Costco has good prices for your overall package. Some things to consider is that all the warehouse frames are discontinued and leftover stock, not your best designs and no replacements if it breaks. Also, from what I understand, they don't take any vision plans. Buying glasses online is a buyer beware. A study showed that about 48% of online glasses didn't meet the standards for lens accuracy (power, centration, orientation) or didn't meet safety standards for plastics. I suggest never buying online for kids or people will bifocals/progressives. Kids for safety reasons and older adults because bifocals and progressives require the correct placement of the optical center and bifocal height. For those 18-40 with lower prescriptions, it's okay but you get what you pay for.
polycarbonate, anti glare, scratch resistant, transition lenses on some black ray ban frames. with VSP insurance ran me about $125 i enjoy the transitions, they are legit sunglasses when I need them to be. i wear them to play sports. If I'm driving, I stare at the sun out my window for five seconds and they "power up"
My wife got the anti-glare coating from Lenscrafters a few months ago and hates it with a passion. It cost us an extra $100 and it smears constantly.
With respect to the transitions, don't get them if your main reason is to use them as your sole pair of sunglasses. They don't transition well inside a car.
I don't know anything about those lens options--I have a mild prescription. But Warby Parker has lots of nice frames, and they will send you 5 at a time to try on for free (or you can go to their shop). My glasses were $100, and my wife's were $130, because she needed some special lens. Nice experience for my first pair of cheaters.
That's been my experience also but I really have to have them because I have an extreme astigmatism. I carry around a microfiber cleaning cloth and they work great.
