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Buying glasses online
RickRude
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Have my rx now and looking at places to buy glasses. Know it's recommend them online. Any ideas?
One site that was recommended was zenoptical. But I go to pit in my prescription and I can't figure it out. My paperwork says
OD-0.75 -1.00x170
OS-0.75 sph
Also I took a picture of some that for me ok measurements were 53-17-140 what do these represent actually?
One site that was recommended was zenoptical. But I go to pit in my prescription and I can't figure it out. My paperwork says
OD-0.75 -1.00x170
OS-0.75 sph
Also I took a picture of some that for me ok measurements were 53-17-140 what do these represent actually?
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The 53-17-140 are the lens diameter, bridge width, and arm length, in millimetres
You measure horizontally, so 2 x the lens diameter, plus the bridge width, gives the overall width of the frame. Arm length is fairly self explanatory.
Prescriptions are a pain because there is a standard set of information, but not a standard way of presenting it, plus, opticians (at least in the UK, where I am) have got into the habit of obfuscating them precisely to make it difficult to take the prescription and buy glasses elsewhere.
I'm not familiar with US sites, but every site I've bought glasses from in the UK over the last few years has had an option to email or call them to ask for help interpreting the prescription. Is that an option?
Since it's $30 if I were you I would just buy a cheap pair there and wait the five weeks or whatever. If it's not right, do that over.
I've bought a bunch of glasses from them over the years and optically they're always fine, but fit/size is always a bit of a crapshoot until you get them in person. (the 'upload a picture' thing zenni has sort of helps a bit, but only goes so far).
Once I'd got one pair of glasses that were the right size, now I just look for other ones that are similar shape/size and that's worked okay. The only downside I've noticed compared to "real" opticians is that the lenses scratch up more easily; the zenni 'anti scratch' coating helps a bit but they still get scuffed up after a few years, whereas the last pair of $hundreds glasses I got had lenses by Nikon and those lasted a lot longer -- but on the other hand they cost like ten times as much so you'd hope so, and this way I'm just forced to refresh my style every so often.
I would avoid eyebuydirect. Super cheap feeling to the frames. The ones I have held feel like little kid sunglasses in terms of frame quality.
I'm going to stop by there today and see if I can get that. I might just buy a pair there as it's my first pair and it seems simpler. Would like to save money bit might be better getting the first pair in person.