Eyeglasses

[Sonny]

My story:

I wear contacts now but I used to wear ultra-light rimless glasses before when I was in college a while back.

The main reason I switched was because one day while getting out of my car and going to class, a strong gust of wind blew my glasses off of my face...Now I am totally blind and can't see 6 inches from my face without corrective lenses...And my rimless glasses were invisible and ultra-light...who knows how far the wind blew it.

I was piiiiiisssed b/c I had to get to class asap to take a test, and also how the hell was I going to drive back home??? I saw a blurry blob figure walking by me and I grabbed to guy begging him to help me find my glasses LOL poor guy must have thought I was insane. But luckily he found it for me...my entire glasses were blown away 20 feet by the wind gust....I would have NEVER found them myself. They were still intact, but their light-weight allowed them to be suceptible to wind gusts, and their invisibility made them impossible to find (esp to a nearly blind person like me).

Glasses? Never again...it compromised all of my feelings of security too much.

But since you asked about glasses, I would probably advise you to stay away from rimless...yes the are nice looking, and very very light but boy you better alway carry an extra pair on you.

 

[annr]

But since you asked about glasses, I would probably advise you to stay away from rimless...yes the are nice looking, and very very light but boy you better alway carry an extra pair on you.

That's a very tragic story. I am sorry to hear about it. The rimless glasses were very popular here. One of my colleagues went through three pair of the very expensive brand, I'll leave out for now. She is a pianist (no wind, or active sports) and while she was playing and teaching the glasses snapped. Each time they were replaced but after the third time it became ridiculous. I guess she is luckier than she might have been. (Even some of those cases let the glasses fly out when opening-this happened to me).

As a multi-pair owner (metal, plastic, rimless, semi-rimless), I would have to agree with your comments about the rimless. I like my two pair of Brookes Brothers, plastic glasses, horn rim-type frame. They seem pretty sturdy. I can remove them with one hand, don't have to worry about setting them on the desk or table just so. There is no worry about the paint chipping, which does happen even with expensive frames.

I'm glad you are able to see with the contacts.

 

[gazz98]

I have gone to brick n mortar places in the past, namely Pearl Vision (my sisters neighbor is the Optometrist) and he takes good care of me. I might check into Zenni for the actual frames tho. I get a $120 toward a new pair of frames each year, so I tend to pick something that fits me well and comes in under $120.

I would also highly recommend getting transition lenses, they auto tint in sunlight. With my insurance, it's an additional $20 and WELL worth it. I keep clip on shades in my truck, but for the quick walk of the dog or run somewhere, the auto tint comes in very handy and really cuts down on the squinting.

Oh, get the scratch coat too for a few extra bucks. Scratched lenses suck.

 

[Sonny]

That's a very tragic story. I am sorry to hear about it. The rimless glasses were very popular here. One of my colleagues went through three pair of the very expensive brand, I'll leave out for now. She is a pianist (no wind, or active sports) and while she was playing and teaching the glasses snapped. Each time they were replaced but after the third time it became ridiculous. I guess she is luckier than she might have been. (Even some of those cases let the glasses fly out when opening-this happened to me).

As a multi-pair owner (metal, plastic, rimless, semi-rimless), I would have to agree with your comments about the rimless. I like my two pair of Brookes Brothers, plastic glasses, horn rim-type frame. They seem pretty sturdy. I can remove them with one hand, don't have to worry about setting them on the desk or table just so. There is no worry about the paint chipping, which does happen even with expensive frames.

I'm glad you are able to see with the contacts.

Oh by the way, to clarify, actually my glasses fared pretty well (no damage), even though they were blown away from my face 20 feet. My cautionary tale was really to highlight the fact that since rimless glasses are so lightweight and nearly invisible...if they do get somehow blow off one's face by a gust of wind in a freak occurance then it'll be nigh impossible to find them on your own ...esp if one has very poor eyesight as I do haha...

But much thanks for the sympathy, it was one of the few moments in my life where I felt utterly helpless...

Cheers my friend. :thumbup:

http://www.1-save-on-lens.com/

FYI, the above store requires no prescriptions for contact lenses. They are a Canadian company so it's legal. They carry all major contact lens brands and are legit.

I stock pile extra contacts of slightly different powers from my current prescription from them for future use just in case.

 

[annr]

I stock pile extra contacts of slightly different powers from my current prescription from them for future use just in case.

Perhaps you are located in Canada, so this is not useful, but I was surprised to learn that Costco sells contacts at half the prices that we were used to paying.

 

[Piso Mojado]

Forty years ago, when wire rim and rimless glasses were the bomb, I was walking knee-deep (so I thought) in the surf, looking at the girls on a beach in Peru instead of at the sea, when a big Pacific breaker knocked me head over heels. That was the last I saw of my glasses, and the last time I bought no-see-um frames.

If you have a high prescription, you will do better with frames like these:

If you need to do something athletic, this will keep them on your face:

 

[mycroftt]

Proper fit is important. Here is a cool little tutorial on what the size numbers mean.

 

[LawyerSam]

Well, interesting thread. I am now in the stage of needing bifocals and so, went with progressive lenses and hi index lenses at Lenscrafters. Two pair, one sunglasses with bifocals, was about $400.00, so not too bad. Problem is, I should have gotten the sunglasses as bifocals. I can not read anything with them on, but they are good for driving, or watching sports outside. But I am about to go to the beach and unless I either replace the lenses, or get a whole other pair made, I will probably do one of two things: (1) get a pair of sunglass readers or (2) find those sticky things that attach to the bottom of your sunglasses that act like the readers.

What do you suggest I do? If Zeiss could make me some, what measurements and stuff do I need to send them?

Oh, one other thing, I swear that cleaning my glasses leaves streak marks even though I use the solution and a microfiber cloth. Is something now going wrong with the a/r coating, since these glasses are only 10 months old?

 

[dipbait]

Well, interesting thread. I am now in the stage of needing bifocals and so, went with progressive lenses and hi index lenses at Lenscrafters. Two pair, one sunglasses with bifocals, was about $400.00, so not too bad. Problem is, I should have gotten the sunglasses as bifocals. I can not read anything with them on, but they are good for driving, or watching sports outside. But I am about to go to the beach and unless I either replace the lenses, or get a whole other pair made, I will probably do one of two things: (1) get a pair of sunglass readers or (2) find those sticky things that attach to the bottom of your sunglasses that act like the readers.

What do you suggest I do? If Zeiss could make me some, what measurements and stuff do I need to send them?

Oh, one other thing, I swear that cleaning my glasses leaves streak marks even though I use the solution and a microfiber cloth. Is something now going wrong with the a/r coating, since these glasses are only 10 months old?

I have a brand new pair of progressives and i cant read with them either.

 

[Grouch]

I use the rimless/titanium frames but they never come off accidentally; I use extra-long arms and have them bent to work like cables (they curve part way around my ears).

 

[LawyerSam]

Dane, I can read with the progressive lenses in my non-sunglasses. The sunglasses, I got single vision and now, if I have up close reading, say the speedometer in my car, it is not as clear as if I would have gotten the progressive lenses.

 

[YayILikePie]

Picked up a basic pair of aluminum square-frame glasses which have held up alright. However, after looking around at all the various styles available, I'm really curious to see if I can get a pair of prescription pince-nez, as they're very minimal and plain just look nice. Shame they stopped making them back around the '40s, not to mention that most optometrists refuse to work on them.

 

[Sonny]

Perhaps you are located in Canada, so this is not useful

Nope, New York :thumbup:

 

[Last Visible Canary]

What do you suggest I do? If Zeiss could make me some, what measurements and stuff do I need to send them?

To make bifocals a company needs your pd measurements, and the seg height measurement. The seg height depends on where the glasses rest on your face and how you tilt your head when reading, some people keep their head straight and look downward (so they only need a small amount of seg), while others til their head to look almost straight at the page (so they need a lot of seg so they don't have to read in an awkward position). If you are sending the frames to a zeiss lab, you can have a store like lenscrafters mark where your seg should be on the lenses and tell you what the measurements are. If you are ordering a pair from them directly, you might be able to find a similar sized pair in a store and have them mark them and give you the measurements (without buying them).

Oh, one other thing, I swear that cleaning my glasses leaves streak marks even though I use the solution and a microfiber cloth. Is something now going wrong with the a/r coating, since these glasses are only 10 months old?

It could be the residual oil coat they put on a/r lenses when shipping them. We take it off with 99% isopropanol at work, but you can do the same with 70% alcohol that you get at longs. just use toilet paper or a lens tissue to wipe them down, paying close attention to the edges. Or go into a store and have them wipe them down with alcohol until there is no visible residual streaks or residue on the edges.