I’ve been going to VisionWorks but I want to shop around this time. I don’t want to go to any Luxottica store.
I’ve never bought online. Is that a good option now? How do you know how the glasses are going to look on you?
Thanks for any ideas.
ETA: Thanks everyone. Great tips and info!
I got one pair from Zenni and they were junk, definitely “get what you pay for” level crap.
I got my most recent pair from Eyeconic just because it’s connected to my insurance company somehow, and even though it cost around twice as much I’m definitely more than twice as satisfied with them.
You’re not wrong. I would say they’re functional junk. They’re definitely cheap, but they got my prescription spot-on , and it took me like 4 months to notice the slight warping on the lens. If they weren’t all I can afford, I would buy from elsewhere, but they aren’t the worst thing I’ve had to compromise on for price. I wish my cheap junker car worked as well as these glasses.
I’ve pretty much purchased glasses exclusively from Zenni for the last 8 years or so. They have frames that every level, but they’re cheap enough that you can just try different frames till you find the ones you want. I’m pretty cheap, so I order the $8 frames. And now I’ve settled on a style I like and I just reorder it every time. So I’ve got a drawer full of zenni glasses now.
Being inexpensive is a good thing, that way I can have throw away glasses for trips and backups and backups and backups. And an extra pair for the car and an extra pair for the other car. Cheap is amazing
Either Zenni or EyeBuyDirect.
Online. Some vendors are crazy cheap
Which vendors specifically?
Zenni is one
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Eye Buy Direct was half the cost of even the cheapest store bought glasses in our case, and I really like their order status tracking! Don’t sign up for their emails though, you’ll get like five a day 😳
Depending on how picky you are about how glasses frames might look or feel, you may want to consider finding frames separately and mailing them in to get lenses added. It will still save you money! But if you’re less picky they do have both virtual try one and measure your pupil distance so your chances of liking them seem good!
We’ve tried online but had bad luck figuring out the PD number at home. Not sure if anyone has tips to measure it more accurately
There are apps that will scan your face and tell you your PD
Ask for the PD when you get your exam.
Zenni will ship you a PD ruler for free and I think has a pdf of one.
I still get eye exams at my Dr. I make sure they send me with my rx including PD.
My wife is bad at using the pd ruler
I feel like they have tried to tell us we couldn’t have the PD because they knew we were going to buy glasses online.
Just ask the optician to do it for you. Or the ophthalmologist. Or whoever you’re seeing. The medical professional has a duty to give you your biological data. That’s above selling glasses.
Zenni, until I learned the V.A. makes glasses.
Bought a couple of pairs from Costco.
Costco is amazing. Even my optometrist agrees that their quality is great. He said if I wasn’t going to buy from him, then go to Costco
Came here to say Costco, too.
Costco really is the best
I didn’t want to prompt this but I was thinking about going this route. I’ll check them out, thanks.
Got two pairs from Costco recently. Definitely impressed with how quickly they were ready and the overall quality.
Zenni their prescription sunglasses are really good
Had amazing luck with Warby Parker. Way cheaper than Walmart out of pocket for much, much higher quality than any of the vision stores I’ve been to
I’ve been in a rough spot lately, so my glasses are about 8 years old now. Hopefully I can get some insurance this year to get a new prescription, at which point I’ll be shopping wherever it’s cheapest and insured!
I’ve bought countless pairs from Zenni for more than a decade and they’ve always been pretty good. Sometimes some frames might feel a little cheap but that seems to have gotten better. For kicks I just bought a pair from EyeBuyDirect and was very pleased. They had them to me in about a week and they are perfect. For the prices, especially for single vision, you could try with very little risk. One thing that I’d note is make sure you get your Pupil Distance measured accurately. I’ve tried at home and was off. Any doc will do it at an exam.
Zenni Optical. I get progressive lenses with anti-reflective coating and a nice frame for a little more than $60 US. That’s probably ten percent of what I’d pay at a mall store.
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