I've really liked my Goggles4U glasses. The lenses in one of the pairs that I wear all the time (the ones in the current banner of the site), went bad after about a year of really steady wear. I did not treat them well, but I've learned my lesson. I still wear them probably 40% of the time but the lenses are from 39$ (a re-lensing).
Perhaps the lenses weren't as rugged? I'm not entirely sure. I have two other pairs that I wear with less frequency (maybe once a week) and I've not seen any issues with the lenses on them. Of course, now I carry a micro-fiber cloth everywhere. I'm sorry this soured you on the online glasses. I sometimes wonder how things would be different if I was still in one frame every day. I think spreading around the wear in a few pairs has many benefits and certainly leads to a longer life for all of them. -Ira On Nov 18, 1:46 pm, laughograms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have posted elsewhere here about my googles4u purchase. The Rx was > just fine, and I was generally satisfied with the frames although the > plastic felt cheap and a trifle brittle. My biggest complaint was with > the tendency of the lenses to get very smeary and difficult to clean. > You could clean them with lens cleaner, soap and water, microfiber > cloth, whatever and there would still be this kind of filminess to > them. You might have to tilt them a little bit and get light > refletcting off them to see it but it would be there, and it would be > obvious if there was a light source in your field of vision because > there would be this sort of halo around the light source. After much > work I could get rid of this but it was a constant source of > irritation. My wife also ordered a pair from goggles4u and has the > same problem. For some people it might not be something they even > notice but as I wrote in another psoting, I am a film and TV editor > and I have got to have my glasses crystal clear. > > On top of everything else a network cable I was pulling up from under > a desk got stuck for a second and then whipped up and put a scratch in > my right lens. I have had a lot of glasses in the 40-plus years of > wearing them but I have never had a piece of plastic put such a huge > gash in a lens. > > Anyway, so there I was last night, cleaning a cloudy, greasy smudge > off my glasses as usual -- not applying an undue amount of pressure -- > when suddenly SNAP! -- the just sort of popped apart in my hands. I > was stunned! and also blind. Fortunately I still had mty (admittedly > overpriced, but 5 years old and still solid) pair of Silhouettes > stored away. the 'scrip is old but I can see. However, I am not > inclined to purchase eyewear from googles4u.com ever again. Does > anyone understand what I am talking about with this smeariness? I have > never had such a lousy, smudgy lens surface. If I hadn't spend so much > time trying to keep them clean, the (already cheap and brittle) > plastic would not have been progressively weakened enough to break so > easily. I must say this is a deal-breaker for me with the cheap > glasses online. My last post, nobody seemed to understand exactly what > I meant, yet my wife has exactly the same comment about her glasses > form the same vendor, so I know I am not crazy. Other goggles4u folks, > please chime in, and let me know if you have had different or superior > results from another vendor.http://www.flickr.com/photos/jackjack/3040985895/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
