Thank you!! I've been considering buying a pair of glasses online, and with a prescription of -19 and -14, I've been having a tough time!
If anyone with similarly extreme prescriptions has had experiences (good or bad) with these sites that you'd care to share, I'd love to hear them. -Emily On Dec 7, 4:51 pm, Irene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I played around with various sites listed on GlassyEye to see how > strong a lens one could order, and what the cost would be. I got a > few wacky situations (e.g., a dropdown menu would let you pick a > sphere value for which you would later be told no lenses were > available, or where a progressive would appear to cost less than a > single vision lens, which seems unlikely) and I know from experience > with Zenni that sometimes you can purchase items that are not actually > available. > > However, here's my first take at compiling a resource for nearsighted > folks with very strong prescriptions. When pricing glasses I picked > the cheapest frame (excluding special sale items) and the maximum > correction available (unless otherwisenoted). Basically, those of us > with very strong presciptions (worse than -12.0) have very few > options, and only Goggles4U and Zenni are inexpensive (i.e., under $50 > for single vision). > > Corrections and additions welcomed! > > 39 Dollar Glasses > Maximum single vision correction: -12.0 > Cheapest package: $68.95 > Maximum progressive correction: -12.0 > Cheapest package $99 > > Discount-Eyeglasses.net > Maximum single vision correction: -8.0 > Progressives not available > > EyeBuyDirect > Maximum single vision correction: -10.0 > Cheapest package: $7.95 > Standard lenses are 1.5; $25 extra for 1.57; $42 extra for 1.6. > Maximum progressive correction: -10.0 > Cheapest package: $46.95 > > Global Eye Glasses > Maximum single vision correction: -12.0 > Cheapest package: $158.49 > Maximum progressive correction: -12.0 > Cheapest package: $108.49 (This may be a mistake--it's lower than the > single vision price.) > > Goggles4U > Maximum single vision correction: -20.0 > Cheapest package: $35.99 > Maximum progressive correction: -8.0 > Cheapest package: $61.99 > > Optical 4 Less > Maximum single vision correction: -40.0, in theory. However, when I > tried selecting -40 or -30, I was unable to select a lens options. A > single vision -20.0 was $117, with 1.8 lenses. > Maximum progressive correction: -15.0 > Cheapest package: $207 (with 1.67 lenses > > Specs On The Net > Maximum single vision correction: -10.0 > > Zenni Optical > Maximum single vision correction: -19.75 > Cheapest package: $17 (There is a $9 surcharge for extra strength > lenses. $17 extra for 1.61; 37 extra for 1.67.) > Maximum progressive correction: Progressives and bifocals do not > appear to be available for high strength prescriptions. You can add > them to your cart and check out, but you will get an email later > saying they are not available and that you need to select either > single vision distance or single vision reading glasses. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
