My first online glasses were myopticalshop.com's RM006 - hinged titanium frameless - in gunmetal gray.
I bought them to replace similar frameless glasses but without hinges - similar to the infamous silhouette glasses. One item to note about all these frames from myopticalshop - the bridge and attachment pieces are titanium but the main arm of the temples are plastic and can feel weak. It's probably not a big issue for most people but I don't like the wobbly feeling in hand, although once wearing them, it's not really noticeable. Should you get the hinged versus the hingeless? I see little functional difference between the two except the following: When the hinged version is folded, it fits more easily into a case, like traditional glasses. The hingeless frames tend to 'spring' out of their case and off of desks because the temples act as a spring - not a big deal but that's how my last pair ended up on the floor and crunched... If I could opine a bit, I think the hingeless frame is more elegant and looks cleaner. The hinged frame can become hyperextended and pieces that small can really only be so strong. I recommend finding hingeless frameless frames made of metal, not the plastic ones sold at MOS.com. The fit and feel is better and I think most people are happier with such a setup. A general note about the quality of myopticalshop.com's glasses - overall, the frames are good quality, perhaps a 6.5 out of 10 - the worksmanship of the frame attachment has been very solid, after 6 months of usage they've held up well, still very tight, 8.5 out of 10. The last important item to note would be your prescription and lens choice. I have a severe prescription at +5.00 with astigmatism - MOS.com's 1.67 index lens must not be aspheric, as it's about 20% thicker than my 1.67 Seiko Aspheric (which cost 3x as much). Let us know how you make out. On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:51 AM, yuri <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am almost ready to get my first eyeglasses on line and was looking > at myopticalshop.com rimless selection.Can't decide if i should get > rimless hingeless or rimless with a hinge (their style # RM003) > Can anybody give the cons and pros on these two very similar > frames.Thanks. > Yuri > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
