Congratulations on finding GlassyEyes! I'm in much the same situation as you - I'm just getting ready to buy my first pair(s) of glasses online.
1) For lens thickness, you may find this calculator very useful: http://www.opticampus.com/tools/thickness.php - put in your prescription and it will tell you what thickness will result from each index (1.57, 1.61, 1.67). 2) I think you just have to look at the fine print. Some kind of anti- UV is included at Goggles4U, Zenni Optical and Optical4Less, though at Optical4Less some lenses have "98% UV protection" and some have "100% UV protection." I don't know one way or the other about other retailers. 3) AR is antireflective... 4) ...and yes, I think it's the same as antiglare. I think it helps if you spend a lot of time at a computer; your mileage may vary. 5) Most places (Zenni, Goggles4U, Optical4Less) go to 80%. 6) I didn't know that brown is better than gray... all the major retailers do tinting in a variety of colors, but I can't answer you about the opacity. 7) Never heard of this before. It sounds neat, though! 8) AV is "accomodative vergence" - I'm not too clear on what is myself, but it has to do with differences between one's contact lens prescription and one's eyeglasses prescription. Good luck! On Jan 25, 9:42 am, Woe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone :) > > Fist,I want to thank Ira a lot for his blog and this place.You changed > completely the way I'm seeing the world.Quite litteraly in fact :) > > How can I say this...My glasses where "deathly wounded" about 2 weeks > ago.They were berely wearable.While desperately searching online for > prices I found your blog.And I don't think I'll ever buy glasses in > store.Now I can even have beatiful glasses,fashionable...And change > them when I want!Even sunglasses!Seriously,I spent one full day in > some kind of dazzed exitement when the realisation hit me. > > And now time has come to make a move. > > Since I'm a french speaker I don't understand some formulation or > words.And I forgot to ask my optometrist some questions.Not sure he > would have answered anyway,I was clear about my intention to buy > online.He refused to give me my pupillary distance,saying it was the > optitian's job. > > I intend to start with 3 pairs of glasses.One bendable but simple,one > more fashion,funky,and one pair of sunglasses.My intention is to buy > from at least 2 stores,if possible 3. > > What stresses me is the type of lenses (1.57 , 1.61 , 1.67,etch) and > the types of coating.I'm pretty sure I found those informations when I > was looking at the reviews but I can't find it now than I need it. > > And I'm sorry to ramble so much.Fact is than I'm exited to try...And > anxious too,a lot. > > I'll try my best to translate informations from my prescription > > | | | Spherical | Cylindrical > | Axis | Prism | Vertex > > far vision E.R. -5.75 > E.L. -5.75 > +0.50 085 > _____________________________________________________________________________ > optical ecart (google's traduction) | A.V(??) | > ____________________________|___________| > ________________________________ > | far near | | > E.R E.R | E.R 6/6 | > E.L E.L | E.L 6/6 | > > I've put only the informations where something was hand written.The > prescription was not made on a computer but on a paper pad with the > clinic's logo. > > So my questions are: > > 1: Witch type of lenses should I look for?(1.57 , 1.61 ...?)I don't > want to pay for thinner (or the thinnest) lenses if the difference > would be minimal.I'll do the shopping,I just miss a number target. > > 2: I saw somewhere tant the UV coating was at some place included in > the price and at others already in the lenses.How do I know it's > already there? > > 3:What's the AR coating? > > 4: Anti reflective coating...Is it the same thing as Antiglare?Looks > like it to me,but I'm just not sure.If it's not,what is the difference? > Would I need either anyway? > > 5:Tints...I think I saw somewhere that brown was best for > protection.But a wich %?I'm searching an almost completely opaque > ideally.I mean tha my eyes would be barely visible while I'm wearing > it.Well,if it even exists.Never had one in my entire life^^Never > looked for it either. > > 6:Not crazy about the brown anyway...Is it possible to obtain an > equivalent protection and opacity with black or gray?Or mirror?(That > one is from my boyfriend :D)At about wich % ? > > 7:As far as you know,is (I don't know how to say it...) progressive > tint existing somewhere?I mean that the color is darker in the upper > part of the lenses,going progressivelly clearer,see-trought.I searched > for it on a few web sites,but if they have it,it's somewere I did't > looked or I didn't understood what it meant. > > 8: What this A.V. in french could mean? > > I'm sorry if I ask questions allready answered a million times.And I'm > sorry if the answers are somewhere not too far,I was unable to find > it. > > Ant I'll share the knowledge gladly when the occasion present itself :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! 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