What exactly is your prescription strength? If it is a high negative sphere, you just might be better of with a higher index lens. Lens size can also affect that to a degree with higher power lenses. You might also benefit from a aspherical lens design.
It all depends on the strength of you script. -- Firewalker On Feb 22, 10:26 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > Last year I got a couple pair of glasses from America's Best and > started wearing them instead of contacts, but they were damaged so I > wanted something new. With a new year, and a new insurance carrier, > my wife and I realized that we have one covered eye exam per year at > no charge. Grand plans, we got our eyes checked, got our > prescriptions and placed our first order from Zenni. > > We just got our glasses last week, I got two pair and she got one. > When I try on my glasses, everything seems a bit distorted. When I > look at something like a doorway I can tell that each side of the door > frame bow outward slightly. This is not the case with my old > glasses. Now, my prescription did change, but not by a lot. The new > lenses from Zenni are much thicker on the outside than my old lenses > (which were upcharged for the thinner lenses I think). > > I'm just curious, do you folks think distortion like this could be > caused from having the wrong PD, or is the prescription itself at > fault? > > The new glasses do provide better vision, but the distortion is > annoying. When I try on my wife's pair, there is no distortion (but > they are not the correct strength, so while they improve my vision a > little bit they do not correct it). Just wondering if I should try > to order another pair with an adjusted PD, or maybe the thinner lens > upgrade, or should I get my eyes re-checked? Any suggestions? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
