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?
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