I've purchased 5 pairs of progressives. In the future I will not buy lenses less than 32 mm high. Those are slim enough. I have 3 pairs of rimless and one will be useless unless I lose or break the other two. It's just too narrow and they just aren't wide enough. I also have two pairs of sunglasses and tend to prefer the larger size. I didn't think through clearly enough having sunglasses that are the same size as my regular glasses. So my narrower ones are a back up. The lenses on both are fine; it's just a matter of style preference for sunglasses. Go bigger than regular glasses. Both pairs of sunglasses have plastic frames.
So I've learned that I don't want to go less than 32 mm high with lense sizes, and I want to make sure the overall width of the frames is large enough for my face. The ones that work best for me are from EyeBuyDirect. Read the posts. People have been delighted with purchases from other online vendors. I'm not sure of the other place I ordered from. It was over 2 years ago. I think for a lot of us it takes a few trials, but for the price, one can order 3 or 4 pairs of glasses for less than what we'd pay for one pair locally from most vendors. Go ahead and try a pair. Most sites will show you what they offer for progressive lens users, and there's usually a nice variety. And if you really have no idea what style you want, go to a local retailer and try several on. When they ask if you need help, be truthful: "No thanks. I'm just looking." Then go shop online. ^^ Jenny On Aug 28, 10:35 pm, Steevo <[email protected]> wrote: > I am wearing progressives. > I have bought online in the past, but the glasses I am wearing as I > type this came from JCPenney, which I cannot really recommend. > > But who has bought progressives from online sellers, and what did you > buy and how do you like them? > I know progressives vary. The older ones had a narrower reading than > is advertised on the really really expensive lenses sold at your local > shop. Or so they all say as they quote you $350 for your glasses. > > But what do you get from the online sellers? > > Do the progressives you got have a good reading and intermediate > area? > Did you have trouble with the seg height ordering online? > Did you upgrade? > Some places, like Zinni and maybe 39dollarglasses, have only one kind > of progressive lens to sell, though I thought 39dollar had lens > options a few months ago. I don't see them now. > > Some have upgrades available, even name brand at the same prices you > might pay at a local store. Even hundreds of dollars. > > So any endorsements from anyone? Can anyone say they got good > performing progressives online from anyone, and were able to adapt to > them well? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
