I've ordered a few pairs of glasses from Zenni and Coastal, and have been happy overall.
I decided to check out Firmoo, and chose a reasonably-fashionable black frame, the 1132: http://www.firmoo.com/eyeglasses-p-1132.html It arrived in a little over a week, which is impressive for glasses coming straight from China. What's not impressive, though, are the glasses themselves. The glasses appear to be a full-frame pair, but most of the "frame" around the lenses is just a thin piece of metal in front - the lenses are held in place by a nylon thread (as with half-frame glasses) and are actually behind the metal. This wouldn't be a bad thing, and I even like the look, but they're described by Firmoo as a "full frame" pair of glasses, so the description is misleading. The website claims this pair has a spring hinge. It doesn't. Also, the photo of the glasses shows that "MFAN" is printed on the arm. I didn't really mind that - except on the other, non-pictured arm, "MFAN" is upside down! The arm is connected properly, the text is just upside down. I understand that English letters must be as indecipherable to them as Chinese letters are to us, but if they don't have someone who can make sure these things are right, they should probably keep words off the frames. I also have some other, more minor gripes: The Firmoo case isn't as good as even Zenni's, and Zenni's case isn't exactly top-of-the-line. The Firmoo case has foam padding on the bottom, instead of the top, so if the glasses were to bounce around too much, the lenses could get scuffed against the top of the case. The lenses give me more fishbowl than I'd expected. I opted for the plastic CR-39 lenses, even though my prescription is +3.5/+4 and Firmoo says you should only go up to +/-2 with their CR-39, so that's basically my own fault. But I'd ordered frames with same-size lenses from Coastal and chose their plastic lenses, and am happy with those, so I was hoping the Firmoo plastic lenses would be about the same. There's no invoice or other paperwork. It was packed in a box stuffed with newspaper for padding, and it had suitable postal labels on the outside, but that's it. It did come with a little eyeglass tool, extra screws, and extra nosepads, so I guess that's good. And the whole thing came within a little nylon bag, but I'm not sure how useful the bag really is. I'm planning to return them, though Firmoo doesn't cover return postage. I can't see myself wearing these, and the frames aren't high enough quality for me to want to spend $10 or $20 more on the higher- index lenses. I hope to order another similar black frame online, but I can't see myself ordering from Firmoo again. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
