"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. "
I had the same experience with a pair from glassesunlimited. I didn't like them much but kept them as one of those 'spare pairs'. As far as I can tell they no longer have the frame, so no link, but they were also listed as Full Frame. Now I like the web sites that give a 360 deg view so I can look for that if I suspect it. On Oct 7, 6:58 pm, actionjbone <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
