Hi, I've never posted here before but had read a bit, and was reassured that buying glasses online might be worth a try. I did, and found some frames I thought I would like at eyebuydirect.com. It turns out I was right about the frames; they are just as nice as I'd hoped and the price was great for them, as well as the 1.74 high index lenses. However, the lenses leave something to be desired. Is it just my pickiness? I sort of wonder, but I dont think so.
I am rather nearsighted, over -8 in each eye, so I'm used to dealing with thick lenses and how they look. Every time I've bought at a store, I've been instructed to buy the smaller frame size, and anti- reflective coating, and I've most of the time been pretty happy at the result. But the glasses I got in the mail give me this VERY coke bottle look, even from straight on. Had to describe; the lenses are pretty thin and dont go too much beyond the frames, but they somehow dont seem to look as thin as they are, and I think this may have to do with the curve of them on the back, and flat front surfaces, as well as what I think may be an inferior anti-reflective coating? I mean, I can tell the coating is there from the rainbow look when I look at them in the light, but it's not that effective. I was wearing them in my car and happened to look at myself in the rear view mirror today and the reflections were extremely bad. The lenses themselves also have a grey look to them even though I ordered no tint. So I guess my question to those of you out there who know these things is - what do I need to know when ordering (and paying extra for) super high index lenses? Do I really need to pay more for a name brand? Due to an eye condition, I will now need to wear glasses a lot more of the time than I used to, my eyes cant tolerate contacts as well, so this is a big deal to me. -- 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
