My new prescription was about -10 and my ophthalmologist recommended progressive lenses. I also had some titanium Marchon Flexon frames I liked. The frames were nearly new but the prescription was badly out of date. My eye doctor was supportive about getting lenses on the web and made sure I had all the information I'd need from her. I'd been reading the forums occasionally in preparation for ordering lenses online when the time came. I worked out some lenses I liked on 39dollarglasses but ran into some questions about SMARTshades vs Transitions VI lenses as well as refractive index. I received a nice email from Tej at SaveMoneyOnGlasses.com suggesting I consider Varilux Comfort poly transitions from his site. I didn't find much information about the company with Google but Tej was knowledgeable, helpful and prompt and I ended up ordering on January 18th, a holiday. My order ended up at $245.95 with 1.67 Varilux Comfort progressive Transitions lenses with Crizal AR. I mailed my frames on 1/19 and waited. Tej let me know he'd received them on the 21st and asked if I wanted the edges polished or not and let me know it would be about a week before he'd be sending them out. I was very anxious and emailed him quite a few times with questions. We spoke by phone too. He'd been concerned that my new prescription was very different from the old lenses on the frames I'd sent. We confirmed the numbers and I gave him my eye doctor's phone number in case he wanted to check with her. We also reviewed PD and Seg HT. Tej emailed on 1/29 with the USPS tracking number, some advice about getting used to progressive lenses, and a note that he'd replaced the nose pads. I'm just waiting on the post office as I write this. The glasses have just arrived and my initial impression is that they look great. I know the lenses are 48 mm wide and I see they're reasonably thin. I pop the glasses on and I'm seeing right away. The next couple hours fly by making dinner, watching TV, and moving my head up and down like a bobble head watching things go in and out of focus. I haven't tripped yet and I'm not going to try driving with them right away. But you don't want to know about me getting used to progressives. I carefully clean the new lenses and put my acute myopia to work examining the workmanship. The lenses seem to have a perfect, snug fit with the frame bezel. The frame is still like new. Peering at the AR coating I see no defects but I can make out some neat symbols and numbers. I seem to remember seeing that before on lenses from a brick and mortar shop. I'm pleased with my purchase as of right now. The optician up the road wanted about $600 for a similar set up. Other than Priority Mail I think the turn around time is similar. I'm going to wear them all day tomorrow and I may ask another friendly optician to take a look and give me her opinion. I had no headaches placing the order, getting the lenses, and literally no headache after wearing them around the house all evening. I'm pleased. :)
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