One thing I found when it came to shopping online for my fathers progressives is that many of the online places require a larger frame and lens size so the segments aren't very narrow and they can fit a wide variety of customers with little hassle. In the end, most of the issues with my father came down to the actual segment size which had less to do with PD and more to do with the actual brand of the lens and his ability to get used to them. Don't get me wrong, PD is very important, but brands like Younger and Varilux seem to be less troublesome for him. For his use, he found ClearLight Lenses to be perfect and he felt better when 39dollarglasses told him that he could have them re-segmented. Beyond the actual frame size, no real fitting was necessary and just his PD worked perfectly.
With that said, one thing that helped is that 39dollarglasses sent him frames to try on and whatever he didn't like he sent back. They were really accommodating even going so far as to let him try many of them at no cost. The ones he liked, they put lenses in for him and he was thrilled, saving over $300. In all, I think they might be able to do what you're looking for so I would give them a try. Anyway, I hope this answers a few questions for you. On Mar 22, 12:11 am, garyinla <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings. > > One of the holdbacks/concerns of potential customers to online > eyeglass stores in my opinion, is the issue of how to ensure that a > customer's progressive rx is properly filled for the particular frame > purchased online. > > I have no optician training but my understanding is that the > customer's fit in a particular frame will vary frame by frame, as to > where the center of the eye is in the frame, from top to bottom. And > that where the progressive lens should be centerered in the frame will > therefore vary frame to frame, customer to customer. > > Right now, some online eyeglass stores do not sell progressive lenses > for this reason. Other ones do, but will not provide a refund on > progressive lenses for this reason. > > I am a progressive lens customer and i want to know myself how I can > order eyeglasses online with a progressive lens rx with any assurance > that the eyeglasses will work well for me. It seems to me to be a > crapshoot if no measurement info is given to the online store before > they prepare the lens in the frame and mail it to me. > > And unlike a PD #, theres no single measurement that covers all frames > for this issue, it varys frame to frame, based on the size of the > frame and how it happens to fit on the customer's face and also how > the nose pads/bridge is adjusted on the customer. > > What would seem to me to be a good idea is to have the frames shipped > ot the customer with just the demo clear lens and then have the > customer mark where his pupils are centered in the frame, and then > mail the frame back to the online store to have lenses installed. > > I dont know if any online store will work this way and if anyone has > tried to do this before. > > If anyone has any opinions/ thoughts/ suggestions on this topic pls. > reply. -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to glassyeyes+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
