As you mentioned, they're *Chinese* frames. It could also be a
localized thing...most Chinese are of smaller stature than
Europeans/Americans. The smaller sizes could be a better proportion
for smaller people?
I'm relatively short (5'8") for a Texan, but am fairly average for an
American. By many Oriental standards, I'd be considered quite tall.
-- Chuck Knight
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 2:42 AM, garyinla <[email protected]> wrote:
> It seems to me, after checking out a lot of eyeglass frames at local
> stores and also online, looking at the measurements, that the chinese
> noname eyeglass frames generally (not always) are shorter than 30mm in
> height. On the other hand, many (not all) branded, designer frames
> are larger in height, with many between 30 and 35mm and some larger,
> some going over 40mm in height.
>
> As most of us know, progressive lenses require a certain height, and
> if you do a search on the online store websites for progressive
> capable frames, these will be the larger of the frames sold on the
> website.
>
> But even so, it seems to me that there's a clear trend where these
> chinese noname frames are much shorter in height on average in general
> than name brand, designer frames, and also than most vintage frames.
>
> Some of this could be fashion trends, but i feel that there also may
> be a factor where the chinese producers want to keep costs down by
> using less materials on frames and lenses by mostly offering short
> height frames.
>
> To people new to these online stores they may be surprised when they
> get their ordered glasses and see how short they look on their face,
> not realizing how the measurements translate into how the frames look
> in person on their faces.
>
> It seems to me that of the online stores, the 39dollarglasses.com
> website seems to offer frames that are somewhat larger in height more
> than zennioptical.com and some of the other more popular websites. I
> read somewhere that 39dollar was reviewed somewhere as having frames
> that fit better than some of the other websites.
>
> I wonder if keeping the frame heights down below 30mm allow the
> chinese producers to use shorter blanks for lenses, or even if they
> can cut the standard blanks in half and use half a standard size lens
> for each frame lens. This is just my speculation but i suspect
> there's some profit/cost incentive going on to keep most of the frame
> heights very low.
>
> One thing Ive noticed for example is that a standard large aviator
> frame in the US is generally 58mm in lens width, with a lens height
> somewhere in the area of 50mm. If you look on the websites selling
> the chinese noname eyeglass frames, it is very rare to see any aviator
> style sold in excess of 54mm lens width, with a height greater than
> 35mm. Same situation is true about Wayfarer type frames. The real
> Wayfarer and other similar frames from branded manufacturers sold in
> the US have lens heights in excess of 40mm generally, roughly but on
> the chinese noname versions they generally never exceed approximately
> 35mm in height.
>
> I am just pointing this out for consideration and discussion. I dont
> like it. I dont like the fact that the options for the larger sized
> frames are much less with the chinese noname producers than with name
> brand manufacturers.
>
>
>
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