Hi, I'm interested in purchasing prescription glasses online for the first time and wanted to find out about your experience with wearing smaller frame sizes.
My glasses are Kio Yamato KT-251. The default specs are lens 54, bridge 18, temple 134, however the measurements of my glasses are larger - I recorded a width of 148mm (versus 126mm) and a temple of 156mm. I don't know how this is, but my guess is that this is primarily due to bending the hinges. If you see the link below, you'll notice the hinges are not attached directly to the lens but on a sliver of metal, which on my pair have been bent outward. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000ZW45B8/ref=dp_otherviews?ie=UTF8&img=PT01&color_name=x I'm not sure if the dimensions of my glasses are too generous and I can make do with a smaller size frame, or not! Some fashionable glasses I see are in the 120s, or up to an inch smaller. For example: http://www.coastalcontacts.com/glasses/frames/perspective-2005-matte-silver/prod22025.html?rsView=1 So, is going smaller workable, with adjustment to the frames? Is anyone successfully wearing glasses 10mm less, or 20mm less in width from your brick and mortar frame? And does the design of the glasses matter as well, insofar as the hinge design like on the KT-251 or material such as metal or plastic? It would seem, I think, that the width of the glasses affects appearance moreso than comfort if the arms can still fit securely to the temple and ears. Thanks! -- 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
