A good site with information about frame fit, including photos, is http://www.opticianworks.com. On that site, click Resources and Frame Fit Gallery and that will show you how frames are supposed to fit.
On Mar 2, 2:42 am, David <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?... > If the temples bend outward, that means the frame size is narrow for you and if they bend inward, it means they are wide. There are photos of this on the Opticianworks website I listed earlier in the message. > 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-... > I have bought from Coastal Contacts before, and they do make good glasses, but one problem I had was the measurements on their site. The total width of the glasses is nothing more than the lenses plus the bridge. That is fine for some glasses, but for other styles, like the one you've shown, the hinge to hinge width will not match this. Other glasses sites do give the hinge to hinge width, which can help in getting a proper fit. > 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! Whether or not going smaller than what you have will work for you is hard to say. It depends on if the glasses you have a proper fit to begin with. My last pair of glasses before buying online often slid off my face, but I live in contacts so it didn't bother me much. After looking on Opticianworks, I found that my temples were too short and I've since bought a pair with 145 instead of 140 temples and they fit much better. I have a couple of pairs with 140 temples and since they are metal, I managed to move the bend back a little and they fit OK, but I'd have been better off getting 145 temples. I'm going for my annual check in July or August so I'll know for next time. You'll need to get the hinge to hinge width of your glasses, then determine if you have a proper fit, then decide from there. Good luck to you. RedStickHam -- 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
