Hi xxtraloud, Your description of your new glasses reminds me of my experience with my first pair, when I was in grade school — over forty years ago. They bugged the heck out of me.
Since this is your first pair of glasses, all of your questions make sense. You apparently have perfect vision in your right eye, with a mild correction in the left. If I were in your shoes, I'd question whether or not to accept a mediocre neutral lens. On the plus side, even with its apparent flaws, the polycarbonate lens is doing one very important thing: it is a very tough material, and it's protecting your precious eyesight better than any other lens material can. On the negative side, while polycarbonate gives a decent correction, it is thicker, and many other materials give optically superior results. Suggestion: go to a place like Sunglass Hut, and try a variety of different non-prescription (neutral) sunglasses. High-impact sport models, as well as safety goggles, are made of polycarbonate. The majority of other sunglasses will have ordinary CR-39 plastic. Perform the same on/off test with your right eye, and see what that tells you about your new prescription lenses. If you decide to try for better quality, your options are many. You might be happier with inexpensive CR-39 plastic. If and when your budget allows, you could even try hi-index. Some might argue that hi- index on neutral or -1.50 lenses would be overkill and a waste of money, but they would be very thin and attractive. The thinnest possible lens, even in neutral, may eliminate the effects that annoy you. Thinness matters more on larger-diameter lenses, which you probably would like better, since you said the edges of the lenses bug you. And it's true, you do have to turn your head more when you wear small lenses. You didn't mention whether or not your Zenni glasses have premium anti- glare coating. I think premium coating might be worth it for you, to make the vision in your right eye as close as possible to like having no lens at all. All of these are just options to consider. Along the way, I've learned to accept many compromises in my vision. I have a strong prescription, and had surgery for detached retina in one eye, which leaves me with an unbalanced prescription — OD -9.00 / OS -4.50. Thanks to Ira and Glassyeyes, I'm a whole lot happier with my glasses than I ever was before. There's no reason you can't get a better pair of glasses that you're thrilled with —good luck! Eric On Feb 24, 6:09 pm, xxtraloud <[email protected]> wrote: > ok so I just got my first prescription from zenni. > I am having some concerns. the specs are L -1.50 180 degree and R > neutral. polycarbonate > first of all i noticed that the R neutral lens brings everything > closer/slightly bigger. so i close my left eye and then i pull the > right lens on and off my right eye and it doesn't look as neutral.i > can see the two images when my sight in right on the border of the > lens. is this normal? > > then the other thing is that i might have gotten glasses with a lens > too small. the lower edge of the lens bugs me and if i don't look > straight ahead and look down a bit my sight falls on the edge of the > lenses or outside. so i always have to move my head to look down. does > this make sense? > > it is my first pair so i have no clue. i have read some opinions that > PC lenses create some distortion and might change colors a bit. should > i return these and get plastic lenses? or even glass lenses? > as far as the lens power it seems correct, my left eye sees perfectly > on focus. > > also one of the temples seems slightly bent. -- 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
