thanks Eric! that was a fantastic response! this is a great forum, I just wish it would move a little faster. I am not sure why it takes so long for messages to appear.
now i understand much better a lot of things. I am gonna try the regular plastic this time with a slightly bigger lens height and width. someone suggested saturnoptical.com they dont really have many reviews but have a good return policy and a frame within my requirements. also they seem to ship fast. i am going to add A/R coating and UV coating. my question is if any of those two coatings will impact the neutral lens or not? and yes I had the premium AR coating on my zenni's. It's the one that costs $5 extra, if you call that premium. about the hi-index, most hi-index are only offered with PC and some are unspecified if they are PC or not, but they can get pretty expensive. On Mar 25, 3:31 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
