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Vinc
Feb 1, 2010, 11:14:46 PM2/1/10
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My new prescription was about -10 and my ophthalmologist recommended
progressive lenses. I also had some titanium Marchon Flexon frames I
liked. The frames were nearly new but the prescription was badly out
of date. My eye doctor was supportive about getting lenses on the web
and made sure I had all the information I'd need from her.
I'd been reading the forums occasionally in preparation for ordering
lenses online when the time came. I worked out some lenses I liked on
39dollarglasses but ran into some questions about SMARTshades vs
Transitions VI lenses as well as refractive index.
I received a nice email from Tej at SaveMoneyOnGlasses.com suggesting
I consider Varilux Comfort poly transitions from his site.
I didn't find much information about the company with Google but Tej
was knowledgeable, helpful and prompt and I ended up ordering on
January 18th, a holiday.
My order ended up at $245.95 with 1.67 Varilux Comfort progressive
Transitions lenses with Crizal AR.
I mailed my frames on 1/19 and waited. Tej let me know he'd received
them on the 21st and asked if I wanted the edges polished or not and
let me know it would be about a week before he'd be sending them out.
I was very anxious and emailed him quite a few times with questions.
We spoke by phone too. He'd been concerned that my new prescription
was very different from the old lenses on the frames I'd sent. We
confirmed the numbers and I gave him my eye doctor's phone number in
case he wanted to check with her. We also reviewed PD and Seg HT.
Tej emailed on 1/29 with the USPS tracking number, some advice about
getting used to progressive lenses, and a note that he'd replaced the
nose pads.
I'm just waiting on the post office as I write this.
The glasses have just arrived and my initial impression is that they
look great. I know the lenses are 48 mm wide and I see they're
reasonably thin. I pop the glasses on and I'm seeing right away. The
next couple hours fly by making dinner, watching TV, and moving my
head up and down like a bobble head watching things go in and out of
focus. I haven't tripped yet and I'm not going to try driving with
them right away. But you don't want to know about me getting used to
progressives.
I carefully clean the new lenses and put my acute myopia to work
examining the workmanship. The lenses seem to have a perfect, snug fit
with the frame bezel. The frame is still like new. Peering at the AR
coating I see no defects but I can make out some neat symbols and
numbers. I seem to remember seeing that before on lenses from a brick
and mortar shop.
I'm pleased with my purchase as of right now. The optician up the road
wanted about $600 for a similar set up. Other than Priority Mail I
think the turn around time is similar. I'm going to wear them all day
tomorrow and I may ask another friendly optician to take a look and
give me her opinion.
I had no headaches placing the order, getting the lenses, and
literally no headache after wearing them around the house all evening.
I'm pleased. :)
progressive lenses. I also had some titanium Marchon Flexon frames I
liked. The frames were nearly new but the prescription was badly out
of date. My eye doctor was supportive about getting lenses on the web
and made sure I had all the information I'd need from her.
I'd been reading the forums occasionally in preparation for ordering
lenses online when the time came. I worked out some lenses I liked on
39dollarglasses but ran into some questions about SMARTshades vs
Transitions VI lenses as well as refractive index.
I received a nice email from Tej at SaveMoneyOnGlasses.com suggesting
I consider Varilux Comfort poly transitions from his site.
I didn't find much information about the company with Google but Tej
was knowledgeable, helpful and prompt and I ended up ordering on
January 18th, a holiday.
My order ended up at $245.95 with 1.67 Varilux Comfort progressive
Transitions lenses with Crizal AR.
I mailed my frames on 1/19 and waited. Tej let me know he'd received
them on the 21st and asked if I wanted the edges polished or not and
let me know it would be about a week before he'd be sending them out.
I was very anxious and emailed him quite a few times with questions.
We spoke by phone too. He'd been concerned that my new prescription
was very different from the old lenses on the frames I'd sent. We
confirmed the numbers and I gave him my eye doctor's phone number in
case he wanted to check with her. We also reviewed PD and Seg HT.
Tej emailed on 1/29 with the USPS tracking number, some advice about
getting used to progressive lenses, and a note that he'd replaced the
nose pads.
I'm just waiting on the post office as I write this.
The glasses have just arrived and my initial impression is that they
look great. I know the lenses are 48 mm wide and I see they're
reasonably thin. I pop the glasses on and I'm seeing right away. The
next couple hours fly by making dinner, watching TV, and moving my
head up and down like a bobble head watching things go in and out of
focus. I haven't tripped yet and I'm not going to try driving with
them right away. But you don't want to know about me getting used to
progressives.
I carefully clean the new lenses and put my acute myopia to work
examining the workmanship. The lenses seem to have a perfect, snug fit
with the frame bezel. The frame is still like new. Peering at the AR
coating I see no defects but I can make out some neat symbols and
numbers. I seem to remember seeing that before on lenses from a brick
and mortar shop.
I'm pleased with my purchase as of right now. The optician up the road
wanted about $600 for a similar set up. Other than Priority Mail I
think the turn around time is similar. I'm going to wear them all day
tomorrow and I may ask another friendly optician to take a look and
give me her opinion.
I had no headaches placing the order, getting the lenses, and
literally no headache after wearing them around the house all evening.
I'm pleased. :)
Vinc
Feb 9, 2010, 11:43:35 PM2/9/10
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A second opinion about my lenses from SaveMoneyOnGlasses.com
I have additional information and a correction.
It's taking a while to get used to the progressive lenses and I wanted
to confirm the prescription of my new lenses was correct and generally
that they'd been made properly. Everyone warned me it would take a
week to a month to get used to progressives but I felt I had to be
certain my problems didn't arise from improper workmanship.
I took my new glasses to Dr. Sarah Scribner in Boulder, Colorado for a
second opinion.. She told me the prescription was right on and the
lenses were excellent. What had looked like tiny crop circles to me
were laser etchings describing the exact lens materials. She said the
lenses were made with some newer technique that gave me less
distortion. I regret I didn't have time to learn more about that. She
drew little dots on the lenses and made measurements. Clearly, I don't
remember all the details but she was very pleased and assured me the
lenses were not my problem and that I was having a normal time getting
used to the lenses.
Her optician did adjust the frames to move them significantly closer
to my face.
My correction is that I quoted the price wrong. I paid $294.95 for
lenses.
I'm still pleased and I'll have one more long missive to write before
I'm done.
Vinc
I have additional information and a correction.
It's taking a while to get used to the progressive lenses and I wanted
to confirm the prescription of my new lenses was correct and generally
that they'd been made properly. Everyone warned me it would take a
week to a month to get used to progressives but I felt I had to be
certain my problems didn't arise from improper workmanship.
I took my new glasses to Dr. Sarah Scribner in Boulder, Colorado for a
second opinion.. She told me the prescription was right on and the
lenses were excellent. What had looked like tiny crop circles to me
were laser etchings describing the exact lens materials. She said the
lenses were made with some newer technique that gave me less
distortion. I regret I didn't have time to learn more about that. She
drew little dots on the lenses and made measurements. Clearly, I don't
remember all the details but she was very pleased and assured me the
lenses were not my problem and that I was having a normal time getting
used to the lenses.
Her optician did adjust the frames to move them significantly closer
to my face.
My correction is that I quoted the price wrong. I paid $294.95 for
lenses.
I'm still pleased and I'll have one more long missive to write before
I'm done.
Vinc
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