Has anyone bought prescription glasses online?

[SheltieLover]

Wondering which companies provide the best service, products, & pricing?

Tyia!

[CountAllVotes]

1. Zenni

Long-time customer here!

Highly recommend them esp. if you need multiple pairs of glasses!

https://www.zennioptical.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopB1LfDMidFN7TVCOKncHVNhctGVaCw9rCefg5NbO3YmpKdreCj

[SheltieLover]

6. Tyvm!

[radical noodle]

2. My husband has bought several pairs online

with no problems. Zenni Optical

[SheltieLover]

7. Tyvm!

[Alephy]

3. EyeBuyDirect

I used them last year.

Not issues. Very good selection. Cheaper than Zenni, I thought.

[SheltieLover]

8. Ty so much!

[Tom Dyer]

4. Zenni!

[SheltieLover]

9. Tyvm!

[GP6971]

10. We tried Warby Parker...they were OK but

we preferred staying with Costco strictly for the periodic adjustments we need (we're hard on glasses).

[Silent Type]

11. Zenni is good, cheap, and fast. However, I would not use them more complicated lenses for

extreme near/far sightedness where an imprecise fit causes vision problems and even dizziness/wooziness.

[SheltieLover]

12. Do you know of a better online option?

Or is the issue that they are online & such transactions that are not face to face tend to be less precision fit?

Ty so much!

[Silent Type]

16. Mostly precision fit requiring face-to-face optician. If you don't require that, Zenni is very good.

Depending on your prescription, you can probably get a pair less than $100. And they take returns. Think it’s worth trying.

[SheltieLover]

18. Ty so much!

Would progressive trifocals with an extra prism be a complex rx?

Sorry, I don't know a lot about glasses rxs.

Ty so much!

[Silent Type]

19. Think that might be a problem. Here's what they say on their site.

“Yes, we offer single vision glasses with a prism correction of up to 5.00 diopters in any base direction. We do not offer prism for progressive or bifocal lenses.“

[SheltieLover]

20. Oooh. Ty!

I guess I can forego the progressive lenses.

Tyvm. I have no idea what my prism # is.

Ty so much!

[tanyev]

13. I've been pleased with Zenni.

I will say their cheapest frames are not very good quality, but if you move up to the $30 and up category, they’re fine.

[SheltieLover]

14. Tyvm!

[Warpy]

15. For an ordinary prescription

what they do is feed the numbers into the grinder, put in the blanks, and let the machine do its thing. If you've measured the distance between your pupils correctly before sending them the information, you should be golden. They'll pop the finished lenses into the frames and send them to you. The same thing happens in walk-in places.

If you've got some sort of fancy eye disease requiring a complicated prescriptiion, you're probably better off going into a bricks and mortar place, any ultra complicated grinding will need to be dialed in separately.

(Yes, I have the fancy eye diseases and had to endure grumbling from the techs but when glasses improved my vision, the walk-in places got them right)

[SheltieLover]

17. I'm not sure what a complex rx is

I need 1 for my gs with very slight astigmatism. I presume this would be a simple rx.

For mine, I want trifocals with progressive lenses & need an "extra prism" to help my eyes team more effectively. No fancy eye disease, but is this ghe kind of thing that would most likely be ok to order from Zinni?

Tyia!

[tanyev]

21. Do you have a Warby Parker anywhere near you?

You do have quite a few things going on there. You might get lucky and get new glasses that work just fine, but if something’s off it would be difficult to try and fix it.

Warby Parker at least has physical locations where you can go in and get help in person. They’ll cost more than Zenni, but still be cheaper than at the eye dr’s office.

[SheltieLover]

23. Sadly, WRby Parker is about a 6 hr round trip. 😓

Do they do one hr glasses?

Tyvm!

[tanyev]

25. No, I don't think they do.

Here’s a good article I just found on CNN about several online options. I didn’t realize Target had an optical department.

https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-online-prescription-glasses

[SheltieLover]

26. Tyvm!

[Warpy]

22. Graduated trifocals are kind of on the edge

I went to bricks and mortar places for mine. I knew they'd do a better measuring job than I did. I also got the glasses back a little more quickly.

[SheltieLover]

24. Tyvm!

[Frasier Balzov]

27. I want a glasses merchant who won't require a prescription.

I want a glasses merchant who will manufacture new pairs based on the old prescription etched into the lenses of the old pair.

I don't want a new prescription. I simply want to duplicate my old glasses.

Do I need Secretary Kennedy to help me find a rogue glasses merchant?

Can that crackpot public health menace finally do something to help a guy out?