I’ve been going to VisionWorks but I want to shop around this time. I don’t want to go to any Luxottica store.
I’ve never bought online. Is that a good option now? How do you know how the glasses are going to look on you?
Thanks for any ideas.
ETA: Thanks everyone. Great tips and info!
Had amazing luck with Warby Parker. Way cheaper than Walmart out of pocket for much, much higher quality than any of the vision stores I’ve been to
Zenni has really good prices. I bought some prescription sunglasses from them for about $50. The site suggested I spend an extra $70 on high-index lenses but I ignored it. Glasses work great.
We’ve tried online but had bad luck figuring out the PD number at home. Not sure if anyone has tips to measure it more accurately
Zenni will ship you a PD ruler for free and I think has a pdf of one.
I still get eye exams at my Dr. I make sure they send me with my rx including PD.
My wife is bad at using the pd ruler
I feel like they have tried to tell us we couldn’t have the PD because they knew we were going to buy glasses online.
Just ask the optician to do it for you. Or the ophthalmologist. Or whoever you’re seeing. The medical professional has a duty to give you your biological data. That’s above selling glasses.
There are apps that will scan your face and tell you your PD
Ask for the PD when you get your exam.
Do reading glasses count? I just buy mine at the pharmacy.
I’ve been looking for a new website. I need XL frames as I have a wide face and it’s almost impossible to find decent frames.
I’m getting a few extra wide frames to try for free from Warby Parker.
Big wide head people unite!
On eyebuydirect.com, you can filter the frames by XL (and they’ll give you the exact measurements as well). I also have a wide face and have found frames that work for me on this site.
Just checking the suggestions in this thread. https://www.39dollarglasses.com/eyeglasses/extra_wide
Seems to be some of the larger cheap frames I’ve seen around
Bought a pair from Zenni some 3 years ago for literally pennies (15$ for the frames, 10 for lenses). I have since carelessly snapped them (but keep elongating their lifespan unnaturally with super glue). Gonna buy my next pair from Zenni. I swear by them now for how cheap and durable these are, rarely had a pair of glasses survive 2 years before, and these were so much cheaper.
They also have regular people levels of quality, but I’m poor so it’s nice they have shit for people like me too.
Zenni Optical. I get progressive lenses with anti-reflective coating and a nice frame for a little more than $60 US. That’s probably ten percent of what I’d pay at a mall store.
I’ve been in a rough spot lately, so my glasses are about 8 years old now. Hopefully I can get some insurance this year to get a new prescription, at which point I’ll be shopping wherever it’s cheapest and insured!
Bought my current pair from Zenni. Getting the pupilary distance was a bit of a pain, but I’ve been happy with them. And the price was much better than the wallet rape by Luxottica.
Did you measure your own pupillary distance?
Ya, and I’m not entirely certain I got it right. My optometrist provides the prescription, but not the PD measurement.
Bought a couple of pairs from Costco.
Got two pairs from Costco recently. Definitely impressed with how quickly they were ready and the overall quality.
Costco is amazing. Even my optometrist agrees that their quality is great. He said if I wasn’t going to buy from him, then go to Costco
Came here to say Costco, too.
I didn’t want to prompt this but I was thinking about going this route. I’ll check them out, thanks.
Costco really is the best
I got one pair from Zenni and they were junk, definitely “get what you pay for” level crap.
I got my most recent pair from Eyeconic just because it’s connected to my insurance company somehow, and even though it cost around twice as much I’m definitely more than twice as satisfied with them.
You’re not wrong. I would say they’re functional junk. They’re definitely cheap, but they got my prescription spot-on , and it took me like 4 months to notice the slight warping on the lens. If they weren’t all I can afford, I would buy from elsewhere, but they aren’t the worst thing I’ve had to compromise on for price. I wish my cheap junker car worked as well as these glasses.
I’ve pretty much purchased glasses exclusively from Zenni for the last 8 years or so. They have frames that every level, but they’re cheap enough that you can just try different frames till you find the ones you want. I’m pretty cheap, so I order the $8 frames. And now I’ve settled on a style I like and I just reorder it every time. So I’ve got a drawer full of zenni glasses now.
Being inexpensive is a good thing, that way I can have throw away glasses for trips and backups and backups and backups. And an extra pair for the car and an extra pair for the other car. Cheap is amazing
Local optometrist.
I did buy some sunglasses online from EyeBuyDirect, but they cost about as much as they would have at the optometrist. That is, after adding on the coatings and things that I want.
The frames definitely felt cheaper than the nicer name brand frames. But theyve held up for when I use them in the car.
Whatever is convenient for the exam and first pair of frames/lenses are covered by my insurance so I’ll do those at the exam place.
After that, Zenni.
Sam’s club. $60 or so for prescription glasses.
