EyewearTalk

I am currently wearing my first pair of glasses with multi-focal lenses. It’s taken me a while but I’ve come to like them.

Just around the time I bought these, some friends were talking about how they were adjusting to their new progressives and they complained about dizziness and headaches. Fortunately, that was not my experience. The thing that made me want to rip them off my face was that the near vision lens seemed to be positioned too high and was blurring my distance vision. I noticed it especially when I was driving and needed to see distant most of the time.

It made me feel like I wasted my money but I knew going into this that there might be a few false starts.

From the beginning, I was wary of how well multi-focal would work in small sized lenses, but the sales person assured me there was no problem. I originally wanted glasses with larger lenses but they’re hard to find, especially for men.

I am considering taking the glasses back to the store to see if the nose pads can be spread out so they sit lower on my face.

I’ve had these for a couple of months, now, and I’m starting to like them. I am naturally looking through the right part of the lenses for near and far, and I am not feeling like I want to tear them from my head. I’ve even had friends ask me to read small print for them.

Empowered with a print out of my prescription, I am on the look out for discount priced glasses and, if the price is low enough, I’ll buy a pair for general use and a pair specifically for reading and see if I like that arrangement.

Many of the brand name Prescription Glasses we sell at OpticsPlanet are available as bifocals and no-line progressives. In my next blog entry, I’ll give more details about how to order multi-focals. Until then, I recommend that you see our Bifocal Guide and our Trial Program.

An important decision when buying sunglasses is choosing the right lens color. There is a lot of information out there about this but it’s worth going over the guidelines. Choosing the right lens color is especially important when your application is sports.

For general purpose, gray is the most popular. Gray lenses do not change the color of what you see, and gray is light enough to use in low light and dark enough to protect against UV and IR radiation. Green colored lenses work like gray and are a good general purpose. Ray-Ban is famous for dark and green tinted lenses.

Brown hues improve both contrast and depth perception and range in shades from dark to amber to yellow. Serengeti uses amber for its drivers lenses. Amber is also good for golfing glasses because it brings out the contours of the green. Our Guide To Golf Sunglasses has more information and links to sun glasses we recommend.

The brightness of yellow colored lenses makes them excellent for low light or overcast conditions. Yellow provides excellent depth perception and is used for sports such as cycling, skiing and shooting. Rose colored glasses work like yellow by adding brightness and enhancing contrast. Rose is also very soothing to the eyes. Yellow or rose colored lenses are often the choice for Ski Goggles because they brighten the view when it’s snowing and help you see the contours and ice on a slope.

Blue-tinted lenses enhance contrast and reduce glare, and this makes them a smash on the tennis court! Our Tennis Sunglass Guide has information and links.

Keep this simple palette in mind and you’ll see more of what you want.

The Bolle representative was here recently giving us an update on their latest styles. He had trays of sunglasses laid out on the table and no one could resist grabbing glasses and seeing how they looked in the mirror.

Glasses are fun. Some people have closets full of shoes for every occasion and many of us are just as ga-ga over glasses. Elton John must have a whole wing of his house for his collection.

I like eyeglasses. Sunglasses are more utilitarian for me and I wear them, basically, to protect against UV radiation. But, if I had the chance, I’d love to mix it up and present a fresh look everyday with eyewear that matched my mood. Now that prescription glasses can be ordered on the internet at more affordable prices, I thought my dream of a closet full of glasses would come true, but I’m not sure yet.

I was Googling for glasses the other day and stumbled on a number of web sites that offer prescription eyewear for around $39.95. I thought, heck, even I can afford a low-risk gamble like that. I checked them out and the selection of styles, including some classics that my trendy local eyewear chain wouldn’t be caught dead carrying, made me excited. At that price, I could be really irresponsible and order a cutting-edge fashion frame and a pair just for reading.

I showed the web sites to a co-worker and she said I should find out what their return policy is. I thought this was a good suggestion because, along with not wanting to toss my money into the virtual unknown of the internet, I am concerned about who gets my personal information and credit card number.

Alas, my research on the companies cooled my burning desire to be cheap chic. Basic information, such as return policy, phone number or e-mail address, was sometimes missing and this did not give me a warm-fuzzy. I was not sold by the companies with unclear pictures or little information about the frames. Some stores looked like fronts for drop-ship operations that might confuse my order with the tube-socks they sell on another site.

The jury is still out. If I find a style I can’t live without and I get a sense the company’s real business isn’t stealing credit cards, I might give it a try. I would definitely pursue it if I was buying for someone else who is in a low income situation, especially with the classic, long-lasting frame styles some of these stores offer.

At OpticsPlanet, we don’t have prescription eyewear for $39.95, yet, but we do have the best brands of Sunglasses, Prescription Eyewear, top-notch customer service and a Return Policy.

I will keep you informed if I decide to take the leap and try the others.

Welcome to our eyewear blog! My name is Pete and I’m a Product Specialist in the Eyewear Group at OpticsPlanet.

One of the best things about working at OpticsPlanet is the opportunity to experience the good feeling you get when you really help someone. We are very proud of our level of customer service and we are not shy to say, “Let us help you because we’re the best.” You deserve the best.

One way we’ll use this blog is to discuss details about eyewear that will help you make the best buying decision. The first tip I’d like to pass on is to take advantage of the savings available on eyewear when you shop online. This is true for sunglasses and especially true for prescription eyewear. We’ll talk more about this later but you’ll be glad when you feel confident about shopping on the net.

This blog is also a place for fun eyewear topics and we’re fortunate that eyewear is a fun topic. We’ll keep you up to date with the latest fashion announcements from the eyewear houses and we’ll be ever vigilant on celebrity eyewear watch.

Before I go, please, Contact Us if we can help. You’ll be happy you did because, as I said, we’re the best. Two informational pages on our web site that I recommend are our Sunglasses Guide and our Prescription Eyewear Guide.