Buying Prescription Eyeglasses Online

miami_fan · 01-28-2018, 08:11 PM

Does anyone have any experience purchasing prescription eyeglasses online?

How did it work for you?

Bee · 01-28-2018, 08:32 PM

I've bought probably a dozen pairs of glasses online through Zenni. I've had no problems with quality or anything on any of them (although I had read a few reviews where people had issues before I bought my first pair). I used my old glasses a couple years ago to get the dimensions that worked best for my face and have basically used that as a general guideline to picking glasses. They are so cheap that I treat it like changing underwear now. I rotate through about 5-6 different pair right now. I have my every day glasses, my going out to dinner glasses, my driving glasses, my beach glasses, my glasses when I wear a blue shirt....

NobodyHere · 01-28-2018, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by miami_fan

Does anyone have any experience purchasing prescription eyeglasses online?

How did it work for you?

I've ordered through glassesusa.com before. Actual quality of the glasses were good. I only found it hard to gauge just how thick the frames on the glasses were.

SackAttack · 01-28-2018, 10:53 PM

Like NobodyHere, I've purchased through GlassesUSA before. I'd cheerfully recommend them.

GrantDawg · 01-30-2018, 06:04 AM

My wife is a licensed optician, and these sites makes her pull her hair out. Basically, if you have regular single vision correction and you do not have a strange PD (Pupillary distance), you will probably be ok. If you have a progressive or bi-focal prescription, pay the money to have someone help you.

Drake · 01-30-2018, 12:11 PM

Our optometrist recommends against them for our kids because of the quality of the glass (i.e., not shatterproof). But when my kids go through half a dozen pairs of glasses a year (each), I'm not paying in-store prices.

(I know, I know. The strong parental argument is to teach them to take better pair of their glasses. Tell you what: you adopt a pair a DCS foster kids and see how well that works out for you, and then we can compare notes.)

ETA: My wife has ordered from both zenni and glassesUSA, and she's been happy with both. Figured I should answer the actual question.

01-30-2018, 12:11 PM	#6
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	Our optometrist recommends against them for our kids because of the quality of the glass (i.e., not shatterproof). But when my kids go through half a dozen pairs of glasses a year (each), I'm not paying in-store prices. (I know, I know. The strong parental argument is to teach them to take better pair of their glasses. Tell you what: you adopt a pair a DCS foster kids and see how well that works out for you, and then we can compare notes.) ETA: My wife has ordered from both zenni and glassesUSA, and she's been happy with both. Figured I should answer the actual question. Last edited by Drake : 01-30-2018 at 12:13 PM.

01-28-2018, 08:32 PM	#2
Bee Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fairfax, VA	I've bought probably a dozen pairs of glasses online through Zenni. I've had no problems with quality or anything on any of them (although I had read a few reviews where people had issues before I bought my first pair). I used my old glasses a couple years ago to get the dimensions that worked best for my face and have basically used that as a general guideline to picking glasses. They are so cheap that I treat it like changing underwear now. I rotate through about 5-6 different pair right now. I have my every day glasses, my going out to dinner glasses, my driving glasses, my beach glasses, my glasses when I wear a blue shirt....

01-28-2018, 10:53 PM	#4
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	Like NobodyHere, I've purchased through GlassesUSA before. I'd cheerfully recommend them.

01-30-2018, 06:04 AM	#5
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	My wife is a licensed optician, and these sites makes her pull her hair out. Basically, if you have regular single vision correction and you do not have a strange PD (Pupillary distance), you will probably be ok. If you have a progressive or bi-focal prescription, pay the money to have someone help you.

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