Last Monday I broke my glasses. I had two others, a single prescription (near vision only) pair with clear lenses, and a bifocal pair of sunglasses. I could use the first pair for using my PC, but for anything requiring me to see clearly more than a few feet away I've been wearing sunglasses all week.
I ordered a new pair from eyebuydirect.com that same Monday, and the glasses arrived today. What a relief! :) :) :)
I completely understand how you feel.
share> I completely understand how you feel.
Completely? Cool. Glad I'm not the only one getting a constant succession of eyeglass ads on MC's pages -- Warby Parker, JTV, etc.
Mine are -3.25, so not great. I have 4 pairs of prescription Ray-Ban Teardrop Aviators and people always look at me funny when I wear them indoors, lol.
share> Mine are -3.25, so not great.
So unlike me, you could get same day service if you ever needed it. I don't have my prescription handy but remember that one eye is nine point something and the other is eight point something. I think both numbers were negative but don't remember -- in any case, I'm severely nearsighted. Without lenses, anything more than a few inches away is blurry.
Pre-Covid I’d spend 4 months of the year outside the UK, so I always carry a copy of my prescription with me, just in case.
Ironically, my optician here is -10!
> Pre-Covid I’d spend 4 months of the year outside the UK
After my bad experiences, if I spent four months away from home I think I'd bring a half dozen spare eyeglasses along!
> Ironically, my optician here is -10!
Wow! Glad to see I don't have the world record.
I can hear you brother.
My biggest fear is stuck in a desert island without my glasses.
I learned my lesson the hard way a few years ago. I broke my bifocals but figured, hey, no problem, I'll just buy dinner for a friend in exchange for a ride to one of those places that do same day eyeglasses. Nope, that didn't work. Turns out those places only do same day service for mild or moderate prescriptions, like six diopters or less. I had to wait ten days for a new pair, while using my reading glasses (near vision only) for everything. Since then I keep spares with far vision in the car.
To anyone reading this considering buying eyeglasses online -- Your prescription has information about how warped your vision is, and most of the information about the dimensions of your eyeglasses are printed on the inside of the temple pieces. But if you've only gone through the routine process of eye exam followed by a visit to an optician, there's one piece of necessary information you might not have -- your "pupil distance." How far apart the center of your pupils are. Your optician measured that when fitting you with new glasses but probably did not share that information with you if you didn't ask for it. According to these online eyeglasses sites, there are ways to measure that yourself, but I'd rather leave that to the professionals -- the last time I got glasses from an optician I did ask for it and got it. If you're an old fart like me and need two prescriptions you'll have two pupil distance measurements, with the near prescription distance being slightly less than the distance for far vision. For example, my near vision and far vision pupil distances are 59 and 62 millimeters respectively.
That means everyone goes a little cross-eyed when reading?
I didn't know about pupil distance but it seems obvious now you've said it - live and learn.
> That means everyone goes a little cross-eyed when reading?
Sure. Think about what happens when you look at something very close up, like your own nose. Your eyes cross inward.