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Similar to buying eyeglasses online is buying lenses online. If you like nerding out on materials and optics, this can be kind've interesting. First, get famil
by CalChris 9y ago
Similar to buying eyeglasses online is buying lenses online. If you like nerding out on materials and optics, this can be kind've interesting.
First, get familiar with your lens choices.
Drivers
Readers
Single Vision
Progressives
Bifocals
Clear
Tinted
Transitions
Materials
Trivex (I'm a big fan of Trivex).
Polycarbonate
Your prescription must fit in the material's range
http://www.eyeglasslensdirect.com/ http://www.eyeglasslensdirect.com/
I have Trivex single vision readers and tinted Trivex single vision drivers. I'm near sighted and I told my optometrist to give me a reader prescription set for laptop distance. I've also settled on a frame, Flexon 623.
I imagine I could spend a ton on personalized prescriptions but my normal prescription is insanely good. I'm lucky. Personalized prescriptions (free form, ...) are great for people with difficult prescriptions but unnecessary for the common case.
- walterbell 9y agoTrivex is great and 1.60 is a close second in trade-off between optical quality, thinness and impact resistance. For lenses stronger than -5 diopters, a smaller frame eye width (< 45mm) will minimize lens edge thickness, http://www.youngeroptics.com/pdf/trilogy/Trilogy_Monograph.pdf http://www.youngeroptics.com/pdf/trilogy/Trilogy_Monograph.p... Zenni (China lab) has Trivex lenses for $20/pair.