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No, you need to upload a prescription.

anonomousename 2y ago
Glasses do not require a prescription - you can enter arbitrary values. Contacts on the other hand, require a prescription within the last year and is verified with your optometrist.
OutOfHere 2y ago
That's blatant nonsense. In practice, you do need to have a prescription so you know exactly what to get, but you can type in the numbers without having to upload anything.
- sushid 2y ago
  That's literally not true. Places will request your prescription and will not fulfill your order until the prescription is sent over.
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  - alsodumb 2y ago
    Nope, not true at all. Go to eyebuydirect.com, enter any random prescription and buy those glasses. I've done this like 20 times, mostly because my prescriptions were from doctors outside United States. It's an American company. AFAIK there is no regulation in the US that requires prescription from a doctor to get the glasses.
    - JZL003 2y ago
      Yes me too! This is amazing for reading glasses -> computer glasses. Converting a normal distance -> reading means adding 1.15 to one column of numbers. But it was too strong for me, so I used eye buy direct to try a sweep from 100%, .66%, and .33% and each are great for different situations .33 of 1.15 was amazing for computers, comfortable but I can still look at distance somewhat
  - jauntywundrkind 2y ago
    This thread was a reminder that I needed some prescription sunglasses. There was an option to upload my prescription, so they could auto-detect the values from it. But there's a button just below that for "manually enter". I never saw any other prompts, on the way to checking out.
  - _zoltan_ 2y ago
    Maybe in the US. You can just order glasses globally (friends use HK, I'm in Europe) and nobody gives a damn about any prescription.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
  I have used Zenni and several other online stores, and all of them will require you to upload a current doctor ordered prescription (one that has not expired). You cannot just take the numbers you already know and order a pair for yourself on any of these sites, as far as I know.
  - OutOfHere 2y ago
    If you look closely, there is an option to enter your prescription numbers manually.

Glasses do not require a prescription - you can enter arbitrary values. Contacts on the other hand, require a prescription within the last year and is verified with your optometrist.

OutOfHere 2y ago

That's blatant nonsense. In practice, you do need to have a prescription so you know exactly what to get, but you can type in the numbers without having to upload anything.

sushid 2y ago
That's literally not true. Places will request your prescription and will not fulfill your order until the prescription is sent over.
- deleted 2y ago
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- alsodumb 2y ago
  Nope, not true at all. Go to eyebuydirect.com, enter any random prescription and buy those glasses. I've done this like 20 times, mostly because my prescriptions were from doctors outside United States. It's an American company. AFAIK there is no regulation in the US that requires prescription from a doctor to get the glasses.
  - JZL003 2y ago
    Yes me too! This is amazing for reading glasses -> computer glasses. Converting a normal distance -> reading means adding 1.15 to one column of numbers. But it was too strong for me, so I used eye buy direct to try a sweep from 100%, .66%, and .33% and each are great for different situations .33 of 1.15 was amazing for computers, comfortable but I can still look at distance somewhat
- jauntywundrkind 2y ago
  This thread was a reminder that I needed some prescription sunglasses. There was an option to upload my prescription, so they could auto-detect the values from it. But there's a button just below that for "manually enter". I never saw any other prompts, on the way to checking out.
- _zoltan_ 2y ago
  Maybe in the US. You can just order glasses globally (friends use HK, I'm in Europe) and nobody gives a damn about any prescription.
blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I have used Zenni and several other online stores, and all of them will require you to upload a current doctor ordered prescription (one that has not expired). You cannot just take the numbers you already know and order a pair for yourself on any of these sites, as far as I know.
- OutOfHere 2y ago
  If you look closely, there is an option to enter your prescription numbers manually.