Eye Test, Contact Lenses & Glasses - Page 2

Graham M · 10-05-2013, 00:05

I use Specsavers, I pay £15ish a month which gives me a set of monthly contacts (they're not the cheapest as my eyes dry quickly!) solutions, etc. and I get a £70 discount off glasses once a year and includes all of my sight tests which I think is very reasonable indeed.

coulsontom · 10-05-2013, 00:16

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Originally Posted by Graham M

I use Specsavers, I pay £15ish a month which gives me a set of monthly contacts (they're not the cheapest as my eyes dry quickly!) solutions, etc. and I get a £70 discount off glasses once a year and includes all of my sight tests which I think is very reasonable indeed.

Yes. I think the offer is every 2 years m8. But you get £70 off or put money towards designer glasses as part of contact lens contract.

There are 3 different types of lens depending on what suits, how much air they let through etc... I have middle ones. Then you can get fancy 24 hour ones and such like.

They are good tho, like if your prescription changes they always give u new lenses to replace your old ones immediately, so you end up with a back up few sets of lenses just in case u lose some out n about.

or u could get dailys.

Graham M · 10-05-2013, 00:26

I always keep a few boxes of dailies to hand for if I just fancy wearing them the odd night rather than opening a brand new pack, or if I don't intend on going home

alferret · 10-05-2013, 05:43

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Originally Posted by thenry

No. I've never had my eyes tested or worn glasses or contact lenses. For the last year I've had trouble seeing things at a distance and yesterday I thought something grey was brown.

How do you know you need glasses?
I'm 46 & get my eyes checked every 2 years I personally think my eyesight is worsening and yet they say its fine, in fact last time I got mine checked I was told I was in the top 5% of the country in my age group for near perfect eyesight, yet I think its poor, who am I to argue with a pro.
My eyes take longer to focus on distance & I have 3 scratches on my right eye from a work accident 15 years ago which causes a grey floating shadow on white backgrounds.
Don't be so impatient to wish your eyesight away, or self diagnose. You may think you need them and then it turns out you don't.

thenry · 10-05-2013, 08:41

ok

Dash: CF noob · 10-05-2013, 10:13

Laser eye surgery you know you want to

Taf · 10-05-2013, 10:55

I have free NHS eyetests every 2 years at a High St optician, but then use the Optical Voucher at Specsavers (BOGOF) whenever the frames fail. Between frame failures I use a local shop called specs4less who replace the varifocal lenses in a couple of days at a fraction of Specsavers prices.

**Maggy** · 10-05-2013, 10:55

I go to Specsavers but then I have a family member working for them so I get even more off in family rates.

I couldn't afford varifocals and photocromic lenses otherwise.

Pierre · 10-05-2013, 11:08

I go to specsavers,

Buy one get one free is good value and the range of glasses is very good.

I also wear contact lenses but I buy daily disposables off the internet from Vision Direct.

jamiefrost · 10-05-2013, 11:17

Go to specsavers as well, but I use extended wear contact lenses. Take them out every two weeks and wear glasses for a weekend then put them back in for another two weeks. New pair everyone, hated messing about with solutions and putting in and taking out everyday.

Get my lenses form the internet either asda or postoptics

J

Anonymouse · 10-05-2013, 14:07

You could do a lot worse than Norman Cloughs - they do a very thorough eye test. Incidentally, if there's any history of glaucoma or similar in your family, you get a free eye test. They're the people who discovered my glaucoma, because they're thorough, and they're who I went to when my retina detached (though I didn't know that was what was wrong!).

thenry · Yesterday, 17:25

2 years ago I decided to try out visionexpress. Lovely service. I didn't have an appointment I just walked in to browse their glasses. I got more than a viewing. The staff squeezed me in for an eye test and they offered very good guidance on glasses more than I received at Specsavers.

I revive this thread because I want to buy some new glasses and I'm looking online. Has anybody got experience with straight frames above each ear.

https://visual-click.com/en-int/prod...02qv-1bo1o1-56

Do these type fall off? I normally get glasses with curve round the ear, wrap round the top part of the ear.

Itshim · Yesterday, 17:51

You do know you can swap the glasses in the first 100 days if you are not happy for any reason

thenry · Yesterday, 17:55

I don't own a printer. I normally go library for all my print outs. To save the hassle of printed returns I thought may be somebody on here has experience with straight above the ear glasses.

**Chris** · Yesterday, 19:18

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Originally Posted by thenry

2 years ago I decided to try out visionexpress. Lovely service. I didn't have an appointment I just walked in to browse their glasses. I got more than a viewing. The staff squeezed me in for an eye test and they offered very good guidance on glasses more than I received at Specsavers.

I revive this thread because I want to buy some new glasses and I'm looking online. Has anybody got experience with straight frames above each ear.

https://visual-click.com/en-int/prod...02qv-1bo1o1-56

Do these type fall off? I normally get glasses with curve round the ear, wrap round the top part of the ear.

Yes, I had a pair. Don’t do it. They will blow off your face the first strong wind of autumn … as mine did last January, 2 months after I got them. They hit the ground and slid, took a couple of deep scratches and needed replaced.