Being able to get affordable prescription glasses should be easy, but this is often times not the case. At times it could cost you $100 or more for just the frames alone, that isn’t mentioning the cost of the lenses that will be on top of that. So what happens when things are too expensive …
2019 is now here, and these days many people are looking for alternatives to save money on their prescription eyewear. 10 years ago purchasing your prescription eyewear online might have seemed like a risky proposal, but today there are many online retailers that offer full prescription eyewear services. Often times these online retailers will have …
For the longest time growing up, I had no idea that prescription sunglasses existed. I always just thought that I was just an unlucky person that was never going to be able to wear sunglasses until my parents let me wear contact lenses, or resort to those big sunglasses that fit over your prescription glasses. Little …
I hadn’t heard of Warby Parker up until a few months ago. I needed a backup pair of glasses and I was looking through some of the popular online retailers like Zenni and Coastal when one of my colleagues told me she just ordered her home try-on set from Warby Parker, which is an online …
Recently there has been more talk about blue light from digital devices, and the dangerous effects it has on the health of your eyes. Researchers from the University of Toledo recently discovered that blue light could potentially speed up an age-related condition called macular degeneration, which causes permanent loss of vision. Although research on the …
If you follow my blog, a couple of days ago I published an article about the pros and cons of Transitions. I had mentioned that “Transitions” is actually a specific brand of photochromic lenses. There are other brands, but for many people, transitions have just become the norm to call photochromic or light adaptive lenses. If …
We all know that kids generally aren’t the best at taking care of nice and delicate items. It is no different when it comes to prescription glasses, which happens to be a nice, delicate and very fragile item. Glasses can be stepped on, lost, broken, half missing, scratched, twisted, or bent so the thought of …
If you have ever looked at the price tag on designer eyewear at your doctor’s office, or local retailer, you know that these frames can be quite expensive. That isn’t mentioning that you still have to purchase lenses with your frames. For years my family would always go to the same eye doctor, get an …
Not long ago, the idea of buying prescription glasses online sounded like a crazy far-fetched idea. Fast forward to today and there are tons of online retailers that offer prescription glasses that you could order right from the comfort of your own home. Some websites offer a virtual way of trying on the glasses, while …
For anyone that wears prescription glasses doing activities that require safety glasses becomes a problem if you don’t have a prescription pair of safety glasses. You can always purchase those big ugly safety glasses that fit over your glasses, but those things look silly. You can go down to your local optical retailer to get …