Sunglasses, They Make You Look Great!

You can now make substantial savings by buying your designer glasses on the internet.

This commentary  shows how to get the best deal from ordering your next pair of designer glasses on the web.

Ahead of you order, you need to have your prescription. You should know that all optometrists must furnish you with your prescription particulars by law. There is no commitment to order frames or contact lenses from the optometrist where you had your sight test.

Firstly, search for the terms ‘designer specs’, ‘designer frames’ or ‘frames online’ in Google to find online stores – you should hit upon lots to select. 

Browse through the collections of frames on offer to find the pair that provides you the appearance you fancy. It’s often handy if you call in on an optician to try on different frames and discover the design you wish for, but you can get them much cheaper online.

Did you know frames frames have a size label just like a pair of trousers or a blouse?

Peek inside the arms (or sometimes on the nose/bridge) – you may need a magnifying glass. There are by and large 3 numbers that look like this: 54[]18 135 which are the specs sizes in millimetres.

Choose a frame size within 1 or 2mm of your existing frame lens diameter (in the example above, 54mm) and your new frame is expected to be of a comparable dimension to your present one.

You will want to confirm if the eyewear are for reading or distance work.  It’s essential that you indicate if you require bifocal or varifocal lenses.

You should decide to have thinner lenses if you wish for the specs to be lighter – they also make the lenses seem to be thinner.

Most suppliers will give you with a scratch resistant coating as standard, and this is critical.

You can pick out an anti-reflection finish which cuts down glare when driving, mostly at night. It’s important that you shield your eyes from sun damage by going for a UV400 coating.

Adding a colour tint will help to turn your designer frames into stylish sunglasses. You can choose Transition lenses which go dark in the sunlight automatically.

Choose polarizing lenses for very vivid light environments such as those experienced when skiing or fishing.

Don’t worry if you don’t understand your prescription.   Just put the information shown on your prescription into the order form.

You will need to enter the ‘pupillary distance’ or PD value. This is the length between the centre of the 2 pupils.  This may or may not be laid out on your prescription and if not the website ought to notify you how to compute it.

Once you’ve entered the prescription information you can move on to the checkout.

After you’ve submitted your order, rest. You have just saved yourself a lot of money!