Great Cheap Glasses Hunt

purplepatch

Another vote for goggles4u, both hubby and I have already ordered and I've just ordered myself another pair - at £14 for the complete package including thin lenses and p&p you just can't complain.

Have used glassesdirect in the past but they totally mucked up the order and sent me the wrong thing, not only that but took an eternity about it. My goggles4u specs arrived in just over a week.

My suggestion with regard to choosing a style that suits is to go to your high street opticians and try on loads of different pairs (get rid of any over enthusiastic sales assistant by telling them you're "just looking") until you find a style you like and that fits comfortably. Then look on the inside of the arm where you will find the measurements, which you should make a note of. On a site like goggles4u, you can search on frame width and then look for a style that is similar to the ones that suited you best. It worked for us anyway.

Also with regard to how to measure pupil distance, see here.

specs78

I have an astigmatism in both eyes. Would that mean I need distance lenses, or reading ones? I'm a bit confused as to which lenses suit my prescription, and there's no one I can contact at OpticalBeauty.com or Googles4U.com at the moment.........

EDIT: Has anyone brought the £16 rimless glasses (model no. 4005) from OpticalBeauty.com? I quite fancy a pair, but I'm unsure if they are any good.

thespacecowboy

Another bump for goggles4u.

Ordered one test pair a month ago, arrived in about 12 days and was fine. Bit small for my head, so I ordered two further pairs.
They gave me my 15% discount on the second order, which saved another 3 or 4 quid. I opted for the DHL delivery, and they arrived in perfect order in exactly 7 days,
35 quid all in. Great quality glasses again.

derek_m_4

http://selectspecs.com - supplied me a titanium, bendable, semi-rimless, thin lens, ant-reflection, UV protection, anti- smudge & other stuff that I don't understand for £37.00.

A very polite optician talked me through the whole process - it was very simple

nuttycam

specs78 .. from what i can tell if u drop https://www.opticalbeauty.com an email they get back to u asap, or at least they did for me!

Oh I discovered that to get the £2.50 off your first order you need to use the voucher that comes with your welcome email when u sign up to the site.

specs78

nuttycam wrote:

specs78 .. from what i can tell if u drop https://www.opticalbeauty.com an email they get back to u asap, or at least they did for me!

Oh I discovered that to get the £2.50 off your first order you need to use the voucher that comes with your welcome email when u sign up to the site.

I have to say that Samuel at http://www.opticalbeauty.com/ is one of the most helpful people I have come across. I e-mailed him about a problem I had with the £2.50 gift voucher, and he e-mailed me back right away to say he would refund that amount no question asked. Nice to see the online opticians are more helpful than most in the high street.

I also has a bit of a problem with the width of my frames that I've ordered, and he said he would try and sort it for me as well. Can't say fairer than that.

If you buy some glasses off opticalbeauty.com off the back of my post tell Samuel that Adam sent you I've already got my sister to buy some, and she's pleased, so why not try them for yourself.......

EDIT: I've also brought some glasses from Goggles4u.com. I'll have to see what they're like though..........

davidflett

I ordered a pair of Boss glasses from Goggles4u.com. (they're a best seller) They took quite a while to arrive, around 3 weeks I think (and it's the first time i've seen a cloth pouch sewn up and used as an envelope!). They don't quite look as stylish as on the site. I should've paid more attention to the details of dimensions and such, as there are similar pairs with different dimensions, which may suit me more. They won't be replacing my well fitted, year old pair from Specsavers though.

On the plus side though, they do their job. The prescription is spot on, so they'll do perfect as a spare pair. And for the price, $24.99, I can't really complain. I'd try them again, although I'd pick a different frame, and look at dimensions and such a lot closer.

onedah

Hi Does any one know were you can just order lens at a resonable price?

Thanks

Busybody

Just ordered a pair of varifocal specs from high street chain for the enormous price of £400!! feel ripped off. Too late to cancel, will get details from them though and get a second pair off the web!

al_yrpal

Sorry Busybody!
Went to my optician last Thursday and got a prescription (as I'm over 60 it was free). He quoted me £140 for Varilux lenses + £25 upwards for frames. I got home and looked at this thread and then ordered a pair of Varilux glasses from https://www.39dollarglasses.com, because they were the only people that did Varilux. Had to measure the distance between my pupils - 65mm- got my wife to independently check it. Had to specify where on my nose I wear my glasses. My order went out at 5.15pm Thursday - I had an acknowedgement in minutes, and on Friday morning a confirmation that my glasses were in production.
The glasses turned up in this (Tuesday) mornings post at 8.45am (ie less than 3 working days). They are absolutely perfect. They came with a Varilux certificate and hard case etc. They are extremely light and have a (free) scratch proof coating. In future I'm getting any new glasses this way and so is my Mrs.

God Bless America!