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The PD is the distance from the centre of one pupil to the centre of your other - I did it myself in the mirror, but it would be fairly easy to do if you can get someone you trust to measure it for you.0
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Thanks for your help!
I got caught up with other stuff, so didn't get round to going, which is just as well. Thanks for the addy- I've emailed them. Do let me know how you get on.
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Regarding PD's (or anything ese you want), you are entitled to a copy of your notes so if the PD isn't noted get someone at the practice to take it, they'll write it on the notes and then you can ask for a copy! PD's aren't very important for low prescriptions but they are VITAL for higher prescriptions. In these cases vertical measurements are also important but that is less likely to be routinely noted at the optician's.0
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The rules state that you MUST be given your prescription upon completion of the test (opticians aren't allowed to keep your copy from you and risk being struck off if they do). However, the PD isn't part of the prescription and so that isn't covered. But there's nothing to stop you asking anyone at the practice to measure it for you - but you can also measue the PD from your old spectacles but you need to know what you are doing! If you know your distance PD the NCD (PD for reading) is 4mm less on average. (Also, the average PD for men is about 66mm and about 64mm for women but this needs to be accurate for higher prescriptions - if you don't know whether your prescription is high, a sphere (usually 'sph' on prescriptions) over +/-3 needs careful handling)0
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I'm not one for handing out praise, but after reading this thread I decided to shop around for some new glasses. I wear contacts 14-15 hours a day but need glasses for those times when my eyes need a rest.
Costco quoted £265 + frames for my prescription (-13) for high index plastic lenses which was about the same as everywhere else.
Finally decided on optical4less after reading comments on here.
Price inc delivery for 1.8 index glass lenses was £52. Recieved 11 days after ordering. They're the best manufactured lenses/frames I've had in 20 years.
Money saved - approx £300. Thanks folks.
P.S. I measure my own PD in a mirror. It's not too hard.
Edited to say - I'm the pickiest person alive when it comes to my contacts and glasses. Two years ago I sent my contacts back 5 times until they got them right. My previous set of glasses went back three times.0 -
Well I was an optician and a -13D prescription should NEVER have the PD (Pupillary Distance) measured in a mirror! The correct method takes parallax into account, not to mention Back Vertex Distance (BVD). An errror of 2mm in the PD will result in 1.6 prism dioptres horizontally so maybe let the professionals do what they are trained to - the danger is that the lure of a cheap price gets you into more trouble than it's worth!
There's a fair bit of info' here:
www.zeiss.de/4125680F0055C122/EmbedTitelIntern/en_zentrierung/$File/en_zentrierung.swf
(By the way, selling glasses online for children and some other groups is illegal in the UK and selling ANY contact lenses (not just tinted ones) is a CRIMINAL OFFENCE!)0 -
I purchased prescription glasses online last month and they are brilliant. very easy process and quick and effecient delivery. I paid about £40 for a pair of designer glasses with lens case and delivery. And they give me a free pair of prescription sunglasses. The last time i got my glasses from my local optician in town i paid nearly £200.
The glasses from the internet were better and cheaper than waht i have had before.
I highly recommend them
their website is https://www.GlassesComplete.co.uk
thank you to them for saving me lots of cash.
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I've spotted some frames in Costco that I like, but unfortunately by the time the lenses are made up, I won't be around to collect them. I was thinking about buying the frames from Costco and getting the lenses fitted somewhere else, but I don't know if anyone does this? Fit another company's frames?
If anyone has any suggestions for what to do, I'd be grateful. I have quite bad eyesight so need to get special thinned lenses, and because I wear glasses all the time, I'd like to try the frames first. (Might rule out online places.)
I bought my current specs from Vision & Express two years ago, so the need for new glasses is starting to get quite important. (Big visible diagonal scratch on one of my lenses!!)0 -
It is possible to get your specs from costco fitted with new prescription lenses. Send your frames to this company called glasses complete in Manchester. I have had it done myself. My specs were done in about 3 days.
It is really cheap compared to what you would pay in shops.
http://www.glassescomplete.co.uk/buy_glasses/reglaze/
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https://www.39dollarglasses.com Purchased no- line bifocals yellow tinted polycarbonate solar progressives "moscow" framed glasses for £60 delivered_______ in ten days over xmas. Today ordered normal bifocals same frame no tint for £41 delivered.excellent value strongly recommended. varifocals same price
Learn from the mistakes of others - you won't live long enough to make them all yourself.0
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