reasonably priced specs for long distance on line?

caringa

Can anyone recommend a decent website for buying long distance specs? I know you can buy cheap reading glasses from Primark etc but not sure where to get long distance ones for my daughter. Hope someone can give me an idea - thanks!

wallbash

Sorry failing to follow your request.
If your daughter needs specs go to a proper opticians, her eyesight is far more important than you saving money.

caringa

wallbash wrote: »

Sorry failing to follow your request.
If your daughter needs specs go to a proper opticians, her eyesight is far more important than you saving money.

Just to make it clear - she went to a proper opticians, was told she needed glasses for driving but neither she nor we can afford to pay the price they require. I didnt say her eyesight is not important - just asking if anyone can offer a cheaper alternative - quite a staightforward request really and not one which requires me being judged as to whether I am risking her eyesight in order to save a few pounds!

mandragora_2

Did the optician give her a prescription following the eye test? If so, she could use that and look for online opticians, who will give a good deal, and she should get the glasses she ought to have. I don't know enough to know what the benefits and pitfalls of this might be, but it is the route we went when my husband wanted prescription sports sunglasses to wear for cricket and skiing. He doesn't wear them all the time, and goes to the opticians for his 'everyday' glasses, however the sports glasses were hideously expensive from the high street and he made a good saving buying online. He hasn't remarked on any difference in quality in the ones he got online.

On the other hand, I gave up using cheaper High Street opticians, when the glasses they prescribed and sold me just left me with headaches, and I now go to a more expensive independent, well-regarded local optician. The glasses I bought following my eye test with him were, admittedly, expensive compared to the high street opticians', but it was the best £200 I've spent in the last few years. If I needed to save money, I'd use the prescription from him to source from an online supplier, but I'd have to be quite skint to give up the value for money buying mine from the independent optician has given me.

wallbash

I stand by every word I posted.

Flugelhorn

If she had an eye test she should have been given a prescription which she can take to any high street glasses store - I have had my eyes tested in the past and felt that the cost of the glasses at the particular optometrist was too high - so took the prescription to one the high street (you know, where I should have gone anyway !) and got 2 for 1 or whatever / also do good value ranges of glasses inc lenses.

caringa

mandragora wrote: »

Did the optician give her a prescription following the eye test? If so, she could use that and look for online opticians, who will give a good deal, and she should get the glasses she ought to have. I don't know enough to know what the benefits and pitfalls of this might be, but it is the route we went when my husband wanted prescription sports sunglasses to wear for cricket and skiing. He doesn't wear them all the time, and goes to the opticians for his 'everyday' glasses, however the sports glasses were hideously expensive from the high street and he made a good saving buying online. He hasn't remarked on any difference in quality in the ones he got online.

On the other hand, I gave up using cheaper High Street opticians, when the glasses they prescribed and sold me just left me with headaches, and I now go to a more expensive independent, well-regarded local optician. The glasses I bought following my eye test with him were, admittedly, expensive compared to the high street opticians', but it was the best £200 I've spent in the last few years. If I needed to save money, I'd use the prescription from him to source from an online supplier, but I'd have to be quite skint to give up the value for money buying mine from the independent optician has given me.

Yes - she did get a prescription. Just wanted a recommendation for an online supplier, or a cheaper high street one.

dippy3103

I got my driving glasses from glasses direct- they require a current prescription to make the glasses up. Very impressed

mandragora_2

MSE has this buying guide, which may help: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/cheap-glasses

(The supplier we used for OH's glasses was optilabs, but they specialise in sports glasses, so any recommendation for them wouldn't be relevant for you, by the sounds of it.)

blackshirtuk

Hi,

just recieved my glasses from goggles4u.co.uk. I was a little skeptical as the price was only £40 for single vision lens with react to light and hard/clear coating including delivery. A similar pair from Asda was £129.

The website says 10-14 days but in reality was about 3 weeks, but for the price i am willing to wait.

The quality is at least as good if not better than the Asda pair