Choosing glasses be hard

[ZG002]

My glasses are actually very much like the 2nd ones top row, They also seem to suit you the best imo.

I was lucky my sister works at an optician so I ended up paying very little compared to the original price.

You really do need to visit a optician though as if you get the wrong size frames and they ain't adjusted for you they will be a nightmare.

 

[PardonTheWait]

First two are the nicer ones.

Those stupid online things are an awful way to pick glasses though. Go to the opticians and grab one of the girls there, they'll help you, it's their job.

 

[RedMogg]

Can you explain what you mean by that please?

Without going into too much detail (Typing on the phone here), your lenses will be cut from a circular blank. Extremely shallow but wide frames (teamed up with a small PD) will mean there is an exaggerated difference in edge thickness due to where on the blank the lens is cut. The further from the centre, the thicker the edge, due to the curve required to create the prescription. This is true for Short sighted prescriptions (-ve Sphere eg. -2.00)

The opposite is true for Far- sighted Rx - the closer to the centre of the blank, the thicker the lens will be, so choosing a well-fitting (pupil sits in the middle of the frame, rather than closer to the nasal point) will allow a smaller blank to be used and therefore a thinner lens result.

Hope this helps explain a bit better?

 

[LOAM]

Sorry for hijack but does anyone buy contacts on line? My min subscription is up with optical express and they've been dire so I want to just buy them online as and when I need them. They are dailies.

 

[RedMogg]

Sorry for hijack but does anyone buy contacts on line? My min subscription is up with optical express and they've been dire so I want to just buy them online as and when I need them. They are dailies.

Asda

 

[Agent_Smith357]

Please shave and do something with your skin. Glasses are not the issue here....

 

[PardonTheWait]

Please shave and do something with your skin. Glasses are not the issue here....

I'd like to see two things, both of which I don't suppose I'll get:

A picture of you

An explanation of how having a shave and 'doing something with his skin' will help his vision

 

[Edrof]

Do something with his skin? Like, turn it into a lamp shade or something?

 

[FoxEye]

Please shave and do something with your skin. Glasses are not the issue here....

Yeah I'm curious too. What exactly do you want me to do with my skin?

I'll have my weekly shave tomorrow as normal

 

[darael]

Row 1, column 2 or row 2, column 5.

 

[fozzybear]

4 across on the 2nd row suit you best.

 

[NuggetUK]

2nd last, the Dutch techno producer look.

 

[FoxEye]

2nd last, the Dutch techno producer look.

After a couple viewings, they've definitely grown on me. I think the colour suits me better than the rest.

 

[shimy182]

Its hard to choose with a straight on facial picture like that. Post a picture of yourself in everyday life, like ones commonly found on facebook and let us take care of the photoshopping.... of glasses of course.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

The second pair suit you well.

 

[Pixel]

Choose the ones that make you look most like Gordon Freeman.

 

[Kosmiche]

4 across on the 2nd row suit you best.

This for me also.

But "half rims are gay" apparently

 

[Welshy]

Just take a female friend, or friend and his girlfriend (preferrably one with a good sense of style) with you down to the opticians to help you out. Assuming you want to attract women(?!) then you'll want their opinion!

 

[Kosmiche]

After a couple viewings, they've definitely grown on me. I think the colour suits me better than the rest.

I don't like glasses that look like sunglasses. Its just jarring to me.

To me they look like sunglasses with clear lenses

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Could you see (hurr!) why people would find this a strange first post?