My lens prescription has changed enough to make changing my specs worthwhile - the frames are OK so reglazing is probably the most sensible thing to do. A few years ago there was a discussion about having specs reglazed - has anyone had any recent good/bad experiences, or anywhere they'd like to recommend?
If the frames are OK, I always go for re-glazing once but never twice. As I only need new glasses every three or four years, I reckon seven or eight years from one set of frames is reasonable value, but more than that is penny-pinching. Never had a problem.
Re-glazing isn't the great option it used to be. Going back a couple of decades, the fashionable size of spectacle lenses grew progressively smaller year on year, enabling several re-glazings from the original lenses (if your eyes hadn't changed of course). Unfortunately, the trend in more recent times is for larger lenses which of course cannot simply be re-glazed by trimming any more!
Think you have that the wrong way round. Reglazining to me means new lenses in old frames.
I used my original metal frames for decades, worked fine.
I only stopped using them when I couldn't get the inverted V plastic nose pieces that snap into the frame for those frames anymore.
you could do worse than:
onestopglasses.co.uk
the proprietor occasionally posts here as 'RDS' or 'R D S'.
Decent prices & a friendly operation. No connection except as a satisfied customer.
Mind you, he hasn't answered a recent email enquiry from me yet (hint!)
HTH jon N
Boots seem to be ridiculously expensive; who have you used for the reglazing?
Yes, reglazing means replacing the lenses in existing frames
If the frames are ok it is perfectly feasible to have new lenses fitted. I had this done to my computer specs a while ago, without any problems.
One downside is that if your optician needs to send them away to be done (as mine does), you'll be without them for a couple of days or more. I get the impression too that opticians charge more for the lenses if you're not buying frames at the same time!
Local optician. Not a chain.
I wonder if opticians make double glazed glasses, might stop them misting up ;-)
I'll gladly help out if I can. We are doing a roaring trade in reglazes at the moment.
Many thanks.
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