How I agree. The frustration I have in finding a comfortable pair at about £350 a throw! However, I suspect that what we are wanting will provide another opportunity for "New Designer fitted wonder Specs."
"I'm pleased that you find these comfortable. Our suppliers have gone to get lengths to make these."
"That will be £450. Thank you, sir." !
Having the frames made to fit with regards lens spacing and arm length is important to the correct functioning of the glasses. You need to naturally look through the right part of the lens, even for simple prescriptions let alone anything vari/bi focal or with astigmatism correction.
Proper fit and frame size is what a proper optician(*) will do but you can't walk into a proper optician have a sight test wait 30 mins and walk out with a new pair of glasses... The optician I use fits the frames to my head properly
(*) There are specific names for "opticians" depending on their qualifications. They messed with them a number of years back I think the one you really need is an "ophthalmologist" rather than an "optician" or "dispensing optician".
Silhouette are very good.
if you want to look at some alernatives before paying Silhouette prices type:
lightweight hingeless screwless rimless
into Google and have a shop around.
Because the price of glasses was apparently a rip off.
But Doug and Mary Perkins fixed it for you by being the largest driving factor behind deregulation and bringing you Specsavers.
Now they live in the Channel Islands with hundreds of millions of pounds and you have made in China, one size fits all spectacle solutions.
Everyones a winner, eh?
Thanks
Should that not say 'one size fits none'?
Richard
But, the frames are still sold without any opportunity for variation of lens spacing, arm length etc, i.e. there is one D+G or Polo or no-name special frame and if you don't fit it - tough. IIRC the sprung arm was introduced to overcome the problem of non-fitted glasses sliding down ones nose by gripping the wearer around the temples in a migraine inducing grip. My father has some pre-deregulation (or whatever it was called) half moon glasses which he uses for very close-up work. They stay on his head without any effort nor do they require pushing up his nose periodically. Compare this with his current varifocals which require constant adjustment and have arms which are too long.
My left ear is slightly further forward than my right ear but there was no suggestion that the arms of my glasses (purchased 9 years ago) could be adjusted to match my head.
Richard
No, it's an optician... an ophthalmolgist is a qualified doctor of medicine who's gone on to specialise in eyes: you don't get many of those guys on the high street peddling specs!
David
Optometrist is, IIRC, a person qualified to measure and flog.
The two terms are, AFAIK:
Ophthalmic optician Dispensing optician
And then the ophthalmologist in the hospital.
The lens centres are adjusted to suit the wearer, this dimension is quite critical for high prescriptions.
Over the years I've learned how to adjust mine to fit, some opticians are good at fitting, most are not!
I've not met a pait that can't be adjusted for length and height. It's usually a mixture of BF&I and heat. My optician uses loctite to lock the screws.
Optimetrist is the name these days and the one you want on the High St, one step below an Opthalmologist. A Dispensing Optician can't do eye tests but can fit and advise etc.
Aye, as I said they messed about with the names years back and I haven't caught up properly.
Optometrist, even.
Sorry ;-) David
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