High street prescription glasses or optometrist?

[shri]

And thanks to uncle trump they should be just a little bit cheaper than a few weeks ago

[timonoj]

Did you tell the optometrist majority of your time is spent on a computer? They can adjust the glasses. Also found it easier to take something like a kindle and test various distances with that rather than read a standard card during the final test where they use a combination of lenses.

Have been wearing progressives for the last 10 years. Have found that half rim (no rim at the bottom) works a little bit better for reading and computering.

If you want to save cash, try the optical mall in dongmen.. 3-4 floors of optical shops. Got quoted 11-1200 for hoya progressives. Will get there in May to get a new set.. neighbours are happy with theirs.

Wait what...Do you mean adjusting the glasses...by adjusting how far the lens sits from the eye? Or how?
These ones I'm going to have trouble readjusting, as I ordered from Zenni, so I guess I'm SOL on these, not any optometrist would want to help on this. I guess I might consider the SZ mall in the future, but I reckon I'll need something ordered sooner.

[shri]

They can change some numbers. I don't know how it works but I have a prescription from an optometrist in India which says something or the other is 1M .. will see if I can find it.

I do think progressives can be tuned properly to match the distance to the computer screen, phone and long distance vision...

I found this in a random reddit post.. not sure what my last guy tweaked when I got glasses from him.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3CP0VJ...cJCdgAo7VqN5tD

[shri]

Wait what...Do you mean adjusting the glasses...by adjusting how far the lens sits from the eye? Or how?
These ones I'm going to have trouble readjusting, as I ordered from Zenni, so I guess I'm SOL on these, not any optometrist would want to help on this. I guess I might consider the SZ mall in the future, but I reckon I'll need something ordered sooner.

Also watch this video.. explains lens choices a little bit better. Stuff like this makes it impossible for me to trust some online website or random sales guy to get my glasses sorted.

https://youtu.be/kmS-IqWqppk?si=b_YI3TyV2_3Z4EdW

There is another YouTuber called Dr eye health who does deep dives into lenses and what you should be aware of when you get glasses made. It's all very interesting...

Both videos are a bit dated.. there are some good options available from Ziess, Kodak, Hoya etc.. for progressives that work well for multiple use cases. There is a decent local lens brand called swisscoat that I have used about 10 years ago. They have a shop / optometrist / self owned outlet somewhere and make decent lenses too.

Mine are car friendly photo chromatic progressives which are optimized for computer use .. would never venture online for these

[timonoj]

Also watch this video.. explains lens choices a little bit better. Stuff like this makes it impossible for me to trust some online website or random sales guy to get my glasses sorted.

https://youtu.be/kmS-IqWqppk?si=b_YI3TyV2_3Z4EdW

Wow...These already look much a bigger mid-range area than the ones I ordered online.

Both videos are a bit dated.. there are some good options available from Ziess, Kodak, Hoya etc.. for progressives that work well for multiple use cases. There is a decent local lens brand called swisscoat that I have used about 10 years ago. They have a shop / optometrist / self owned outlet somewhere and make decent lenses too.

Mine are car friendly photo chromatic progressives which are optimized for computer use .. would never venture online for these

Regarding computer/car friendly...I think mine were meant to be both, too. But the side viewing makes it very uncomfortable, I need to keep looking pretty straight to avoid distortion. Not too good for multi-monitor work.

[shri]

Worth spending some time researching the various sub brands under the major manufacturers (most of them are owned by the Luxotica cartel anyways).

Then talk to your optometrist .. be very specific. The older guys know their shit.

Car friendly - I meant they are transitions active and go dark in cars which already have a UV filter in the windscreen which prevents regular transitions from darkening. Kodak and others have similar options.