Purchase Eye Glasses

Here is a bit of research on purchasing eye glasses. When purchasing the eye glasses there are two major components: the lens and the frame. First, I'll discuss about the frame.

When one chooses a frame, one should consider the following frame attributes: hypo-allergic, light-weight, strong, flexibile, corrosion-resistant and texture. There are various types of material that makes a frame which is either plastic or metal. The material can be further classified into groups. For plastic we have cellullose acetate and zylonite, cellulose propionate and nylon. Next, we have metal which can be made of monel, titanium, beryllium, stainless steel, flexon and aluminum. I refer to the link which has the pros and cons of the materials.

We then present the lens. If one has bad eye sight then the lens are usually much thicker than one who has better eye sight. Optometrist has a unit that measures the thickness of the lens. If the eye-glass is made of normal glass or plastic then the unit is 1.50. To reduce the thickness of the lens, one can use lens that are called index lens. These lens ranges from 1.53 to 1.74. The higher the unit then the thinner the lens. I refer to the link which explains, medium, high and very high index. In addition to getting a high index lens, it is important to have anti-reflect glare as this helps retaining lights into the eyes.

After doing a bit of research, one should shop around. I checked around a few optical stores and the prices are really expensive once the index lens are considered. For instance, at Fuji Optical, the frame (titanium as material) and high index lens charged me around $268 without including tax. Fortunately my mom recommended me another store which is called opticalthirty8 and their website is link. For titanium frames and also high index lenses, they charged me $158 including tax. I'll be picking up my eye glasses this Saturday so hopefully all works well =).

Till next time.