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Yeah, I spend £300+ per pair on not having coke bottle thick glasses that are thin and light, and made out of polycarb.
Paying more can get you thinner lenses? This is of interest to me as I do have coke bottle-thick glasses.
This article describes way too much OCD and wasted time. Here's my solution: * Buy 4x pairs cheapish glasses from Zenni. * Beat the crap out of them. * Replace as needed.
So here's the thing- I do exactly the same thing. Buy cheap classes. Use a kitchen paper towel or whatever is handy to clean them. But I have never had to replace a pair because of damage.
Every few years, my prescription changes enough to warrant replacement, and then I go and order another set of glasses from Zenni, and they always last until the next time, no matter how badly I treat them.
> Once a week, I use an oil remover...
Intimacy / kisses tend to leave my lenses smudged with face oils and sometimes makeup. Dry cloths don't seem to remove that very well. This works for me:
1. Spray with lens cleaner
2. Wipe off with a microfiber cloth
The best method I’ve found so far: 1. Get your glasses wet with warm water. 2. Apply dish soap to both lenses. 3. Gently rub the soapy water over the lenses. For some stubborn things (like sunscreen) in the edges I sometimes gently use a Q-tip. 4. Rinse under warm water. Gently rub with your fingers to agitate the soapy water and help rinse it off. 5. (This is the important step) Adjust the faucet’s flow to a low lam…
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I quite literally just got my first pair of glasses (bi-focals, no less!) yesterday, at the age of 41. This whole article and thread has been super helpful, but I have to say thanks so much for the Zenni tip! I was on that site all of 5 minutes before rushing to make an account. The pages are super easy to read and informative, they tell me instantly whether the frames can go with bifocals and whatnot. It even helped…
I've worn glasses most of my life. Back in my 20s, after I got my first good job, I paid for the $500-super-duper-fancy glasses. And, I can say they were higher quality than the $30 Zenni pair but not better enough to justify a >1000% markup. As someone else said further down, Zenni glasses have more chromatic abrasion; I've noticed this too. However, constantly babysitting glasses and worrying about scratching/break…
For sure once I've found a pair I like and are comfortable I will get a nice pair or two.
I was looking into transition lenses so I'm not swapping my sunglasses for regular glasses. Quite a bit pricier but worth it, I hope. I've also seen some lenses that are supposed to help with glare from having an astigmatism and that would be a Godsend, especially at night.
So I didn't want to spend $800+ for trial frames and lenses and whatnot.
This whole thread has made me feel so much better about the process, and the timing could not have been better!
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> Don't ever use towels on either frames or glasses. Maybe because I get the non-scratch coating, but this has never been an issue for me. Have been doing it for twenty years without issue. Assuming lenses are replaced every several years, which they should be.
Do you get scratch resistant frames, too? The scratches on the glass do not have to be visible. The surface just gets a tiny bit matte, reducing the contrast and also making cleaning a bit bigger problem. As to the frames, except for the unavoidable wear and tear in places where it can't be avoided, my current main daily driver Tom Ford acetate glasses look as shiny as on the day I got them, 3 years ago. My friend ha…
The best method I’ve found so far: 1. Get your glasses wet with warm water. 2. Apply dish soap to both lenses. 3. Gently rub the soapy water over the lenses. For some stubborn things (like sunscreen) in the edges I sometimes gently use a Q-tip. 4. Rinse under warm water. Gently rub with your fingers to agitate the soapy water and help rinse it off. 5. (This is the important step) Adjust the faucet’s flow to a low lam…
I learned the dish soap method when I ... accidentally dropped them in dish water. It is AWESOME. It is amazing for sunglasses. Clarity is critical for driving, but they also seem to build up oil faster than normal glasses. Dawn makes them meticulously clean.
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I asked the optician how they clean glasses: - Wash with cold water. Warm or hot water might ruin the coating. (Our water comes supercooled right out of the tap in the winter,so in order to not have my hands instantly frozen into a solid block of ice I go for 15—20 degrees or so.) - Use a drop of mild dish soap without ammonia. - Dry them with a soft clean cloth (they use microfiber I think, I just use a random soft…
> Our water comes supercooled right out of the tap in the winter I'm from a place that never really gets below freezing, so I have to ask. Is this serious? If so, that's fascinating. When you turn the tap on, does the water instantly turn to slush on the way out? Does it come out at full speed or sluggishly?
Not literally supercooled though, pipes aren’t that pristine, they will happily freeze.
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The anti-reflective coating expands and contracts differently with heat than the plastic lens underneath. A big temperature difference will cause it to crack. So don't use ice cold water, use water that's at room temperature, which is usually what comes out of your cold tap.
> water that's at room temperature, which is usually what comes out of your cold tap. Is that really your experience where you live? In mine, the cold tap is cold - once allowed to run through whatever's in the pipes in the building, since it's come from underground.
I've lived places where in the winter, the tap water is just a couple of degrees above freezing. I've lived in places where in the summer I've measured the tap water at over 90 degrees.
He must live somewhere that doesn't get to any real temperature extremes.