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The optometrist recommended seamless bifocals. I have a very painful nerve condition in my face (atypical trigeminal neuralgia), so this is what I need with glasses: the lightest weight frames possible- known as ultra light- with the lightest weight lenses possible and automatically darkening lenses so I don't need the weight of sunglasses. The cheapest frames brought the total to $250 on the site the insurance worked with.

The frames are $20 on the cheap site. Everything else in the cost is the lenses.

As for why I have to buy them online- I don't want anyone touching my face unless it's absolutely necessary. The exam was painful enough.

American for-profit healthcare is fucking awesome.

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[-] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 82 points 3 months ago

Zennioptical.com

I got mine for $30, they can make them mute expensive, but for just glasses, it's perfect.

[-] CM400@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

I got mine with their HD lenses, no-line bifocals with antiglare coating, and the total came to $135 shipped.

[-] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

While my initial reaction to this was "wholly fuck that's expensive" I realize that all those modifiers would make it close to a grand at a glasses shop.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 10 points 3 months ago

I have had less than stellar results with Zenni, ymmv

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I bought one pair from them and they were pretty crummy. Also getting the pupillary distance is tricky.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 3 months ago

Measuring your own PD is ehhh. You can have the optometrist give you PD at your exam.

[-] raynethackery@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Good luck. Then the front of the store won't get any business.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago

When I've gone to America's Best for an eye exam, yeah, they were none too happy when I wouldn't also buy glasses from them, but I got my prescriptions to go. Fuck em. Didn't have a single problem with the optometrist office in the Target. I'm also pretty sure that the optometry part and the retail frames and lenses part of these stores are at least somewhat separate from each other, business-wise.

The down side of the online "cheap glasses" places is that when your frames show up all bent and twisted, you have to adjust them yourself, and if there's a problem with the lenses, that's a whole thing. Buying from a storefront, they'll handle all that for you. I'm capable of running my plastic frames under hot water to straighten them out and adjust them to my crooked head.

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

I have bought at least 10 pair from Zenni optical and they were just fine.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I second this, but OP says they have special lens needs. That's what stacks the price.

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago

I used them and they were great good-enough glasses.

[-] poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago

When I got LASIK I wasn't allowed to wear contacts for a few weeks before the surgery. I bought the cheapest pair of glasses from Zenni. I had new glasses for $17 + $10 shipping.

If I had to do it again I would have my IPD measured by a proper optometrist first. I just guessed at it and got ones a little too small, so they had a kind of fisheye effect.

Still, for <$30 it was a great bargain

[-] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

So far my $30 glasses is going strong for 5 years now.

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