Anyone use online Rx glasses?

The 6-year-old pair of my everyday glasses got scratched, and I needed a new one. I just received a new pair of prescription glasses from an online store. A progressive lens with slight astigmatism and prism. It took only two weeks from the order to delivery. The titanium frame with hi-index lenses weighs only 18.4g. This is the seventh pair of glasses I purchased online. Why so many, you may ask. I have glaucoma that requires fairly frequent prescription changes. I use to enjoy wearing contact lenses so that I did not have to be bothered with foggy glasses in winter, and a hard time wiping sweats on my face in summer. The extended-wear contact lenses were perfect for me then. But with age and glaucoma, I could not see well enough with a single-focus contact lens anymore. Tried several brands of multifocal contact lenses, but none worked good enough.

That's when I started buying glasses online. I can easily order several Rx glasses, one for driving, one for reading, one for computer, and one for every day. I have never had any problems with them. Not the brand name frame, nor the best quality lenses, but they were all good enough and affordable. The last pair of glasses I purchased in-store was at least three times the cost. Online opticians are serving my needs far better than local ones.

Have you ever tried online Rx glasses?

 

I have used both for my Rx glasses. The most recent one was from Eyebuydirect, but I bought the last pair from Zenni. I have not had to use their customer service for my orders so far. All of my orders came as expected.

I never had to return mine. But, I believe Zenni has no question-asked 30 days return policy. You can get 100% store credit or a 50% money refund. Eyebuydirect's return policy is 14 days free return for equal value exchange or full refund.

My last pair of in-store glasses was from LensCrafters, it was fitted on the brand frame. So, the frame alone cost over $200, but with progressive Rx and hi-index, the total cost was well over $600. My most recent order with a similar Rx was ~$200 total from Eyebuydirect. I have ordered several Rx glasses from Zenni for less than $100 each. You just can't beat their values.

I have read Warby Parker and GlassesUSA are also good, but they are a bit more expensive.

 

In my case, my eyesight changes almost on daily bases. Rx that was perfect yesterday will not work today. Although our eyes can adjust after a while, it is always difficult for me to find the best glasses for the day. I currently use three different daily glasses in addition to the single focal glasses specific for my computer work, reading, and driving. I even tried one of the as-seen-on-TV adjustable glasses, but that was not a solution. Myopic Rx could not get adjusted strong enough for me and it has no progressive range.

As I grew up with poor nearsighted vision (myopia) I imagined when I get old and start getting farsightedness due to presbyopia, I thought I would get a period of time I can actually see things without corrective lenses. Boy, was I wrong! When I started having problems with seeing things near with my single-focus contact lenses some years ago, I realized that without corrective lenses, I can't see far or near. Tried several brands of bifocal and multifocal contact lenses but none worked. I ended up using contact lenses for far and a reading glass for near. But in the end, settled on Rx progressive lens. Online glasses were the best thing I could use for my changing Rx.

 

Yeah, same for me. Eye drop twice a day. That was another reason I had to switch to Rx glasses from contact lenses. Can't do eye drops with contact lenses in. I go see my ophthalmologist (M.D. not an optometrist D.O.) 3 times a year. The thing about my eye acuity is that the unstable Rx is not always apparent on refractive exams, at least for me. It fluctuates frequently enough such that one set of Rx glasses works better than another on one day but changes often enough. So having multiple different Rx glasses to cover the range helps. If I had to order those glasses at instore optitian, it would have cost a fortune.