Prescription glasses from Sears. Thoughts????

[Hotler]

I now need glasses. Shopping for eye wear is like shopping for tires.
Sears has 2-pair with progressive lens for $399.00

[Bunny]

1. Why not?

Specs with progressive lenses for $200 each isn't a bad price.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

2. It seems like lenses should be pretty standard

but the extras ...

you might want some kind of scratch-resistant coating, or frames that can bend and recover without being destroyed. Those extras will cause the cost to soar.

Progressive lenses? Are those the ones that make everything on the left look good, and everything on the right look bad?

:hi:

[Hotler]

7. Snort! :) n/t

[davsand]

3. I literally just got glasses online.

I got a new pair of glasses online from Coastal Contacts dot com, and they cost me about $125 for a pair of Halston Frames, and a set of high index lenses. I paid over $350 for my last pair of glasses at Lenscrafters a few years ago, so you gotta know how happy I am.

Seriously, check out the online sources before you mortgage everything to buy new glasses!




Laura

[ohiosmith]

4. Never tried Sears. Usually go to Costco. Great prices and a fairly decent selection.

[RichGirl]

11. Me too...COSTCO.

Best price....I've been getting them their for years.

My last pair, bifocals and transition for 250.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Should be OK, but I got a pair of progressives for about 40 bucks from...

Zenni Optical a year or so ago. Order online at www.zennioptical.com and it takes two weeks to a month for them to show up in the mail.

Better frames, tricky prescription, or some extras might make them a little higher, but I don't think you can go over a hundred bucks with them.

[erinlough]

6. Because you asked

my experience with Sears was a bad one. The glasses did not have a consistent field of vision, showed lines in the distance and the coating they put on bubbled. They did replace the glasses twice saying that there was a problem, but the glasses were never good. When I went to my old eye doctor he gave me new glasses which were more expensive, but I have had no problems with these. I love to save money, but you do get what you pay for at the places that offer low, low prices. IMO.

[Hotler]

8. Thanks! The last thing I want....

is to have to deal with getting my glasses right. I need them right the first time.

[femmocrat]

12. I had a similar experience with Sears glasses.

I would not recommend them.

[Hotler]

9. A new question???

For those with progressive or bifocals do you use single vision lens for sunglasses?

[pink-o]

10. You can get no-line bifocal sunglasses

in the drugstore, like you've probably been getting your reading glasses, right? I started with those +150's et al, but eventually caved for progressives (300 for one pair at Kaiser optical, thank you! But I got a bit of a rebate from my job, which has a modicum of vision coverage.)

I was told it would take awhile to get used to these, but they're awesome! Best vision I've had since I was in my 30s. However, I'm not a real glasses person, so I got contacts, one eye for close-up and one for distance. Not as good as the glasses, but it means I can wear normal sunglasses and not be pulling off one pair for another. Also, I work out a lot and can't been wearing glasses when I'm trying to read the weights and machine displays. Was also told I would find the contacts difficult to adjust to, but they totally do the job.

Ultimately, I'm thinking of lasik but I'm taking my time to make that decision.

Per your original question, I think your specs from Sears should be just fine!

[struggle4progress]

13. I've done it both ways. When I just wanted sunglasses for the beach, I got single vision lenses --

because why spend the extra money if they're in real danger of being scratched or lost. But when I wanted sunglasses for driving, I got progressive bifocals -- made it a lot easier to pull over and check a roadmap

[Demoiselle]

14. I trust Sears for appliances. Why not eyeglasses?

[Lionel Mandrake]

15. I would avoid progressive lenses,

because you can't tell from looking at them whether they are properly aligned in the frame. This is important if you have a lot of astigmatism, as I do.

Spectacle lenses are usually accurately ground, but they are often poorly fitted to frames. Each lens may be rotated by a few degrees from where it should be. With progressive lenses, there are no visible lines, which may improve your appearance but makes it impossible to tell whether the lab did a good job. With ordinary bifocals or trifocals, you can see any defect in alignment and insist that the problem be fixed.

[Lars39]

16. My bifocals have numbers in the lenses.

I think they use the numbers to orient the lens.

[pitohui]

17. well i would not go to sears

i have had to return everything i ever bought there, some of the items several times

it is true that they honor their warranties, however, i don't have time to drive back and forth a dozen times to get something that works

for $399 you could go to a store that actually specializes in eye wear/care, at least around here you would

sears/kmart should at least offer a bargain price if they're going to offer sears/kmart risks and hassles

my experience only but there it is

another family member came close to litigation against sears, but that was back in their auto rip-off days, if you remember that...the lesson i took away from that was that sears should not be trusted for anything but their specialties like the craftsman tools, i think the us dept of justice had to get involved w. their dishonest practices in the auto dept

i just couldn't trust my eyes to them