Hello Folks…
Need suggestions on getting Kids prescription glasses.
We were buying every year Specsavers Buy two for $199 kids frames(prescription glasses included in this price). They were always okey quality but breaks easily and sometimes we had to exchange them in just in 1 or two months. This time i wanted to try something different, may be better value frames.
Any suggestions on better deals for Kids prescription glasses.
Thanks in advance.
You should have taught by your elders "when you dont have anything good or important to say, stay quiet". I mentioned they were falling off in a week . Had three occurrences. Stop preaching.
We use each pair almost 12 months to 18 months. I asked for better value in terms of quality and price.
Sounded like important and valuable advice to me.
You could just end up with several more expensive broken kids glasses.
Boomramada was saying exactly what I reckon most of us were thinking and I suggest that an apology is in order.
Glasses don't break themselves, so the only variable is the user.
And, yes, I am sure to be much older than you, so I trust that you will practice what you preach and respect my objective comments.
omg…dont you think manufacturing quality factor into nothing? i mentioned they were just falling off in a week or two. i had to exchange them. these things are some cartoon character special editions, not regular ones. I was asking for better value suggestions.
i suggest you to read my post again.
@CrypticM: If they're falling off then they're too wide, get narrower glasses. Or get them adjusted by an optometrist.
@Quantumcat: I was meant to say, The screws were falling off, not the whole set. It's not on every set I own, on some.
@CrypticM: It would be useful for you to study the different ways you can use "fall".
"Fall off" means the object was on top of something before it moved. The most likely way a pair of glasses can fall off is when they are on your face and they come off. So every single person reading your comments understood that you meant glasses falling off your child's face. And since they broke, assumed that they fell on the ground and broke or were stepped on (and if stepped on then that is just careless behaviour on the part of the child).
"Fall out" means that the object was inside something else before it moved. "Fall out" doesn't make much sense with glasses (as they are usually on your face or on your bedside table etc) but people might have imagined the glasses fell out of a bag and then broke or were stepped on.
What you wanted to say is that the lenses fell out (as they are usually in your glasses frames) or that the screws fell out (which we would understand to mean the lenses subsequently fell out or the arms came off etc).
Don't get angry at us reading into your comments exactly what it is that you wrote, even if you actually meant something quite different. If lots of people separately misunderstand you, and they all misunderstand in the exact same way, you've got to ask yourself did you actually express yourself consistently with what you meant to say?
@CrypticM: That's the second time you've said "I've mentioned they were just falling off in a week or two".
I'm not sure if that would make your point valid or not, but you never said that. Re-read your original post and get thyself to SpecSavers.
At least I taught my kids better. I been wearing glasses most of my life, so is the kids.
They don't just break unless you sit on them, drop them, bend them or put them on top of the head.
Make sure to buy frame that actually fit the face. There is no much of difference in frame wise for Specsavers vs OPSM, where OPSM carry more designer brands.
Isn't that the frame usually come with 12month warranty?
Then there is a metal frame vs plastic. I been using plastic/nylon, only break if kid pull them accidently.
Hope You must be great father teaching kids , when to keep quite. Good for you. Lol.. wonderful judgement.
I use Zenni. My boy is 11. He has to be tested every year because of his health. I buy 2 or 3 pairs from zenni IF i get him blokz lenses (usually on special) and if i just get the $10 frames (which are quite good) I get 4 or 5 pairs as the lenses are free.
Never had a problem with them and if a pair get damaged they go in the bin. Specsavers probably farm off their lens making to the same place anyway so why spend all that money?
Thank you. will look into it.
Make sure you get your kids "PD" from the place doing the test. Its very important. Its the distance between their pupils. With kids they have to be checked every eye test. WIth adults it pretty much stays the same
As SOON as you ask for a PD the person you are asking knows you are off to buy online and some make it difficult to give it to you but legally they have too as its part of the script
You can ask and the store may/can provide the PD as requested. There is a false pretense that the PD must be legally included in the prescription – its not mandatory, and the government board certainly states this very clearly.
As per the Board of Optometry Guidelines:
"….The minimum requirements for a spectacle prescription include lens powers and prism (e.g. sphere, cylinder, axis and addition as necessary). The interpupillary distance may be included. Other information should be specified when the optometrist has determined that a specific lens type is important for the needs of the patient. Other information that may be required in the prescription includes the intended use of the appliance, lens form, lens material(s), lens treatment(s) (tints, coating, hardening), other lens parameters and requirements such as impact resistance."
Just an app on the phone to do the measurements.
All they do is place a ruler on your nose and measure the distance between your pupils. It's not exactly rocket science, there isn't a PD measurement machine or anything. The optometrist doesn't even take the measurement, the sales clerks keep the rulers in their shirt pockets.
I have a very low opinion of Specsavers, but I will keep that view to myself.
Perhaps your kids need frames like I have from a real optometrist who is local where I live. Five years ago when I replaced my glasses, I got a titanium frame. Virtually unbreakable, can be bent, sat on whatever. Just bounce back, though mind you, I have not put them through those tests. I just renew the lenses each time it is necessary and keep the same frame. The only draw back is they cost and arm and a leg, but I love them. Lightweight, comfortable to wear and almost indestructible. Can't get any better than that - but of course, I know it's not the OzBargain way.
Teach them not to break them. They all break, scratch if you misused them.