I got 4 pairs of glasses on amazon (needed the opposite of reading glasses which are hard to find in stores) for $8. I was pretty darn impressed by how cheap the free market is vs doctors offices.
Having worked in the optical business to put myself through engineering school, I know that glasses can be very expensive; there's a poop tonne of overhead at those places.
That being said, be very careful of cheap glasses. If you have a strong Rx, you need the OC to be aligned properly with your P.D. otherwise you're inducing prism. This can cause severe headaches and eye fatigue. You should also make sure you go see a Dr regularly; those exams test more than just your vision. You could be going blind in a preventable way and not know until too late.
Oh, cheap frames just aren't as comfortable at the end of the day as not as cheap frames. Buyer beware.
* Not a Dr myself. I worked in the labs. Don't take anything I say to be any sort of medical advice. I'm merely saying be very careful with your precious eye sight.
I think it's great that places like Zenni are undercutting optometrists' prices. But as soon as I read "Amazon" the first thing I thought of was knockoff products from China and how harmful those could be to ophthalmology. It's one thing to get a phony "1 TB" USB stick, its another to get two pieces of clear polycarbonate labelled "-3.25, 0.5" that could actually harm your eyes by looking through it.
That being said, be very careful of cheap glasses. If you have a strong Rx, you need the OC to be aligned properly with your P.D. otherwise you're inducing prism. This can cause severe headaches and eye fatigue. You should also make sure you go see a Dr regularly; those exams test more than just your vision. You could be going blind in a preventable way and not know until too late.
Oh, cheap frames just aren't as comfortable at the end of the day as not as cheap frames. Buyer beware.
* Not a Dr myself. I worked in the labs. Don't take anything I say to be any sort of medical advice. I'm merely saying be very careful with your precious eye sight.