Better Half and I have had to wear eyeglasses since our single-digit ages, and we both went through the same lectures with our parents concerning how we were to never do anything that would even potentially mar, damage, or scratch our glasses and if we did, our names were officially “Mud” and everything else.
Good times. But it does help to be able to see.
However, this was back in the time when eyeglasses cost hundreds of dollars, were not necessarily comprised of the most durable or longest-lasting materials, and may not have been well-covered by insurance.
These days, you can procure 100% titanium frames with polycarbonate composite, high-impact-resistant lenses with full UV protection and anti-scratch coating for about $40 a set, plus shipping. No, really. You can.
If you want just run-of-the-mill glasses, those will set you back all of eight bucks. Eight dollars – cheaper than most boxes of ammunition these days.
Feel free to do your homework on the Zenni folks before you order – we did, and while I am certainly being paid to write this particular post, I will pass on our honest history with them. Better Half ordered titanium glasses from them two eye exams ago… The actual glasses took almost three weeks to get to us (they are fabricated in Hong Kong, shipped to a routing center in California, and then USPS’d to your door), but she has been wearing them almost non-stop ever since, even after replacing them with a new frame and lens set after our most-recent exam. The lenses and frame have stood up to everything up to and including Better Half accidentally sitting on them – the lenses had to be reseated in their half-rim holders, and the frame required a little bending action, but they were none the worse for wear afterwards.
For us, they have worked quite well, they continue to work quite well, and the next time we buy glasses outside of specific insurace converage (your insurance may or may not cover Zenni-ordered glasses – check first), we will probably be buying from them.
There is still no reason to be careless with glasses, but at least parents might be a little more at-ease at the thought of corrective lenses meeting baseballs in high-velocity encounters…
—– This post is sponsored by Zenni Optical. —–
I wonder if they can handle my prescription?
Only one way to find out
. Their ordering pages have drop-down menus that allow for all of the various Rx options, and they seem to have a pretty wide range of things available. Progressive lenses are even possible, from what I can determine.
Looked at it… they can make the lenses, but it seems they’re short on 150mm temple models. Still, I see a pair of sunglasses calling my name…
Eh, at that price, you cannot really go wrong. Unless I am mistaken, JayG and his son had some pretty good experiences with them as well.