do you wear glasses?

[chad]

coastal.com has a free pair for you. enter coupon code FIRSTPAIRFREE when you checkout. you'l be charged $18 for shipping. i just got mine from the fedex guy (took 3 days for them to come, wow); they're nicer than the ones i paid $300 for at the optometrist.

there you go.

[beefsteak]

coastal.com has a free pair for you. enter coupon code FIRSTPAIRFREE when you checkout. you'l be charged $18 for shipping. i just got mine from the fedex guy (took 3 days for them to come, wow); they're nicer than the ones i paid $300 for at the optometrist.

there you go.

Did you happen to have on hand already a copy of your existing prescription?

[chad]

yes, i have it on a little card in case i'm ever out of town and my glasses get broken, that way i can always pop in to one of those 1 hour optical places and be able to see again. they'll give it to you if you call and ask them (that's how i orginally got it). make sure to have them give you your PD number as well.

i didn't really need another pair, but for $18, it's a good prep item.

[Cebu_4_2]

Order an eye chart and staple it to your wall. Sit there reading the thing as far as you can 5 minutes a day. 1 month you will not need glasses at all.

Just sayin.

[beefsteak]

yes, i have it on a little card in case i'm ever out of town and my glasses get broken, that way i can always pop in to one of those 1 hour optical places and be able to see again. they'll give it to you if you call and ask them (that's how i orginally got it). make sure to have them give you your PD number as well.

i didn't really need another pair, but for $18, it's a good prep item.

Excellent suggestions. Thanks. Helen and I did not know this.

[beefsteak]

Order an eye chart and staple it to your wall. Sit there reading the thing as far as you can 5 minutes a day. 1 month you will not need glasses at all.

Just sayin.

Another prep item? -g-

[Ponce]

My glasses comes from the $ store and are the best glasses that I have ever had.......the 1.25 is what I need for reading and I have around 30 pairs in stock, also ten of the 1.00, ten of the 1.50, ten of the 1,75 and so on up to 3.00.....why so many? to help myself and others, to trade with or give away......be ready for all and afraid of none.

I have a pair of them all over the place, from the bathroom to my hamock, garage, car, work shop and so on......also I made them round to fit my rifles scopes (something that you should do) and also on my night vision glasses....when you do it just remember to mark which way is up.................if your righ and left eyes are different then buy the glasses with the same style and swich from one to another as needed.

[chad]

just make sure you give them the "in case i'm out of town and my glasses break" excuse. sometimes they need a little coaxing to give it to you, as they know you're going to do this with it. most of them are really cool about giving it up, though. also you can't get glasses online without the PD number, so as i said, be sure to get it as well.

[Shami-Amourae]

coastal.com has a free pair for you. enter coupon code FIRSTPAIRFREE when you checkout. you'l be charged $18 for shipping. i just got mine from the fedex guy (took 3 days for them to come, wow); they're nicer than the ones i paid $300 for at the optometrist.

there you go.

My Coastal glasses were horrible. I got the free thing myself but they never fit right. I'm using ZenniOptical glasses currently and they are better. I will admit though Coastal has the best looking glasses, but goodluck fitting the fancier models.

Make sure you get polycarbonate, and the anti-reflective coatings. Anti-reflective is good for computer users and the polycarbonate is great for SHTF and shooting guns. Those things don't break very easily. So far of all the online brands I've used ZenniOptical has had the best coatings and the lowest prices. Too bad Coastal's policy is cheap once (the "free" option,) and then expensive all the other times.

[Shami-Amourae]

Make sure you know your PD (Pupillary Distance) for your eyes. This is usually not on your eye/glasses prescriptions, but is needed to get new glasses. Never guess this number. Here is a ruler you can print up to find out your PD number.

http://www.zennioptical.com/media/Zenni-Optical-PD-Ruler.pdf

[Serpo]

can you read this

[Shami-Amourae]

can you read this

*Falls back out of my chair*

[Ponce]

I say again my last transmission.......go to the $ store and see what they have for you.......unless you have super bad eyes, even if is only a couple of pair that you simply buy and put away......you won't be sorry later about those $2.00

[chad]

i use zenni as well, always good.

[Serpo]

DIY eye test: The reading glasses you can adjust yourself

Could revolutionise eye care in third world countries

Being trialled by people in Sudan, Uganda, Cameroon, Morocco and India
Double up as the world’s first adjustable reading glasses for people in the Western world


By Sam Shead (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Sam+Shead)
PUBLISHED: 09:16 GMT, 1 October 2012 | UPDATED: 15:40 GMT, 1 October 2012


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People across the developing world could soon be looking at life in a whole new way thanks to a new set of specs.

Eyejusters are self-adjustable glasses that can be focused by the person wearing them by simply turning a dial on the frame.

The user twists the removable dial until the object they’re looking at appears in focus, making them a sight test and a pair of glasses in one.


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/01/article-0-154A3200000005DC-524_634x286.jpg The glasses can be adjusted using a dial on their side, allowing wearers to simply twist the dial until they can see clearly.


HOW THEY WORKThe idea behind the glasses is simple, and has been refined from an idea originally developed in the 1920s.

Called SlideLens, it works by sliding one lens over the other when the wearer turns the dial.

This changes the lens prescription to give clear vision.


The ‘SlideLens’ technology that the glasses use has been refined from an idea originally developed in the 1920s.

By sliding one lens over the other, the lens changes its prescription to give clear vision.

Owen Reading, co-founder of Eyejusters and head of business development, said: ‘We’re happy to agree that optometrists provide a better standard of care.

‘They check for eye disease and all sorts of things that we can’t do.

‘However, our glasses are particularly useful for parts of the developing world where there are very few optometrists so people are unable to get a pair of glasses prescribed.’

An estimated 670million people lack the eyewear they need, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The company have sold the glasses to NGOs and charities in Sudan, Uganda, Cameroon, Morocco, and India.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/01/article-0-154A3207000005DC-743_634x286.jpg The glasses use a 'sliding lens' design to change the strength of the lens.


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/01/article-0-154A31E5000005DC-562_634x487.jpg The glasses are already being trialled in Malawi as a low cost way to improve people's sight.

Eyejusters are also selling their product as reading glasses that can be sold over the counter. They’re on sale in the U.S for $40 (£25).

‘A lot of people have different pairs of reading glasses for different tasks but these are just one pair of glasses that do it all,’ said Reading.

Eyejusters are hoping to get the glasses, which are assembled in Southampton, to an increasing number of people in the developing world through a campaign launching next week called ‘Give and Get’.

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‘Buy your own pair on our website and give a pair to a vision project in the developing world,’ explained Reading.

Eyejusters is an Oxford-based start-up that was co-founded by two physics students and two engineers who met at the city’s world leading university.

Reading is in Boston meeting investors and potential business partners after being selected to attend the Future Health Mission by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) – the government’s innovation agency.

‘On the Future Health Mission we would like to get investment in, build the business and improve the technology to get rid of the mechanics and making it more like a normal lens,’ said Reading. ‘We want to make them thinner and lighter.’


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/01/article-0-154A31EE000005DC-185_634x423.jpg The glasses allow people to alter their own prescription over time as their eyesight changes.



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/01/article-0-154A31F6000005DC-474_634x691.jpg The glasses are available in nine colours.


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[Ponce]

That's something that I don't understand......all that it would take is a pair of binoculars wthat a person could adjust each side till every thing is in focus, right eye as well as left ayee......the knobs would be calibrated like a micrometer where you can take a reading of what is the most clearer for you and then.......anyone could call the big city and tell them what is was needed in that village.........you don't need a or be a optometrist to do this........even I could do it.

[Glass]

I would point out that price should not be the only criteria for purchasing specs. As Serpo's post points out Optometrists can detect all sorts of things by looking in your eyes. Brain injuries, heart disease, liver disease. Good ones can detect spinal and nerve issues that might appear unrelated to vision but the body will make minor adjustments the person doesn't notice in an effort to improve vision.

Most Opto's don't have any expertise in this area and simply produce a basic vision remediation solution without looking into the causes of the vision issues which could be varied from nerves and posture, nutrition, medication, blood presure, viruses and many other things.

I know someone in behavioural optometry and it's really very amazing what things can be done via the eyes. in some cases detecting very serious conditions which could lead to sudden death. They do a lot of work with head injured and otherwise disabled people who have sight problems because their eyes are unable to focus, double vision, eyes pointing in different directions. They can use all sorts of focus redrectors, like small film prisms on glasses to get the sideways looking eyes to actually see what's in front.

It's amazing stuff. They also do normal peoples eyes.