Why we needed glasses

Our eldest stood on my wife's glasses last week. As much as I tried, I couldn't bend them back, so she urgently needed a new pair. The cheapest shop source we know of still meant quite a bill.

So I checked out a website someone from another forum had recommended to me. It certainly looked good. But then I checked as many websites as I could find, to see if I could find anything better. I couldn't.

What we found out

Our experience means I can HIGHLY recommend the website we tried.
The website is very good. You can upload a picture of yourself and see what the glasses will look like.
They are VERY competitive on price.
They have a big range of frames and lens options.
They ship worldwide FREE
They are quick. You can select a slightly dearer deliver option if you want them even quicker.

You need a prescription so you can specify what lenses you need. If you only have some of the numbers that's fine, the other numbers can be left blank and will be set to 0. The more 'weird' your eyes, the more numbers you'll have

They provide help on how to measure your eyes/head so you can pick a suitable size frame.

When your glasses arrive, if they are a little loose, assuming they are bendable metal frames, you just need to carefully bend the bit that goes down behind your ears down a little. Like this:

I had to do this with one pair of my wife's glasses. They only needed a very slight bend to change them from a little loose to OK. I think this was because we'd got one frame with a temple length a bit longer than was ideal, but the result is fine.

What we paid

This is what we paid for two pairs of glasses:

US$29.99 for each pair of frames and lenses, with coatings, but no special lenses or tints.
US$17.99 discount with coupon (this was a short-term offer which is no longer available)
US$12.00 for faster delivery

Total price for 2x pairs of glasses: US$53.99 (about £33.80 @1.60 or NZ$75.85 @0.72)

They accept credit cards and Paypal (which personally I prefer).

Delivery Cost and Speed

This is what they say:

The Website

This is a worldwide website. You can just visit here:

Get Prescription Eyeglasses Shipped Free. Over 3000 frames to choose from with Virtual Try-on and 360 Degree Viewer.

or click on this:

They offer several country specific options (see the flags at the top).
For example, if you are in the UK, you can go here (and see prices in Pounds):

Get Prescription Eyeglasses Shipped Free. Over 3000 frames to choose from with Virtual Try-on and 360 Degree Viewer.

Remember, FREE delivery worldwide!

At the moment they are offering glasses with frames from USD29.99 and from £19.99 in the UK.

What we got

Today the glasses arrived, and I can say, they are VERY nice glasses.
To say impressive in an understatement.

First the Fedex package:

Inside that, two polystyrene boxes:

Inside those, glass cases wrapped in plastic:

Inside each glasses case:

And finally, inside the cotton wool and plastic bag, the glasses:

Close-ups of the hinges and nose bridges:

And they even supplied spare nose pads !!!