The Spectacles Thread. - Part 2

[GANGSTERKIA]

Evening! I do not have an iprofiler(machine to measure parameters for iscription). But it should be a card stating the type of lens you are getting, coupled with your degree. You can also ask your optometrist/optician to show you the lens engraving at the nasal(nose)/temporal(ear) to show the lens.

just ordered zeiss 1.74 individual single vision with i.scription. what should the authenticity card look like?

 

[Kusanagi]

It does filter/reflect out a certain percentage of blue light.But gimmicks are like(it protects your retina, prevent eye diseases and all). Main purpose is relief stress on eyes and reduce glare because of the slight yellowish hue when you look through the lenses.
which brand are u looking at? depending on your degree, if i base it at -1.00- -3.00. Hoya around 120, Essilor 160, Zeiss 160, shamir 160. Or are you looking at a price thats lower than that? If you are can consider looking at pentax but of course different shop offers different discount.

my rx is pretty high at -7.50 and astig at around -2.5

is there anything in the market that caters for this?

getting worried because at 30yo my eyesight still not that stablize
myopia still not that bad, but astig keeps rising
optician advised that most likely due to nature of work i forget to blink causing dryness etc

 

[GANGSTERKIA]

Evening!
Well good news for you is that with that kind of rx, there are still many many lenses that can cater to you! Zeiss , Hoya , essilor , Shamir, tokai and more all does! It might cost slightly more for certain Brand’s as their stock lenses do not go up Til -2.00 astig/cyl but the rest do. Your astig rising could be due to reasons like mainly genes, rarely keratocconus(affects males more), irregular cornea and more...even eye Doctors will just monitor your eye unless it's like The Eye condition I mention earlier(kerato). Contrary to popular beliefs, using computer too much doesn't really cause your degree to increase. More of just causing strain to your eye because of the glare, or when you get older presbyopia(eye muscles strain to see near work).
Dryness does not affect your degree but it will cause your vision to be blurred Unless you consciously remind yourself to blink and lubricate your eyes(naturally).
take note the lenses index that you need must be at least 1.6 and above) 1.6 is the bare minimum for your degree. Thickness of the lens depends on your frame size and your degree. Thus high powered individual is always recommended to use a small frame.

I might miss out some points so feel free to add on guys! Any further qns I will try to answer whenever I free!
Hope this helps for now!

my rx is pretty high at -7.50 and astig at around -2.5

is there anything in the market that caters for this?

getting worried because at 30yo my eyesight still not that stablize
myopia still not that bad, but astig keeps rising
optician advised that most likely due to nature of work i forget to blink causing dryness etc

 

[LaksaTitan]

Friend asking for club master style frames, don't need to be ray ban. Any recommendations? Need to last at least 4 years like her old specs, budget below $400 with lens

Degree around 370 for both eyes if I remember correctly

 

[Kusanagi]

Evening!
Well good news for you is that with that kind of rx, there are still many many lenses that can cater to you! Zeiss , Hoya , essilor , Shamir, tokai and more all does! It might cost slightly more for certain Brand’s as their stock lenses do not go up Til -2.00 astig/cyl but the rest do. Your astig rising could be due to reasons like mainly genes, rarely keratocconus(affects males more), irregular cornea and more...even eye Doctors will just monitor your eye unless it's like The Eye condition I mention earlier(kerato). Contrary to popular beliefs, using computer too much doesn't really cause your degree to increase. More of just causing strain to your eye because of the glare, or when you get older presbyopia(eye muscles strain to see near work).
Dryness does not affect your degree but it will cause your vision to be blurred Unless you consciously remind yourself to blink and lubricate your eyes(naturally).
take note the lenses index that you need must be at least 1.6 and above) 1.6 is the bare minimum for your degree. Thickness of the lens depends on your frame size and your degree. Thus high powered individual is always recommended to use a small frame.

I might miss out some points so feel free to add on guys! Any further qns I will try to answer whenever I free!
Hope this helps for now!

thanks for sharing! shall make a trip down to kwong shin soon

 

[Seannie]

Good morning, Colour difference not really much difference even with zeiss. But coating wise, I am leaning towards Hoya(personal opinion).
So far no issues/scratches with my Hoya lenses.

I have this feeling that as long as u take normal care with hoya lenses they hardly get any scratches. Normal care as in dont throw the lens around carelessly. Even using soft tissue paper to wipe hoya lens seems alright.

 

[metamofia89]

Hi guys, been having this issue for the past year plus. Basically I've been having issues with my prescription since 2016. Had so many combination of prescription from various specs shops. But after an hour or two of wearing them, I get this ache around my left eyebrow that sometimes travel to the frontal side of my head. The eye strain is only felt on the left side.

Changed to various frames too between flat types and slightly bent types to no avail. Can anyone share any tips on how to correct this? My prescription has always been about the same. Spherical for both eyes is at -3.5. Cyl is about R -2.25, -2.5, -2.75, -3.0 and L -2.5, -2.0, -2.5.

It's always around the region which the autorefractor estimate my prescription to be... Could this be a balancing issue? Is there any chances that I need a higher prescription which the autorefractor fail to detect?

 

[Seannie]

thanks for sharing! shall make a trip down to kwong shin soon

You need RX lens going to be rather expensive. Take care.

 

[Seannie]

With Wide face, spring hinge is a better option but you need to consider also the frame material. Certain materials are very rigid thus even with spring, it will be uncomfortable as the frame cannot flex. E.g. Wood material or a wood coat over the frame.
Look for ultem materials, most of them are pretty cheap for ultem frames and light. And honestly, trying it is still the best way to find out.

HINGE is an important aspect for balance between flexibility and grip of any frames. Spring hinge is fine. Frame can still flex with rigid materials if there is a spring mechanism built into the hinge, be it the conventional spring hinge or the evolved integrated hinge with "spring" effects.

Materials like ultem are very flex and comfy but the con is that doesnt provide too much grip and tends to slide off easier as it cant maintain shape for very very long. Thats because the entire frame including the front part is very flexible and over time with wearing and stretching the frame will open up a bit.

Frames with "springy hinge" mechanisms are great because provide the best balance between flexibility and grip. The grip will come from the rigid frame front while the flexibility will come from the hinge.

The best material i will say is beta titanium which is somewhere in between pure titanium (which is quite rigid like stainless steel) and the super flexible memory metal/titanium (too soft will loosen after some time). The best is to have beta titanium integrated to the hinge so that provides a very comfy flex to the entire frame temple wrap.

 

[Shyn85]

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Morning bro, your inbox is full.
Totally understand! Last question, regarding to the zeiss individual. If the optic shop not have the iprofile, what do u think? Is they still able to done the focus? And how about the iscription?

 

[GANGSTERKIA]

Morning! Whoops forgot to clear it
Zeiss individual not necessarily need iprofiler, the inscription is the one that needs.
However if the shop does not have that, they either manually measure the parameters for you, or use zeiss terminal/Hoya truview/essilor terminal to measure. Those 3 are machines t measure the parameters. If not then.... they just use your power and send it to the Lan using the lan default values. The parameters I am talking about is e.g. Frame wrap angle, pantoscopic tilt, vertex distance etc...

Morning bro, your inbox is full.
Totally understand! Last question, regarding to the zeiss individual. If the optic shop not have the iprofile, what do u think? Is they still able to done the focus? And how about the iscription?

 

[GANGSTERKIA]

Wait, an autorefractor was used to get your degree and specs made immediately on that? They probably did the 1/2 1/2 testing(subjective refraction) right?But a wide range of astig from -2.00 to -3.00 is abit too much. The headaches comes when you are looking at far or near?

Hi guys, been having this issue for the past year plus. Basically I've been having issues with my prescription since 2016. Had so many combination of prescription from various specs shops. But after an hour or two of wearing them, I get this ache around my left eyebrow that sometimes travel to the frontal side of my head. The eye strain is only felt on the left side.

Changed to various frames too between flat types and slightly bent types to no avail. Can anyone share any tips on how to correct this? My prescription has always been about the same. Spherical for both eyes is at -3.5. Cyl is about R -2.25, -2.5, -2.75, -3.0 and L -2.5, -2.0, -2.5.

It's always around the region which the autorefractor estimate my prescription to be... Could this be a balancing issue? Is there any chances that I need a higher prescription which the autorefractor fail to detect?

 

[Shyn85]

I see, so do you think it is worth to take the iscription? and for those no have iprofile, how the do?

Morning! Whoops forgot to clear it
Zeiss individual not necessarily need iprofiler, the inscription is the one that needs.
However if the shop does not have that, they either manually measure the parameters for you, or use zeiss terminal/Hoya truview/essilor terminal to measure. Those 3 are machines t measure the parameters. If not then.... they just use your power and send it to the Lan using the lan default values. The parameters I am talking about is e.g. Frame wrap angle, pantoscopic tilt, vertex distance etc...

 

[GANGSTERKIA]

No, for iscription, you need this iprofiler as it measure other data apart from the norm, luminance tech/night vision and all is included inside. Customer data will be uploaded into a thumb drive to be sent to zeiss.
Worth or not.. once you start. Abit hard to use other Brands because you be used to the technology they input into the lenses.
Different customers have different expectations thus for myself, I have pretty low expectation thus any normal lenses is fine for me. But some wants clarity, crispness in their vision thus the need for the better quality lenses.

I see, so do you think it is worth to take the iscription? and for those no have iprofile, how the do?

 

[Shyn85]

Oh okie, I like this technology but top up 200 for this iscription seem like quite over price... Anyway, thank you for your answer me all my question, all this I even cannot find in google!

No, for iscription, you need this iprofiler as it measure other data apart from the norm, luminance tech/night vision and all is included inside. Customer data will be uploaded into a thumb drive to be sent to zeiss.
Worth or not.. once you start. Abit hard to use other Brands because you be used to the technology they input into the lenses.
Different customers have different expectations thus for myself, I have pretty low expectation thus any normal lenses is fine for me. But some wants clarity, crispness in their vision thus the need for the better quality lenses.

 

[GANGSTERKIA]

Welcome! Here to help.

Oh okie, I like this technology but top up 200 for this iscription seem like quite over price... Anyway, thank you for your answer me all my question, all this I even cannot find in google!

 

[wshyang]

Hey guys,

I want to make spectacles with glass lenses, does anyone know which optometrist where I can get glass lenses ordered?

Thanks!

 

[Nakedtoes]

Hey guys,

I want to make spectacles with glass lenses, does anyone know which optometrist where I can get glass lenses ordered?

Thanks!

I want to do glass too.. Hiaz now very hard to find

 

[GANGSTERKIA]

Evening bro, many places still do glass lenses. Essilor have glass lenses, zeiss too! Just ask them! There are also lesser known Brand! If you ask me recommend, mr eyewear at Bukit Batok West Mall, jamco at Katong shopping center, Kwong shin, kj optometrist? They have good optometrists there who would be able to help you!

Hey guys,

I want to make spectacles with glass lenses, does anyone know which optometrist where I can get glass lenses ordered?

Thanks!

 

[GANGSTERKIA]

That's true. But others sadly do not have the luxury like you to decide as their power is very high and glass lens is their only alternative.

Glass Len is so heavy. Too me is no no...