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I just washed mine
I’ve accepted the grime. Became friends with it
Has someone who just recently wears glasses I feel there pain.
Mine have a tiny little chip in the coating on the right lens, it’s so annoying. If I take it in for repairs it will cost an arm and a leg so I just live with it. I have a 2nd pair but I’m keeping them pristine for as long as I can before I give up on these.
I feel like a shill any time I recommend them, but Zenni Optical has frames and lenses for like $10 and up. You don’t have to buy lenses and frames from your optometrist’s office you just need them to include the PD measurement on your prescription. There’s a lot of other brands out there that I’m sure are of similar quality and price.
Zenni was a game changer. I could get their top-of-the-line titanium frames with glass and auto-tinting for like $130 from them, or get the most basic birth control plastic frames with acrylic from my optometrist for no less than $900. Most of my glasses from Zenni are $80 or less, and yes, I have to wait 4-6 weeks. The optometrists are super-upset about this, too. Like some refuse to give me my prescription or pupillary distance, with high-pressure sales tactics and dire warnings. I have been told I’d ruin my eyes with “toxic metals” and “frames that will burn sunlight into my face and retinas.”
Well. It’s been nearly 20 years, and none of that has happened.
Yep, this is what I go with. Yeah sure, my insurance doesn’t cover them and they’re a little less durable than the ones I get from the optometrist, but I can buy four pairs and still have not equaled my deductible.
I’m gonna second Zenni here. Even my grandmother who wears glasses so thick we’re trying to take her license away can order her lenses from them for like $30 with shipping
They always force me to get the 80$ lenses… Still pretty cheap, but it ends up more around 100$ so I only change every couple years.
I tried Zenni. What they sent me was not good. I’m not saying they are bad overall, this is only anecdotal evidence, but it was way off from what I needed.
Same thing happened to my mom. They just weren’t good, gave her headaches. Called them and got them replaced for free, plus they refunded the order so they basically paid her for her glasses. Never had any more problems. Got mine with the money she got refunded.
u can get new glasses online for like 50 bucks
I have a complicated prescription. I’ve tried the cheap glasses, no bueno.
damn
Wash them with hand- or dishsoap and rinse.
Try using a sharp blow to get the droplets off the glass, this may or may not work well depending on the coating.
Dry the frame with your towel
Ah, I wish it were that easy.
Skip the sharp blow and use a microfiber. You can get them in packs of like a million from Costco and they work way better than anything else.
Cold water and dish soap is the way to go. Hot water runs the risk of delaminating the coating layer, and hand soap tends to have moisturizers that will stick to the lens. Microfibers are too abrasive, and don’t adequately lift debris away from the lens. Just lather a drop of soap to cut the oils, then rinse. If your oleophobic coating is still good and water slicks off the lens, you can even turn the faucet low and just run a trickle across the lens to dry them. So you literally never need to touch the lens with a towel or microfiber cloth.
If you only ever use soap and cold water, your oleophobic coating will last for literal years. I’ve had my current pair for almost two years now, with no scratches and my oleophobic coating is still just fine. Lens cleaners, glass cleaners, etc all strip that coating away. And microfibers are bad about causing tiny scratches that build up over time, since they drag dust and debris across the lens as you wipe them. In contrast, water gently carries dust and debris away without scratching, then the soap removes the oily fingerprints and smudges without damaging the coating.
