After a busy year here at the Internet Glasses Company, we’ve been filing and tidying ready for New Year. Looking back over some of the queries and special orders we’ve had we thought we’d share with you some of the trickier challenges we’ve helped our clients to deal with…..

Mr Hauss had been struggling with bifocals because he suffers from arthritis and his balance is a problem. He told us that he’s always felt unsafe on the stairs. We suggested varifocals, with a lower reading corridor to ensure he can see his feet and the steps clearly. Our guarantee allowed him to try the lenses at home, and he knew he could return them if he couldn’t adapt to them. Six months on, he’s just ordered a spare pair!

Miss Campbell had never worn glasses before and had spent several months window shopping in Opticians but feeling intimidated by all the choice and options. We helped her to decide on plastic lenses with a coating, to make her vision as good as possible and keep them lightweight. After a couple of try-before-you-buy back and forth practice runs she chose a chunky plastic frame for socialising, and a sleek metal for work. We’re now working on another pair that we’ll glaze as sunglasses!

Mrs Banks had already invested in clear distance glasses, prescription sunglasses and reading specs from her Optician. While she liked all these for the jobs they were designed to do, the constant swapping about was annoying her. After a few e-mail discussions we learnt that she doesn’t need the readers that much, as due to her myopia she can usually manage to read just by removing her distance specs. So we reglazed the distance frame with photochromic lenses. She can see in them in all light conditions, whip them off to read, and keep the dark sunnies for holidays and readers for tiny details if she needs them.

Mr Biant kept breaking his rimless specs but wanted something equally light and subtle. We sent him some try-before-you-buy options, and he chose a skinny metal in a matt metal so they weren’t too shiny and obtrusive. We used the thinnest material plastic lenses with an anti-reflection coating, to reduce weight, thickness, and give an invisible lens look. He has now ditched the rimless and eight months later, hasn’t broken anything yet!

So if you need help with what will suit your lifestyle and your spectacle prescription, don’t be afraid to ask our advice and utilise our many years of experience. There are real people on the other side of your keyboard, qualified as Optometrists, dispensing Opticians and lens technicians. So don’t be afraid to make our acquaintance and give us a challenge – hope to hear from you soon!

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