How many pairs of glasses have you ruined or

You don’t know they’re dirty ‘til you take them off

[Marshall]

People who wear glasses are ALL guilty of this. You notice they’re dirty, grab your shirt, and wipe.

Okay, so I just bought a new pair ($450.00US excluding exam). Anti-glare, anti-UV, flex-frame, ultra-light lenses – all the bells and whistles. So my very nice (and attractive ;) ) optometrist gives me this fancy glass cleaning kit with special cleaner solution and a soft, lint free cloth. I’m in the living room – it’s in the kitchen. Do I get up – NO. Use shirt – Yes. SCRATCH NEW LENS – Yeap. Learn from experience - Nope!

So how many of you are guilty of the “Shirt and Scratch”?

Marshall

[DrDoc]

Aren't we all? ;)

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

Well I certainly am but then I buy my reading glasses for about £3. I have a pair in every room in the house and also in the car.

I am fortunate enough not to need prescription glasses yet but I would have thought that they could make them scratch resistant at that price? Weren't they once made from glass? ;)

BTW my wife had just ordered a pair from her optician at £300 ($600 USD).

[Marshall]

They "claim" they're scratch resistant, but resistance is realtive. Fortunetly, they're insured/warranty against scratches.

Marshall

[Lipik]

That's why I use contact lenses, just blink to clean ;-)

[vincevincevince]

Ultra-light tends to conflict with scratch protection, in my experience. My reading glasses tend to be 'real glass' and carried entirely in my pocket without a case - the frames give in before the lenses get scratched.

[King_Fisher]

My biggest goof is always laying them down on the lens.

Stupid is as stupid does. (Forest Gump)

[JudgeJeffries]

I go to Poland every year and buy 30 pairs of reading glasses for about £50.
They're decent quality and they last me a year if I'm lucky.

[blend27]

I got a few pairs for a couple of hundred bucks each, flex frame ones.

The shirt thingy is inevitable, just ruined a pair last week. Grrrrrrrrr.

Flex Frames are the best, they are costly, but in case of emergency I am up and running in a couple of hours, since the Lens-Crafters are 2 blocks away and they know me by first name. Can’t hang with contact lenses though.

[ItsAllBallBearings]

just had lasik about 2 months ago and i couldnt be happier with the results. Especially after going through 4 pairs of $300 glasses in the past year

[TammyJo]

My biggest challenge is with all the "protective" or "anti-glare" coatings they put on the lenses, I'll wash them with the wrong thing and it leaves a film on the glasses that just won't come off. It looks like the top of a lake after an oil spill....grrr.

Lost many a good glasses because I decided to use soap instead of the specialty spritz product :)

[Visit Thailand]

Don't use glasses but am always breaking, losing my sunglasses.

just had lasik about 2 months ago and i couldnt be happier with the results. Especially after going through 4 pairs of $300 glasses in the past year.

how come more of you do not do Lasik? Is reasonably priced now and very high success rates.

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

They're decent quality and they last me a year if I'm lucky.

There's a contradiction in there somewhere. ;)

[JudgeJeffries]

I sit on them, lose them, scratch them etc. etc.
What really annoys me is that I've always been short-sighted so I paid £2,000 for laser treatment 12 years ago, vision was perfect for a year or two and then when I hit 47 I needed reading glasses. You cant win.

[Automan Empire]

Dirt, grit, and chemicals are inevitable in my business, and yes I do the shirt-n-clean, LOL! I always specify GLASS. The way the optometry staff acts, I am one of the few. Sure, they get scratched when they bounce off the floor, but not with routine wiping.
Those expensive anti-scratch coatings must be very profitable for the glasses place; the coating is only on the OUTSIDE of the lens, and it is of dubious effectiveness.

[zCat]

I too belong to the old-fashioned real glass users.

The biggest problem I found when getting my current pair was finding one with reasonably large lenses in a style I like. At least where I am the fashion seems to be for very small lenses, which I find uncomfortable.

how come more of you do not do Lasik? Is reasonably priced now and very high success rates.

Hmm, what would be a non-success here?