Greetings. I stumbled across this forum and after looking over it I thought perhaps you ladies and gentlemen would be kind enough to help me. I checked the FAQ to see if non-opticians could post here. I didn't see any restrictions so I assume that's all right. If not, please feel free to delete this post.
After 5 years, my flexon frames finally snapped in two. I am now in the search for a new optometrist/opthomolagist and a place to get new glasses. I am badly in need of an eye exam, I am sure.
Most of my life I have gotten my glasses made at Lenscrafters. When they started offering the one hour lenses it was pretty nice but I am beginning to have concerns about this now. When I was a kid glasses had to be mail ordered out and took a couple of weeks.
I tried to find out as much as I could about mail order labs vs. the one hour places. All I could find was some stuff about blanks, semi-blanks, finished blanks, and stock blanks.
My question is, essentially, is there any difference between lenses that Lenscrafters grinds out and those that have to be sent out for? Do the mail order labs just do the same thing, but do it via mail order? Or do they do it more "from scratch" than the finished blanks Lenscrafters (I think) uses? If so, will I notice the difference? Also, Lenscrafters offers a 30 day replacement guarantee (which I know they honor because I used it once) but I don't know that smaller private outfits can afford to do the same. I have no vision insurance so cost is also a factor.
The one hour lenses are convenient, but I'd rather have well done glasses than fast glasses.
I also have some questions about coatings but I'll save those until later, as to not make this post even longer than it already is.
Thank you for your time.
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