Work crap, Zenni Optical.

life has been odd lately. my responsibilities with the house/budget and whatnot have been paying off... but my work has thrown me a curveball i could never have seen coming. long story short, basically, my job description has changed, and now includes me doing things i would never have signed up to do. It's only one day a week, starting next week, but JEEEEEEEZE give a guy a little notice will ya. Oh and, no training. Just gonna have to jump in and go.

That, and i got a couple new pair of glasses, finally.

For $52. Including shipping. With no insurance. Here's the site: Zenni Optical.

I got #3481 and #3142, with no lens coatings on either as my first purchase. They say polycarbonate is relatively poor as far as visual acuity goes, but after seeing out of extremely scratched up plastic lenses for a couple of years, these lenses are better. I have noticed a bit of distortion out of the smaller lenses, i think that's partly due to where the lens is in relation to my eyes. if i position them differently, all is good. My Rx is barely different than my last, and as such, i can toss these on and see just that bit better without any adjustment period or anything.

I selected the two frames i did to gain as much possible information about zenni's quality, as well as my own sizing and likes/dislikes, all while spending as little as possible and assuming that the order would suck and i'd never buy from them again.

#3481 is a nice rimless frame with stainless "parts" and plastic temple arms. It's a bit narrow on me, although wider than my old frame (126mm.) I got this because it was a sunshade model, and that would make it useful as a frame if i did not like the rimless look. I also got it as a backup frame, being very close to my original frame size. I will be using them primarily as driving glasses, as the temple arms are a bit short for everyday wear, and the magnets for the sunshade will not hold under medium to strong winds outdoors.

#3142 is an excellent bendable titanium frame. It is VERY light compared to my old frame, and very comfortable. The hinges do not need to open "out" - alas, they do not need to - the titanium flexes for you, to gently keep the frame in place. i LOVE this frame. This, sadly, is the one that gives me a bit of distortion. It is either related to how it sits on my face (with my eyes centered 1/4 from the top of the lens) or perhaps stray light whatnot. I can't describe it, but every time i try and figure out what is causing the distortion, i notice there is a light source behind me causing a reflection in the lens, or any other light source making "halos" on the lens. I will purchase the AR with my next set, and see if this fixes things.

Overall, i do CERTAINLY recommend Zenni Optical. As long as you:

• Read their returns policy and realize that even if one in three frames is screwed up, it is still TOTALLY worth it.
• Read the frame descriptions carefully. They describe their frames to a "T" and you can't tell just by looking what is what all the time. For instance, not all of their "Bendable Titanium" Frames have bendable bridges. It's all in the text.

My shipping time: 12 business days, 14 shipping days, or 16 calendar days. Whichever way you wanna look at it. :)

Any questions ? I'll answer them.