New Glasses

[fruitsalad]

I was recently prescribed glasses for driving and TV, but I just cannot get on with them, things are not clearer more blurry if anything, so I won't wear them for driving, I went back to them, and they tried to help by altering the arms, the nose piece, and did something with the lenses, and told me to wear them around the house or as a passenger in a car to get use to them, which I have been doing, but they still don't feel any better, if I go back again and explain this to them, what can they actually do? does it mean another eye test?

[Hopkirk]

Not necessarily another eye test, but they need to confirm that the lenses are as ordered. Also that they are correctly allocated for left and right eyes, and the measurement of pupil location is correct.

[ummmm]

Are they vari-focals?

[jno]

possibly, I had specs after I had an eye test, and they didn't work well. so I went to a different shop (Specsavers) and they did another test that gave different results; I got another pair and they worked.

[riptide]

You did not get them from some Specsavers did you? I gave up with them. Their lenses are appalling, the last prescription I had I could not see the faces up the road and they told me to try them for a week and see how I got on, ridiculous. They then decided that they would give me another pair of glasses with the same prescription as I had. Definitely not the same. I gave up and went elsewhere where I was told that the prescription was completely wrong and it was my left eye that had changed not my right. I will never go back to them might be cheaper but I would rather be able to see !!

[tiggerblue10]

If they're vari-focals they can take a bit of time to get used to. I had mine for a few weeks and interchanged them with my old pair before I was confident enough to switch permanently.

[ummmm]

And I find Specsavers to be brilliant and I have 3 kids with dodgy eyes.

[dannyk13]

Don't know about the shop but I find the Specsavers home visiting team excellent.

[fruitsalad]

No they are not verifocals, and not from specsavers

[TrevorThePug]

It is worth getting a second opinion/eye test as my partner was advised glasses (first time ever) by one optician but told to wait a couple more years by another.

[bhg481]

If they suggest another eye test it should be free. In fact, it it were me, I'd be asking for another no-cost test.

[woofgang]

fruitsalad, if you need glasses for driving (to pass the driving sight test) then its not legal to drive without them. I'd be very dubious about any optician that did not retest your sight and check your prescription against the lenses as a starting point. I had a similar problem with glasses I got for computer use for work and when I went back they did as I said, checked the lenses and retested my eyes. My problem was that the glasses had been made with the same prescrition in both lenses instead of the slightly stronger left lens which I need.

[smudge]

Some years ago, I was prescribed bifocals, by Specsavers, for reading, driving, tv, & computer work. However, after I'd collected them, I couldn't see a thing on my pc screen so took them back! They then decided I should have been prescribed varifocals! I got on well with those, but after recently having both cataracts done, I now only need cheapy ones from Poundland for reading & computer work.

[melv16]

I had the same problem with Boots, although these were varifocals. After 6wks of messing around I got my money back.