I am afraid my experience of the Specsavers chain was like many peoples experiences with branches of Halfords, Worse than useless ! When collecting my new glasses, I literally could not see through them, and when the staff checked the prescription against the lenses supplied, was told that they had been made back to front. A fortnight later went back to collect the next set, again couldn't see worth a dam, so they checked the lenses, ask another guy to re test my eyes, and admitted that the prescription made out by the first eye tester was 'not right' Another two weeks goes by and the 3rd set of glasses were ok for reading but very out of focus at distance. ( they are varifocals, and not my first pair ) Being completely frustrated at this point I asked for a refund, but was talked into a 3rd eye test ' by the shops top man' who was actually a women, and waited another 2 weeks for another set of lenses, which finally, I was able to wear. I am still not convinced that the distance part of the lens is spot on, but at least they are wearable. That is my experience of Specsavers, I certainly will not be going back in a hurry. To support my tale of woe, a work colleague has just collected her first ever pair of glasses from the same outlet. She only went there for a set of VDU readers, but was convinced by the staff that she needed distance as well. They sold her varifocals, which she has since returned to the shop because her vision is worse with them than without them. She is now waiting for a second set to be made for her, because the technician had made the lenses incorrectly, according to the shop staff ! Sound familiar ?
Those frames would be way too heavy aesthetically for me (they're a bit like the direct glazed options at Optilabs which I tried on and really disliked), hence going for the half framed Oakleys
I'm hoping mine last longer than a couple of years! My prescription doesn't change that much year on year, at least not enough to affect being able to see the road while cycling
