SpecSuperstore’s Glasses Blog

Hi
I've just received my Prada frames from you and I just wanted to say thanks
and they are great and everything is perfect.  I will be coming back to get
my glasses from you again, I can see why you have been in the business over
60 years.  Congratulations.

Thanks again.

Lisa

I received my new designer specs today and am delighted with them.
Your website is easy to use and the most informative of any others
that I visited.

At the time of ordering, my prescription did not register for some
reason. I was very surprised that someone rang me almost immediately
to get the info.

I think you have a very efficient and fairly prompt service. I would
definitely use your website again...I feel new sunglasses coming on!!

Thank you.

I received my prescription glasses last week.
They are fabulous, and prescription and transitions are perfect.
The service was quick, easy and professional.  I called the team twice, and both times they were lovely, helpful and seemed to genuinely care about my order and the status of it. I would certainly deal with them again.

Victoria

Received my designer glasses today, absolutely thrilled with them.  I was a little worried about buying designer glasses on the internet, but they helped me with my prescription as I didn’t quite understand what I had to do and really were very helpful.  I have already recommended Specsuperstore to somebody in my office.

Kay

Alicia Keys
Ray Ban RB3025 - SEE MODEL HERE


Ashlee Simpson
Ray Ban RB2143 - SEE MODEL HERE


Bono
Emporio Armani EA9285 - SEE MODEL HERE


Britney Spears
Bvlgari BV6012B - SEE MODEL HERE

Britney Spears
Yves Saint Laurent YSL6193s - SEE MODEL HERE

Brad Pitt
Ray Ban RB3025 - SEE MODEL HERE


Blues Brothers
Ray Ban RB2140 (Original Wayfarer) - SEE MODEL HERE

Dakota Fanning
Ray Ban RB2140 Original Wayfarer - SEE MODEL HERE


Daniel Craig
Persol - PO2720S - SEE MODEL HERE

Jessica Alba
Prada PR18IS - SEE MODEL HERE


John Morrison
Giorgio Armani GA320 - SEE MODEL HERE


Kayne West
Dior Black Tie 66/s - SEE MODEL HERE


Kirsten Dunst
Miu Miu MU06HS - SEE MODEL HERE


Kate Moss
Prada PR18IS - SEE MODEL HERE


Kylie Minogue
Ray Ban RB2132 - SEE MODEL HERE


Leona Lewis
Versace VE4114 - SEE MODEL HERE


Lindsay Lohan
Ray Ban RB3016 - SEE MODEL HERE


Liv Tyler
Ray Ban RB2143 - SEE MODEL HERE

Mariah Carey
Dior Indinight2 - SEE MODEL HERE


Martin Lawrence
Prada PR55HS - SEE MODEL HERE


Mena Suvari
Valentino VAL5453/s - SEE MODEL HERE

Mickey Rourke
Ray Ban RB2132 - SEE MODEL HERE


Jessica Simpson
Dior Glossy1 - SEE MODEL HERE


Natalie Portman
Yves Saint Laurent YSL6134/s - SEE MODEL HERE


Nicky Hilton
Ray Ban RB2140 - SEE MODEL HERE

Nicole Richie
Ray Ban RB3044 - SEE MODEL HERE


Paris Hilton
Gucci GG1581 - SEE MODEL HERE


Paris Hilton
Dior Glossy1 - SEE MODEL HERE


Reese Witherspoon
Yves Saint Laurent YSL6220/s - SEE MODEL HERE


Sean Kingston
Dior CD0082/s - SEE MODEL HERE


Simon Cowell
Ray Ban RB3025 - SEE MODEL HERE


Demi Moore
Yves Saint Laurent YSL6183/s - SEE MODEL HERE


Elle Macpherson
Persol PO0714 - SEE MODEL HERE

Gwen Stefani
Miu Miu MU65HS - SEE MODEL HERE


Heidi Klum
Persol PO0649 - SEE MODEL HERE


Jay-Z
Persol PO0649 - SEE MODEL HERE


George W Bush
Ray Ban RB2140 - SEE MODEL HERE

Stacy Kiebler
Ray Ban RB3025 - SEE MODEL HERE


Tom Cruise
Dior CD0087/s - SEE MODEL HERE


Zac Efron
Persol PO0649 - SEE MODEL HERE

Adam Brody
Ray Ban RB2132 - SEE MODEL HERE

Optional Lens extras

Scratch Resistant or Hard Coating

Above is a diagram of lenses without and with a scratch resistant coating

This is a hard resin layer applied to you lenses to help resist scratching of your lenses. At specsuperstore.com we supply all our lenses with a FREE scratch resistant coating.

Anti reflection / MAR coated lenses

This coating eliminates glare from car headlights, computer screens, fluorescent lighting and stops noticeable reflections on your lenses. Please see below how Anti-Glare eliminate car headlights

Without Anti Reflection Lenses :  With Anti Reflection Lenses

Superantiglare coatings: Crizal Alize Lenses with Scotchgard built in

For the ultimate in coatings our superantiglare coating contains Scotchgard which repells water, grease, static and fingerprints.

See below for the difference in cleaning lenses with the Scotchgard coating.

Tints are used for filtering bright light from your eyes. They can be purely cosmetic or can be needed for people that are sensitive to light. They are also used for sunglasses.

Ultraviolet protection / UV coated lenses

UV Coatings filter out harmful rays from the sun that can damage the lens inside your eye.

These lenses have a self adjusting tint that can go from a very pale tint in slightly sunny conditions to going to a very dark tint when it is very sunny. These lenses protect your eyes from harmful UV rays of the sun and are perfect for all the seasons. Please note that these lenses do not work as well inside a car as they do outside due to car windscreens being laminated. Specific sunglasses will work better inside a car. We only supply original Transitions lenses for all our photochromic lenses and are pleased to announce that all our supplied Transitions lenses will now be Transitions VI - the very latest in photochromic technology. Please click here for a demonstration how Transitions work when viewing through them.For more information on Transitions please visit their international website by clicking here.

Polarised Lenses

Polarised lenses are tinted lenses that cut out horizontal glare produced by the sun. They filter out the unwanted rays and enable viewers to see things a lot crisper in bright sunlight.

High index lenses are used to make your lenses lighter and thinner. They are compressed lenses that offer better optical viewing through them. For higher prescriptions they not only reduce the weight by up to 50% but also reduce the thickness by up to 60% making them more attractive cosmetically. High index lenses are usually in the following form: 1.56 index, 1.59 index, 1.61 index, 1.67index and 1.74 index.

The higher the index, the thinner and lighter the lenses.

Safety /Polycarbonate Lenses

These lenses offer very high impact resistance to moving particles and are used in Safety Spectacles. They are usually in the form of 1.59 index Polycarbonate lenses. The lenses are soft and can significantly reduce the risk of eye damage when using machinery.

Occupational Lenses

These are specific lenses designed for a particular use in spectacles.

Swimming Goggles

We are able to offer prescription swimming goggles in a variety of colours, sizes and design. The lenses sometimes do not have your exact prescription in but it will be very close for what you need when swimming.

Diving Masks and prescription Diving masks

We are able to offer diving masks made to your prescription in many different styles, colours and sizes. Some of these goggles can have your exact prescription put in whilst others use standard prescription ranges that will be very close to your prescription.

Lens Types

Single Vision Lenses

Single Vision Lenses can be used for either Distance, Computer / Music or Reading vision. The lenses contain the same prescription throughout the lens and they are the most commonly used lenses in the optics Industry. They can be personalised with many different parameters. Please see below for further information.

A View through single vision distance lenses

A View through single vision reading lenses

Bifocal Lenses

Bifocals are used for when people need two prescriptions: one for reading and one for distance. For people wishing not to have two pairs of glasses for these puporses bifocals are used to have both prescriptions in one lens. The top of the lens is used for distance and the bottom of the lens is used for reading. They have a visible line on the lenses as shown below:

A View through Bifocal lenses

Varifocals are lenses that combine your distance, reading and intermediate prescriptions into one lens. They look exactly like Single Vision lenses and have no visible lines on them. People who use Varifocals have an advantage over people using Bifocals as they have an intermediate distance in them aswell. This is used for computers or for anything that is at arms length away to be seen without having to move closer to the object they are viewing. Varifocal lenses have some slight distortion on the lenses because of the way they are made. This means you have to move your head more when using Varifocals so not to catch some of the distorted areas. There are hundreds of types of Varifocals and they differ by some having more distortion on the lenses than others.We use Varilux lenses for our varifocal lenses as well as Nikon, Rodenstock, Zeiss and Kodak.

A View through Varifocal Lenses

Asking a friend to help you:

This is the easiest method for measuring you PD. With your friend sitting opposite you at the same height ask them to place a ruler across your forehead just above your eyes with the millimetre side facing upwards.

Next ask your friend to close their right eye and you then look directly into their left eye. Ask your friend to slide the ruler so that the zero value is in the centre of your right pupil and to keep the ruler very steady across your forehead. Then ask your friend to close their left eye and for you to look directly into their right eye.

Your friend will then read off the measurement to the centre of your left pupil. And that’s it! It really is that easy! Please see the diagram below to help you further.

Using your current glasses to measure your PD with help from a friend:

Put your glasses on so that they are comfortable and steady. Ask your friend to stand opposite you and mark on your lenses the position of your pupils with a non permanent marker.

You should now see two lines directly infront of you whilst wearing your spectacles. Take off your glasses and measure the distance between the two markings. And that’s it! If the measurement reads 6cm the PD distance will be 60. If the measurement is 6.3cm then your PD will be 63.

For Varifocal Measurement simply measure from your right eye to the middle of your nose and then from the middle of your nose to your left eye to obtain the required individual readings for your right eye and left eye.

Download our PD Ruler and instructions PDF here to aid with measuring your PD.