As we've moved to Somerset and our previous longstanding optician had retired we were faced with finding a new optician. LOML did due diligence and we chose one who we thought looked the best.
I have a decompensating phoria which needs prismatic lenses and, if they're not to look like milk bottles, need special (aka expensive) glass. The interesting thing about this phoria is that the brain is very good at sorting out the double-vision. The ability of the brain to do this depends on the individual. I am lucky and my brain does exceptionally well at doing this and so I never need to wear the glasses doing general day-to-day stuff other than driving. The brain does tend to give up, though, after a few bevvies! However, because of this brain's ability it makes eye-testing very difficult since the brain is constantly working and trying to compensate for any deficiency in whatever test lenses they are putting in that metal testing frame.
I have two sets of glasses and each set has a pair for long-distance and a pair for reading. I gave one set for them to put new lenses in and went back a few days later to try the new specs. The long-distance ones seemed OK albeit not much improvement as far as I could see over the old pair. "Do you want the old lenses?" asked the lady. Cautionary tale alert. "No" I replied. Bloody fool.
I then tried the reading specs and my eyes felt as if they were being pulled out of my head and I rejected them.
A few days later I decided to wear the new long-distance ones during some driving. All seemed good. When I got back home and took them off, I nearly threw up as my brain frantically tried to work out and compensate for the sudden loss of glasses. After about five minutes my vision was OK without the specs but you have to keep your eyes open throughout to let the brain do its work. Not good.
A few nights later I thought I'd see what they were like looking at stars as the old specs weren't that good. The new specs gave double-vision giving two stars for each one some distance apart from each other.
So TBH these specs are also rubbish. I'd like to put my old lenses back in and get my money (over a grand) back. But I told them that I didn't want the old lenses.
There's the moral tale. An expensive one.
I have a decompensating phoria which needs prismatic lenses and, if they're not to look like milk bottles, need special (aka expensive) glass. The interesting thing about this phoria is that the brain is very good at sorting out the double-vision. The ability of the brain to do this depends on the individual. I am lucky and my brain does exceptionally well at doing this and so I never need to wear the glasses doing general day-to-day stuff other than driving. The brain does tend to give up, though, after a few bevvies! However, because of this brain's ability it makes eye-testing very difficult since the brain is constantly working and trying to compensate for any deficiency in whatever test lenses they are putting in that metal testing frame.
I have two sets of glasses and each set has a pair for long-distance and a pair for reading. I gave one set for them to put new lenses in and went back a few days later to try the new specs. The long-distance ones seemed OK albeit not much improvement as far as I could see over the old pair. "Do you want the old lenses?" asked the lady. Cautionary tale alert. "No" I replied. Bloody fool.
I then tried the reading specs and my eyes felt as if they were being pulled out of my head and I rejected them.
A few days later I decided to wear the new long-distance ones during some driving. All seemed good. When I got back home and took them off, I nearly threw up as my brain frantically tried to work out and compensate for the sudden loss of glasses. After about five minutes my vision was OK without the specs but you have to keep your eyes open throughout to let the brain do its work. Not good.
A few nights later I thought I'd see what they were like looking at stars as the old specs weren't that good. The new specs gave double-vision giving two stars for each one some distance apart from each other.
So TBH these specs are also rubbish. I'd like to put my old lenses back in and get my money (over a grand) back. But I told them that I didn't want the old lenses.
There's the moral tale. An expensive one.
) and the attention and care she received was first class.