What is the difference between lens thickness

We give a little guidance to help you choose lens thicknesses for your prescription and we check your lens choice before we make your glasses.

We will contact you if we feel that the lens you have chosen will not make perfect glasses. If the change required to your order is not significant, we will try to absorb the cost.

In all cases we will e-mail you and let you know so you can decide if you want to proceed. We offer lenses from a standard index of 1. As a guide, and based on a standard plastic frame, we would suggest selecting the index below. Not recommended for rimless frames. Our mission is to be our customer's favourite, up to the minute health and beauty retailer, loved for our value, choice, friendliness and fun. Covid eyewear advice.

Which lens thickness? Standard 1. X No cookies thanks. Deciding which you should get depends on your prescription and your lifestyle. Thicker lenses are more affordable, but can only accommodate lower vision correction needs. Thinner lenses are lightweight and more stylish! In terms of balancing price and quality, 1.

The lens thickness you should get depends on your prescription and your lifestyle. A good compromise lies in 1. Measuring your pupillary distance PD is super simple. While you can probably have your local optometrist help you measure it, you can also do it yourself! Just follow these easy steps on our special "How to Measure Pupillary Distance guide".

The only thing you need is our free-to-print PD ruler. High index lenses are made with a particular type of plastic that refracts light more effectively than standard index lenses. This usually means that they can be cut thinner than other lenses while providing perfect vision correction for stronger prescriptions. High index lenses cause less distortion than lower index lenses with the same prescription.

If your prescription is high and your lenses are large, it can result in your eyes looking smaller or larger, depending on whether you are near or farsighted. High index lenses reduce this effect.

The benefits of high index lenses make the extra cost worth it, though! If your eye prescription is high, your lenses will need to be cut thicker to correct your vision correctly.

Luckily, choosing higher index lenses for your glasses means they can be thicker and still correct your vision perfectly.