OT eyeglass longevity

Hi TAria....well, you're supposed to get an eye exam every two years. I expect my frames to hold up at LEAST two years. Sometimes I use the same frames and just get new lenses. I think it's *very* unreasonable to buy a pair of Liz Claiborne's (not cheap)...and only have them 13 months! Can you contact the manufacturer and complain?? You never know--they might help you!

Sherry

More than 2 years minimum,.especially with the price of frames. Don't find any that are UNDER $100.00 anymore. Can you get the addy where they are made and write to them? It seems an awfully short time to me.

Butterfly (had one frame last 6 years--really liked them and I wear them from up/bed daily...can't see without them--finally decided that the ears were not 'right' anymore)

I would tend to agree, though it could be that the regular moving of the frames weakened one point much faster, which would suggest a mismatch between use and purpose, so the blame would lie with the seller, not the manufacturer. Have you tried googling to see if there are any product reviews.

Cheers Anne

Taria, that's outrageous. I'm assuming that your 'real' glasses cost heaps more than my $ 4 sunglasses from WalMart. After only a dozen years, one of the lenses has fallen out and I'm thinking I really should consider replacing them. If they were Liz Claiborne, I'd be yelling my head off. Probably a genuine hissy fit is called for. Polly

I'm on my second pair of glasses that lasted more than 15 years. The first were from the New Zealand National Health Service, the second from the British one (i.e. they were the cheapest you could buy at the time in the UK). These current ones have had the bridge broken a couple of times but I got them very competently fixed last year by an optician in Kosice, Slovakia for about 4 euros and they've been as good as new since. I've had others, but these two have been the ones that got the heaviest use.

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I am still wearing my Wal Mart glasses after 5 years. They replaced an ear piece when one broke. Yes I got my eyes check since I first got these. My new glasses are in the car glove compartment and I have wore them 4 or 5 times in the last year. I just would rather wear the old glasses. Barbara in FL

With the daily wear and tear, I'm happy if mine last 12-15 months. However, given how much my eyes change (I get them checked every year), I tend to have new ones within 12 months. I have frames that I fell in love with last year and fortunately they still make them. I ordered the same frames this year. However after a week with the new Rx, I had to take them back due to headaches....should have new ones back in another week or so.

Hubby has had his for about a year and has had to replace the ear pieces because the covers broke (not the wire but the plastic pieces that make the "comfortable").

My insurance pays for a pair a year, but my last insurance paid for one every 2 years. It depends more on how often your eyes change, the quality of the frames, and the amount of use they undergo.

As for use, my dad used to get on me when I took them off with one hand instead of two (it's hard on the frame hinges) and I have a bad habit of falling asleep with them on.

Hubby just had to replace his --15 months old. The bridge broke! Grrr..

$300 later!....

I'd be throwing one hellacious, foot stomping hissy fit, loudly, right in the store making sure there's plenty of customers to hear. Outrageous! I don't think I've had frames that didn't go through at least 3 or more prescriptions. The pair I have now are 12 years old and other than going in to have new nose pads and temple adjustments (free btw) they are still going strong. The frames on my prescription sunglasses are 20+ years old. They were Sofia Loren brand, my son said they made me look like a movie star when I tried them on...what can I say, I'm easy ;) Forget the internet, demand to speak to the manager and toss a very public fit. You are a victim only if you choose to be.

Val

It's a good thing that this didn't happen to me, since I've been having severe eye problems for the past several years. My current pair is now five years old, and a new pair is still not in the offing until I can get my eyes to cooperate better. Good luck with yours -- I'd be stomping mad!

I expect mine to last either until I need new glasses or until I have worn the plateing off.

I got the ones I am wearing (which I hate) after the ones I got from Sterling tried to eat my face. I had quarter inch wide bleeding cresents under my eyes. I took them back to the store and the manager very loudly in a packed store told me they didn't accept medicaid anymore and they would not do a thing about the glasses. I hope everybody in the store got a good look at my face and had second thoughts about shopping there. The state and the fed were both displeased, as well as completely boggled. The darned glasses were less than two weeks old, and medicaid (you all in other words) had to pay for a new exam and a new pair of glasses because that blasted manager would not even give over my file. I am due and overdue for glasses, but there just isn't anybody who takes plain medicaid anymore. They all want you on one of the HMOs medicaid pays for. Having a chronic condition I am not even eligable for one of those.

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I figure a couple of years. But it depends on the sturdiness of the frames, also. The phrase "they don't make 'em like they used to" definitely applies here. I always get a frame that has the spring hinge at the temple, seems to help.

My father had his pair issued in the Navy in the 1940s last him 50 years. They broke one day when he went for a walk and tripped on the curb.

G> An odd question. =A0How long do you expect a pair of

I'm in bifocal denial, own a prescription pair used only for fine hand sewing plus another for night driving. I.e. they don't get used constantly. Both about 2 years old and doing fine. The glasses I use ALL the time for reading are cheap supermarket ones, several pairs all over the house, at least 10 years old some of them. The paint is starting to wear off in places. They get knocked on the floor, tossed in the knitting basket, lent to visitors, generally abused. Nothing seems to harm them! Roberta in D

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I get about 3 years from mine. Both computer glasses and my regular bifocals.

Wow! I'd be bent! I'd be throwing a tizzy, unless when I purchased them and was told they would not be covered without insurance. I've had glasses that I tried to use the frames and was told I couldn't because they would have a hard time getting the glass to fit the frame! Anyway, I'd expect my glasses to last at least the two year mark....that's when I'm elligible for a new exam and glasses. Launie, in Oregon

My eyeglasses last about 5 years. Most opticians won't replace them past one year. However, I can't see why they wouldn't fix them for you. It certainly is cheaper than having to buy a whole new pair.

Molly in Mass.

I wear my glasses from the time I get up until the time I go to bed and I can't remember ever having a pair break (except for the ones my DS sat on several years ago). I get new frames mainly because I want a change. For a pair of glasses to break after only13 months is outrageous!