I too ordered the rimless...still waiting on my order. Did they provide you with tracking numbers once they shipped? I haven't heard from them since I got my receipt on the day I ordered a little over a week ago (Sunday before Thanksgiving).

Sorry to spoil the fun but I've been reading this thread and can't resist
making an honest opinion about this business tactic. First of all, these people obviously
do not care about your vision and the accuracy of your prescription. How could they recommend
people taking the pupil distance measurement looking into a mirror?? Do you people know that
a wrong measurement of a few millimeters can induce prisms/distortions in your glasses???
If you have a high prescription this will cause headaches and discomfort. Second, they don't have any measurements for segment height for your bifocal and progressive. There's no way
you can place an order for a bifocal or progressive without those measurements. I'm on this board daily looking for good deals. I would love to tell people this is a great deal but It's not true. It's not about getting a frame and lens for $20, it's about how these people do business. It's just plain wrong. There are reasons why(optician,optometrist,ophthalmologist,etc..) attend years of school to understand the optics of a lens and the proper way of filling a prescription. I have no objection when it comes to contact lens because it's the same lens prescribed by the doctor.
Anyways, I just want to help people understand true process of making a correct prescription. Do as you wish but be careful.

i was told the index of refraction is 1.57 polycarbonate lenses.

can anyone verify that on their glasses?

I'm kind of having the same concern about the measurement. Adding up all the Pupil distance and eye sizes,
the errors in measurement can be as much as 4mm. Is this acceptable? Please share your experience.

kqnjml said:

<< Sorry to spoil the fun but I've been reading this thread and can't resist
making an honest opinion about this business tactic. First of all, these people obviously
do not care about your vision and the accuracy of your prescription. How could they recommend
people taking the pupil distance measurement looking into a mirror?? Do you people know that
a wrong measurement of a few millimeters can induce prisms/distortions in your glasses???
If you have a high prescription this will cause headaches and discomfort. Second, they don't have any measurements for segment height for your bifocal and

Got mine pair last week, ordered 3 weeks ago...FW effect at work. The quality of the lens and frame seems to be excellent. Their shop is based in HK so delivery time will vary depends on both end (customs) since they are small. Lot's of local shops in US route their lens order to HK/Asia based lens factory, what you are wearing now is probably from there anyways. Most of the non-designer brand frames are manufactured in Asia like rest of the stuff we use. Low cost startup like zenni can survive b/c they have no upkeep cost of chain stores & marketing department. global arbitrage at work, ready or not here is comes.

the $3 clipon is crap, don't get it. that's probably a fat 600% margin for them.

"There are reasons why(optician,optometrist,ophthalmologist,etc..) attend years of school to understand the optics of a lens and the proper way of filling a prescription."

LOL, no offense. a machine spits out polished lens and neatly package them like potato chips, they just feed it numbers. your optometrist is busy/ratherbe doing LASIKs than filling prescriptions.

epluribusunum said:

<< Got mine pair last week, ordered 3 weeks ago...FW effect at work. The quality of the lens and frame seems to be excellent. Their shop is based in HK so delivery time will vary depends on both end (customs) since they are small. Lot's of local shops in US route their lens order to HK/Asia based lens factory, what you are wearing now is probably from there anyways. Most of the non-designer brand frames are manufactured in Asia like rest of the stuff we use. Low cost startup like zenni can survive b/c they have no upkeep cost of chain stores & marketing department. global arbitrage at work, ready or not here is comes.

the $3 clipon is crap, don't get it. that's probably a fat 600% margin for them.

"There are reasons why(optician,optometrist,ophthalmologist,etc..) attend years of school to understand the optics of a lens and the proper way of filling a prescription."

LOL, no offense. a machine spits out polished lens and neatly package them like potato chips, they just feed it numbers. your optometrist is busy/ratherbe doing LASIKs than filling prescriptions. >>

There is a HUGE difference in quality of lenses depending on the manufacturer. While most CR-39 (the 'typical' lens material) lenses are produced in Southeast Asia they are relatively new in manufacturing Polycarbonate lenses. With that said.. the manufacturing process is really not an issue, it's the design of the lenses, the type of finish/coating applied and amount of quality control that mostly determines a good lens from a bad one. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying zenni's lenses are low quality. They may well be a high quality lens. I was just commenting on your statements about lenses in general.

"While most CR-39 (the 'typical' lens material) lenses are produced in Southeast Asia they are relatively new in manufacturing Polycarbonate lenses."

your would be right if it's Y2K now, almost everyone use high index polycarbonate instead of CR-39 plastic currently. The term Polycarbonate is misleading, both lens/material are plastic (polycarbonate). they just have different refractive index value.

your optometrist should have a PD number for you. if not go to local eyeware store, maybe they can help you out. having the wrong PD number by few mm can induce Prism effect (might strain your eyes).

last resort, is to have some one mark spots where your pupils are on your old glasses, then measure between spots.

NONpermanent markers for the careless.

OK....got mine today....I got the Memory Titanium Rimless...I think I may have just picked the wrong shape lenses for my eyes, as I can see the center nose piece and my eyes seemed drawn to it(ala Steve Martin and The Jerk) I can see the deal about the screws protruding from the inside, but other than that I will definately order again...just different shaped lenses. Mine came polished and no fingerprints. They got my prescription just fine. The AR coating seems to work great too....just my 25 cents......I ordered the Sunday before Thanksgiving, so roughly 2 weeks for my order, give or take a day or 3.

I received my bifocals on Saturday. I order a half rimmed pair. The quality of the glasses seemed great and the "fit and finish" was fine. However, I wasn't happy with the height of the bifocal, so I emailed them Monday morning asking how I could access the 50% "guarantee." I received an email back with a phone number; the person answering the phone seemed knowledgeable and offered to remake them for 30% with a lower bifocal and me just keeping the original pair.

The company treated me very fairly. I ordered the original glasses knowing that the only guarantee involved returning the old pair and getting a new pair for 50% off. Them doing it for 30% and me keeping the old pair is completely fair.

<< the $3 clipon is crap, don't get it. that's probably a fat 600% margin for them. >>

How bad is it? Is it perfect fit with your eyeglasses? Or it's the one you can get from local Walgreen / CVS store -- old man's flip clip-on.