myops · HackerLangs

What's your lay of the land when it comes to different glass qualities and glass thickness options? Stores here (nordics) have around 4 different glass qualities for progressives, with varying and opaque names like "better" and "supreme". Thickness starts with 1.6 but store people push for 1.67 or 1.74. I get strong upselling vibes, but hard to say. (Is the "supreme plus" noticeably better than "supreme" or merely there for upsell anchoring effect, to make people pick "supreme" without feeling they overspent?) Are there high quality information resources for consumers on what the underlying lens material and processing technologies are?

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I'm 50 and my -7 myopia is now joined by early presbyopia.

Buying glasses is a hassle, strong dislike! Bifocals/progressives are expensive. Stores here (nordics) upsell annoyingly, on both frames and lenses. Never regular prices, always sales or 2-for-1 style campaigns. Hard to tell apart quality steps from mere money grab upsells. For progressives different stores offer 3-5 lens qualities, each using vague naming like "better" and "supreme", so cross store price/quality comparison is opaque. Then there's lens thickness options (1.6, 1.67, 1.74 where higher is thinner and costlier). One store said 1.74 is the only feasible option with my -7. Another said 1.6 is ok if I don't mind a thick lens look. Lots of treatment options (basic anti scratch vs more "advanced"). Expensive to just iterate (buy, try, buy differently), especially since the presbyopia will worsen over a period of years, which means buying new again in a year or two.

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