mcboo – Member
Thanks, that link is what I need. I dont mean to be a skinflint and I’m new to this glasses malarky but isnt £200 for a pair of lenses a lot?
It all depends on how fancy the lenses are. If you want lenses with varifocal, photo-reactive, and Iridium coating, then you gotta pay for it. The lenses don’t have be Oakley to be expensive; I have a pair of Ray Ban Lennon frames, from fleabay, cost $55. I had them re-glazed with Shamir lenses, with multi-point varifocal, DriveWear photoreactive and multilayer anti-reflective features. Cost me £260. I’ve heard of people paying upwards of £350 for lenses, so paying £200 for a pair of Oakley lenses almost makes you a cheapskate! 😉
Just as a comparison, I have a pair of Oakley WHY3 titanium frames, which were only ever sold as prescription glasses. I’ve looked into having them reglazed with a brown tinted, polycarbonate lens, with a 24k mirror, and AR coating on the inside, no prescription, and my local suppliers quoted me around £90-100. That’s NOT an Oakley lens, Oakley quoted £160+.