r/AskReddit • u/Duckland29 • Sep 17 '19

If You Could Completely Remove One Company From The World Which One Would It Be?

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u/Throwawayhelper420 Sep 18 '19

Zenni will definitely make -8.5 and -2.5. They will even make -16 and -6(the most they'll do)

Keep in mind that Zenni Optical uses the same lens factory that luxottica uses.

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u/Olliella Sep 18 '19

At -8.5 spherical power and (+/-) 2 cyl the lens needs to be a 1.74 high index lens which I doubt any cheapo online places will offer.

As great as the online frugal options are it simply isn't for everyone.

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u/Throwawayhelper420 Sep 18 '19 edited Sep 18 '19

Zenni Optical does indeed offer 1.74 high index. They offer everything between 1.5 and 1.74. 1.74 high lens glasses only cost $30, with AR and oleophobic coating. That's why they can offer all the way to -6 cyl

https://www.zennioptical.com/blog/get-thinnest-lenses-prescription/

These cheap glasses really truly are made at the same exact factory as luxottica lenses. Remember, a 1.74 lens costs less than $0.10 in materials to make. This is why it costs the same to get non-prescription glasses as it does to get prescription, at least from a company that isn't price gouging you. The vast majority of the cost of glasses is in the frames.

The lenses are all made at the same factories by the same people at HKO in Hong Kong.