Do you prefer glasses or contacts?

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Fellow glasses wearers, do you keep your old glasses, donate them, or throw them away? Here are a few of my old pairs I found around my place :roll_eyes:. My prescription hasn’t changed much in the last 20-30 years, so they would still sort of work for me if my current pair broke.

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I keep them. I have my first pair from when I was 10 in a blue case in my dresser. Only once did I throw a pair out as they unsalvageable. I’d stepped on them and they were FLATTENED.
 
I keep mine, also. Different styles and colors for different outfits and occasions. Also, they’re back-ups in case I lose my current ones or something happens to them. The only drawback is that my prescription keeps changing, and with some of the previous pairs, my vision isn’t quite as clear through them.

I also have several pairs of prescription sunglasses, one particularly cool pair that I like to wear often.

Yep, when it comes to glasses, shoes and purses, I’m a bit of a fashion bug – MY fashion, MY tastes. We’re still all individuals, aren’t we?
 
They go somewhere to wait to get donated.

And then I forget where they went . . .

I tend to not go back in until my prescription doesn’t cut it any more.

I’m overdue, but waiting until this ChiCom virus calms down enough to feel safe sitting that close to someone who spends his day with his face that close to people . . . I’ve dealt with fuzziness this long; a few more weeks won’t kill me (and a few less might!).

sometimes, I even manage to salvage parts from an older pair to fix a current pair . . .

I do want to find someplace else to order from, though–I’ve been using a supplier for price, but am doing as much as I can to shift away from anything from the PRC . . .
 
After trying a couple brands of Glaucoma drops that either didn’t work or irritated my eyes too much, I finally have a brand that keeps my pressures down and is actually rather soothing in my eyes. I have a really good Opthalmologist who checks my eyes regularly, including my retinas, which so far have remained intact. My sacks tore away awhile back, which is pretty common in older people, and sometimes the retina tears when that happens. So, we’ve been vigilant.
 
christofirst said:
Fellow glasses wearers, do you keep your old glasses, donate them, or throw them away?
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None of the above. They just somehow seem to get lost. Then again, sometimes they suddenly turn up, years later, in unexpected places.
 
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My very old pairs were donated long ago. My more recent pairs get new lenses when my Rx changes enough or become scratched in a critical vision area. So, I currently have four pairs all in great shape and one pair of Rx sunglasses. Unless styles change dramatically, I’m good.😋
 
I get mine at Costco. Saved quite a bit off from what I would have paid at my eye doc’s office.
 
It helps if you eyes can stay moist. Dry eyes tend to burn more. These drops that I now use are a very soothing formula. I’ve never had them irritate my eyes. Both me and my Opthalmologist are pleased.
 
Emc3 said:
I wear glasses currently, but I’m thinking about switching to contacts because I don’t like how I look in glasses. Which one do you guys prefer?
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Superman doesn’t need glasses! Right?
 
Convert3 said:
I always get two new pair. I’ve never gone back to old ones.
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two? wow . . .

mine have been reading glasses (different prescriptions, so no drugstores).

I get a handful when I order, as they well get sat on, fall off in the garden, stepped on, and so forth.

at the moment, I’m down to the pair currently on my nose, and the pair currently lost in the garden . . .
 
more bent inwards than tightened. It’s enough for everything but wandering in the garden. They Eem to fall off when I Bend over.
 
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