Discount Sunglasses

Let’s face it everyone wants to look cool in the sun but before hunting down a pair of discount sunglasses here’s a few things you’ll need to look out for.

Thanks to the internet it is possible to get yourself a really good looking pair of discount sunglasses. If you go to the right places you can even get them with proper UV protection and if required made to your spectacle prescription.

But what do you need to look out for when purchasing your sunglasses.

Firstly you must insist on a UV coating. Don’t settle for anything less.

Wearing a tinted lens without UV protection can damage your eyes. The tint reduces the amount light passing through the lens and your pupils enlarge to allow more light through for you to see with.

Unfortunately, this also allows more UV rays to enter they eye so it is important that the lens has a UV coating to filter this out.

All genuine designer sunglasses will contain a UV coating so if you’re searching for the real thing you’ll be fine. However if you’re after imitations, do you homework and make sure they contain a UV coating.

For those who require prescription sunglasses you must ask the optician or internet supplier to include a UV coating. Here at spex4less we include a UV coating on all tinted lenses automatically but others out there may not, so ask first! (Transition & Polarized lenses already contain UV protection.)    

Non prescription wearers can find designer discount sunglasses over at our sunglasses page.

For those who do require a prescription any pair of normal spectacle frames or standard designer frames can be made as sunglasses by adding either, a Tint (Contains UV Coating), Transitions or Polarized.

The good thing about this is that you glasses will be unique as no one else is likely to have the same pair made as sunglasses.

Follow this advice and you’re sure so snap up a really good pair of discount sunglasses with the correct protection for your eyes.

Please feel free to leave any questions or comments below.

Mark Bowden
B.Sc(HONS)MCOptom
www.spex4less.com

Thank you so much for all your comments on the previous post and you have all come up with some great topics to talk about. Over the next few weeks I will be covering each topic in detail.

However, one thing I would like to stress before we start is that this eye care site is intended for information purposes only. It is not my intention to diagnose or offer “cures” over the internet.

Should you notice or have any concerns regarding the health of your eyes you should contact your optician immediately. They may then refer you to a specialist if required.

That said (in no particular order) below is a list of topics chosen by you which we will be covering over the next few weeks. They will appear under the various categories which will appear under “Categories” over on the left hand side of this page. The most recent articles will appear under “Recent Posts” on the top left of this page.

You can of course stay up to date by using one of the RSS buttons of the left or the Entries RSS link if you know how to add this feed manually.

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Laser Eye Surgery
Can Eye Exercises Actually Improve Your Vision?
Healthy Eating For Healthy Eyes
The Difficulty of Supplying Varifocals Online & Our Solution.
The Importance of Regular Eye Examinations
Glasses and General Tips for VDU Users
Night Time Driving Tips and Lenses
Various Contact Lenses and Their Uses
The Supply of Contact Lenses Online
Various Lenses and There Uses
The Supply of Spectacles Online
Your Prescription and What It All Means
Various Eye Conditions and Diseases
Glasses For Intermediate Distance

Plus many more! As you can see I have had a lot of questions, some general ones and some which are specific and unique.

I will try my best to cover them all in the topics over the next few weeks. However, once again if you are concerned about your eyesight you must contact your optician today!

Here’s a quick tip for reading web pages.

Did you know that if you’re having difficulty reading a web page you can enlarge the text?

Here’s how you do it and you can test it out this page.

On your keyboard at the bottom left hand corner you will see the “Ctrl” Button. Hold this button down and whilst it is depressed “Scroll Back” with the wheel on your mouse. This will enlarge the text so that you can read the page a little easier.

To return the text size hold down the “Ctrl” button and scroll forward (Be care full not to go too far as you will end up with REALLY small text on your page.

Another way to do this is to click on “View” at the top of your web browser, put your pointer over “Text” (it should normally be set at medium) you can the select from Larger, Largest, Smaller, Smallest and Medium.

Note: Many web designers design their pages with the Medium text size in mind so enlarging may make the layout of the page display differently. Also images are not enlarged just the text.

However in IE 7 running on widows vista the “Crtl” and scroll works as a kind of zoom feature which will enlarge images but the may become blurred.