The eyes have it. (Specsavers Opticians)

Member Name: bookguy

Product:	Specsavers Opticians
Date:	02/07/09 (76 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Really good prices for glasses, good selection of frames.

Disadvantages: not very good for contacts, apparently, and you do feel a bit like a widget on an assembly line.

Should I have gone to specsavers?

In a word, yes.

People who know me from this site will probably be able to guess that I need glasses: I watch a lot of movies and TV, and I spend a lot of time in front of the computer. This kind of behaviour is to the eyes what a daily diet of twenty gobstoppers would be to the teeth - it leaves them in need of some regular tender loving care.

The last time I got glasses was about 4 years ago - from Boots, as I recall, and I found it to be a quite expensive process. The cost of the test, the lenses and the frames themselves - as well as some hard-sold extras - brought the price in at over 200 smackers. Ouch. I went crosseyed just paying the bill.

However this specsavers trip was a completely different glasses case.

The eye exam cost nothing (although I think that only applies in Scotland); the (scratch resistant) lenses were absorbed in the cost of the frames, and the frames themselves were only 25 quid! OK, I had to put up with a bit of hard sell for the non-reflective/tinted/polarised lenses, but it wasn't too excessive in the long run.

Additionally, although there was a slight assembly-line feeling to the examination, it was very thorough, and carried out by a qaulified (although disturbingly young) optician.

All in all I would recommend them to anyone for value. 25 quid for some pretty good glasses is a real bargain. I see there have been quite a lot of negative reviews, but these seem to mainly be concerning contact lenses, on which I can't comment, as I think they are the work of the devil. No, aciually it's just that I can't wear them as I have oddly shaped eyes. So maybe I'm the work of the devil.

Summary: I'm glad I went to specsavers.