134 indicates that this is a prescription for glasses and not lenses. Lenses are typically only available in increments of 10.
If that’s the case, you should get a new prescription specifically for lenses, because the spherical correction (-4.5) will also be different between glasses and lenses, because of the distance to the eye.
The correction is typically slightly lower than for glasses, but besides the corrections (sphere, cylinder and axis), lenses also have curve (BC) and diameter (DIA) to fit your eye.
If you have an old box of lenses you can usually find all the numbers printed on the side.
I only use lenses occasionally, so when I recently ordered lenses online using the info from an old box and correcting for the change in my glasses since I had the old lenses, I could sort of figure it out, but they are probably still off by 0.5 or so.
I think you’re better off seeing an optometrist than guessing.
Optometrist for a new prescription. Not for new glasses. Get your glasses through any of the various cheap online retailers Zenni, lensdirect, etc. Contacts are harder to find for cheap and most will ask for a more up to date prescription to fill.
Sure, but typically you can only get contacts in specific strengths (increments of 10 as the other person said), while they can grind the glasses lenses to pretty much anything. So you usually get a different prescription for contacts.
I prefer the quality of glasses he offers though, they don’t scratch up like Walmart shit. My last prescription would do me just fine, if only I could get them new in a new set of frames.
Oh yeah I had the same issue last time I wanted just a prescription, couldn’t find a single optician that would just do an eye test without also getting glasses there.
Ended up finding one I really liked and just also got my glasses there in the end, didn’t really have another choice.
I’m not aware of your laws, but isn’t it just self-certification? Like you tell them “I use glasses to have normal vision” and they reply “okay cool” and write corrective lenses on your license?
Please explain, why can people go to the Dollar Tree and purchase a positive prescription for super cheap, but people with a negative prescription get fucked in the ass?
Because quality doesn’t really matter if it’s glasses you’re wearing on and off to read things close to your eyes but if you read a lot you won’t buy cheap dollar tree glasses and if it’s to see at a distance you’ll wear the glasses at all times.
My vision is better than yours and I still wouldn’t do shit without my glasses.
The quality of my prescription is just fine, even if it is outdated. The quality of the lenses and frames is what’s messed up. The lenses are scratched to hell and back, and the frames snapped in two over a year ago and are rigged back up with a hairpin.
And of course, Walmart is shutting down all of their health centers…
I’d be ecstatic if I could just get my last prescription remade by a different company in different frames. It’s not like the lenses are out of focus, they’re just extremely scratched up.
Thank you for looking and trying your best. I’m still confused though.
Last they told me was my left eye was -4.5, and my right eye was -4.25, both with a 15⁰ astigmatism.
But what’s up with that 134? Do you really think that’s meant to read 134?
I dunno, serious legit questions, regarding the handwriting, not asking any medical opinion, just handwriting…
134 indicates that this is a prescription for glasses and not lenses. Lenses are typically only available in increments of 10.
If that’s the case, you should get a new prescription specifically for lenses, because the spherical correction (-4.5) will also be different between glasses and lenses, because of the distance to the eye.
What’s the difference between glasses and lenses?
I need to understand this before Labor Day, I have to renew my driver’s license, and that’s a restriction on my license.
Class R - Regular Operator’s License
Restrictions 1 - Corrective Lenses
The correction is typically slightly lower than for glasses, but besides the corrections (sphere, cylinder and axis), lenses also have curve (BC) and diameter (DIA) to fit your eye.
If you have an old box of lenses you can usually find all the numbers printed on the side.
I only use lenses occasionally, so when I recently ordered lenses online using the info from an old box and correcting for the change in my glasses since I had the old lenses, I could sort of figure it out, but they are probably still off by 0.5 or so.
I think you’re better off seeing an optometrist than guessing.
I think I’m better at asking my neighbor for his old glasses which I can see crystal clear through than trying to piss $300 through a $30 bladder.
Optometrist for a new prescription. Not for new glasses. Get your glasses through any of the various cheap online retailers Zenni, lensdirect, etc. Contacts are harder to find for cheap and most will ask for a more up to date prescription to fill.
Costco does exams for $60.
My preferred optometrist has a 3 month waiting list. And the nearest Costco is 42 miles away from me.
I think they mean glasses lenses vs contact lenses.
They’re the same under the law.
Sure, but typically you can only get contacts in specific strengths (increments of 10 as the other person said), while they can grind the glasses lenses to pretty much anything. So you usually get a different prescription for contacts.
Well, my last opthalmologist (before COVID lockdown and Walmart as the only fallback) gave me the best prescription I ever had, but it’s now outdated.
I’d like to go back to my old opthalmologist, but he’s now quoting me over $300 for a new prescription and pair of glasses…
See if he’ll do the Rx for $75ish
Glasses are the high margin item here.
I prefer the quality of glasses he offers though, they don’t scratch up like Walmart shit. My last prescription would do me just fine, if only I could get them new in a new set of frames.
Oh yeah I had the same issue last time I wanted just a prescription, couldn’t find a single optician that would just do an eye test without also getting glasses there.
Ended up finding one I really liked and just also got my glasses there in the end, didn’t really have another choice.
I’m not aware of your laws, but isn’t it just self-certification? Like you tell them “I use glasses to have normal vision” and they reply “okay cool” and write corrective lenses on your license?
Um, the Department of Motor Vehicles does a crude eye exam too ya know…
They gotta make sure drivers can read the road signs, which I cannot without corrective glasses or contacts.
An your current glasses are so insanely scratched that you can’t pass said test?
Some people look me in the face and express concern that I might not see well through the scratches. And they’re not wrong.
What is wrong though, is people insisting that I get a new eye exam, as if they’re my opthalmologist or something…
My current prescription is fine, although technically outdated. All I need is new lenses that aren’t scratched to hell and back.
And all I asked was how to actually read the chicken scratch on the prescription…
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It was written as 134. I don’t know if that’s what they intended.
Looks like 13y and fo to me.
At least I think I can read the rest of it, I guess…
But am I supposed to guess on bullshit like this to order glasses online?
You can call the office and ask them to read you the last prescription to confirm it.
You can take your glasses to a lens store and they can read the values your glasses use.
They can’t do that anymore with my latest glasses, because the ‘protective’ layer is rotting off.
They won’t get any valid measurements unless they go to my prior prescription from like 6 years ago.
Which is illegal for them.
Get a new prescription, fucking hell…
Please explain, why can people go to the Dollar Tree and purchase a positive prescription for super cheap, but people with a negative prescription get fucked in the ass?
Because quality doesn’t really matter if it’s glasses you’re wearing on and off to read things close to your eyes but if you read a lot you won’t buy cheap dollar tree glasses and if it’s to see at a distance you’ll wear the glasses at all times.
My vision is better than yours and I still wouldn’t do shit without my glasses.
The quality of my prescription is just fine, even if it is outdated. The quality of the lenses and frames is what’s messed up. The lenses are scratched to hell and back, and the frames snapped in two over a year ago and are rigged back up with a hairpin.
And of course, Walmart is shutting down all of their health centers…
I’d be ecstatic if I could just get my last prescription remade by a different company in different frames. It’s not like the lenses are out of focus, they’re just extremely scratched up.