So I'm sick of my eyeglass frames breaking. Anyone able to point me in the direction of some nearly indestructible eye glass frames?

Never had great luck.

I'm also sick of my frames always being asymmetrical.

How are you breaking them?

Could be your ears that are uneven...lol

At what point do your frames typically break? At a welded joint or where the joints are held together by a screw?

I used to have trouble with my frames coming apart because the screws kept getting loose (and the lens once popped out and shattered on the ground). I dropped some crazy glue in the socket before tightening the screw and never had that problem again (though I periodically check to see if the screws are still tight, just to be safe).

Sorry, I know it's not the answer you were asking for, but just advice that might save you money.

They either break right above or below the bridge, or above or below the side pieces. I don't feel like I'm overly rough on the always just kind of fall apart.

I used to have a lot of trouble with glasses, until I switched styles. Now I get nothing but half /semi rim glasses, and don't have any more issuses with them.

Of course, most of the time the issues I had involved the screw giving out.

Also, I'm not directing you these particular glasses. I'm just suggesting the style. My personal preference is an aviator type style.

Really, it's just a matter of the cost of the frames then. When I had insurance I had a really nice 300 dollar pair of glasses that had spring loaded arms and were very durable. Had them so many years they went out of style.. so when I updated I had to go to Sam's and pay cash since I didn't have insurance and had to settle for what I could afford. They look okay but they seem very flimsy compared to my old ones and the lenses get dirty easier and are harder to clean.

I've already had to take them in twice to be re-screwed or otherwise adjusted. Where as the ones I got at Lens Crafters I only had to take in once in 5 or 6 years and that was because I rolled over on them while asleep and bent them all to hell.. and even then they bent them back and adjusted them and I still have them as a back up pair.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is -- save up and go to Lens Crafters.

Use titanium. Or adamantium...

Seriously though, the flexible, the better. I am notorious for dropping my glasses at home when I take them off, and I have never ruined one that way. I always choose frames that have thicker... ear-holders? I dunno how you call those in english... I learned the hard way that no matter how much better thin frames look, the tiny screws holding the delicate joints will break eventually, even from everyday use, let alone dropping them.

I generally try to find frames with magnetized clip-on sunglasses, which is harder and harder since some company filed a copyright for the method... and they don't make any such glasses. I find them much better than the automatically-darkening lenses.

Contacts.

Heh, good one lostorbit, but if he's like me, he either doesn't want contacts or has an odd prescription.

Side springs are pretty much a must for me, and have been since I was a kid. I suspect I just take better care of them now than in grad school, because I haven't had to replace-for-breakage in a long time, and I don't think I've been buying any higher a quality. I tend to grab the $100-150 frames that my insurance covers most of.

I do have some oddball requirements, though. The sides have to either be plastic or have a thick layer of plastic around the metal core, because my sweat will corrode metal. And the newer style of soft bridge support irritates the hell out of my skin, so I need hard pads.

---Dave

So what you are saying is that you're Chemo from DC comics?

You probably just need prescription welding goggles. I recommend adopting a steampunk lifestyle so they don't look weird.

I would buy the hell out of prescription steampunk goggles. I would much rather be walking around with brass and leather on my head than this flimsy piece of steel jive that keeps warping and giving me head aches and eye aches. Oh yeah... maybe even mirrored lenses so no one could see my eyes.

Christ, I think I need to get building.

So, I had an idea while surfing for supplies (cause damnit, I am gonna make me some goggles.).

Why take some military surplus frames, or safety rated frames and see if the optician can swap in your prescription? Gotta be higher quality than the stylish crap they put on the shelves.

Edit: Or motorcycle frames. Those need to be speed and strike ratings, and most can take prescription lenses by default.

I hate contact lenses. Can't put them in, either... I just have an aversion to touching my eyes. Besides, having -1/-1,5 dioptries, it'd be overkill to use them for such a slight sight correction.

Not to mention that after wearing glasses for a good portion of my life, I'd kinda feel naked without them.



Dude, you should totally become a supervillain. That's an awesome power! We could call you... Meltdown.

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I used to be opposed to contacts but then got them 6 years ago, never looking back. If you can get your prescription in them I highly recommend it. Living outside the frame is pretty great.

You can either live outside the frames... or use the frames to make a statement of who and what you are in this life.

Still trying to find some goggle frames I like. It's not so much a design problem as an availability problem.

I had glasses for 20 years now and I can't say I ever had that problem, maybe one or two screws or lens fell out, but nothing ever broke or shattered. But I do scratch the heck out of the lenses.

If you wear contacts you can still wear your glasses whenever you feel like it. Having options isn't awful.

I have no options... just misshaped eyes and a powerful stigmatism.

Since the spam bot was kind enough bump this, I ended up getting a pair of Ti-flex titanium flexible frames. Guess we will see how they hold up.

Just get a thicker frame.

My glasses broke this weekend and it reminded of how the cycle of being poor keeps you poor and having money lets you save money in the long run.

I doubt it's a deliberate conspiracy, but poor people are kept poor because they can't afford to save money.

Shopping at Sam's Club is cheaper than shopping at the dollar store, but you have to spend more upfront for it to matter.

The same is true of owning a pair of glasses, I've found. When I had insurance and could afford a pair of 350 dollar frames, they were durable, long lasting and came with lifetime warranty's for repair. When I decided that after 10 years it was time for an update, I didn't have insurance so I had to buy the bargain pair.

They look nice, they were lightweight and they were 80 dollars. Well, I fell asleep with them on and rolled over on them and the arm snapped off. Something that would never have happened on my expensive pair. I was very lucky that it snapped at the exact right spot not to cause my lenses to pop out. I took it to where I got them and the warranty expired 4 weeks ago and it was all or nothing. All I could do was buy another pair of the same low end frames for 80 bucks.

I declined since I could use super glue to repair it.. this time.. but had the break been a mm to the side I'd have had no choice but to buy new frames.

Buying cheap replaceable junk seems great until it actually breaks. In the long run you end up spending just as much or more than the nice stuff.. yet you lack the benefits of it being nice.

If I had 300 bucks I'd have just got a really expensive pair.

Same thing with cars and furniture really. It's just a weird system.