You're fed up with the rest. So why not try the best?!
I've worn progressive glasses for two years now. For the first year, I tried a conventional optician who over-promised and under-delivered. I tried online places that may be OK for a simple single-vision prescription, but simply don't have the resources to make a properly fitted pair of progressive glasses. I so disliked every pair of progressives I tried that I would only wear shirts with pockets in which I could store the uncomfortable glasses as often as possible.
Then, a year ago, I wandered into Ely & Jevon's optical shop, and the experience completely transformed how I feel about my eyeglasses. The glasses they made for me are so comfortable that I often forget that I am wearing them. Gone are the countless little frustrations of the earlier pairs of glasses that just weren't quite right. Their in-house optometrist (unusually in this business the optician employs the optometrist, not vv) spent over an hour measuring and re-measuring my prescription, including about half an hour of walking around the store and looking out the front window at distant objects, while wearing adjustable lenses, until my distance vision was quite literally back to the 20/15 of my youth. After that, Ely spent another hour helping me to choose a suitable frame, then perfectly optimizing the PD and lens position for each eye. When the glasses arrived, Ely double- and triple-checked the fit and gave me a satisfaction guarantee and a nice set of cleaning supplies.
A secret of their success is the care that Ely & Jevon put into getting your glasses just right. Once the high-quality trivex lenses come back from the manufacturer, Jevon makes the final cut of each lens right in the store's own workshop, so that the positioning and orientation of each lens gives exactly the right fit. Contrast this with my previous progressives, made at significant cost by a professional optician from my previous optometrist's office, whose lenses were (as measured by Ely) misaligned (improperly rotated) with respect to the frame. There is just no substitute for having the person who designs and fits your glasses be the same person who makes just the right final cut to fit your frames with proper alignment and orientation.
You do pay a premium price at Dreyfus Opticians. But when I add up the cost of two failed pairs of progressives from my previous optometrist's office and at least half a dozen attempts to get a usable pair of progressives from an online outfit, the price to do the job correctly looks quite fair in comparison. I certainly would have been better off paying Ely to do the job right the first time. In this situation, one absolutely gets what one pays for.
If you've been frustrated by second-rate optician/optometrist service, or especially if you're fussy enough to want an excellent pair of glasses that feels comfortable to wear all day and restores the perfect vision of your youth, Dreyfus Opticians simply cannot be beat. For anything other than a cheap pair of spare reading glasses, I will never go anywhere else. I just can't help raving about the outstanding service I got from Ely & Jevon, and continue to get if my frames need minor adjustments or a replacement screw now and then. read more