Your Prescription Eyeglasses: Glass or Plastic?

[Debater Slayer]

For those here who wear prescription glasses, are yours made of glass or plastic?

Mine are for myopia. They're plastic.

 

[paradox]

I wanted glass but doc told me plastic is in.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Some sort of plastic, I think.

 

[Sand Dancer]

For those here who wear prescription glasses, are yours made of glass or plastic?

Mine are for myopia. They're plastic.

Mine are thick, so glass is too heavy.

 

[Daemon Sophic]

Plastic.
Why would anyone want glass?

 

[Twilight Hue]

I wanted glass but doc told me plastic is in.

I insisted on glass. I got it.

I'd see another doctor trying to capitalize on cheaply made plastic garbage.

And it's good for the environment!

 

[Twilight Hue]

Plastic.
Why would anyone want glass?

Are you kidding?

It's harder to scratch glass.

 

[The Hammer]

For those here who wear prescription glasses, are yours made of glass or plastic?

Mine are for myopia. They're plastic.

I have no idea. Probably plastic. They are the transitions lenses.

 

[paradox]

It's harder to scratch glass.

This seems to be true, but one definite benefit of plastic is that it's lighter than glass,
I don't feel any weight of my glasses, they light as feather, glass however adds to weight.

 

[Twilight Hue]

This seems to be true, but one definite benefit of plastic is that it's lighter than glass,
I don't feel any weight of my glasses, they light as feather, glass however adds to weight.

That's true, glass is heavier which is why I use plastic eyewear at my workplace.

However it dosent even compare to glass for it sheer clarity and maintenance that makes glass my first choice.

 

[sun rise]

I insisted on glass. I got it.

I'd see another doctor trying to capitalize on cheaply made plastic garbage.

And it's good for the environment!

My plastic ones are high-index, scratch resistant, progressive (etc). They're hardly cheaply made or at least the price is hardy cheap. And they last and last so the quality is far far from "garbage"

 

[VoidCat]

I dont know but they thick as hell im close to legally blind I cant see at all without them.

 

[Twilight Hue]

My plastic ones are high-index, scratch resistant, progressive (etc). They're hardly cheaply made or at least the price is hardy cheap. And they last and last so the quality is far far from "garbage"

It's plastic. That should speak volumes.

 

[SalixIncendium]

My progressive bifocals are made of plastic (the lenses, anyway; frame is metal).

 

[SalixIncendium]

Are you kidding?

It's harder to scratch glass.

You should have held out for diamond.

 

[Twilight Hue]

You should have held out for diamond.

I wonder..

Optical Properties of Diamond – Evolve Diamonds

 

[Revoltingest]

Plastic is more impact resistant.
That matters to me.

 

[Secret Chief]

For those here who wear prescription glasses, are yours made of glass or plastic?

Mine are for myopia. They're plastic.

I thought they were all plastic these days. Before I had my cataract operations my glasses were really thick. If they'd been made of glass they would have weighed a ton.
Extra info: my latest glasses are made from recycled plastic!

 

[Secret Chief]

Plastic is more impact resistant.
That matters to me.

Good point.

 

[Daemon Sophic]

Are you kidding?

It's harder to scratch glass.

See below.

Plastic is more impact resistant.
That matters to me.

This; along with scratch-resistant coating, makes plastic the better all around choice. In my opinion. Along with the opinions of most optometrists.