Eyeglasses are a prep to not sit on

Eyeglasses are a prep that lots of people ignore, and for some it’s not a big deal… if you don’t wear them, then obviously for everyday activities you don’t need them, fair enough. BUT… if you DO wear them, at all, then they are a CRITICAL prep.

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I have a good friend that has vision that is bad enough to warrant eyeglasses but just barely. He can drive without them. Some might think him not having glasses in a SHTF scenario is no big deal, but I disagree… if the SHTF and you are in a survival situation, you NEED to have all of your senses as sharp as possible. Your very life and the life of your family might depend on you noticing some little detail you would have missed without glasses.

If you wear contacts, well… if the SHTF that’s going to be a REAL pain and, frankly, a short-term solution. Eyeglasses are a better answer.

Eyeglasses and age

Pretty much everybody over the age of 45 or 50 needs at least reading eyeglasses, and people using power tools like chain saws and grinders NEED eye protection.

The point of my thread is to not ignore your need for eyeglasses. You can, of course, keep your “previous pairs” of prescription eyeglasses as spares, if you need to, but that’s not optimal if your prescription has changed.

Spice and I are HOPELESS without our eyeglasses, we are both blind as bats. What we do is get our eyes checked, and get the written prescription from our eye doctor. We also have them measure our Pupillary Distance (PD) (actually, we skip this now since we already know it, but if you don’t know yours you need it to order glasses online).

Here’s a hint: PD is not generally written down on prescriptions, you have to ask for it. Your prescription is your medical information, they MUST give it to you, it’s the law. Lots of places balk at giving it to you, because they want to sell you their overpriced prescription glasses. It is my understanding, and correct me if I am wrong, that PD is NOT a part of your prescription, and they are not required to give it to you.

An easy out to get your information with offending anybody

One nice “out” is to say “I may be doing some diving/snorkeling on vacation, and may be ordering some prescription scuba goggles so I need my PD”. Who knows? You might just do that, right? (We actually do have prescription scuba goggles). They will gladly give you your PD for that since 99.9 percent of places don’t sell goggles.

Buying online

You can then take your prescription and PD and order several inexpensive pairs of glasses from Zenni Optical (NOTE: this is NOT a compensated link, we are not in any way affiliated with them, we are just happy customers) or some other online place at a fraction of what “big box” or other places cost. We use Zenni and they are great.

We order 2 pairs at a time, and I also order a spare couple of frames for repairs. When you order frames, it costs 1/2 of the normal cost so a $20 frame with prescription lenses is $10 for just the frame.

I have been very pleased with the quality. Additionally, there’s often coupons so google Zenni coupons & save even more money.

This is not a paid article in any way, we have no relationship with Zennioptical

I do not work for nor am I in any way associated with them, and I recognize that there are other quality eyeglass businesses on the web. I just use their services, others may be as good or better.

For the same amount of money as one “optometrist” pair of glasses I can buy 5-10 pairs of glasses from Zenni and keep a pair in each vehicle, a pair at work and a pair at the BOL, just in case mine get broken or badly scratched.