Oddly enough, nope. All my cards get scratched to hell eventually, but apparently my scratch resistant lens ain’t no Walmart joke, it’s true scratch resistant.
Hell, I wish I could get a new prescription from my formal opthalmologist again, without having to wait 3 months…
Nope, just raw-dogging it if you will. It’s been in my wallet for years, barely any scratches that weren’t already there to begin with before I placed it in there.
Guess I lucked out on that type of scratch resistant coating, but yeah it might be a good idea to consider making some sort of protective sleeve for it. Not all lenses are made equal…
I went to the ophthalmologist at Walmart once and walked out with exam and glasses for $79 (and my glasses are correcting a scar, so they’re weird), just fyi. I don’t know if that’s possible where you, but you might want to check with the vision center. I think I made an appointment at some point (possibly just to pick the glasses up, I can’t remember), but there was not a significant wait time involved.
The last time I got glasses from Walmart, they cost me $217, and their scratch resistant coating is terrible! I didn’t even make it out to the vehicle without somehow getting 4 scratches on the right lens, and after a couple years or so, sweat totally messes that coating all up.
The only reason I even went to Walmart was because of the whole Covid lockdown shit, I would have had to schedule an appointment with my preferred eye doctor about 3 months in advance, and I just couldn’t wait that long.
The lens in the keyring came from my preferred eye doctor, after the frames broke on me. Lenses from him have fantastic scratch resistant coating, even after years of being tucked in my wallet, it still looks damn near brand new!
That was sort of the loose redneck idea, use what I have to make a backup lens. Thankfully I’ve never outright needed to use it, but if I ever lose my glasses, I sleep with my wallet in my pocket, with my backup lens right there.
Edit: And yes, the lens comes from a slightly dated prescription of mine, plus the lens seems pretty darn scratch resistant, so it’s a solid emergency lens, should I ever need it.
I did it myself with a bench grinder actually. Also got the other lens ground down to fit another same size keyring even.
Now, the plastic dust while grinding? Yeah, I probably should have worn a mask, but at least I made sure to do it outdoors.
Do you do something to keep from scratching the keychain-lens into oblivion?
Oddly enough, nope. All my cards get scratched to hell eventually, but apparently my scratch resistant lens ain’t no Walmart joke, it’s true scratch resistant.
Hell, I wish I could get a new prescription from my formal opthalmologist again, without having to wait 3 months…
Some good packing tape as a sacrificial surface, remove when needed?
P.s. cool spikes
Thanks for the compliment…
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Nope, just raw-dogging it if you will. It’s been in my wallet for years, barely any scratches that weren’t already there to begin with before I placed it in there.
Guess I lucked out on that type of scratch resistant coating, but yeah it might be a good idea to consider making some sort of protective sleeve for it. Not all lenses are made equal…
I went to the ophthalmologist at Walmart once and walked out with exam and glasses for $79 (and my glasses are correcting a scar, so they’re weird), just fyi. I don’t know if that’s possible where you, but you might want to check with the vision center. I think I made an appointment at some point (possibly just to pick the glasses up, I can’t remember), but there was not a significant wait time involved.
…i thought walmart only staffed optometrists?..
The last time I got glasses from Walmart, they cost me $217, and their scratch resistant coating is terrible! I didn’t even make it out to the vehicle without somehow getting 4 scratches on the right lens, and after a couple years or so, sweat totally messes that coating all up.
The only reason I even went to Walmart was because of the whole Covid lockdown shit, I would have had to schedule an appointment with my preferred eye doctor about 3 months in advance, and I just couldn’t wait that long.
The lens in the keyring came from my preferred eye doctor, after the frames broke on me. Lenses from him have fantastic scratch resistant coating, even after years of being tucked in my wallet, it still looks damn near brand new!
My first thought was something like this.
Or converting the lens into an actual monocle.
That was sort of the loose redneck idea, use what I have to make a backup lens. Thankfully I’ve never outright needed to use it, but if I ever lose my glasses, I sleep with my wallet in my pocket, with my backup lens right there.
Edit: And yes, the lens comes from a slightly dated prescription of mine, plus the lens seems pretty darn scratch resistant, so it’s a solid emergency lens, should I ever need it.
You sleep with pockets?
i keep that mf thang on me
I sleep with one pocket open.