Last Tuesday, I was hunched over my laptop at the local library, racing to finish a blog post before evening fell. I wear simple reading glasses now, but these frames—the ones from Mozaer—always seem to catch people's eye.
A woman sitting nearby, sketching in a large notebook, leaned over. She lowered her voice and asked, “Where did you find those? They have such a perfect vintage look.”
I smiled, adjusting the handsome grey square frames on my nose. “They’re actually just my computer glasses,” I explained. “But honestly, they’re the reason I haven't thrown my laptop out the window.”
It might sound dramatic, but finding the right pair of blue light readers was a long and frustrating journey. If you spend hours staring at screens, or if you’ve just started needing a little help reading small print, this story is for you.
Here’s what this simple pair of readers finally gave me:
When I hit my 40s, my eyes suddenly stopped cooperating. My old single-vision glasses were fine for driving, but reading a tiny text message felt like a major effort. I knew I needed help, but I wanted to avoid the high cost of the traditional eye doctor route.
I assumed buying complex prescription lenses online would save me money. Oh, how wrong I was. Here’s the honest truth about shopping for complex lenses online: it often leads to nothing but frustration.
My first attempt was a complete nightmare. I ordered a pair of progressive lenses—the fancy kind with three different viewing zones in one lens for reading, mid-range, and distance. They’re notoriously tricky to make correctly.
I spent hundreds of dollars. When the glasses arrived, they were blurry. Not just a little off, but genuinely painful to wear. I called the company.
They gave me a choice: a full refund or a 110% store credit. That 110% sounded so tempting that I took the credit. Verdict: Do not fall for the credit trap.
I ordered a second pair using the credit. They were blurry, too. When I tried to return them, I discovered the terrible fine print: store credit is non-refundable. Because I had used the credit, I was stuck. My money was gone, exchanged for credit, and the company’s mistake had cost me my cash.
My neck grew sore from constantly tilting my head to find the one tiny clear spot on the lenses. My head throbbed. I ended up spending even more money to take the expensive frames to a local optical shop, where they confirmed the prescription in the online lenses was completely wrong. The whole ordeal cost me time, money, and countless headaches.
Action Step: If you need complicated lenses like progressives, be extremely cautious about buying them online. The quality of inexpensive complex lenses is often poor. Instead, consider simplifying your needs.