Buying Eyes Glasses in India

MissPaisley!

Is there any place to get Eye Glasses near Vrndavan? Mathura maybe?

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alext

I see that the same question has been asked several times, but I do not see an answer (maybe I missed it).

It would be extremely helpful for those of you who did get glasses in India, how long did it take to have the made? Same day? A week?

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chrlin

I bought mine from Bonton in Delhi. Got them the next day. Great quality according to my eye doctor in sweden.

seraph

I bought a pair in Kolkata and had it sent to me in Puri because I was leaving the next day. It arrived no problem and is still used 2 years on.

I also had the lenses in my glasses changed in Puri - which is not a very big town. They did an excellent job and changed my lenses for a reasonable price within two hours. I am not sure how typical this is, but it does prove that it is theoretically possible.

John Rambow

My friend got glasses made in made in Bangalore, and I think it took a couple days. I think he probably could have gotten the a little sooner if he'd needed to.

gautam_n_

At the maximum it takes a day or two generally. Rarely more than that. Complicated lens might take a day more maybe based on the queue. And here in Aus they take 4-5 days just to make a simple photocromatic lens (well thats what I was told by the optometrist).

MissPaisley!

we made friends with a very nice Brijabasi Rickshaw driver, who lead me to a very good Eye Glasses Walla. I bought 3 complicated pairs for all my different types of works i do in USA. The total price for 3 was 1/2 the cost of the simplest of the 3 if bought in USA! India Glasses Buying...... Ki! Jai!

Nick-H

You don't get the One-Hour service that has become common in UK.

I took Mr & Mrs Torryquinne to a nearby optical shop here in Chennai. They ordered specs each, quite fancy titanium bendy frames. Mr TQ has experience of the industry, as well as, of course, buying stuff in UK for themselves. They were well satisfied on both price and quality. It was a next-day service: they arrived an departed from Chennai, putting the order on the first day and collecting on their last day in india.

I'm wondering whether to get new for myself --- or to undergo Conductive Keratoplasy to correct my age-related need for reading glasses. Internet reports of this operation seem very positive, although saying that it is not a permanent panacea and does not stop future raging. Available here for Rs18,000 (might be per eye, I'll have to check

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Dr. Gajaprishthakara

Nick (in particular) - a was supposed to get varifocus lenses and, at the last minute, I opted for two sets of glasses. After two years and Egypt - which has a similar [complete and utter lack of] regularity to walking surfaces as India - I remembered that I spend quite alot of time looking down. After checking with my regular glasses, I realised that - the way I "LOOK" - I would spend alot of time determining walking surfaces with my reading prescription towards the bottom of the lens. If I ever live in an overly regulated city again, I would like to try the varifocus. But not for here.

Personally, I would go two sets rather than the knife [anywhere].

Nick-H

Funny you should bring this up again just now...

I went to see an independent eye surgeon the other day (my wife needed a new presription) to ask his opinion of the operation I mentioned above --- having been warned that the hospital's advice might have, errm, some commercial interest behind it.

He was absolutely against it. He asked me if thinning and greying hair would send me scuttling for a hair transplant, and advised accepting the natural processes of ageing.

His point of view was that, however safe, however good the record, an un-necessary eye operation was unwarranted and failure might be a one-in-a-million chance, but that that, or any amount of compensation, does not bring sight back if something goes wrong.

He gave me a new prescription anyway, and advised me to get varifocals.

I already had some frames I'd seen in mind for my next pair pf specs: they are titanium and have no 'hinge', just very light springy metal. They are also made in Europe and cost nearly Rs8,000

And if I go for varifocal, with photochromic --- that's another Rs12,000.

So, yes, specs can be cheap in India --- they can also be very expensive .

But the people in the shop we visited today almost convinced me that I could live with varifocal. I tried a pair they had that were close to my prescription, and I think I might try it.

akt

Which places in Delhi would you recommend where one could get a quality eye exam and have the glasses made (liely to be "varifocal")?
Or is it desirable to get your prescription elsewhere and just get it filled in India?

gypsie,lotus

you are so right! I had my eyes checked and bought three sets of glasses for $85 that was in Connaught Circus in 2002 and I am still waring them, so good I will go to India before this year is out and will go to the same place and get my eyes checked and new glasses.
Gypsie

akt

Which place was that? I always pass though Delhi/Noida and could use experience-based recommendations there.

gypsie,lotus

I cannot tell you the name but it is in A block I think, I lost all possessions with the storm Katrina flood so I do not have the paper work. They are a modern place, with the computer that they put for you to look in and it makes the prescription and they make the glasses. I am still waring them. so good.
I hope this helps, and by the way it is a computer that does the thing for you, not is this better or this the old way is not there.
sincerely, gypsi

gypsie,lotus

my daughter just had varifical glasses and they cost her over $1000 I will maybe get them in Delhi when I get there this year. I will have to try them out, she likes them.
gypsie