Making My Own Glasses

Oliver Eidel's Blog

Getting new glasses is simple, right?

On a superficial level, getting a new pair of glasses seemed simple. But once you add in my perfectionism, it exploded in complexity. I ended up going to two different opticians and an eye doctor.

Optician 1

I enter the store. A very friendly lady wearing hipster clothes greets me. The equipment seems a bit minimalistic - only a small room with a chair and some letters on the wall. Not sure if all the five-star reviews on Google Maps were fake or submitted by other hipster people who don’t care much about equipment.

She measures the lenses of my old pair of glasses with a Lensmeter...

Oliver Eidel's Blog

Getting new glasses is simple, right?

On a superficial level, getting a new pair of glasses seemed simple. But once you add in my perfectionism, it exploded in complexity. I ended up going to two different opticians and an eye doctor.

Optician 1

I enter the store. A very friendly lady wearing hipster clothes greets me. The equipment seems a bit minimalistic - only a small room with a chair and some letters on the wall. Not sure if all the five-star reviews on Google Maps were fake or submitted by other hipster people who don’t care much about equipment.

She measures the lenses of my old pair of glasses with a Lensmeter...