Spectacles in UAE
Prices for decent ones and recommendations for opticians? Just in uk for a few days and seen some whizzo Raybans but £275 incl lenses seems a bit steep. Specsavers's £99 bogofs were nasty.
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Re: Spectacles in UAE
is this prompted by you thinking patterned waistcoats are acceptable? blaming poor eyesight isnt a good enough excuse bahtatboy x
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Re: Spectacles in UAE
Originally Posted by kittycat1
(Post 10364127)
is this prompted by you thinking patterned waistcoats are acceptable? blaming poor eyesight isnt a good enough excuse bahtatboy x
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Hubs always goes to Al Jaber Optical, always really good service and he has really weird prescriptions, they were even able to order in the contacts he needed, even though any other place we went to said they were not available here. Whatever you do, do not get the anti-glare coating on your lenses, after a while it starts to break down and your lenses look like they are covered in oil slick
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Re: Spectacles in UAE
Originally Posted by lanarkwitch
(Post 10364165)
Hubs always goes to Al Jaber Optical, always really good service and he has really weird prescriptions, they were even able to order in the contacts he needed, even though any other place we went to said they were not available here. Whatever you do, do not get the anti-glare coating on your lenses, after a while it starts to break down and your lenses look like they are covered in oil slick
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Re: Spectacles in UAE
Originally Posted by lanarkwitch
(Post 10364165)
Hubs always goes to Al Jaber Optical, always really good service and he has really weird prescriptions, they were even able to order in the contacts he needed, even though any other place we went to said they were not available here. Whatever you do, do not get the anti-glare coating on your lenses, after a while it starts to break down and your lenses look like they are covered in oil slick
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Re: Spectacles in UAE
Originally Posted by archie159
(Post 10364929)
Is that the one in Abu Dhabi mall? Their website say they have 35 branches in the UAE, but I can only find one in Abu Dhabi (where you also seem to be located, I think). Thanks!
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Re: Spectacles in UAE
Originally Posted by lanarkwitch
(Post 10364956)
There is one in Ad mall, as well as Mushriff mall which is the branch we went to
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Originally Posted by archie159
(Post 10365033)
Great, thanks - it's always good to know which particular branch you were happy with, as standards seem to vary enormously (for some chains, at least).
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Re: Spectacles in UAE
Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 10364181)
Thanks--optician today recommended anti-glare especially if you use computers a lot. I don't have anti-glare at the moment and don't have any problems.
A simple computer solution is to turn the brightness level down on the screen. You can wash your specs with water, mild detergent, mild liquid soap, mild shampoo etc, and dry them off on a soft cloth. I worked for years in an Italian specs and sunglasses company and we also had a small outlet. So many people used to come in asking for the nose pads to be changed because they had gone yellow, green or orange with age, sweat and foundation. Amazing how none of them had ever thought of actually washing their specs. |
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I have always used the place at the Greens, good service and reasonable prices.
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I got mine in Al Jaber too, but in Dubai mall.
Got them tested (free) in two places, third happened to be Al Jaber and their test came out as an average of the previous two, picked frames, went and ate, hour later - bosh. Speccy four eyes Scamp. £190 ish (I'm not very blind but I got nice frames) |
Re: Spectacles in UAE
Originally Posted by archie159
(Post 10364929)
Is that the one in Abu Dhabi mall? Their website say they have 35 branches in the UAE, but I can only find one in Abu Dhabi (where you also seem to be located, I think). Thanks!
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Re: Spectacles in UAE
Originally Posted by archie159
(Post 10365033)
Great, thanks - it's always good to know which particular branch you were happy with, as standards seem to vary enormously (for some chains, at least).
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Re: Spectacles in UAE
Update: ended up buying them online in UK using the prescription from Specsavers. Basically bogof, 150 quid for a pair with Rayban frames and another, non-designer pair. Chose one pair for VDU use, one for reading. VDU ones are bloody useless, they don't come into focus till my nose if virtually on the screen--shorter focal distance than the reading ones. Have complained to the company: I won't post their name until the issue is resolved one way or another.
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