Lenscrafters vs Opthalmologist

Robbie (Forum Supporter) said:

 

I go to the ophthalmologist because she specifically doesn't try to sell me glasses.

 See also, going to the dentist - the cleaning is good and helpful, but you really want the doctor for monitoring your oral health, not cleaning your teeth. 

This. 

The optometrist can check your acuity and write your correction prescription.  Kinda like how the oil change folks will change your oil and maybe check your brake pads while the car is up on the lift.

The ophthalmologist is a medical doctor who will do a comprehensive evaluation of the health of your eyes from the inside out.  More like the kind of PPI you want when buying a 911 from across the country.  You should get this done at least every 2-3 years.  It's better to get it done once a year as you get older.

On a tangential note:  the word "opthalmologist" apparently freaks out the spell checker.  It keeps flagging it as misspelled (it's not) and then suggesting it should be spelled exactly the same way it's telling me is wrong.

[edit]  I actually was wrong.  And blind, too, apparently.

Lenscrafters has these lenses called "Workspace".  They are a wide angle lens so the field of vision is much wider.  I really like these and have paid extra for them on  a few pair of glasses.  

My last time into Lenscrafers I had the exam and asked for the same lenses.  No problem, paid and waited for them to arrive.  They come in and they are not the wide angle  so I get them to remake them.   They then make them two more times after that.  I asked each time about the Workspace lenses and they all say yes.  The manager calls me and I agree to go back a forth time and they still suck.  I ask the fitter-lady if she knows what their Workspace lenses are.  She says yes.  I then ask how to know what they look like?  She had some explanation...  I asked, "Are these Workspace lenses?"  No.   They never once filled out the form for the lenses for the better lenses.

Lenscrafters has these fitters/sales people who have no real education on eye glasses other that a quick in-store thing.  They cannot really offer much assistance beyond "these look nice" and let me make them fit a littel better.

I am using Costco readers and they are about 90% as good as the best $800 ones.

Duke said:

On a tangential note:  the word "opthalmologist" apparently freaks out the spell checker.  It keeps flagging it as misspelled (it's not) and then suggesting it should be spelled exactly the same way it's telling me is wrong.

 

Not so fast!  It seems the word is actually spelled "ophthalmologist."  I got it wrong also.

1988RedT2 said:

Duke said:

On a tangential note:  the word "opthalmologist" apparently freaks out the spell checker.  It keeps flagging it as misspelled (it's not) and then suggesting it should be spelled exactly the same way it's telling me is wrong.

Not so fast!  It seems the word is actually spelled "ophthalmologist."  I got it wrong also.

Learn something new every day.  You're right, thanks!  Ironically my eyes aren't good enough to see what the spell checker was suggesting, I guess.