Opticians

[ewt]

Any Londoners have recommendations for a good optician?

For actually getting new glasses I will go to the place I went to last time, in Enfield, because they are competent and pleasant. I may go to them for the exam as well but if anyone knows of anyone particularly good elsewhere, do let me know.

I dislike playing lottery with any aspect of my health, and I do actually get to choose which optician to go to, so I may as well have a good look.

I refuse to enter any branch of Vision Express due to what happened last time (they left me with no glasses and no sales adviser for an hour, then tried to sell me expensive designer frames that I had already said were way out of my price range).

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[abigailb.livejournal.com]

I also need new glasses, since the pair I'm wearing are maybe 3 years old and are starting to cause eyestrain. This will entail getting someone I trust to go with me to help pick frames out, since I am more or less blind without them.

[keira-online.livejournal.com]

I used to do that. Years of wearing glasses that someone else thought suited me.
Then I discovered Specsavers. Most (probably all) branches have a digital camera on the wall, which allows you to look at up to 4 pairs of glasses at any one time. And the assistants tend to be perfectly happy to stand there and press buttons because I can't see them. Finally I am wearing glasses that I have chosen :)