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Check out Glasses Direct as one of the five recommended ways to save money on your eye care in The Daily Telegraph…  Sticking to these tips can save you hundreds of pounds on eye tests and products. The article highlights our Free Unlimited Seven-Day Home Trial which allows customers to try before they buy, as well as our helpful customer team and team of qualified opticians.

MIT Media Lab claim to have found a way to get your eye prescription – through a new app on your mobile phone. It works by clipping a small plastic device onto your mobile phone, looking into the lens and pressing the arrow keys several times. It all takes less than two minutes – less time than making a cup of tea! The company has built this app for use in developing countries which lack these systems, to ensure people are looking after their eyes.

Imagine… testing your eyes and then browsing online to find a pair of glasses you love all in the comfort of your own home – you wouldn’t even have to step out of your front door. Check out a short video here to see exactly how it works. Well we’re certainly going to be watching this space. For those of you reading this, do let us know about any other new and inspiring technology developments in the optical world, we’d love to hear all about it…

Get in line contact lens wearers and hear me out. I understand that you think contacts are convenient but what about jazzing up your look? Contact lenses certainly won’t do that I’m afraid! Take a stand and be a trend setter not a follower. Wearing contacts is about as exciting as my granddad’s tweed slippers. Here are the facts. Contacts are expensive, you’re stuck if you don’t have your products with you and dropping them becomes rather annoying. There’s just no excuse for it. There are too many stylishly cool glasses at unbeatable prices. Check out some of our ultra trendy collection below…

Cosmopolitan in Purple

Harry in Brown

Leia in Tortoise

You can certainly have a lot of fun with your glasses and this article in The Times shows off just a few bold numbers you can choose from. Check out these John Lennon JL09B specs from Glasses Direct’s enviable collection…