Buying guides

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Best Fit Machine

Find frames that fit like your current ones!

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All about buying glasses online

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Our ranges explained

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Returns are free

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Our lens packages explained

With a selection of options to suit your budget and needs, we hope you’ll find the best option for you.

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Which glasses will suit my face?

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Free Home Trial

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Frame size guide

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Transitions® Drivewear®

One of the most effective ways you can safeguard yourself and others whilst driving is to wear suitable eyewear. Transitions® Drivewear® lenses are uniquely designed for driving and combine light intelligent technology with polarisation to help reduce reflective glare no matter how bright it is.

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Photochromic lenses

Have you ever gone outside in your prescription glasses and noticed you forgot to bring a pair of sunglasses with you? Convenient light adaptive technology allows the same lenses to go from light to dark when you move from insinde to outdoors.

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Sunglasses lens colour guide

When deciding on which colour lenses to have for your sunglasses, you will want to consider your personal style as well as your lifestyle needs, as each of the lens colours is designed for different purposes.

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What are single vision lenses?

These lenses correct your vision for one distance whether you suffer from short-sightedness (myopia) or long-sightedness (hyperopia).