tesco opticians - oakleys e200

Stheno

Was in Tesco opticians in balbriggan today and they have a range of Oakley prescription framesn all priced at two hundred Euro including prescription lenses if you need them. They are also polarised and eye tests are free

Pique

Jesus, that's a bargain? How much are Oakleys?

Gatling

Pique wrote: »

Jesus, that's a bargain? How much are Oakleys?

Most you can get the from €70 -180 +

Stheno

Gatling wrote: »

Most you can get the from €70 -180 +

Polarized oakelys are usually min 150e without prescription

I need a pair of prescription sunglasses as I drive a lot with work and thought it was a good deal given that it includes the lenses, they are polarized which is more expensive and if you need it you get a free eye test

I priced others and they were all close enough that I was happy to pay the extra for the oakleys I'd a pair before which fell off when I was sailing and they were fantastic

euser1984

There still a rip off.....how much does it cost the manufacturer to make them?

Like perfume, aftershave etc. glasses have a huge margin....

jelenka

euser1984 wrote: »

There still a rip off.....how much does it cost the manufacturer to make them?

Like perfume, aftershave etc. glasses have a huge margin....

Yes,they are expensive, but definitely worth it. The lenses are really awesome, 100 % clear view ( no distortion when looking from any angle, excellent for cyclists etc.)plus lits of different options to choose from to suit the purpose .
The material on the ear and nose part of the frame are non slip, so glasses stay on and not slide off your nose when sweating.
It's definitely one of the best sunglasses that are available on the market.

euser1984

jelenka wrote: »

Yes,they are expensive, but definitely worth it. The lenses are really awesome, 100 % clear view ( no distortion when looking from any angle, excellent for cyclists etc.)plus lits of different options to choose from to suit the purpose .
The material on the ear and nose part of the frame are non slip, so glasses stay on and not slide off your nose when sweating.
It's definitely one of the best sunglasses that are available on the market.

It's not worth it but you have no other choice if you wanna go for the brand name....sounds like you haven't used many other sunglasses....

Special Circumstances

Lolz I love the types who must barge in, shout "that's no bargain" then run off before telling you you can walk into X and get these, or equivalent or better product Y for less.

Like a child dancing around chanting "I know something you don't know Na Na nana na".

Someone should be along shortly to say how big a fool you are not to invest in a sheet of welding goggle glass, a glass cutter and swimming goggles from the lost and found at the pool.

caycro

Oakleys also have a brilliant repair warranty service. I sent a pair back with a broken arm and they sent me a brand new pair.

stimpson

I had a pair of prescription Oakleys that I lost at the first Electric Picnic. Great glasses. I've gotten cheap glasses from Zenni, but they were just ok for the money. Really tempted to take a spin out to Balbriggan today.

jelenka

Price is certainly good,as I was quoted over 200 euro for prescription lenses only without any frame or eye test..

euser1984

All the top cyclists wear them? Because oakley pays them to wear them....frames already have a mad markup (look it up if you want - specsavers even give you two for the price of one) never mind paying for advertising and branding too.

I put my two cent in here because it has been discussed before in cycling forums....fools gold....it's not a bargain....all glasses, aftershave etc. are ridiculously expensive...talk about getting flamed for hurting peoples feelings.....just because you have them doesn't make you anymore special.....


Polarized glasses can be bought for ten euro or so...do the same as the Oakely and offer the Same UV protection.

The frame and style are what you are paying for. Basically the name....scientifically speaking; any polarized glasses will match the quality of the Oakley Polarized...Oakley may just have different tint coating to them at times...but trust me that does not justify the massive difference in cost....

Frame material and lens materials are 90% the same in the industry...some color and non scratch coating differences...

Style and name is what you are paying for. Shhheeeesh.

MAJJ

jelenka wrote: »

Price is certainly good,as I was quoted over 200 euro for prescription lenses only without any frame or eye test..

Am sure there there are many othergood sunglasses out there. For me Oakleys are excellent, had pair I used and abused a lot for 10 years and couldn't fault the lense and build quality. To add in prescription /eye test this is a great BA if you need it, thanks OP

Sev

Oakley's? Whatever the brand, it seems they're all made by Luxottica, presumably with considerably less expense than the sticker price suggests.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gDdq2rIqAlM

Discodog

Oakley are in a totally different league. They offer a unique range of frames & lenses. You can custom design them to suit your specific needs. Nothing comes close & their reputation wasn't due to endorsements. They will last a lifetime as everything is replaceable.

All three of mine came from ebay at a loss less that €200 but you have to be very careful who you buy from.

Boots are running a promotion with 50% off all their sunglasses over €35

testicle

Sev wrote: »

Oakley's? Whatever the brand, it seems they're all made by Luxottica, presumably with considerably less expense than the sticker price suggests.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gDdq2rIqAlM

All prescription Oakley's in the UK & Ireland are made to order by Oakley in Athlone.

Special Circumstances

Sev wrote: »

Oakley's? Whatever the brand, it seems they're all made by Luxottica, presumably with considerably less expense than the sticker price suggests.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gDdq2rIqAlM

And you can walk in, try out and buy prescription glasses as good or better than these Oakleys (distortion etc) where?
That crucial bit of info is missing from the "maybachs are a con, dacia is the way to go" argument.

Sev

testicle wrote: »

All prescription Oakley's in the UK & Ireland are made to order by Oakley in Athlone.

Oakley's ARE OWNED by Luxottica, its not even just a case of brand licensing. There's a discussion about it in the 60 min video.

Discodog

Special Circumstances wrote: »

And you can walk in, try out and buy prescription glasses as good or better than these Oakleys (distortion etc) where?
That crucial bit of info is missing from the "maybachs are a con, dacia is the way to go" argument.

Exactly & that argument always appears on BA. There is unquestionably a huge mark up on Oakleys. But no one else comes close to what they offer. I wear mine almost every day even as safety glasses. They are incredibly light but also very strong. The Oakley website lets you view various scenes through every lens together with UV & transparency specs. If you get it wrong, as I did with one pair, Oakley changed the lenses with no problem.

Sev

Special Circumstances wrote: »

And you can walk in, try out and buy prescription glasses as good or better than these Oakleys (distortion etc) where?

Yes, you've got it. A part of the problem is the lack of competition. You have no reason to believe good quality sunglasses shouldn't cost that much because there is nobody else making and selling them.

The monopoly of Luxottica is another point explored in the 60 min video.

Discodog

Sev wrote: »

Yes, you've got it. A part of the problem is the lack of competition. You have no reason to believe good quality sunglasses shouldn't cost that much because there is nobody else making and selling them.

The monopoly of Luxottica is another point explored in the 60 min video.

Oakley were forced to agree to be taken over by Luxottica. Luxottica bought Sunglasses Hut - a huge chain of shops. They refused to sell Oakleys unless Oakley agreed to a takeover deal. I don't think that Oakleys have become any more expensive.

I bought a pair of M Frame Oakleys over 20 years ago & they were very expensive then & only sold in specialist bike & sports shops. They are now a collectors item & worth more than I paid for them :pac:

Stheno

jelenka wrote: »

Price is certainly good,as I was quoted over 200 euro for prescription lenses only without any frame or eye test..

The prescription lenses that are included are single vsion not varifocal

I'd hope at that price yours are varifocal

stimpson

I went over to Balbriggan today. They are Oakley prescription frames - not sunglasses. The lenses are the standard Tesco optician lenses. They were doing two for one on the Frames or one pair with polarising lenses. They only had 7 styles in stock, none of which took my fancy.

At two for one on designer frames it's exceptionally good value for glasses. Just not for proper Oakley shades.

Stheno

stimpson wrote: »

I went over to Balbriggan today. They are Oakley prescription frames - not sunglasses. The lenses are the standard Tesco optician lenses. They were doing two for one on the Frames or one pair with polarising lenses. They only had 7 styles in stock, none of which took my fancy.

At two for one on designer frames it's exceptionally good value for glasses. Just not for proper Oakley shades.

Ah sorry didn't mean to mislead in op edited it to say prescription frames

TallGlass

You can get these from the lucky lucky, Del Boy lads in Spain for 10€, 7.50€ if you bargain hard with the lucky luck man.

stimpson

Stheno wrote: »

Ah sorry didn't mean to mislead in op edited it to say prescription frames

No bother. Was going to Drogheda anyway. Still a bargain if that's what you're looking for.

stimpson

TallGlass wrote: »

You can get these from the lucky lucky, Del Boy lads in Spain for 10€, 7.50€ if you bargain hard with the lucky luck man.

Do they do free eye tests too?

jelenka

Stheno wrote: »

The prescription lenses that are included are single vsion not varifocal

I'd hope at that price yours are varifocal

Yes they are,I have my own Oakley sunglasses, but wanted to get prescription lenses as I can barely see in them, was quoted 200 just for the lenses, which is a bit expensive...

Stheno

jelenka wrote: »

Yes they are,I have my own Oakley sunglasses, but wanted to get prescription lenses as I can barely see in them, was quoted 200 just for the lenses, which is a bit expensive...

My oh got varifocals last year and was quoted over that in specsavers

Tesco weren't much cheaper about 20 e less but it was his first time ever getting glasses and no one in specsavers explained he needed varifocals so we went to Tesco with the prescription for a price comparison and an explanation of why it was Sao dear. The staff there were great to deal with

I'm thinking of getting him a pair of the oakleys for driving and I think in that case he just needs a regular set of lenses and not the varifocals

I can pm you with an update when I check if you'd like?

jelenka

Stheno wrote: »

My oh got varifocals last year and was quoted over that in specsavers

Tesco weren't much cheaper about 20 e less but it was his first time ever getting glasses and no one in specsavers explained he needed varifocals so we went to Tesco with the prescription for a price comparison and an explanation of why it was Sao dear. The staff there were great to deal with

I'm thinking of getting him a pair of the oakleys for driving and I think in that case he just needs a regular set of lenses and not the varifocals

I can pm you with an update when I check if you'd like?

Yes, please :-)

Stheno

jelenka wrote: »

Yes, please :-)

Grand will do will be next week mind, but would be an amazing saving

Just one thing to note some of the pllastic prescription frames couldn't take my prescription and that might be the case with your currently ones

The metal frames were grand

cw67irl

Any idea how much extra it would be for "thin" lenses. Iv a strong prescription so have to get my lenses thinned out so I don't look like Mr Magoo, It normally adds between 80-130 to the price

Stheno

cw67irl wrote: »

Any idea how much extra it would be for "thin" lenses. Iv a strong prescription so have to get my lenses thinned out so I don't look like Mr Magoo, It normally adds between 80-130 to the price

55 euro

euser1984

euser1984 wrote: »

It's not worth it but you have no other choice if you wanna go for the brand name....sounds like you haven't used many other sunglasses....

There is no comparison between a pair of proper sunglasses and a cheap pair of tat. The only people saying they are the same dont have a proper pair and wont pay the money to get them.

I have a pair of Ray Bans that I got in the US, would cost over 200 euro here and they are just in a different league. People wearing cheap glasses have put them on, saying similar to you and once they have them on their opinion changes fast, the lenses are far far superior. They are also far better made, cheap sunglasses dont last simple as that. My Dad has a pair of ray bans that are over 20 years old and they are as good as new, used very regularly up intil about two years ago when he upgraded to a polarized pair of sunglasses.

euser1984

Discodog wrote: »

Oakley are in a totally different league. They offer a unique range of frames & lenses. You can custom design them to suit your specific needs. Nothing comes close & their reputation wasn't due to endorsements. They will last a lifetime as everything is replaceable.

All three of mine came from ebay at a loss less that €200 but you have to be very careful who you buy from.

Boots are running a promotion with 50% off all their sunglasses over €35

I bought a brand new 28cc 2 stroke engine for about that price....Now that's engineering - lol

euser1984

Discodog wrote: »

Exactly & that argument always appears on BA. There is unquestionably a huge mark up on Oakleys. But no one else comes close to what they offer. I wear mine almost every day even as safety glasses. They are incredibly light but also very strong. The Oakley website lets you view various scenes through every lens together with UV & transparency specs. If you get it wrong, as I did with one pair, Oakley changed the lenses with no problem.

Setting up a webpage like that is easy as pie...

Discodog

euser1984 wrote: »

I bought a brand new 28cc 2 stroke engine for about that price....Now that's engineering - lol

I spent 450 on my 4 mix two stroke - but I always buy quality :-)

Discodog

euser1984 wrote: »

Setting up a webpage like that is easy as pie...

So why haven't other manufacturers done it? Long before the interweb Oakley equipped their dealers with a box of lenses so that customers could try the options.

euser1984

Discodog wrote: »

I spent 450 on my 4 mix two stroke - but I always buy quality :-)

Different engines are used for different applications. If you like buying quality why didn't you just buy a BMW engine then or perhaps a wankel engine if you wanted to try out something different?

You could have bought two pairs of Oakleys for that 450....you would have a spare and everything.

euser1984

Discodog wrote: »

So why haven't other manufacturers done it? Long before the interweb Oakley equipped their dealers with a box of lenses so that customers could try the options.

Maybe Oakley have all the shady dealings going on, in the murky world of professional cycling.

tigershould

Come on sheeple, everyone knows luxottica have the market sewn up. They pretty much make all brands of sunglasses including my favourites Oakley, Ray Ban and Persol.

http://www.luxottica.com/en/eyewear-brands

My problem is that no matter what price the sunglasses I invariably sit on them or crush them in my bag so I tend to buy loads of crap €1-€10 pairs from the likes of Penny's/TopMan (also Luxottica made) so I don't have to care about them.

Having said all that, I do find Oakley lenses amazing.