How do you tighten your eyeglass frames?

[Mimosa]

Mine come loose a lot! But I'm afraid of the optometrist's assistant bending my good frames beynd fixing.

What do you do when your frames keep slipping? :)

[freshwest]

1. I use a little kit from the drugstore. They have a tiny screwdriver and screws. Cheap, too.

And they will fasten to a keychain or fit in a wallet or pocket. Just a couple inches long and very narrow, easy to carry. Good luck.

[Mimosa]

3. Thanks, you guys.

I bet the kit will help! *hugs*

[struggle4progress]

2. I just use a big clamp to keep my glasses frame fastened to my head

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. Don't forget cheap but good glasses on the Internet.

I'm nearsighted and in bifocals and have had good luck with these guys:

www.goggles4u.com

www.zennioptical.com

Blog with discounts: http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com


Have fun!

[HopeHoops]

5. If you mean bending the ear pieces in, that's best done by an optometrist's assistant.

I've done it myself with two pairs of pliers but it can be tricky. Of course that only applies to metal frames and they'll usually take the bending. Plastic frames (good ones) have a metal piece under flexible plastic over the ears. You have to warm those up to bend them easily without breaking them. They use some kind of silly sand in a fondue pot to do the warming.

[Orrex]

6. This problem was solved decades ago

[edbermac]

7. Yeah but he got sued for $10 mil for that.

[Orrex]

8. True, but whatever happened to Stan Fox?

And where was he when Reiner came gunning for Navin?