The kids, as well as my husband and I, all have WP glasses. The only pair that did not work out was my husband’s 2nd pair of progressives; his first pair with WP were fine. They tried to remake them, but it still wasn’t great, so they were returned. So the only pair we currently get at the Optometrist are his progressives.
I love the options to send 5 pairs to your home to try on; that way I can gets opinions from friends! On their app, you can take a picture of yourself and then add the frames to your face prior to ordering the try ons. I was able to eliminate a few pairs this way, and narrow down my selections. While we do have physical WP nearby, I still like to order the try on pairs before going into the store to order. My ophthalmologist writes down my measurement on my Rx, so I could order online if I wanted.
Like @eyemgh said, the frames do arrive usually big or not straight, as they have no curve to the ear pieces. That said, one pair actually arrived fitting perfectly; I was pleasantly surprised!
I have looked at our Costco but they only had one frame in a narrow face size. Regular sized frames look really huge on me. My husband has gotten frames at Costco.
@Onward have you looked at children’s size frames? I have a nice pair of glasses (old RX so not using now) that were a children’s frame in a larger children’s size. They were narrow enough for me.
Maybe go someplace and try some of these on to see if they will work for you.
@onward, years ago a fancy Madison Avenue optician recommended I visit their children’s store for more frames for smaller faces. Sure, many were completely inappropriate, but I was amazed at the selection of ones that fit! Just an idea…
I have three pair of WP and all three have worked well. We have a store here, so I can take them in for adjustment easily, though Costco optical has also adjusted them even though I didn’t buy them there.
I wanted to also recommend Liingo. I also need narrow frames and I purchased two pair recently that were less expensive than WP and I find them more comfortable as well. They have the five-pair home try on option, which I chose. Now in my 40s I find even my daily contacts less comfortable, so I like having several pair of different style glasses since I’m wearing them more often.
A good shop should have many options for women previously relegated to kids frames. We get comments all the time from patients who are happy that they finally get to wear glasses made for adults.
They are nice and a good value IMO. Has anyone mentioned that they are 100% guaranteed? You can return for any reason. I bought some sunglasses and felt they weren’t dark enough. They took them back, no questions asked.
Where I got mine….there were children’s size frames that were exactly the same as the adult ones…just smaller and narrower (and I will add…less costly). Even the same company that made them.
One of my daughter’s nurses was very tiny with very tiny feet. She joked that often her shoes came with a free jump rope, stickers, or a stuffed animal as she bought them in the children’s department. She drew the line at shoes that lit up when she walked.
My S used to grumble when I bought him boys jeans. When he started buying his own clothes he was pleasantly surprised he could buy $5 end of season boys jeans that fit him better than men’s sizes and that’s what he buys and wears. He’s 34!
i got a pair from Warby Parker about 3 years ago. I wanted something kind of cool and hip (LOL) and we have a brick and mortar store in a large city about 45 minutes from us.
The only downside - when they needed to be adjusted (dog sat on them, etc.) the local glasses stores would not make the adjustments - I had to drive back to the brick and mortar Warby’s.
Of course this makes sense but I didn’t plan on that - wore lopsided glasses (I only wear at home) for a while as it was out of the way to go back. Next time I’d go somewhere local so I can get the easy, free adjustments. Others may not be as hard on their glasses though, lol.
I like buying my glasses from the place I want to get them adjusted. Costco is a short 5 minute drive from our house and has helpful staff and reasonable prices so they get our business.
WE used to do that too. Then the WP lenses started to craze when we heated the frames. To avoid that, we started removing lenses before heating and adjusting them. Some frames broke though when we reinserted the lenses. As a result, we no longer adjust WP or Zenni.
It doesn’t seem fair to ask a 3rd party to service your glasses and then expect you to pay for them when ordinary methods cause them to unexpectedly break. I can see why folks would not want to spend the time, and effort with potential liability for breakage!
H has one pair. He likes them. But, he hasn’t ordered any other pairs from them since. He does like Zenni. I also have glasses from Zenni and I love them!
@Onward , I too have a narrow face and could never buy glasses online. It’s hard enough in the store to find any that aren’t too wide. I’ve had one pair of Warby’s, progressives. I will say that I am much happier with my expensive pair from a nicer store, in terms of the quality of the progressives and the look and fit of the frames. I did wear my WP’s for a year or more, they did the trick and of course are so much cheaper. But we also have stores where I could try on and get adjustments. But for those of us with harder to fit faces, and then when you get to more complicated prescriptions, I’ve accepted that paying for quality is worth it and just accepting the higher vision costs at this stage of my life. I’ve also tried a children’s size frame and while they felt good in the store, over time they were not comfortable.
