Which Optician?

[CoolHands]

ok I'm 41, don't wear glasses, but never had my eyes checked, and need to. So Boots the Chemist; specsavers; or some kind of little independent shop? I'm concerned I'm going to be ripped off / told my eyes are -3squillion etc when they're fine. I use a pc for work all day long.

Opinions?

[Shaw Tarse]

We used to have a resident PH optician..
Can't you get one through your employer?

[CoolHands]

I think (haven't checked recently) that as I use a pc all day I can get it free (I work for a London Borough). From memory it could be with whoever I wanted and it would get refunded, but I'm not sure on that. In which case I'd still have to decide where to get it done.

Edited by CoolHands on Saturday 24th August 09:18

[Blue Oval84]

I've always found the care at Specsavers to be excellent, they have some fancy equipment (it may be snake oil, but it seems a lot more thorough than just having a little chart on the wall!) and they haven't pushed glasses when not needed.

[grumbledoak]

CoolHands said:

Opinions?

Sounds like a positively daft fear to me. You can always spend more on more expensive frames or lens treatments, but that's your choice. The opticians really don't have anything to gain by giving you a 'worse' prescription than you actually need.

I use Boots (was D&A), was previously with Specsavers. No problems with any of them.