Budget Friendly Glasses Review | Warby Parker vs Zenni Optical!
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2024
- It's time for new glasses and I wanted to check out some cheaper online options. This is my first experience buying glasses ONLINE and I wanted to give two companies, that I heard a lot about, a try. I tried out both Warby Parker and Zenni Optical and ended up with THREE PAIRS of glasses!
Below are the links to the specific Zenni glasses that I bought!
Large square tortoise shell glasses: go.shopyourlikes.com/pi/b1093e...
Pink rectangle glasses: go.shopyourlikes.com/pi/a885c5...
Teal rectangle glasses:
go.shopyourlikes.com/pi/24f44e...
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My vision is so bad that when I need to try on glasses, i have to snap a picture with them on, then put back on my glasses and look at all pictures to see how I look! Lol
Same
Same
I like all the Zenni glasses on you! I just ordered 3 good luck to me! ☺️
I have to agree: the Zenni styles really looked great on you! The first ones were immediately nicer than the Warby Parkers, the ones with the pink temples made me immediately say, "Pretty!" and the turquoise pair seems to represent the "New You"...All great choices. Thanks for sharing!
I also buy from Zenni, mine cost more because of my prescription & the 1.67 high index progressive lenses are $73, I buy the clip on sunglasses as well and the $8.95 anti reflective coating, plus I pay in Canadian funds, so they cost me around $100 a pair, but still cheaper than buying them from the optometrist where frames cost around $200 - $350 before the lenses are added & they charge $60 for the reflective coating. And that's also without the clip on sunglasses, which would be another $80 - $100...So I am still saving a lot of money! I think I'll always be a Zenni customer!
Zenni is cheap
@@user-he7sc3fg3r of course it's cheap but optometrist glasses aren't so significantly better that they're worth $300+ more. The worst glasses I've ever had came from optometrists. The best ones came from no-name kiosks and online stores. Go figure.
I feel like part of this is just interesting psychology. People are quicker to decide they like something they have already paid for rather than succumb to buyer’s remorse, and they are far more critical of a product that they are just considering purchasing.
Notice that she smiled at the mirror to asses her reflection every time she tried on a pair of glasses that she had already paid for, and compare that to her expression when she tried on, for example, the Warby Parker Wilke in Chestnut Crystal. She set her face in a a disgusted expression from even before she put them on, and made sure that she never smiled and relaxed to see what they would actually look like. It reminded me of my daughter’s reaction when she has to try a new food that she has already developed a strong opinion of even before tasting.
She made her mind up before starting the entire process and ended up horribly reviewing WP -- completely unfair. She should have reviewed Zenni, period. Face it, she wanted cheap glasses. That was her main concern. I've bought from both places, and like them both -- but WP quality is superior.
Warby Parker is more costly, but they donate one pair for every purchase. They also have actual stores to repair or address issues. Just wanted to point out additional reasons besides better packaging, better trial service, more advanced projections, and speedy service. I have bought several pairs of Warby Parker glasses because of their corporate model, which is something I value. I thought the Zinni styles looked cute! Enjoy!
They were literally all squared 😂
Teal glasses are super cute!!!
I just ordered from Zenni on Saturday for me and my oldest son. I’ve paid $500 this year for glasses for him because of lost glasses and he just broke another pair 😐. My wallet is really excited about this low cost option especially for him! Lol
I love buying from Zenni's and they now have updated and put in a 3D vitual try on, like you said you liked from the other place.
Yaaas! Zenni is so good! I accidentally broke my glasses while cleaning them but since they’re so cheap it was easy to replace.
I like the blue ones on you and they're fun, but the second pair is absolutely perfect on you! Thanks for the info! I got a new prescription and have never had more than one pair of glasses; want to have at least one extra pair for variety which is what led me to your video!
I like the 2nd & 3rd glasses on you! Like you said the blue ones are fun, if I had to pick one for you it would be the 2nd pair. Thanks for the awesome information on this website, will definitely help me when I'm shopping on their site!!
I loved this. Am a bit of an addict for Zennioptical! So much fun to experiment with glasses as accessories!
Everything you said about the two companies and your comparisons were right on the money. Loved how you look in all the Zenni glasses you bought. The tortoisey frames won my vote for best.
Excellent video. I loved your old glasses and I love all three new pairs on you. Very attractive.
I'm a woman in her 70s on a fixed income so I am budget conscious all the time. Your video was very helpful to me. I wound up getting 4 pairs from Zenni. The total cost was less than half what it would cost for one pair at LensCrappers. I got a pair with progressive lenses for all around use; a pair of single vision sunglasses; a pair of single vision near--vision glasses for reading; and an intermediate-range (optimal at 14 feet) ideal for wearing around the house. I could never have afforded that full set elsewhere. They are all high quality, and I love the way they look.
Thanks again for your excellent video.!
Thank you for the review. You definitely have a style/shape you like in glasses. They all look very similar to me, but I think we all have a style we prefer. I appreciate the time and effort.
I like all the Zenni glasses on you!
Thanks for sharing your experience 👍🏼
I’m actually in need to some new glasses. Mine are over 3 years old.
Raul J. Gomez sounds like a perfect time to try out Zenni!
my wife love all your glasses thanks for do this this review it really help her. she came across your page and has to look at it...she founded out she have to wear glasses for the first time..she said she look want to look at zenni now.. and told here zanni lol she love all yours glasses... on you But if she had to pick she would have to saylove the blues on can you believe they the cheapest LOL you can right back to her on here. she was just on my account and didnt feel like switch :)
You are rocking those Teal!!!
Thank you!!!!
I think all the glasses looked great on you! Even the warby parker!
I’m so glad you made this review, I almost wasted my time on that Warby Parker try on box. 👍. BTW those blue ones are nice.
I actually liked the pink on you for everyday wear. Years ago, when Warby Parker entered the market, I was never interested as they always seemed a bit preppy for my taste. However, they seem to have a lot of new styles. I have a store near me so I will consider them for at least one pair. However, I will definitely check out Zenni for backup pairs. Thanks👍
I just bought the teal ones before I watched your video. So they are my favorite although I did like the cream ones too. I love Zenni and wanted to see what you thought of Warby Parker. Did you get your prescription checked at your eye doctor. Did Zenni have it right?
i love zenni optical I love my clear glasses and my rose gold glasses
I got anti reflective on both of my glasses and blue light protection on both of my glasses
I will be buying more from zenni
I love all the Zenni ones on you!! The Warby Patker ones all seemed so, so similar to what you already had. You never did mention if the lenses were the correct prescription. Did you ever have them checked? Inexpensive glasses are fantastic, but not if the prescription is wrong. Also, if they were not correct, did Zenni fix them for you? Did it cost?
Thanks
Thanks 2 of those are ones I am looking at!
The tiel ones look great on you, but all look great. Thanks I got mine today and they where awesome.
LOVE THE SECOND ONE
Also, I dont know if its just me but I hate the anti glare stuff. It doesnt really get rid of glare and seems to make smudges on my glasses more frequently.
I bought mine through WP. The process was so easy in the store as well as online. Hassle free return as well. They stored my prescription on their website. Haven't tried out zenni yet.
Thank you, great video !
Zenni lets you take a guided video using your computer camera, and then use that video for trying on glasses, as well as letting you upload a single shot (or take one with your computer camera). I use both options all the time.
Our insurance never ends up covering the whole thing anyway so I’m always out at least $100. Would rather spend that on cheap glasses for my teenager!
I am trying Warby Parker for the first time. I love Zenni for readers and single vision glasses. Bifocal glasses are $75 to $100
Love the blue ones. Looks fun for a Friday at work.
Amazing how glasses are $11 online, but when you go to lens crappers, or any other Luxoticca owned chain, they charge $400.
Everyone always preaches about shopping local and how only a real optometrist can make you the perfect glasses. Well I spent over $200 AFTER insurance for the worst pair of glasses I've ever had at a highly rated optometrist. Chromatic aberrations, distortion around the edges, poorly fitted after an hour having them reshape the frames, list goes on. They remade them, still sucked. Went to another highly rated optometrist and had the same exact problems, returned those ones too. The best pair of glasses I ever had were $30 from a Walmart kiosk (not Walmart themselves) 10 years ago. The kiosk doesn't exist anymore so I'm going to try Zenni because I'm all out of options at this point.
I was planning to order prescription sunglasses by Warby Parker since I saw a few Facebook friends recommended them to other friends. But on the site it said start price for glasses was $94 that’s what drove me away from the company. I ordered a pair of glasses from Zenni after my last pair of glasses the one of the ear pieces snapped on them and I didn’t have a back up pair. The glasses I ordered from Zenni cost me around $14 total. This time I wanted a pair of sunglasses with my prescription in them since I never owned a pair of sunglasses with my prescription in them. I did have glasses when I was younger that changed to sunglasses when outside but didn’t work as sunglasses in a car. Most of the sunglasses styles on Zenni website were not compatible with my PD and SPH so I ended up getting a pair of regular glasses (Square Glasses 2031512 Gray) and changing the settings to everyday wear sunglasses and changed the lens color to dark grey which made them 80% sunglasses. Those ended up costing me a total of $34. I paid for standard 14-21 day shipping and a little over $3 for two sets of clear nose pieces for $1 something each. So my total came to around $37.
zenni now has a try-on feature that analyzes a video or your face! super helpful. The only thing is that you can't return them and you have to have your PD spot on.
Thanks for doing this! I need new glasses. Glad you found some that you liked.
Thx , glad i come across yur video
I had to pay $52 for one pair (Progressive) even with some discounts. Not too cheap as your 3 pairs of eyeglasses but cheaper than $349 at Target Optical last year for one pair of eyeglasses. I never heard about the Warby Parker website and I like it. Thanks for your advice.
The blue look so uber cute on you! The only thing I hate, that they've done for years now, is the frames are so BIG. I am not into that look. So I usually need to get kid's frames.
girl! I wish I could pull off the heavy black frames like you. It's possible I'm just jealous of your cute lil freckles and stuff, but my little sister alex is to blame for that one! Adorbs! Thanks for the wonderful and relevant content. Think differently!
How do these fit for you width wise? I noticed the ones you have range from 138-140+.
I like the pinkish ones but they are all cute.
I think the three anti-reflective coatings have the same anti-reflective properties, the difference is the more expensive hydrophobic or oleophobic coating that resists water or oil, respectively. At least, that's the way it is now. I don't know how it was when this video was made.
Sucks Warby didn't work out for you, seeing as you can continue to order trial pairs until you do find one that you like. I found my pair in my 1st trial box, a co-worker of mine found his pair after three trial boxes. My pair came out to $145 but that's because I ordered the Felix with blue light filtering as I work in an office. But Warby accepts my insurance out of network, and my insurance will reimburse me $100. So my out of pocket is only $45. Additionally Warby does not charge you extra for UV and Anti Glare coating, they begin to charge extra for blue light filtering, transitions and if it's a progressive prescription.
What sizes are your zenni pairs? The bridge, and temple please, we are about the same face size.
Funny that you said "tired of paying $200 at the optical shop" because my optical shop for the last couple years keep quoting me $800 as the low price, ha! No way I will pay that much. I've ordered from Zennies since 2014 and this year might be trying Warby Parker even though it will cost me about $250 instead of the $100-$120 I usually spend at Zennies because of my thick prescription and need for the thinner lense.
Blue light protection doesn't actually make a blue hue in your lenses. It's just the color of the anti reflective coating. It's usually blue, green, or pink-ish.
Can you post the name of the glasses or the numbers to them...I loved the look.
Just added links in the description box! Thanks for your patience :)
I'll have to try them. I've only tried Firmoo.Budget girl turned me on to them. I'm going to try Zenni because they offer kids frames. I have to get small frames with shorter length. Usually kids frames of women's petite. Warby Parker doesn't have kids frames and don't list the size numbers on their site. There is such a markup on frames at optical centers. I just bought glasses at Shopko and my frames were $80 or $100 but found them on the internet for $8
Sandy Hager ouch! That’s a huge markup!! Hopefully you like Zenni!!
I have been getting glasses from zenni for 2 yrs now.
I wear bifocals and I get the expensive anti glare and the blue light blocker and I spent $103 on them verses the $400 out of pocket with insurance at lens crafters. Zen I has more to choose from.
Teal is winning! They look great with your hair color! Pinkish ones second and the first pair last BUT they're all cute. Score!
Well done.🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
I got some Warby Parker glasses, my experience was awesome with them. I don’t think paying for glasses that you can’t try on before you get them is a wise decision. Also Zenni seems a bit sketch...that’s just me.
I’m not loving the zenni because they’re not anti-glare. I love my warby Parker glasses and they replaced mine when they randomly broke less than a year after getting them. Replaced them for free and had new ones in a week.
They have that as you can see in her first pair of zenni she said she got them in her glasses
How did you get your PD number?
I love the teal glasses I’m so worried cuz I have a big head and like large sunglasses but I am gonna try zenni I use to order my daughters from eyebuydirect.com for extra pairs for her and love that company great video thanks
200.00 would be a breeze compared to the last pair purchase prescription no line bifocal were 700.00. I am looking for cheap and pretty glasses.
I can see clearly now
I can't even try on glasses because my vision is so bad that I can't see how I look. Once I take off my glasses I have to stand like 2 inches from the mirror. Also, why is laser eye surgery so expensive? You would think it'd be like $1,000 now for both eyes
Wondering if you have a strong prescription, if so are the lenses very thick. Did you upgrade to the polycorbonate?
I don't have a very strong prescription. The only upgrades I added were the anti glare features.
boopgirl79 You can select a certain option, called High Index, that is meant for higher prescriptions, therefore your lenses won’t be thick. :) i believe it’s a $20 upgrade!!
Thank you for your review but I had to stop video after the 4th or 5th ‘super’. Other than that, good video 😀
My favorite is the teal because I have those also lol ...Have been ordering my glasses online for almost 8 years now, I use zenni , I used to use eye buy direct also but their frames got too trendy for me so now its only zenni..
That's how I felt about Warby Parker! Waaaaay too trendy for me! The teal were the craziest I got haha!
I usually buy black frames lol but I really liked that frame, it fits my face well and I can never go wrong with a rectangle for my heart shaped face. I bought the exact ones in black last year and went back and ordered a second pair in the brown. I got a new prescription this year and I love teal so thought I would go bold and try them lol
the first pair of wp glasses look exactly like the ones you had before. lol
Exactly -- which is why it's so ridiculous that she turned up her nose at them.
@@cfbg She's a terrible reviewer. She knew before she started what she was going to say. I did get a pair of Zenni glasses yesterday. They're good -- but definitely not the same quality as Warby Parker.
Teal
Also wrong information on Zenni Customer Service is top notch. I ordered a pair and uploaded the wrong scipt. I asked if I could return and get different lenses. They credited me 100% with shipping. AND it was my own fault/
Sorry you didn't like Warby. I found them more than a decade ago, when starting to wear glasses again in lieu of contacts for the first time since I was a kid. I would be interested to compare the Zenni materials, but can tell you just comparing Warby frames and lenses to say a $350+ pair of glasses from Lens Crafters, and Warby wins hands down. Their materials are as good if not better than the Luxottica crap that's marked up like a thousand percent at most retail eye shops, and I found that the Warby lenses were way harder to scratch than "Crizal" which came at a premium from my eye doctor. True, they do err on the side of trendy / hipster, but they have plenty of understated frames as well. I may have to give Zenni a shot at some point, but have been thrilled with Warby for quite some time now and don't really see that changing. Either option is certainly better than before decent glasses became commonplace online!
As of 2021 Zenni Optical has an ap
Teal or pink, turn the big ones into sunglasses!
They pinkish
So...you hated the square-ish Warby Parker glasses and then proceeded to order the same exact shape from Zenni. K.
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I'm just curious why you picked such ugly warby parker ones, they all looked the same. They have a wider variety than that. The only order from Zenni I got had my prescription wrong when I entered it all right straight from my doctor, would give me headaches after twenty minutes of wear.
Vioven those are the 5 that I felt looked the best in their virtual try on system. I don’t think their system was very accurate for how they looked in real life. They all looked very different on me than they did in the app.
That anti reflective on Zenni's sucked. You wasted even $8 on that. I've had people even ask if I had lenses in my Warby Parker's. Little reflection at all. You might have saved money, but in my opinion, you didn't get anything really new and exciting. Too much like your old ones.
Hello! So first, I will admit I work for VSP (Vision Service Plan) feel that disclaimer is necessary. But working for them I've learned a ton about the eyewear industry.
If you happen to have VSP, the amount of insurance you get for them, will vary based on where you go to buy them, and what brand they are, kind of confusing, yes I won't bore you with the detail, but just sharing for anyone hoping to use insurance, that your provider might have more information to help you MAXIMIZE your benefit!
Also fun fact - not only can you use HSA/FSA for optical, you can use those funds for sunglasses as well (even if not prescription)
And I have to make a shameless plug for www.eyeconic.com which is our retail outlet online, which also has a handy virtual try-on (like the one you mention for warby parker)
Ok now that that fun disclaimer is out of the way, another great tip for trying to order glasses is looking at some frames you already own and comparing the sizing. Here is a guide to how you can interpret those 3 numbers you have on the inside of your temple: www.allaboutvision.com/eyeglasses/faq/eyeglass-frame-size.htm like you, I also have a heck of a time trying to find frames that fit, and this sizing might help you order future frames from wherever you choose to shop, if you use the same sizing on some of your favorite current frames!
Loved this video! I tried Warby Parker and was also not impressed. 1. I had too big of a noggin even though I selected their largest frame styles, 2. They felt cheap 3. They came smudged like they hadn't been cleaned between try-ons which grossed me out. LOL
Also unfortunately, I have such a strong prescription that when I buy my glasses I always pay for the extra money to thin the lenses....oi....LOL
does insurance cover these?
Zenni does not take insurance unfortuantely
Baby Stepping 2 Freedom thank u!
I think Warby Parker is way too expensive.
At first I thought you were in a church.
I am so sorry that I went with Zenni. I will have to use a terrible pair with only one good eye for months while I save money to go elsewhere. Customer support was dehumanizing. PLEASE If you are low income and hoping to save money do not use Zenni. Only buy these type of glasses if they DON'T MATTER. Sunglasses or non-critical single vision MAYBE. I LOST $100. Support was HOSTILE. Please Baby Stepping, tell people with complex prescriptions or critical vision requirements that online glasses are a total waste of money.
You get what you pay for .... Zeni is a bunch of garbage.....there is quality in lens and frames....a $300 pair of frames has much better hinges and coatings on them .... same with quality lens.... there are definitely differences .....as I said you get what you pay for!!!!!!
Rosetta Malvese i went from wearing a pair of Ray Bans (paid $250 after insurance) to now wearing Zenni. So far, I see no difference in the quality for my needs. I could replace my Zenni glasses more than 5 times over for the price I paid for my Ray Bans. Maybe it’s not for everyone but so far they are working great for me! 🤷♀️
@@BabyStepping2Freedom Great that they are working for you. I had a major problem with the anti-glare from Zenni. Night driving, glare was impossible compared to the anti glare I had with previous glasses from the VA. If glare doesn't bother you, then go for it. I do buy my reading glasses from Zenni with blue light protection.
Terrible review because it's SO unfair to Warby Parker. Zenni is good, I agree, but the quality at WP is superior in every way. You had the price wrong -- it's $95, not $90, and you failed to mention that they give away a pair of glasses with every pair you order. The WP glasses also looked as good on you as the ones at Zenni. This review is so ridiculously biased it's pathetic.