No one can even get close to our Value Glasses Range (£6 + delivery) and we even include ALL the coatings in the price – UV Protection, Anti-Reflection and Scratch Resistant coatings.  Others charge extra for these essential coatings.

Even on Designer Frames we cannot be touched since we offer thinner 1.56 index Thin & Light Lenses as standard on all but our Value (£6) Prescription Glasses, not to mention, we also include all 3 essential coatings unlike our competitors.  On top of that we also offer the biggest selection of Designer Glasses online.

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School may be out for summer but the festival season is far from over. Reading Festival – the mother of them all – is still to come at the end of August (27th-29th), followed by Bestival in September (9th-12th), two of the season’s unmissable events.

Now the whole point of going to a festival is to step outside of your comfort zone, throw caution to the wind, follow your heart, not wash, stay up all night – in other words, do whatever you damn well please. However, there are some aspects of your usual daily routine that refuse to be shrugged off, even for a day, and if you wear contact lenses and can’t manage without them, festivals and camping pose a real headache.

Guaranteed to be taking his sunglasses with him to Reading Festival this year – Slash of Guns ‘n’ Roses

If you’re thinking it would be easier to leave the contact lenses at home and not have to worry about falling asleep with them in or all the hygiene rules that go with them, it’s a good idea to fall back on a pair of specs. But then again, you may not want to risk taking your expensive glasses with you either. Festivals are not the place for costly, delicate or precious possessions, after all.

One man who has no need of designer sunglasses to look cool – Brian Ferry and Roxy Music play Bestival

Well, there is a cheap answer to this dilemma – buy a pair from our £5 range. There’s still time to place and receive an order before you pack up your old kit bag and get on the road. Cheap, quick and easy and it won’t break your heart if they don’t make it back. At £5 each, you could even get two pairs to be sure you don’t get marooned without the ability to see your way home.

But if you’re lucky enough to have perfect vision or are more concerned about what you look like than how much you can see, a pair of designer sunglasses will be what you want. For an iconic look that never seems to date, you can’t go wrong with a pair of Aviator sunglasses or Wayfarer sunglasses, both of which have been protecting the baby blues of many celebs and performers on the festival circuit this year including Kate Moss, Emma Watson, Henry Holland and Jameela Jamil.

If you do take a treasured pair of sunglasses with you it’s worth making the effort to look after them. We suggest having them on a cord around your neck which allows you to have your hands free and reduces the chances of them being put down and forgotten. It’s also much better than wearing them on your head which causes damage to the hinges and where they stand a good chance of falling off. When not in use, keep them in a case to prevent scratches.

Even if you haven’t worn 3D glasses since you were 16, you might well be using them this Christmas.  With the release of Robert Zemeckis’ Scrooge ‘A Christmas Carol‘ starring the multi-voice talents of rubber-faced Jim Carey and the ‘said-to-be’ movie phenomenon of the decade James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’, we will all be donning a pair of 3D polarized lenses, in order to watch the action.

3D as I’m sure you know, is a way of giving the illusion of depth perception in a film or image, it has been around since the 1950s and saw a re-surge in the 1980s, but mostly in American cinemas.  We did however get a snippet of it on British TV recently with the television program “The Queen in 3D”, of course it was pointless as the majority of people watching it most likely didn’t own 3D glasses, but the concept was interesting.

And for those of you who might have recently watched Coraline in 3D at home with a pair of crappy cardboard glasses, covered in kiddies finger prints, you probably found that that 3D wasn’t that great, it had a bluey grey tone, was only effective during the opening credits and since the settings on most TVs have to be perfect to get the full effect of the 3D experience, it really wasn’t worth it.  (Note: view the video below at youtube to see it in 3D).

But i recently watched the Avatar trailer which was playing in 3D and was blown away.  The effects in the movie were like nothing I have seen before.  The depth really brought you into the movie and the scenery of Pandora was stunning.  The effects, although running at 100mph, were detailed and visually mind blowing.  It made me hold my breath at more than one point, which hasn’t happened with a movie since Aliens, and this was just the damn trailer.

Watch some 3D trailers “get your “anaglyph” 3D specs on”

Once you have your glasses, which of course you will after watching all the 3D movies at the flicks this Christmas, you can enjoy the following movie trailers and 3D testers that we have found for you here.

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Free 3D Glasses

Monsters Vs Aliens in 3D

Toy Story in 3D

Star Wars the Clone Wars in 3D

The Final Destination in 3D

Pangea the movie in 3D

Tron in 3D

2012 in 3D

So what do you think? is 3D the future of film?

Will it make you go and see more movies in the Cinema?

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My Bloody Valentine

(Best viewed at youtube in 3D)

Martin Lewis the Money Saving Expert here in the UK knows a good deal when he sees one.  Apart from having his own Money Saving website and TV show, he makes regular appearances on a number of other TV and radio shows with his favourite “Deals of the Week”.

This morning (22nd October 2009) on his regular slot on GMTV with Lorraine Kelly, Martin Lewis gave our very own “World’s Cheapest Prescription Glasses with Coatings” a very nice mention as you can see from the video below.

Good to see that he realises how good a deal we have going on with our £5 (USD$8) glasses including FREE Scratch Resistant Coating, UV Protection, and Anti-Reflection treatment.  The prices Martin Lewis quotes in the video are including delivery.

To see the full clip from the show, head on over to the GMTV website here.

As mentioned before these new frames are available as single vision glasses for just £5 (or US$8, AUS$12, CAN$10) complete with standard lenses, a FREE scratch resistant coating, full UV protection and anti-reflection treatment!  We believe these are actually the cheapest complete prescription glasses available to buy in the World, just see for yourself when you take a look at this offer!

Here are a few samples to whet your appetite…

These, and more are available now from our Cheap Glasses page from just £5!

Still not see anything you like?  Please keep an eye on our Cheap Glasses page as we’re always looking to add new frames to our Super Saver range to give our customers the best possible choice for the lowest possible price!

Savannah Prescription Glasses

Our Savannah range of glasses are available in both full rimmed and semi-rimless designs in both plastic and metal materials with the addition of spring hinges.  As with all our Prescription Glasses, our prices include FREE standard or thin and light prescription lenses, UV protection, Scratch Resistance, and Anti-Reflection, which makes this range of eye wear an essential purchase for under £20!

Bouganvilla Rimmed Prescription Glasses – £15.95

Mopane Semi-Rimless Prescription Glasses – £17.95

Click to view our collection of Savannah Prescription Glasses

We have compiled a list of our best selling glasses from over the past 6 months from our Cheap Glasses and Premier Glasses collections, this list contains a perfect collection for those on a budget or those simply looking for a pair of cheap glasses to compliment their shiny new designer glasses or sunglasses.  If you don’t find a pair of glasses suitable for you, why not search our massive range of glasses by visiting our main website over at SelectSpecs.com.

Hush Prescription Glasses, F8006 – £15.95 inc. lenses

Occhiali di Bello Prescription Glasses, Arizona JM8001 – £18.95 inc. lenses

Mimas Prescription Glasses, E044 – £21.95 inc. lenses

Haisha Prescription Glasses, 3048 – £21.95 inc. lenses

Rhea Prescription Glasses, Qumeishi NS200 – £21.95 inc. lenses

Arbor Prescription Glasses, Banyan – £44.95 inc. lenses

Hawaii Prescription Glasses, Hawaii Kaho’olawe – £54.95 inc. lenses

Ruyishi Guang Prescription Glasses, 1608 Red Love – £27.95 inc. lenses

Freestyle Prescription Glasses, A21 – £31.95 inc. lenses

All our cheap budget glasses and designer glasses include FREE Standard or Thin and Light Lenses, UV Protection, Anti-Reflection and Scratch Resistant Coatings as absolutely no extra cost!

If you are not convinced about buying your prescription glasses online, why not read our latest article, Guide to Buying Glasses Online to help you through the buying process.

Findings of The Wanted Ads Retail study of over 1,000 respondents commissioned by the Newspaper Society revealed that less than a quarter (24 percent) of consumers are tightening their belts on spending on opticians.  29 percent are cutting back on toys, 39 percent are slashing their DIY or gardening budgets, and 41 percent are reining in their spending on furniture.  The survey also revealed that Clothing and Fashion is set to experience the most severe slowdown with 61 percent of respondents stating that they were cutting spending in this category.  Source: OpticianOnline.net (November 2008)

Saving with SelectSpecs.com

So, how can we help you save money and beat the credit crunch?

For starters all our new frames from a low priced budget frame to top designer glasses  INCLUDE standard or Thin and Light Prescription Lenses FREE of charge, we also supply our glasses with UV Protection, Scratch Resistance, and Anti Reflection coatings at absolutely no extra cost, all of which are normally charged for as “extra’s” in many high street retailers by as much as £30.00 or more!   See our website for more information about our FREE Thin and Light Lenses.

Or, why not try our Lens Replacement and Reglaze Service if you want to keep your current frames instead of buying a brand new pair?  Simply select your current frame type, choose your lens options and enter your prescription, then pay for your order and send your frames to us!  We will then glaze your frames to meet your requirements and return them to you.  See our website for more information about our Lens Replacement and Reglaze Service.

Finally, if you are a customer with a UK based bank account, why not choose to make payment by Cheque?  Using this payment method will save you a further 5% on top of our already low credit crunch beating prices!