Our Services

A test with us starts with computerised refraction to get an objective baseline, then moves to subjective testing where we refine it against what you actually see. We check both eyes together as well as separately, test near vision, and compare the result against the glasses you walked in wearing.

If your prescription has not meaningfully changed, we will tell you that. A small shift on paper does not always justify new lenses, and we would rather you spent the money when it makes a real difference.

An in-store eye test supports the fitting of prescription eyewear. It is not a substitute for a full medical eye examination by an ophthalmologist, and if we see anything that should be looked at medically, we will say so and recommend you get it checked.

A proper contact lens fitting starts with measuring your corneal curvature and diameter, because a lens that does not match the shape of your eye will move, blur or irritate however correct the power is. We then select a trial pair and have you wear them in store so we can check the fit on the eye.

Before you take any lenses home we teach insertion and removal, and go through cleaning, storage and replacement schedules properly. Most contact lens problems come from handling and hygiene rather than from the lenses themselves.

We stock dailies, monthlies, toric lenses for astigmatism, and multifocals. If you are new to lenses we usually start with dailies, because they remove the cleaning routine from the learning curve.

Bring your glasses in whenever they stop sitting right. We tighten hinges, realign temples and fronts, replace nose pads, screws and temple tips, and straighten frames that have been bent. It does not matter where you bought them or how long ago.

Larger repairs such as soldering a broken metal frame or replacing a temple arm depend on the frame and on parts availability, and we will tell you honestly whether it is worth doing or whether reglazing into a new frame is the better value. Sometimes the answer is that a frame has reached the end of its life, and we will say that too.

We also run frames through an ultrasonic cleaner, which reaches the grime in hinges and around nose pads that a cloth never will.

Most people arrive knowing what they like and unsure whether it suits them. We work through face shape and the contrast principle, which is simply that frames generally look best when their lines counter your face's lines rather than repeat them, and then look at proportion: frame width against face width, and how the top rim sits relative to your brow.

Colouring matters too, and it is the part most people skip. Warm and cool complexions suit different metals and acetates, and getting this right does more for how a frame reads than the shape does.

Then we ignore all of it if the frame genuinely looks good on you, because rules are a starting point and not a verdict. What we will not do is tell you a frame works when it does not.