Ngisebenzise cishe ama- $ 600 kwizibuko zokugcina nama-lens - okwakungemva kokuba umshwalense wombono uqalile ukusebenza. Indaba yami ayijwayelekile. Lapho uthenga kumaketanga ezembatho zamehlo, ama-boutique ama-designer noma ama-optometrists, ukukhuphuka kwentengo yezingilazi ezinamagama amaningi kanye namalensi kadokotela kuvame ukuphakama njengo-1,000%. Izindaba ezimnandi ukuthi, okungenani kwabanye abantu, namuhla kunezinketho eziningi eziqonde ngqo kubathengi online, ezenziwe kahle, ozimele besitayela namalensi kadokotela nge $ 7 kuphela (kanye nokuthumela), yize intengo iphakathi kuka- $ 100 no-US $ 200 kuvame kakhulu.
Yize ukuya kudokotela wamehlo uyohlolwa iso nemiyalo kusabalulekile, awukho umthetho odinga ukuthi ugqoke izibuko lapho. Ngaphezu kwentengo ephezulu, njengoba izibuko zami zokuqala ngazifunda esikoleni samabanga aphakeme, isitayela sami, ukubona kwami nokuhlangenwe nakho okufanelekile ehhovisi likadokotela wamehlo kuhle kakhulu futhi kuhle kakhulu. Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi ngizwa ngeZenni Optical evela kubangani abahlukahlukene ababonakala begqoka ozimele abahlukahlukene nsuku zonke, nginqume ukuyizama ukubona ukuthi ingakwazi yini ukuxazulula inkinga yami yamalensi abiza kakhulu kadokotela. Yilokhu engikutholile.
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NjengoWarby Parker, i-Pixel Eyewear, i-EyeBuyDirect, i-MessyWeekend, kanye nenani elandayo labakhiqizi be-eye abazimele, abaqonde ngqo kubathengi nabathengisi be-inthanethi, iZenni yonga imali ngokunciphisa izindleko zokuphatha - okungukuthi, izitolo ze-optical, ophthalmologists, umshuwalense nezinye izinkampani ezingabalamuli- futhi uthengise ngqo kubathengi online. Kushibhile futhi ngoba akuyona eye-Italian-French conglomerate Essinor Luxottica, okuthiwa ilawula ngaphezu kuka-80% wezingilazi namalensi ngokuba nabanikazi abaningi kanye nemikhiqizo yezimpawu (Oliver Peoples, Ray-Ban, Ralph) IMarket Lauren), abathengisi (i-LensCrafters, i-Pearle Vision, i-Sunglass Hut), inkampani yomshuwalense wokubona (i-EyeMed) nomenzi welensi (i-Essinor). Le thonya elihlanganiswe mpo linikeza inkampani amandla amakhulu kanye nomthelela entengweni, yingakho ngisho nezibuko zelanga ezingaphezulu kuka-Gucci zibiza ngaphezu kuka- $ 300, kuyilapho izindleko zangempela zokukhiqiza zohlaka oluyisisekelo lungamadola ayi-15. Futhi, lokhu ngaphambi kokubheka intengo yezivivinyo, izindawo zokuthengisa, namalensi kadokotela, konke okuzokhuphula amanani. Ngasikhathi sinye, iZenni inikela nge-counter noma ngezibuko zelanga ezibhalwe ngodokotela ezinamalensi ahlotshisiwe aphansi njengo- $ 40.
Yize abangani bami beqhubeka nokudumisa uWarby Parker, uZenni nokuthandwa kwabo, lesi yisikhathi sami sokuqala ukuphequlula nokuthenga amafreyimu kadokotela namalensi online. Iwebhusayithi yeZenni ingakucindezela, futhi nokuphequlula, kunamaphuzu amaningi wokungena. Ungathenga ngobulili noma ngeqembu lobudala, isitayela sefreyimu (i-aviator, iso lekati, elingenasici, eliyindilinga), okokusebenza (insimbi, i-titanium), abathengisi abasha nabathengisa kakhulu, uhla lwamanani, nezinye izigaba eziningi-konke kukuwe Ungakwazi thola imiyalelo (umbono owodwa, ukuqhubeka, ukulungiswa kwe-prism), inkomba yelensi, izinto zokwelapha kanye nokwelashwa. Ngenhlanhla, kunama-tutorials amaningi ombhalo, ama-infographics, namavidiyo achaza konke mayelana nale nqubo, kusuka ohlotsheni lwelensi elifanela umuthi wakho ohlakeni olingana nobuso bakho, nolunye ulwazi lwesingeniso ngokukhetha umbala welensi elungile.
Okubaluleke kakhulu, yize kungadingeki, kufanele ulungiselele imininingwane elandelayo ngaphambi kokuqala ukuphequlula: ibanga lakho le-pupillary (PD) kanye nemithi yakho kadokotela. Kunesifundo se-infographic sesinyathelo ngesinyathelo sokukala i-PD yakho ngokwakho, kepha empeleni, yilokhu okufunayo ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwamehlo. Imithi kadokotela ibalulekile kwasekuqaleni, ngoba izokutshela kuqala ukuthi hlobo luni lozimele ongalusebenzisa.
Njengoba ungeke uzame ozimele esitolo mathupha — kungasaphathwa noma iyiphi impendulo yesikhathi sangempela evela kochwepheshe be-eyewear nabangane — udinga ukuqoqa ezinye izibalo ezengeziwe ukuze uthole usayizi olingana nobuso bakho ne-PD yakho. Indlela elula ukusebenzisa ubukhulu bezibuko zakho zamanje. Ububanzi belensi, ububanzi bebhuloho lamakhala, nobude bamathempeli kuvame ukufakwa kuhlu ngaphakathi kwamathempeli, kepha kufanele ulinganise ububanzi befreyimu nokuphakama kwelensi ngamamilimitha (ungakhathazeki, kukhona futhi okokufundisa okuku-inthanethi nababusi be-metric abaphrintekayo). Lezi zilinganiso zingasetshenziswa ukusiza ukunciphisa usayizi wohlaka olungalingana nobuso bakho futhi lusebenze nodokotela wakho.
Kukhona futhi ithuluzi lokuzama elingabonakala elingakunikeza umbono onzima wokuthi ifreyimu ibukeka kanjani emzimbeni wakho. Sebenzisa i-laptop webcam ukuskena ubuso bakho kuzo zonke izinkomba. Leli thuluzi alikwazi ukunquma kuphela ukuthi ngabe ubuso bakho buseqanda, buyindilinga noma buyisikwele, njll., Kodwa futhi lakha iphrofayli le-3D ongalisebenzisa kaninginingi ukuzama amafreyimu ahlukahlukene noma ukwaba Yenza ukubonakala okuhlukahlukene nabanye nge-imeyili ukuthola impendulo. (Ungadala amaningi ala mafayela wokumisa njengoba udinga.)
Lapho usukhombe ubhangqa wakho owuthandayo (futhi wahlola ozimele abahlukahlukene nobukhulu bobuso), ungafaka uhlobo lomuthi wakho kadokotela nolensi, njengombono owodwa, i-bifocal, i-progressive, ifreyimu kuphela, noma ngaphezulu kwe-counter-lezi Izinketho ziyahlukahluka kuya ngohlaka olukhethile. Okulandelayo, ukhetha inkomba yelensi (ukujiya), okokusebenza, noma ikuphi ukumbozwa okukhethekile, ozimele abayizimpinda nezinsiza (iziqeshana zesibuko selanga, ama-kits wokuthuthukisa, ama-lens wipes), bese uthumela i-oda lakho, ngemuva kwalokho ungabheka ozimele bakho abasha ibhokisi lepulasitiki ngemuva kwezinsuku eziyi-14 kuye kwezingu-21.
Amanani nezinketho ziphezulu ohlwini. Ukuma kobuso okusaqanda engikubalulile kungivulele izitayela eziningi — unxande, isikwele, ulayini wamashiya — kepha ngaphequlula abashayeli bezindiza abafanele njalo, futhi iZenni yahlinzeka ngemibala engenakubalwa yakudala neyesimanje. Akunandaba ukuthi ukhetha siphi isitayela, kunzima ukuthenga izingilazi ezibiza kakhulu ngemali engaphezu kwama- $ 200 lapha. Yize inani lohlaka oluyisisekelo luphansi njengama-US $ 7, intengo yezinhlaka eziningi iphakathi kuka-US $ 15 kanye no-US $ 25, kanti eliphakeme kakhulu lingu-US $ 46. Noma yiluphi uhlaka luqukethe amalensi kadokotela wombono owodwa onenkomba ephansi, inkomba ephezulu (1.61 nangaphezulu), "Blokz" blue light blocking and photochromic (transition) lens ezisukela ngentengo kusuka ku-US $ 17 kuye ku-US $ 169. Yize ngithemba ukuthola izibuko ezibhalwe ngudokotela nge $ 7, isidingo sami sama-lens aqhubekayo, aphezulu, kanye namalensi kadokotela senza ukukhetha kwami kwamanani phakathi kuka- $ 100 kuya ku- $ 120.
Ngezibuko zelanga, kunezinketho eziningi ezingeziwe, ezinjengemibala ehlukanisiwe noma efakiwe kanye nemibala elula. Kodwa-ke, ukuvikelwa kwe-UV nokumbozwa okungamelana nokuklwebheka kuvamile kuzo zonke izibuko zelanga. Noma ungathenga ukubhangqa okungaphezulu kwekhawunta ukuze kusetshenziswe ngamalensi wokuxhumana, lokhu kubenza babe nokuthengiselana emkhakheni wamathoni.
Kulezi zintengo, ngiyajabula ukusebenzisa ezinye izinketho ezingeziwe, njengoku-oda ngazimbili iziphinda zohlaka olufanayo ekuphumeni, ngayinye inelensi yombono ehlukile yokufunda noma ukusebenza kwebanga eliphakathi phambi kwekhompyutha. Ngine-myopia, kepha futhi ngidinga izibuko zokufunda, ngakho-ke ngivame ukugqoka amafreyimu aqhubekayo. Yize lezo zinkinga zombili zingalungiswa ngelensi "engeyona eyezinto ezimbili kuphela", kuyadingeka ukuthi uhambise njalo ukuma kwekhanda emuva naphambili ukugcina ukugxila kokungafani okwehlukile. Ngemisebenzi ethile enikelwe ngemiyalo yokubuka okukodwa noma imiyalo yokusebenzela, ukugxila kuvame ukuba ngcono, futhi ngakuhlanganisa ku-oda lami lokuqala le- $ 50 ne- $ 40, ngokulandelana. (Ngemuva kokuthola ukuthi ngifake uphawu lokuhlanganisa esikhundleni sephawu lokususa kumuthi kadokotela, ekugcineni ngifanele ngawashintsha.)
Enye inzuzo: insizakalo yamakhasimende, ikakhulukazi ngengxoxo yesikhathi sangempela, iyashesha futhi iyasebenziseka, hhayi kuphela engaqondisa abathengi ukuthi baqonde amagama ahlukahlukene, osayizi nezitayela zohlaka, kepha futhi baphatha nezinzuzo. Uma izibuko ungazithandi, ukulingana akulungile noma umuthi kadokotela awuvumelekile, unezinsuku ezingafika kwezingu-30 ukushintsha izingilazi. Uma kuyiphutha likaZenni, ungathola imbuyiselo ephelele. Uma kuyiphutha lekhasimende — njengokuthi incwadi yami kadokotela yonakele — khona-ke iZenni inikela ngesikweletu esigcwele esitolo, isuse izindleko zokuthumela — ukuthola izicathulo ezintsha (noma ukubuyiselwa imali engu-50%). Noma yikuphi ukushintshaniswa okuqhubekayo kwaleli oda kuzoholela ku-50% wesikweletu sesitolo. Into eyodwa okufanele uyiqaphele: Ungabuyekeza i-oda lakho mahhala kungakapheli amahora angama-24-ngokwesibonelo, uma ufake umuthi ongafanele. Ekugcineni, irisidi lokugcina lifaka i-printout ekhethekile yokulethwa kumshuwalense wombono noma ku-akhawunti yokusebenzisa imali eguquguqukayo.
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Angitholanga ithuluzi lokuzama nge-3D ukuthi linembe kakhulu noma lingaguquguquki-inzuzo enkulu ukuthi usayizi wozimele nokulingana kwephrofayili ngayinye engiyidalayo ihluke kakhulu - kepha layisha isithombe esimile bese usizama ku-2D Izibuko ziyasebenza kangcono. Yize kulula ukuhlela izilinganiso usebenzisa izibuko zakho ezikhona, kuseseyinqubo enzima nephutha.
Kubantu abanjengami abanemithi eqinile yokulungisa i-myopia, i-astigmatism emnene ne-presbyopia (i-hyperopia / izinkinga zokufunda) kanye nokuthandwa kwamalensi aqhubekayo, kulapho kuba nzima khona. Ngemuva kokuhlunga amalensi aqhubekayo nokufaka izilinganiso zosayizi wami nomuthi ofanelekile kuthuluzi lokuthenga likaZenni, nginozimele abambalwa kuphela engingakhetha kubo. Ngokuya ngezilinganiso zami zamanje zohlaka, ngisho nalezo ezingazihloli ngokugcwele zonke izinhlaka ezinconyiwe, kepha ngakhetha ifreyimu yokushayela yensimbi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ($ 30), ebukeka ipholile esithombeni. Ngikhethe i-index engu-1.67 ephezulu ye-refractive index Blok progressive lens ($ 94), enengubo ejwayelekile yokulwa nokubonisa ekucushweni okusondele, okulungiselelwe ukufeza umugqa ocacile wokubona kwezinyawo ezintathu. Lokhu kwenzelwe izimo ezithile zomsebenzi, njengokugqolozela isikrini sekhompyutha usuku lonke. Akukona nje kuphela ukuthi izibuko zami ezintsha zifike kahle ngesikhathi ngibhala le ndatshana, kepha cishe akekho noyedwa ozozibona uma ubuso bami bungalungile.
Izibuko ezafika emasontweni amabili kamuva ziqinile futhi ziyisitayela njengoba kwakuthenjisiwe, kepha ziphakeme kancane emakhaleni ami futhi amafreyimu mancane ebusweni bami. Ngokuqondene nokuyize noma ukunethezeka, anginankinga ngokubukeka noma ukulingana kwalezi zibuko zehhovisi lasekhaya kuphela, kepha nginezinkinga ezithile ngokubona kwami. Ziyiqiniso eliseduze, ngoba noma yini engaphezulu kwamamitha amathathu iqala ukufiphala, kepha ngoba ziyaqhubeka, kusadingeka ngigxilise amehlo ami engxenyeni ethile yelensi ukuze isibuko se-laptop sibukhali.
Ngixhumane nommeleli wosizo lwamakhasimende eZenni, wangitshela ukuthi iZenni isebenzisa amalensi aqhubekela phambili amafomu amahhala, anganciphisa izindleko ngoba izindleko zokukhiqiza ziphansi kunamalensi e-Varilux. Okubi ukuthi kuqhathaniswa namalensi abiza kakhulu e-Varilux, amalensi ahamba phambili efomu yamahhala ahlinzeka umbono omncane webanga eliphakathi nebanga lokufunda. Umphumela ngukuthi kufanele ugxile ekubukeni kwakho ngqo ezingeni elithile ukuze uthole ukugxila okucacile, kuze kube manje lokhu kuzizwa kungumsebenzi omkhulu kune-Varilux eqhubekela phambili engivele nginayo, yize ubukhali, yize buncane kungathi Yebo, kungcono ukwengeza ilensi ebangeni eliseduze.
Ngomsebenzi, ngisebenzise izibuko zekhompyutha ezinikezwa ngombono owodwa kusuka kuPixel Eyewear, ezingaba ngamamitha ayi-14 ebangeni eliphakathi. Ngithola ukuthi basebenza kahle phambi kwekhompyutha benenkambu enkulu yokubuka (kufaka phakathi ukufunda), futhi akudingeki ngikhathazeke ngokugxila amehlo ami “ekugxileni okubili” okulungile. Kumuntu okhethisayo onjengami, izinketho zokusondela kumalensi aqhubekayo ezinyawo ezintathu noma ngaphansi kungenzeka zingenzi mqondo omkhulu, ngakho-ke ngingazama ukuwafaka ngamalensi kadokotela wombono owodwa webanga eliphakathi. Intengo isiyonke ingu-US $ 127, futhi kufanele ngibe nesikweletu esanele sokusebenza.
Ezimweni eziningi, izilinganiso zohlaka zingasetshenziswa njengommeleli ofanelekile wokuzilungiselela, kepha izingilazi zemithi kadokotela azixazululwa ngaso sonke isikhathi ngendlela elingana, ikakhulukazi imiyalo eqinile futhi eyinkimbinkimbi. Usayizi wobuso bami nekhanda lami akuvumeli amehlo ami ukuthi avumelaniswe ngokuphelele nomuthi wami kadokotela kulobu bukhulu belensi nalolu luhlaka oluthile. Kungakho abantu beya kobheka izazi zamehlo nezamehlo ukuze bathole izibuko zabo. Noma ngihamba ngiyobona udokotela wezifo zamehlo ngithenge izibuko lapho, izinketho zami zihlala zilinganiselwe ngenxa yemithi yami kadokotela futhi njalo kufanele ngikhokhe imali ethe xaxa ukwenza amalensi abe mncane (inkomba ephezulu). Ukube bekulula futhi kushesha kangako kimi ukuthola imiphumela efanayo kuZenni, bengizosebenzisa imali eningi.
Kungakuhle uma iZenni inenqubomgomo yokulingwa nokubuyisa ethe xaxa. Isibonelo, iWarby Parker ikuvumela ukuthi uzame ngazimbili kuze kube ngamabili ama-5 ekhaya izinsuku ezingama-30 ukubona ukuthi yiliphi ibhangqa elifanele kakhulu futhi elisebenza kahle, kepha inani likaZenni liphansi kakhulu futhi liqukethe izengezo eziningi. Uhlaka olushibhile kakhulu eWarby Parker (kufaka phakathi amalensi) lungu- $ 95. Noma ngabe inqubomgomo yokubuyisa inesandla esivulekile, isikhathi samanje sokuguqula izinsuku eziyi-14 kuye kwezingu-21 ngenxa yokubambezeleka kokuthumela okuhlobene ne-COVID-19, ngakho-ke ungalahli izibuko ezindala okwamanje.
Amajaji namanje awahambisani, okungenani kumgxeki nge-myopia kanye ne-astigmatism encane, uchitha amahora phambi kwekhompyutha futhi udinga izibuko ukumsiza afunde kalula. Noma kunjalo, lokhu akukuvimbi ekuthengeni izingilazi zikaZenni ezingaphezulu kwekhawunta ukuze ngizisebenzise namalensi engixhumana nawo.
Uma ngokungafani nami, imiyalelo yakho ilula, imnene futhi ingumbono owodwa, ngakho-ke kungenzeka ungalokothi ukhokhele ngaphezulu izibuko ngoba le mithetho iyaxolela kakhulu. Ngemiyalo eyinkimbinkimbi ngokwengeziwe, "inqubo iyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu", njengoba omele iZenni engichazile ngemuva kokuhlangabezana nezingqinamba ezithile kwinqubo yoku-oda. Uma kukhulunywa ngalezi zinhlobo zezidingo, uncoma ukuthi kusetshenziswane kakhulu nethimba lezinsizakalo zamakhasimende likaZenni. Ngimagange uku-oda ibhangqa lami lesibili ngomuthi ofanele, kepha ngihlela ukuxoxisana nabo kaningana emzuliswaneni olandelayo ukuze ngibone ukuthi ngingalithola kahle yini iqembu lesithathu. Ngenhlanhla, njengoba lokhu kungukuthenga okusha okuhlukile, ngingakushintshanisa bese ngisebenzisa isikweletu esigcwele kubhangqwana elikhudlwana, futhi sizobona ukuthi lokhu kuyawenza yini umehluko. Uma kunesidingo, ngizoqhubeka ngiwashintshanise kuze kungabikho sikweletu.
Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi ngabe izibuko zeZenni zizowasusa ngokuphelele yini amafreyimu asetshenzisiwe asetshenziswe ngentengo ngokwesiko, engiwathengile kochwepheshe bamehlo. Angikatholi izibuko ezifanelekile ku-Intanethi, kepha kulezi zintengo, ngizoqhubeka nokuzama.
Isikhathi Iposi: Jul-30-2021