# EyewearTested

> Eyewear reviews and buying guides: eyeglasses, sunglasses, contact lenses and frames, with fit, lens and prescription details explained clearly, plus reader codes.

EyewearTested publishes eyewear reviews, buying guides and reader discount codes. Every review states who the product suits, the current price from the brand's own store, and any active reader code.

## Key pages
- [Reviews](https://eyeweartested.com/reviews): every product we recommend
- [Buying guides](https://eyeweartested.com/guides): how to choose
- [Glossary](https://eyeweartested.com/glossary): eyewear terms defined
- [How we review](https://eyeweartested.com/how-we-review)

## Topics
- [Eyeglasses](https://eyeweartested.com/category/eyeglasses): Prescription glasses, frames, lens types and coatings.
- [Sunglasses](https://eyeweartested.com/category/sunglasses): Sunglasses for everyday, sport and driving, including prescription sunglasses.
- [Contact lenses](https://eyeweartested.com/category/contact-lenses): Daily, two-week and monthly contact lenses, and lens care.
- [Accessories](https://eyeweartested.com/category/accessories): Cases, cleaning kits, straps, readers and computer glasses.

## Buying guides
- [Daily vs Monthly Contact Lenses: Cost, Comfort and Care](https://eyeweartested.com/guides/daily-vs-monthly-contact-lenses): Daily disposable lenses are worn once and thrown away, so there is no cleaning, lower infection risk and fresh comfort every day, but they cost more per year. Two-week and monthly lenses are cleaned and stored each night in solution, which lowers lens cost but adds care routines and solution costs. Dailies suit occasional wearers, allergy sufferers and travelers; monthlies suit daily wearers who are diligent about care. Your eye care provider must fit and prescribe them.
- [Glasses Frame Size Guide: What 52-18-140 Means](https://eyeweartested.com/guides/glasses-frame-size-guide): Glasses frames are sized with three numbers, usually printed inside the temple arm: lens width, bridge width and temple length in millimeters. In 52-18-140, the lenses are 52 mm wide, the bridge is 18 mm and the arms are 140 mm long. The easiest way to find your size is to copy the numbers from a pair that already fits. Total frame width should roughly match the width of your face.
- [How to Clean Glasses Without Scratching the Lenses](https://eyeweartested.com/guides/how-to-clean-glasses): Rinse your glasses under lukewarm water, rub a drop of lotion-free dish soap over the lenses and frame with clean fingers, rinse, and dry with a clean microfiber cloth. Use lens spray and a microfiber cloth on the go. Avoid paper towels, tissues, clothing, saliva, household glass cleaners and hot water, which scratch lenses or damage coatings. Store glasses in a hard case, lenses up when set down.
- [How to Read Your Glasses Prescription: OD, OS, SPH, CYL and AXIS](https://eyeweartested.com/guides/how-to-read-your-glasses-prescription): OD is your right eye and OS your left. SPH (sphere) is the main lens power: minus numbers correct nearsightedness, plus numbers correct farsightedness. CYL and AXIS correct astigmatism: CYL is the strength and AXIS is the angle from 1 to 180. ADD is extra magnifying power for reading, used in progressive and bifocal lenses. To order glasses online you also need your PD, the distance between your pupils in millimeters.
- [Eyeglass Lens Coatings Explained: Anti-Glare, Blue Light and More](https://eyeweartested.com/guides/lens-coatings-explained): Anti-reflective (anti-glare) coating is the most worthwhile upgrade: it cuts reflections, helps night driving and makes lenses look clearer. Scratch-resistant coating is standard on most plastic lenses, and polycarbonate and high-index lenses block UV. Photochromic lenses darken outdoors. Blue light filtering is optional: major eye care organizations do not recommend it for eye health, though some people find it more comfortable.
- [Polarized vs UV Sunglasses: What Protects Your Eyes](https://eyeweartested.com/guides/polarized-vs-uv-sunglasses): UV protection and polarization do different jobs. UV protection blocks harmful ultraviolet light and is what protects your eyes; look for 100% UV protection or UV400. Polarization cuts glare reflected off water, roads and snow, which makes sunglasses more comfortable but doesn't add UV protection on its own. Lens darkness is separate again: dark lenses without UV protection can be worse than none.
- [Progressive vs Bifocal Lenses: Which Should You Choose?](https://eyeweartested.com/guides/progressive-vs-bifocal-lenses): Progressive lenses change power smoothly from distance at the top to reading at the bottom, with no visible line, so they look like regular glasses and also cover middle distances like a computer screen. Bifocals have two zones separated by a visible line: distance on top and reading below, with a wider reading area but no intermediate zone. Progressives suit most people but take a week or two to adjust to; single-vision readers are simplest if you only need help up close.
- [How to Choose Sunglasses for Your Face Shape](https://eyeweartested.com/guides/sunglasses-for-your-face-shape): A simple rule: contrast your face shape with your frames. Round faces suit angular or rectangular sunglasses, square faces suit round or aviator styles, heart-shaped faces suit bottom-heavy or aviator frames, and oval faces suit almost anything. Fit matters more than any rule: the frame should be about as wide as your face, sit level and not touch your cheeks.

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