Last Tuesday, I was sitting in my favorite crowded diner. The lighting was dim. I held the menu far away, then brought it close, trying to focus on the small print. A woman at the next booth leaned over and whispered, “Honey, do you need a flashlight for that?”
I laughed it off, but inside, I was frustrated. My eyes are fine for driving, and my mid-range vision is okay. But anything within arm's length? Forget it. The world had become a soft, fuzzy watercolor painting of tiny fonts. I had tried everything, from drugstore specials to expensive online orders, but nothing worked.
I needed a simple fix. I needed the right category of reading glasses that didn't feel like I was wearing welding goggles.
Finding the correct reading glasses strength shouldn't be difficult. But when you buy glasses online, the risks are huge. I had gone down the rabbit hole of trying to save money.
My first big mistake was ordering from a major online retailer. They promised huge savings. I needed a +1.75 prescription. I waited two weeks. When they arrived, the lenses were blurry—truly unusable. I called them up. They said it was just my eyes adjusting. I told them, "No, this is wrong."
They offered me a choice: a refund or a 110% store credit. That extra 10% sounded great, right? It was a trick. A terrible trap.
I chose the credit. I ordered a new pair. Two weeks later, the second pair arrived. They were also blurry. Still wrong. So I tried again. I returned the second pair and used the credit plus some extra money to order a third pair.
Guess what? Blurry again.
I learned a hard lesson. That company's fine print stated that once you use store credit, you cannot get a refund later. I was out over $200. I had three pairs of useless glasses sitting on my desk. They were basically fancy plastic frames with terrible lenses.
I took one pair of frames to my local eye doctor. The optometrist checked the lenses. She told me, "These lenses don't even match the prescription you asked for. They are totally off." I had wasted money, time, and energy.
Verdict: Never take the 110% store credit offer. If the first pair is wrong, demand a refund. Cheap online lenses often mean the wrong prescription, even if the frames look good.
After that disaster, I was done with complicated prescriptions and tricky progressives. I needed a simple, reliable pair of reading glasses. I needed something ultralight that I could wear for hours without my nose hurting.
I started looking for quality materials, not just big sales. That is how I found mozaer.com. They offered Unisex Ultralight Portable PC Frames. They were basic, durable, and focused on clear vision.
The product details were clear. They used PC frames (a super-light plastic) and promised a dedicated blue light filter. Crucially, I only needed to pick the right reading glasses strength, like +1.00 or +1.50. No complicated measurements were needed for simple readers.
I ordered the +1.00 strength, which matched my most recent simple reading test.