QuiltE

@mkc ... Thanks for all the detail and info. Probably, I'll now be armed with more info than the person looking after me! They'll be wishing that they'd let someone else look after me. The good news is that I can go shopping with knowledge on my side and some confidence certainty that I know what I know! At least Titanium frames have come down in price, that they are a reasonable option. When I first looked at them, yikes and ouch to the pocket book. Or perhaps I should say to the credit card! It's always interesting to read of what other lives our quilters have/had. Good for you for not just work with the equipt, but go the step (or six) further to understand more about what they did. THANKS again!

@aashley333 Sorry, for our hijacking your thread! Although it was all inter related, and perhaps it will help someone else in choosing their next eyeglass frames. A vital tool for some of us in our quilting basket!!

bkay

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I'm sensitive to some metals. However, I have to wear them to break out my skin. It seems to take about 15 minutes for my skin to react.

My question is, since you don't touch the metal for more than long enough to put the blade in the cutter, are you sure it makes any difference (as far as your allergies are concerned)?

bkay

QuiltE

@bkay Oh, not to worry about the blades, I'm A-OK there! The problem is with eye glasses and jewelry. IOW I need the good expensive stuff!! It's kind of annoying, as I can't enjoy a FUN ring, necklace, bracelet and such.

For eye glasses, I can get away with non-titanium, so long as the metal does not touch me. Such as the arms touching at the temples, or the lens frames riding on my cheeks. So for eyeglasses, that leaves the dummy strings to hang them around my neck as an ongoing challenge. Most of those are metal, cheap of course! If/when I find others, then I pounce and grab a few!! You can't believe how happy having a clock on my cell phone made me as that dealt with the wrist band issues!

Onebyone

I bought a pair of titanium eye glass rimless frames decades ago. I'm still wearing them. I get new lenses put in with each new prescription. They were expensive, my husband said you paid WHAT? LOL but has saved me more than the cost over the years. I wanted them because they are so featherlight I can't tell I'm wearing glasses. Regular frames give me a headache. I've tried them all and all are heavy compared to the titanium ones. They have been through a lot of wear and still holding up fine. I get new nose pieces and screws with every new lens change.

QuiltE

@Onebyone Nice when you can have a set of frames that last so long. Other than not getting something new!! Some have wardrobes of glasses ... not me!