Understanding your prescription can be the most daunting part of ordering your glasses online. This is why we strongly advise that you use our prescription upload or send later option so that a member of our team can ensure the correct details are applied to your order.
If you are confident to enter the prescription details yourself you can do so by selecting the enter now option when customising your glasses. We have put together the following video that should hopefully help you understand your prescription.
Below are some examples of common optical prescriptions from several well-known highstreet opticians. Follow our guidelines below to help you enter your prescription correctly.
NHS PRESCRIPTION
The above prescription should be entered as follows on our prescription page:
BOOTS PRESCRIPTION
The above prescription should be entered as follows on our prescription page:
VISION EXPRESS PRESCRIPTION
The above prescription should be entered as follows on our prescription page:
OTHER PRESCRIPTIONS YOU MAY SEE
Not all prescriptions will be neat and easy to comprehend. Opticians will sometimes have their own way to write certain values, but they all mean the same thing - it's just a case of understanding it! Below are some examples of different ways your prescription may be presented.
The red circled area highlights your prescription for distance glasses.
Enter this into the red area circled below.
The orange circled area highlights your prescription for a reading prescription. This figure should be added into the orange area circled below IF you are buying glasses for reading.
The green circled area highlights your prescription for computer use. This should be entered IF you are buying glasses for computer work.
The above prescription outlines three prescriptions that are needed: the optician is suggesting you need glasses for everyday wear, reading and computer work.
This is how you should enter your details on the Direct Sight website if you require the glasses for reading or for varifocal lenses:
This is how you should enter your details on the Direct Sight website if you require the glasses for computer use:
