Specsavers Opticians

Specsavers… where to begin… such mixed feelings…
Walk in and you’ll spot more than a few sales reps milling around in dark blue suits which is a bit overkill if you ask me. Then it’s hit or miss. Some are very knowledgeable and helpful, others seem like they’re still being trained.
Enter the ‘special of the day’: With your prescription, purchase one pair of frames at 89 euro or more and the second is free! But, is it REALLY ‘special’ if it’s promoted all the time??? Makes one want to stop and take a closer look (pun intended). As for service, at times there is a bit of a wait, in spite of the over-​staffed establishment, even if you have an appointment.
On the upside, one of the many staff members was having an ‘off’ day on my initial visit; she apologized and gave me a coupon to take an additional 20 euro off my future purchase. Now THAT’S a ‘special’. So, in the end, I got my peepers equipped with two sets of reading glasses for only 69 euro. However, I have to say, the selection of frames was a little sparce and unattractive. Nonetheless, all is ‘easy on the eyes’ now and it was relatively painless.
Must check out other optical service providers before I can honestly say «Should have gone to Specsavers»… but my eyes are grateful at the moment and thats what counts!

I have to say I was impressed with my visit to specsavers. I’d gone to my usual optician for all the testing but they just didn’t have any frames that didn’t make me look like Dame Edna or a hipster. After two visits there trying to sort it out, I took my prescription to somewhere with many more frames.
Now I am quite blind, and my own optician will often put in contact lenses for me while I pick out glasses. in specsavers they get around this another way. There’s a handy little camera and screen thing, where you can take up to 4 shots of yourself with different frames on and compare.
Anyways after dithering for a bit, I asked someone to help me pick out frames and she was really great. Eventually we found some, and she went through my lens options and the deal. I was also seen then by their in house optician who took some measurements and made sure the frames were right — he also gave me good advice about options.
All in all the service was great. They have a lab on site, so if I’d wanted to recycle my own frames I could have (once they ordered in the lenses). The end price came to about half what I would have paid in my regular opticians, and my specs were in less than a week later.
I was really impressed by them.

I got a flyer through my door offering two for one on glasses worth € 89 euro or more. That’s a pretty good deal, and just around the time I needed new glasses too, so off I went to specsavers.
A ten euro eye-​test and four hours later I was € 99 lighter and marginally better sighted. And now that I was seeing things a little clearer something occurred to me; In the decade (ish) I’ve been wearing glasses, I’ve only ever owned two pairs. And, having never even lost a pair, the total damage done to them has amounted to no more than a single cracked lens. My prior form with glasses, then, shows that I’m pretty safe. So why in the hell did I need to buy a spare pair?! I’ve never been so conclusively outed as a victim of marketing.
For the record, I bought the same frames twice in just a slightly different colour. Black and reddish black. I’m adventurous me.

I’ve never gone to Specsavers before because I always felt guilty, imagining that somewhere my bastion of an optician — who has always taken care of my eyes from her little store in Tipperary — would be weeping real tears.
Just this week I decided to stop being so hard on myself and go to Specsavers for some new glasses. As a caveat, I’m reviewing the store on its own merits and not the chain, but I do love a little anecdote.
Anyhoo, I went here with 200 euro in my pocket, but I already decided that given the deal on the eye test and 2 for 1 on glasses it would come up a little above a 100 euro. Fools and there money are soon parted, and this was certainly the case here, but first to the service.
I like efficiency but I don’t like to feel I am a product on a conveyor belt, which certainly is how it felt that day. I was rushed to the optician who whizzed through the eye test, albeit with great joviality and charm, and then whisked back to reception to pick out frames. Two for one is not the best deal either as I found out, as most of the glasses were made of wretched plastic. Found two pairs which seemed less like glasses made for kids, although not entirely happy with them. Was asked whether I wanted anti-​reflection coating on both, and quickly said yes, being a little confused as to what was included in two for one deal. Ended up paying an extra 45 each on the glasses, and felt slightly duped into it.
Was also fitted for glasses and told that one pair, which I had picked out in desperation due to lack of choice, was a perfect fit. They were almost cutting off circulation on the side of my head, but I decided that I could tweak them myself having worn glasses for years.
Returned the next day and was given glasses back, asked to fit them on etc, and immediately assistant knew the glasses were crushing my head. Stretched them a little wider, and problem practically resolved. So kudos to this staff member!
Won’t be going to this particular Specsavers store again though, as really don’t like the mechanised process or the lack of diligent care by staff who are obviously under huge pressure.
Back to the optician in Tipperary I guess!

I’ve been here with numerous bespectacled friends and in no small way I envy them they’re scholarly accessory. As my friend Adam puts it ‘How else would people know that I’m bookish’, how else indeed, and it seems that until my eyesight begins to wane I’m forced to be confused with the rest of the unwashed dolts.
If you need a new eyeglasses then this large chain is a no-​nonsense way to get the job done. They say their price plans are clear, I’m not so sure, but it does have an abundance of options meaning you’ll probably find what you’re looking for. There’s manys the four-​eyes that say Specsavers are the best and who am I to argue.

I’ve never needed glasses but always wanted them as a kid — the inner nerd in me must have wanted an external manifestation! Specsavers is where I would shop for glasses as a grown up should my wish have come true. There’s a fantastic selection of frames here, from cheap Specsaver-​brand glasses to designer frames from the likes of Hugo Boss or Calvin Klein. And all frames are 2 for the price of one, as those incessant ads have drilled into our national psyche.
They do eye testing downstairs, which can be used for Drivers License approval.

I’ve mastered the experience of going to Specsavers. Just run straight past all of the sales people, shoot downstairs and buy your contacts without anyone interfering. Otherwise, you’re looking at waiting, sitting, queuing, waiting and putting up with some salepeople who don’t always know what they’re doing.
Daily contacts are just € 100 for a 3 month supply (not bad) and of course they do have their famous 2 for 1 deal, now on designer glasses, not just the nerdy no-​name ones, so that’s a treat.

I have had to visit Specsavers several times since last year initially for an eye test and subsequently for a contact lens test. I have to say that every member of staff have given me excellent service and attention. I also bought two pair of glasses from Specsavers, it saved me a lot of money and the assistant was very helpful on helping me find the best frame. You can also use a digital machine to find the best pair of frames for you. Overall a great and valued experience. This optician is highly recommended.