What did your dc's glasses cost?

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Dc need glasses. They get the lenses free but I have to pay for the frames. How much did you pay for your dc's? Mine are teens so very conscious of having something that won't make them a target for piss-taking as they e had enough trouble with bullies.

£20.

I won't pay for that 30/40 as they just don't look after them!!

My 15 yo daughter got them free, 2 pairs free from Specsavers, not cost at all and nice too.

Nothing. They are free provided you pick within a price limit. From Specsavers. Although they had stopped the 2nd free pair a few months ago so he's only got 1.

Yeah my son got a free pair from spec savers

they should start at free but I notice vision express usually charge a 5 er. Just don't let them pick from the designer range

It was actually the opposite for us... ds1 got the frames free but we chose to pay about £20 for the next level up of lenses - removal of blue light tint or something like that, helpful for screens.

Mostly I don't pay anything, sometimes he chooses a pair which are a bit over the free amount, so I pay the top up of about £15.

Normally free

They should have a free range and then a range of different prices. Think the most I've paid for dd's is about £70 (she's 17)

DS2 - two pairs with standard lenses £0.
DS1 - two pairs with thinned, poylcarb, lenses and upgraded frames as he doesnt fit the kids totally free frames, about £150.

It's the one thing I spend a lot on for dd. She wears them all the time and has atrocious eyesight. So she picks the frames she likes and I also get the lenses thinned and with anti glare. She does have somewhat of a limit, but it is the thing everyone sees first and at 15 I think it's important she feels confident with that. Her last lot (2 pairs plus new goggles) cost around £400, I think the frames were about half of that, maybe slightly less.

In Specsavers the frames are free up to a certain amount and then there's an additional cost on top for designer brands. Both of my DS's also have their lenses thinned which is an extra cost.

Nothing. Two free pairs from Specsavers.

My son’s cost £200 but my son has a strong prescription so we have to pay for thinning and slightly fancier lenses. He’s known as “that little boy with the strong prescription” at our opticians!

Free. They’re nice. They do have
Contacts once they hit yr10 though. As far as I know they’re all happy with that.

I had to pay £30 for the frames but only cos they were so small they needed a specialist range.

Free from specsavers

About £100 normally, but like a poster above, she has a strong prescription so we pay for thinning and for Reactolite lenses which offer UV protection.

£130. Designer ones for my very fussy DS13. I don't mind - he doesn't ask for much and looks after them.

Free usually - there is also a choice of frames for £10 at our opticians but mostly she has always chosen the free ones.

100 ish due to extreme thinning of one lens. The other eye is virtually perfect just a little +. The bad eye is - 14.

Specsavers are the best for DC's glasses, they give a free spare pair as well as one pair upto £79 I think free. Anything over that price range and you have to pay the difference

Specsavers no longer give 2 free pairs. Its only the one, funded by the NHS. You can get a 2nd pair half price though.

I thought there was always an option of a free frame through nhs bit limited choice and my son didn't like any so cost us £50

£180, money was for thinner transitions lenses