Good price on these lens/glasses cleaner pads. Cheaper than chemist warehouse
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$9.95 delivery to me in regional VIC. FFS.
Now cancelling zeis order
In my experience, the Zeiss wipes are much better than these.
For my camera lenses I use Zeiss.
I used clear wipes for tablets, smartphones, smart watch (all have a glass screen protector) and parts of glasses (not lenses) but now just use Zeiss. They clean better!
In the Zeiss thread everyone says these clean better lmao
@Jessie Ryder: Considering I've used them both 1000s of times. Yep! The clear wipes ain't wet enough. For dirty phones, tablets and watches the zeiss are good but you still might have to use multiple. I find a micro fiber cloth to be better after cleaning with 1x wipe otherwise the cloths get too dirty too fast.
As an experienced independent optometrist, I have seen regular use of this exact brand lens wipes run dozens of my patients' glasses.
It even says it on the pack "Do not use on scratched lenses"
Hint- almost everyone has a scratch on their lenses.
The solvent is too strong and delicate lens coatings lift off.
Probably much better suited to glass lenses, not plastic spectacle lenses.
I note that these are very popular (and relatively cheap), and not everyone's lenses fail with these wipes. But I have seen a significant number that have been affected.
(Rant over)
That explains why my glasses are ruined. I use this but had no idea how they now have scratches all over.
Are there any wipes you'd use on plastic specs?
keen to know as well
What should we use then?
The little micro fibre cloths that usually come with your glasses seem to always do a great job for me.
I have just started trying out using a cheap (Aldi) ultrasonic cleaner every few months and just a regular lens cloth in between.
I don’t know if this damages the coatings in the mid or long term. But I think it works well enough until I need a pair of glasses when I get my eyes checked next.
the best answer I've found in my career is soapy water for regular cleaning. Of course that's not always convenient. But carrying a good quality microfibre cleaning cloth (and most good (independent at least) optometrists DO give out/sell good quality cleaning cloths) should be convenient. But remember, these cloths remove the grease/dirt from your glasses very well. That dirt has to go somewhere, and gets trapped in the cloth. So you have to wash the cloths (or replace them at what, $5 or $10 every six months?). Just don't wash them in a load when you're using fabric softener, as this works against the cleaning qualities you want the cloth to have.
You're welcome.
PS - please consider taking your eye testing requirements to an independent optometrist. Sure, they're not all perfect. But they are more likely to get you what you need, not just want they want to sell.
I don't use the wipes on my specs except frames, but even if the lenses have scratches - a micro fiber cloth and lense cleaning fluid from the optometrist still scratches. Cloths need to remain super clean and you can't apply pressure.
The little cloths optometrist sell are generally crap too. I find they don't sell bigger cloths and multiples in a pack cause they'll want you back within 24x months buying a new pair of specs. Some micro fiber cloths are also superior to others.
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Kept saying it was OOS when I was checking out and had to brute force my way through an order lol