I recently made the mistake of buying glasses from Specsavers following an eye test. I absolutely could not believe how much they charged. They used to be the best value but for the price of two pairs from Specsavers, I could get 6 pairs from Glasses Direct.

That's comparing like-for-like: premium frames, varifocals, thin lenses etc.

Pretty much all glasses are made by Luxottica these days so you are getting the same stuff when you buy online as you do when buying from a Highstreet chain.

I particularly recommend their London Retro range, as the quality is excellent. E.g. their Aviator clones ("Jenson") are astounding and far higher quality than the Chinese-made Rayban RX frames! The Jenson's feel super premium and are half the price! Same with their Clubmaster clones etc.

The only criticism stopping them from earning 5 stars, are some small attention to detail issues.

E.g. with practically every pair I buy with metal frames, the frame will come loose after a month and the lens drops out. As a result, whenever I receive my new glasses I immediately apply Loctite to the threads myself.

This is an unnecessary schoolboy error by Glasses Direct, as having a lens fall out and potentially getting scratched and the screw being lost, will really upset a customer and damage their reputation over something so trivial.

All for the sake of a 0.01p blob of Loctite when their lab put the lenses in and tighten it up.

On the plus side that is easy for them to fix.