Plastic versus Metal Eyeglass Frames

Video Transcript

"I’m Melissa with Woolenton Optometry for Expert Village here to tell you how to choose your eyeglasses. You have two choices when choosing your frames for your eyeglasses, you can either do a plastic frame or you can do a metal. Plastics tend to be a little bit heavier like this one here, and the frames are a little bit thicker and a little bit more rigid so a lot of people feel they are a little bit sturdier especially for children or you can choose a metal frame. Metals tend to have a little bit more flexibility to them, are lighter in weight and are better if you’re in a sport, sporting environment, they also have many other characteristics whereas you can do a semi-rimless like this one here, and things of that sort, so you do have more options with the metal frames. One of the downfalls to a plastic frame is that they do lose their adjustability a lot quicker than a metal frame does, so you do have to come into the office and have your glasses tightened and adjusted more frequently. For the metal frames, one of the major adjustments is that you do have a more likelihood of the temples breaking at this point here, because of taking them on and off especially if they don’t have spring hinges to them. "