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Are Walgreens reading glasses glass or plastic?

JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
edited February 2013 in General Discussion
They're probably all made in China, but right now I need to know what they are made of.
The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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    bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443 ✭
    edited November -1
    Can you hold a magnet up to them?
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    retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    James... I'll send a text to my daughter... The Walgreens Ex-SPURT...

    BRB...
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    armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,483 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I buy mine at the dollar store and buy in bulk.
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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bigoutside
    Can you hold a magnet up to them?




    Shhhhhh we dont test with magnets here on the forum
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    bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443 ✭
    edited November -1
    I make myself giggle sometimes. [:D]
    I know I'm the only one. But that's ok.


    If you are in a bar bet and need to know for sure, plastic melts. Glass, not as easily.

    Put out a cigarette on the lens. You'll know in a second.
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    fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    They make good shootin glasses.
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    nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,006 ******
    edited November -1
    I have bought quite a few pairs of reading glasses. I have never found a pair with glass lenses. I would be willing to bet that there is no such thing, at Walgreen's or elsewhere.
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    Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 39,362 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    I got some right here that was bought at Rite-Aid, and these ones have plastic lenses.
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    armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,483 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had to ask my wife but the ones I'm wearing right now are glass. Besides I wouldn't buy any reading glasses from Walgreens.
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    LaidbackDanLaidbackDan Member Posts: 13,143 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Use a diamond, if it's glass it will scratch the lens















    As a side note it will scratch plastic also
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    retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by retroxler58
    James... I'll send a text to my daughter... The Walgreens Ex-SPURT...

    BRB...
    She's not sure... She'll have to check... All of the stores near her are closed. Sorry.
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    JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks all. I'm about 99% sure they're plastic which is about as sure as I ever am about anything.

    I have some stuff my sister-in-law gave me for cleaning glasses. She said it's the best you can get for cleaning glass, but it will destroy plastic. Now that I think about it, there was no need to ask the question. She gave it to me in a plastic bottle.

    It did a good job cleaning the glasses or plastics.

    The reason I bought them at Walgreens is a pack of five was twelve dollars. Doctor Crow wants three hundred and change on for one pair.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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    kannoneerkannoneer Member Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't buy the ones made in China, James! I bought a pair and I could only read Chinese with them!
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    spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,724 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Aaahh Sooo Sucker
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    iceracerxiceracerx Member Posts: 8,860 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not all plastics are created equal.

    The bottle could be PVC or HDPE, which offer resistance to hydrocarbons and aromatic solvents. Most plastic lenses are made from polycarbonate, which is completely different.


    quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
    Thanks all. I'm about 99% sure they're plastic which is about as sure as I ever am about anything.

    I have some stuff my sister-in-law gave me for cleaning glasses. She said it's the best you can get for cleaning glass, but it will destroy plastic. Now that I think about it, there was no need to ask the question. She gave it to me in a plastic bottle.

    It did a good job cleaning the glasses or plastics.

    The reason I bought them at Walgreens is a pack of five was twelve dollars. Doctor Crow wants three hundred and change on for one pair.
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