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Zenni Optical 1.61 Blokz Photochromic High-Index Lenses

& More + $5 S&H

$13

$44

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Zenni Optical has their 1.61 Blokz Photochromic High-Index Lenses on sale for $12.99 or their 1.67 Blokz Photochromic High-Index Lenses on sale for $17.99. Frames and shipping are extra.

Thanks to Community Member JialinW for finding this deal.

Example Deal:
  1. Go to Midnight Blue Frame $6.95
  2. Select 'Prescription' under Lens Type
  3. Enter your prescription details
  4. Select 'BLOKZ BLUE LIGHT' under Lens Type
  5. Scroll down and select 'BLOKZ PHOTOCHROMATIC' under Blokz Lens
  6. Select a lens index:
    • 1.61 Blokz Photochromic High-Index $12.99
      • 20% thinner than 1.50 lenses
      • Prescriptions between +3.00 to -5.75
    • 1.67 Blokz Photochromic High-Index $17.99
      • 30% thinner than 1.50 lenses
      • Prescriptions between +4.75/-6.75
  7. Your total will be $6.95 + $12.99 + $4.95 shipping = $24.89

Editor's Notes

Written by RazorConcepts
  • This offer works on other frames as well. The Blokz Photochromatic lenses still must be selected in the order as outlined above.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Written by JialinW
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Zenni Optical has their 1.61 Blokz Photochromic High-Index Lenses on sale for $12.99 or their 1.67 Blokz Photochromic High-Index Lenses on sale for $17.99. Frames and shipping are extra.

Thanks to Community Member JialinW for finding this deal.

Example Deal:
  1. Go to Midnight Blue Frame $6.95
  2. Select 'Prescription' under Lens Type
  3. Enter your prescription details
  4. Select 'BLOKZ BLUE LIGHT' under Lens Type
  5. Scroll down and select 'BLOKZ PHOTOCHROMATIC' under Blokz Lens
  6. Select a lens index:
    • 1.61 Blokz Photochromic High-Index $12.99
      • 20% thinner than 1.50 lenses
      • Prescriptions between +3.00 to -5.75
    • 1.67 Blokz Photochromic High-Index $17.99
      • 30% thinner than 1.50 lenses
      • Prescriptions between +4.75/-6.75
  7. Your total will be $6.95 + $12.99 + $4.95 shipping = $24.89

Editor's Notes

Written by RazorConcepts
  • This offer works on other frames as well. The Blokz Photochromatic lenses still must be selected in the order as outlined above.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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johnsonj
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title price does not include the frames ($6) or shipping ($5).

Total (USD)

$24.89
freeby50
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There is a YMMV Amex offer that gives $15 back if you spend $50. Could work here if you spend more for upgrades more than one pair.
abovethelaw
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This would be important if glasses in brick & mortar stores didn't cost $400.

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Zerosvn
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As a point of comparison, a pair of high index photochromic (Transitions is a brand of photochromic lens) glasses with polishing, UV, AR, hydrophobic coating at my local optometrist run over $300. That's IF you don't pick premium frame. I used to spend over $400 on a pair of glasses there.

Since discovering online glasses years ago, I just get my updated prescription, pay the small copay and order online.

I tried the major online retailers (zenni, jins, kits, ebd, warby, etc.) and kept going back to zenni. They have a good mix of quality and price.

Kits have better quality but their titanium/light weight frame options are limited. The ones I got were too fragile and don't offer good balance (tend to fall off). Zenni have more substantial light weight frames (~ 11 to 13 grams) that work real well. I stick to acetate frames at kits and Jins (higher price). Ebd has some decent frames too, but their coating are lower quality.
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bensonw
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How recent must the current prescription be? Think I had eye exam last year or two. TIA!
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank Zerosvn

Quote from SonicTron :
From what I can tell, blokz photochromic lenses are very unpopular. Also a little looking tells me that they seem to be pretty normally in this price range and the "original price" is a joke
How so?

I've been using them for a while and I think they're good.

I have true transitions and xtractive lenses (darken and lighten faster + get darker & offer more colors) and the blockz photochromics are great options at 1/4th of the price.
To me, blockz photochromic offer 80% of the performance at 25% of the cost.

Also, there's the new EYEQ lenses. I've been doing research and the IR block causes some artifacts and pink reflections. You can see them here:
https://youtube.com/shorts/DFg_PCtcrH8

Here's a good video comparing standard Zenni photochromic vs Transitions (blockz is closer to Transitions). He also demoed the blue frame in this deal:
https://youtu.be/Lc4QA01Hsm4

And here's a great video on photochromic lenses (featuring Transitions lenses)
https://youtu.be/4LuVd-ok9X4
Last edited by Zerosvn June 30, 2024 at 09:37 AM.
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Quote from bensonw :
How recent must the current prescription be? Think I had eye exam last year or two. TIA!
As long as you can see clear, you don't need new prescription.
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shifter25
Jun 30, 2024
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Thanks OP!

With my Zenni rewards member of free shipping of orders over $25, I was able to get the 1.61 photo chromatic lens with a $12.95 frame of my choice for ~$25.

Great deal! Been ordering from Zenni for many years now in the hundreds of dollars of orders. This is definitely slick if you like the lens type.
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SonyaX
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Quote from bensonw :
How recent must the current prescription be? Think I had eye exam last year or two. TIA!
They don't check. You could make up numbers, and they'd still send them to you.
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bensonw
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Quote from SonyaX :
They don't check. You could make up numbers, and they'd still send them to you.
Haha, ok. Good to know. I mean it's silly to provide inaccurate info to mess up your own eyes.

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DaronMax
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Zenni doesn't have a lot of wide frame, greater than 140mm.
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wordsfly
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Zenni's site confuses the hell out of me.

$24.89 should be in the title. I wouldn't have clicked on this.
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edaley
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Thanks got 2 pairs for $24 after military discount and $5 rewards. Not sure I'm in love with the style but will be nice for when I don't want to mess up my real glasses.
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RiseFromYourGrav
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How long is this sale on for? I've got an eye doctor appointment next week, and I'd rather wait to see if there's any change to my prescription.
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CoralBook5019
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Quote from SonicTron :
From what I can tell, blokz photochromic lenses are very unpopular. Also a little looking tells me that they seem to be pretty normally in this price range and the "original price" is a joke
The "original price" is not a joke. After the sale ends the price will increase back to the original price for months on end until the next holiday. People seem to think that just because they run sales on holidays like every other retail store does that they're the equivalent of scummy amazon sellers who raise the"original price" and simultaneously discount it down so it's at the actual normal price. Zenni does not do that. They run real sales and these lenses are an incredible deal that stacks on top of the site wide July 4th sale they're currently running.
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revieweronline
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Looks like its $13 plus a mandatory addition... you cant buy them for $13, downvoting this post.

I was able to get it at this prices after talking to support, so I upvoted your post. woot
Last edited by revieweronline June 30, 2024 at 12:16 PM.
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Quote from wywin :
Wow! Huge thank you!
I was minutes away from purchasing the lowest-end high-index glasses available for hubby and me. These are better glasses and much cheaper!
Got two 1.61 for myself and one 1.67 for hubby totalling $ 77 after the additional 15% off SUMMER24 sale, and free shipping - oh and 2.5% cash back site.

As CoolGazelle7803 mentioned, pick glasses ( it worked for all the different glasses we tried) then when choosing lenses, first choose Blockz category, then photochromic option.
This is mid-index, not high-index. You can technically drop down to 1.59 poly with a 1.0 center and get thinner lenses due to ANSI standards.

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Quote from usuarioFeliz :
Zenni is great when it works, but expect terrible customer service if you need anything. They sent me the wrong prescription, verified by my doctor's machine. After 2 hours on the phone, they agreed for me to send them back and they were going to test them. They said "we checked and they're good". I asked for proof (output from their machine). It's been 4 weeks and they have not been able to produce the results. Giving me run arounds.
I absolutely adore Zenni, but this experience then this is why chargebacks exist. In fact if you want fast resolution just casually mention you can charge it back and let the credit card company take care of it. That will usually get a satisfactory resolution, and quickly.

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