Crediview Optical Blog

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Welcome to 2020. As always, your friends at Creditview Optical are looking for ways to make your world more beautiful to behold. But 2020? That means ideal human vision. Which is odd because if you look at it again, 2020 looks weird. The repetition is of the 2 and the … Read …

Mother always said “Never talk about money, religion or politics in polite society. It only leads to chaos.” Given the state of the world at the moment, we think she had a point. In that spirit, please note: presbyopia and progressive lenses have nothing to do with religion and politics. … Read …

Every industry, sector, institution, company and club has its own jargon. And we’re no different. We make the mistake of assuming you know what we mean when we say the following. As our little way of saying sorry, we’ve also provided simple definitions with some links and the usual cheeky … Read …

According to an article recently published by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, emergency wards across the USA treat upwards of 30,000 eye injuries caused during/from sports activities, annually! Moreover, 90% of those injuries could be prevented with adequate protective sports eyewear. Translation? About 27,000 unnecessary eye injuries could be prevented … Read …

You only have two eyes and if anything’s worth spending a bit more to preserve, it’s your eyesight. Sometimes the prices for quality eyeglass frames may seem outrageous compared to cheap ones online, but there’s more to the story than meets the eye. Determining the quality of glasses online is … Read …

A few months ago, we listed the top 10 most common vision problems, the second of which was dry eyes. At this time of year, it’s something you may choose to ignore, writing the condition off as environmental. A dry building, a windy street corner. But is it more? The … Read …

Glasses aren’t just for helping you see better. They should help you look and feel better too. Your friends at Creditview Optical are happy to talk all day and every day about the colour of frames you choose, and why you’d choose them. We’ve been doing it for 25 years! … Read …

Top 10 Vision Problems! (We wish that headline was as attractive as weight-loss tips, celebrity meltdowns and baby names.) Have you seen the success of all those blogs with “listicles” full of makeup advice, workout regimes and career hacks? We decided to spike our blog too, exploiting their format with … Read …

For most of us, the day after Labour Day is our real New Year’s morning. It’s the day we make the greatest changes and impose far more serious resolutions than January 1. This year (and every year) resolve to have your kids’ eyes tested. If they can’t see the blackboard … Read …