Frameless or Rimless, What’s the Difference?
Posted by Eyeglasses Guy on April 16, 2007 · 14 Comments
Actually, frameless and rimless frames refer to the same thing – sturdy, lightweight lenses that a light arm piece attaches to for support as in this image of the M+ Rimless 1034 rimless frames.
And, of course, because there is no frame to restrict vision, you have better peripheral vision with frameless eyewear. Depending on the frame and lens, they can be practically invisible.
Among our top frameless sun glasses are Maui Jim, Nike, Ray Ban, A & A Optical, Costa Del Mar and Revo.
Our frameless eye glasses include Oakley Rimless, Airlock Rimless, M+ Rimless and Silhouette Rimless, though many of our eye glass frames and sun glasses brands include frameless/rimless products, so be sure to browse through them.
As always, if you have any questions regarding any of our frameless or rimless optical products, feel free to call our opticians at 1-800-248-9427.
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Chad -
Please give Candace a call at 800-248-9427 ext 221 so that she can get additional information. She is our Customer Service/ Operator Manager and will be happy to try to help you.
I have been told locally by every retailer that I can’t have rimless frames with a cylindridal of +3.25. Surely somewhere I can get rimless with this prescription. Do you have an option for this? PLEASE EMAIL ME YOU DO. Thanks!!!
Silhouette is a very good frame manufacturer and stands behind their products. You can contact Silhouette direct at http://www.silhouette.com . Yes that is typically the price range for the titanium temples through a retail optical shop. FramesDirect.com could sell you the entire frame (if in stock) for close to the price of the just the parts.
I have a Silhouette 7500 model color 50 6057 for the past 2 years and love them – I take them out of the hard case and the left arm stem breaks at the curve that leaves the lens on the stem. No warning – I take them to my eye clinic and they tell me it will be $200.00 repair. Is this anywhere in the ball park? What options do I have? I bought a pair of magnifiers till I can find out. Any help would be appreciated.
YES. We could use the Silhouette Rimless Minimal X Rimless Chassis 1960 with the Sarah Palin shape. We have the pattern. We can do transitions lenses in single vision or progressive or conventional bifocals.
Transitions® Lenses are the smartest choice for your everyday lenses offering everything you need in a corrective lens:
Visual acuity
Visual comfort
Convenient protection from the harmful effects of UV radiation and glare
Transitions® Lenses adjust to changing light conditions… going from clear indoors to getting as dark as sunglasses in bright glaring sunlight, automatically! Transitions® Lenses come in two different colors, Brown and Grey .
I live in a one horse town, 100 miles from the nearest large city. I want a pair of women’s, squareish frames, similar to Sarah Palin’s. However, I don’t want a dark nose piece or ear stems. If any color at all, I’d want a light golden silver color or flesh colored. I would also prefer them to be of light weight plastic. Scratch resistant and the type of lens that turns darker in the sun are what I am considering…though not absolute requirement. Do you have such a frames?
Thank you,
CG Makarov
Yes, we carry many rimless frame designers, and a no-line progressive lens will accommodate these frames. For instance, M+ Rimless eyeglasses or Silhouette Rimless eyeglasses will work great with no-line progressive lenses.
The term progressive pertains to no line multifocal lenses. We carry a huge amount of rimless frames that will accommodate these types of lenses. The only restriction is that the B (vertical) measurement needs to be at least 25mms.
Do you have progressive rimless glasses?
For the life of me, I cannot get the nose thingys to fit right. I have an Asian (no bridge) nose and have the piece installed. I just can’t get it to sit on my nose. It is painful and it is frustrating.
Unfortunately, this is a bit complicated. In our opinion, you should really take your lenses into a local optical and see what they can do for you. We would love to help you, but we could run into a few problems along the way, such as your existing lenses might have to be cut down and they could get damaged during mounting. Bevel can also be a problem. We normally only attempt this with our showroom customers whose lenses we have made ourselves. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call Candace at 1-800-248-9427 ext 221.
Can these frames fit on already existing lenses. I have some wonderful Zeiss featherweight, progressive lenses (teflon coated)that were made for Robert Marc plastic frames that are extremely uncomfortable due to their weight. These lenses are very expensive and I am thinking that perhaps they can be used in rimless glasses?
Please help, I don’t want to waste these beautiful lenses, but I can not wear these plastic frames.
Do you carry Halee 2.5 Eyephorics 10p10p10p, Shape 17, 46 L and if so what is the price for these frames? Thank you.
Yes, we have round, frameless, no-line bifocals. You can pretty much choose from any manufacturer that makes a round shaped frame.
Here are a few possibilities for you:
Abba Kiku 1135 (oval), Abba Kiku 2007, Berkshire Chase Savile Row Diaflex Centre Joint.
If you have more questions, feel free to call 1-800-248-9427. Our opticians are happy to answer them.
Can you provide round frameless lineless bifocals ?
Alternately do you have round frames ?