Tag: Rossland Optical

From the Editor:

On our recent vacation to the Adirondacks we did some hiking as we usually do only this time there was something different.

For a number of years in our household we have used a natural bug spray called “Bug Stuff” I had sold it in my store and both hubby and I really like it. Alas this time while packing up to get ready I couldn’t find the “Bug Stuff” and had to take our back up supply which has DEET in it. We don’ t like the thought of using a repellent that contained DEET but figured it wouldn’t hurt just this once…..

So off we went hiking up a mountain, thankfully this was a short hike :) but it was very buggy because of the wet spring the forests had experienced, we held off as  long as we could but there was just too many of them, and out came the Repellent with DEET…. all goes well for the rest of the hike and we enjoyed the solitude at the peak for a little while until others came and it was time for us to head back down.

Hiking through forest growth, over rocks and up steep inclines, through, over and around puddles and streams can be a rather sweaty (and tiring) undertaking, but it sure is worth it when you reach the summit and when you come back down and look back you feel good :) . After changing out of our hiking shoes and settling back in the car to head to our camp ground, I noticed something on my eye-glass lens, it looked like a sweaty finger smudge, but when I tried to clean it off it wouldn’t budge….

As time went on the “smudge” on my lens got worse it seemed to be growing and nothing we did would get rid of it, it was like it was in between the layers of the lens. After doing a bit of research hubby and I came to the conclusion the bug repellent with the deet must have wrecked my lens!!!! So off to Lens Crafters where I had purchased them about 2 1/2 years ago to see if they could fix them, nope they said nothing we can do, it’s time for new glasses, the staff indicated that by the color of the lens (it had a smoky tinge to it) you could tell the lens were just about shot anyway…. !!

I wasn’t ready to get a totally new pair of glasses, I like my glasses and they are still perfectly fine for my needs, however it was becoming increasing annoying seeing a smudge in my line of vision all the time. Hubby needed new reading glasses and was looking for the flex frame type so my sister suggested New Vision Optical located in Oshawa as this is where my brother-in-law got his flex frame specs.  :)

We went to New Vision, sister and hubby met us there as sister had a question about her glasses. We left New Vision very happy and satisfied, hubby got two pairs of glasses, I got a fabulous pair of prescription sun glasses and new lens’ in my frames all for a great price. Jose is helpful and easy to deal with and he has a large selection of glasses to choose from.

Lesson learnt, DEET wrecks plastic eye-glass lens’ and as Jose told us nail polish remover can also wreck your plastic lens’, the chemicals seem to melt the plastic….!!! We certainly learnt that our natural “bug stuff” was a far better product,  and it’s far safer for us and for our environment and it’s deet free.

If you are in Oshawa and area and looking for glasses check out

New Vision Optical 

905-432-6033

And if you are in Whitby and area and looking for glasses check out

Rossland Optical

(905) 665-8515

Both places have fabulous customer service, great prices and a large selection :)