FAQ Page

• Non-prescription glasses
• Single vision glasses
• Progressive glasses
• Screen glasses
• Reading glasses
• Polarised sunglasses (we don’t do prescription sunglasses just yet, but we’re working on it)

All our glasses are designed in-house in Nairobi, manufactured with top-notch materials and assembled in Kenya. For our prescription lenses, we work with the world’s leading supplier, Essilor.

Please do contact us if you have special needs, we’ll see if we can work something out together.

All our frames cost KSh 6,500 (yes, all of them!), including single-vision prescription lenses (within a range of +/- 4 dioptres).

Head to our Pricing page to see the price of all our options and lenses, if you have a different prescription or want extra treatments.

Our prescription lenses are manufactured by the world’s leading supplier, Essilor. What can we say, we want only what’s best for your peepers.

All our lenses are made from lightweight, impact-resistant plastic. On top of being super tough, they always come outfitted with the good stuff:

• Scratch-resistant and anti-reflective coatings
• 100% UV protection
• A thickness index of 1.56, appropriate for prescriptions up to +/- 4 dioptres

All this, at no additional cost.

Read more on our different options and coatings here.

Single-vision lenses have one prescription over the whole surface of the lens — correcting either myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness).

Progressive lenses are designed with both near and distance correction, so you don’t have to switch between frames. They provide a gradual transition in strength from top to bottom, making it convenient for intermediate viewing distance too.

Read more about progressive lenses here.

Blue light is emitted by the sun, modern lighting and all sorts of digital screens. It has very short, high-energy waves, and scatters more than other wavelengths — casting a glare that reduces your visual contrasts and affects clarity and sharpness.

Our Blue Light Filter blocks this high energy radiation causing you eye strain and headaches at the end of the day. You can add it to any frame, with or without a prescription, for just KSh 3,000 extra.

Learn more about blue light here.

We recommend this slimmer look if you have a prescription above +/- 4 dioptres. However, thin lenses will be required for prescriptions above +/-6 dioptres.

Unfortunately, we are not able to add our Anti Blue Light filter or Photochromic option to our thin lenses yet.

Yes! All our sunglasses come with polarised lenses.

But we also have a few exceptions in our range, with lighter-colour category 2 lenses (for instance, our beloved Alain). These are ideal to look dapper in overcast conditions, but not for sunbathing by the pool. We advise you to use category 3 sunglasses for sun protection.