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What are Custom Optics and Optical Lenses, and can You Afford them Yourself?


If you have usually order optical lenses from a company that sells you those that have already been manufactured, you may have come across situations where they do not fit well. Either that or the magnification of the optical lenses is not quite what you really needed.


This, and other reasons, is why many people order custom optics.


What are custom optics? -- Custom optics are those lenses that are manufactured to the exact specifications of the person buying them. This means both size and strength of magnification.

Where can you buy custom optics? -- Most lens manufacturers are able to make custom optics for any customer. The problem comes in when you ask about the price.


After all, many times custom optics are only made in small amounts, and that can really increase the price of each lens markedly.


This is why many people needing large or small orders of custom optics are now ordering theirs from companies in China.


Why buy your optical lenses from China? -- There are many good reasons to buy custom optics from a Chinese company. Price tends to be the reason most first order from a Chinese company. Other factors are why they often come back and order again.


First, many Chinese companies have decades of experience manufacturing optical lenses. Second, they are able to make custom optics at a far lower price than companies in the west, due to the lower cost of labor and materials in China.


Third, they manufacture to the same specifications as do western companies, and their lenses are tested in the same types of clean labs.


When you also factor in that a custom optics order from a Chinese company can also be manufactured in just a few days, and then shipped to you quickly, there is no reason not to order from one.




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