Product Name: EyeQue Personal Vision Tracker At Home Eye Test
Model: 609868
Condition: New
The year is 2020 but is your vision?
Patented technology
Game-like interface: overlap two lines for 9 measurements per eye
Can estimate nearsightedness up to -12 diopters, farsightedness up to +8 diopter
Get accurate EyeGlass Numbers
Take vision tracking between regular eye exams into your own hands
Use it to show to your medical professional
Software supports many smartphones
Phone requirement: iOS 9.3 and up, Android 6.0 and up
Screen resolution PPI >300
Visual acuity range: 20/20 to 20/400
Approx. accuracy range
Native Optical Resolution +/- 0.15 D (Diopter) with smart Phone resolution of 500 ppi (pixels per inch) or higher
Large Optometric range with Spherical error measurement from +8D to -10D, Cylindrical error from 0 to -5
Accuracy varies with user but typically better than +/- O.5 D in Sphere and +/-0.5 in Cylinder
*While using EyeQue products to personally measure and track vision has the benefit of detecting changes between regular eye exams, it does not replace a comprehensive eye exam that evaluates ocular health or binocularity.
*EyeQue urges people to visit a doctor annually for a full eye health exam and regularly reminds its user through in-app notifications.
*Children under 18 years of age should use the EyeQue products under adult supervision.
*This is not a medical diagnosis, treatment or cure.
*Results should be reported to and discussed with your doctor.
Approx. 2.6"L x 1.8"W x 4.3"H
@craigthom@Hanky@lljk Iām a regular WP customer and theyāve required an updated prescription every time Iāve ordered a new pair. Maybe someplace like Zenni will let you get away without one, or let you order reading glasses, but folks - just go to your eye doctor.
@Hanky@harveydanger@lljk Selling glasses without a valid prescription is illegal. You can purchase all you want, but what theyāre doing is blatantly against the law in America. Enjoy your crappy outlaw glasses, and I do sincerely hope you donāt have any asymptomatic eye diseases that only a doctor - in person - can detect.
@drCC@Hanky@harveydanger@lljk Clearly selling glasses without a prescription is not illegal - every pharmacy (and the dollar stores) sells reading glasses. Iām not saying thatās good, just the way it is and, clearly, there are other reasons to visit an optometrist.
This is the weirdest shit. Online glasses places need more info than this could give, so even if they are shady enough to not get a copy of your actual prescription, your glasses would be fucked.
Seriously!!??
As a licensed optician donāt, just donāt. There are things called eye diseases that you get screened for by a doctor or optician.
Read that last paragraph disclaimer in the specs.
Useless product.
@craigcush take a nice deep breath, this is a novelty. Im also a licensed optician and COA. This is a fun toy and nothing to be taken with any merit. Shhhhhhh nothing but dreams nowā¦
@craigcush@hawthrn yeah novelty toy until some idiot uses it to check his kidās vision to save a few bucks. My vision has been horrendous since 1st grade (currently -10 & -9.5) allās Iām at a high risk for detached retina. Most insurance didnāt cover eye care or glasses/contacts when I was growing up. I had to have new glasses every year till I was able to wear hard lenses (actual hard lenses - not gas perms). Even then it changed every couple of years. So trust me I can see this email poorly for someone who doesnāt use it as a novelty.
According to their web site (https://www.eyeque.com/membership/), after a year you need to pay an annual $4.99 āmembershipā to access your own data.
When happens when the company goes bust is unknown.
@JohnMorris So not only do they not provide near-enough info for something even resembling a prescription - they also want to charge customers $5 a year for less information than they can get from a yearly visit to an optician, which is free under most insurance plans.
@JohnMorris In the interim, their privacy policy makes sure that not everything will remain private.
For anyone wanting to read it, do so in a private or incognito window; they expressly state in 5.4 āthat we do not respond to or honor DNT signals or similar mechanisms transmitted by web browsers.ā
@JohnMorris@Kerig3@narfcake They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. Maybe this is how Apple or Google are tracking or controlling people similar to surveillance with their audio monitors. Now, where did I leave my tinfoil hat?
For reading glasses, I just try various strengths until text looks clearish, and then I go with that strength. Will this device complicate the process for the low, low price of $17?
@shahnm my problem is that my eyes need different reading strength. For $17, even without the annual subscription, it may be worth it to find the actual difference. Itās about the only use I can think of for this device. Anything more sophisticated seems a bad idea.
@ergomeh@shahnm or just try on different ones in the dollar store until you get one clear for one eye and one clear for the other. Buy both. Swap lenses (well presuming the same frame).
Itās like the home breathalyzer but for your eyes, itās a conversation piece, itās something to play with, itās not gonna replace going to the eye palace.
The companyās website says that you can get your RX from this & just order glasses online. See? Simple! Easy! Meh, I thought you were better than this.
@awk Stand in front of a mirror with a dry erase marker (or similar non-permanent marker).
Find or place a fixed support you can rest your head upon so that it does not move during the measurement.
Close one eye. Mark on the mirror the location of your pupil. Open the closed eye and close the open eye. Mark on the mirror the location of your other pupil. The PD (Pupillary Distance) is the distNce between the two dots - and it is measured in millimeters.
Or you could just ask a friend to spitball it with a ruler like the eyeglasses store employee does.
Eyeglass frames are NOT considered a medical device, only the lenses are. So anything to do with lenses comes from a licensed optrician - as in the āprescriptionā for them. Everything else can be done by a regular employee of an āeyeglass frame storeā.
Thats also why the insurance portion for frames suck, and the margins are astronomical, and far more profitable than the optricianās separate LLP prescription mill business.
@awk I agree, I asked my licensed optician and with all the equipment, training and knowledge, he didnāt know it. Made me question if he properly knew how to use what he had.
My back, my neck, and my eyes are the three things I donāt trust anyone (or anything) other than a doctor to diagnose or treat. And this is related to one of those three!
A paid membership is only required for advanced features.
An active membership is required to perform vision tests using the EyeQue Personal Vision Tracker, Insight, PDCheck or VisionCheck as well as to view your test results. A Free Basic Membership is required to access the features of the EyeQue Insight and PDCheck. An All Access Membership is required for the EyeQue Personal Vision Tracker and VisionCheck. Without an active membership, you will be unable to perform tests and will not be able to access records stored in the cloud.
@craigthom And the next sentence says āAn All Access membership is required to perform vision tests using the EyeQue Personal Vision Trackerā¦ā. Thatās the paid membership for the very thing Meh is selling here.
@JohnMorris Yes, āEyeQue Personal Vision Trackerā is one of the optional services the paid membership provides. It isnāt required to use the device.
Well, Mehā¦ Ya sold 60-something of these in the first hour. I donāt know how many you have in stock to sell, but I have a very good idea whatās going to be heavily represented in the next IRKā¦
A couple of years ago I came home from a routine eye appointment with a glaucoma diagnosis, and all of a sudden the āDoctorā in Eye Doctor took on a whole new meaning. The crazy thing is, I had already started developing a blind spot and didnāt even know it. Eye appointments ā¦ theyāre not just for glasses.
@jimgar YES!! Not to mention so many other diseases that can be uncovered during a routine eye exam. This may be a fun toy, but you only get 2 eyes take care of them.
Hmmm for some reason EyeQue pretty much hides the info on what phones this will work with. I finally found a listing, but even that is like close to 3 years old! I have a pixel 4xl, Unsure if it works forward of the original Pixel listed here.
Am I going to buy one? Of course not. But I appreciate seeing new and unique things come up for sale on the site. Consider this post an unprofitable upvote.
Explain like Iām 5. What problems and diseases do people NEED to be going to an optometrist for? Are they unique to people with vision problems?
I have great vision. I do not need contacts, nor glasses. At 40, I can see better than most people I know, can read road signs from very far away and have no problem with books or low light, etc.
Iāve never been to an eye doctor as an adult. In the school mandated exams i had 20-15 visual acuity. Iāve never had problems, unexplained headaches, or anything else that might prompt me to visit one.
So what specifically are people at risk for that seeing a doc is a must? (ie: - am i at risk) and how is it specifically related to choosing lenses, as implied by so many of the replies here?
@Goatcrapp Thats like saying Ive been healthy so why would I ever need to see a Dr. Also, hate to break it to you but I was the same as you at 40, by 45 I needed glasses, it something that generally happens with age, we wear out. As far as diseases are concerned, I am sure you are just as capable of looking on webmd as the rest of us.
@azdarkknight In other words - you have no damn idea, but felt like commenting anyway. Got it.
And yes - generally you donāt go to a specialized doctor if youāre healthy in that area. Tell me - when was the last time you went to a foot doctor, without having a foot problem?
I bought this just because I am curious to see how inaccurate it is. I have Keratoconus in both eyes and over the last two years had the crosslinking procedure done for each eye. Iāve been to the optometrist, eye surgeon, etc. about 20 times over that period, with new eye exams and scans several times. I go again next week so will be fun to compare the results.
Should be fun. In the off chance it provides some semblance of accurate readings that would certainly be interesting. Would be nice to track any changes in shape to my eyes between visits.
NOPE, NOPE. So, I bought one. Figured it would be good for checking my vision, and cheaper. Cheaper? NO. You have to buy a subscription to a service to get results after one year. So it doesnāt do the checking for eye diseases that an Optometrist does, but on the other hand it isnāt any cheaper! Usually I ask people to buy me dinner firstā¦!
Specs
*While using EyeQue products to personally measure and track vision has the benefit of detecting changes between regular eye exams, it does not replace a comprehensive eye exam that evaluates ocular health or binocularity.
*EyeQue urges people to visit a doctor annually for a full eye health exam and regularly reminds its user through in-app notifications.
*Children under 18 years of age should use the EyeQue products under adult supervision.
*This is not a medical diagnosis, treatment or cure.
*Results should be reported to and discussed with your doctor.
Approx. 2.6"L x 1.8"W x 4.3"H
Whatās in the Box?
1x EyeQue Vision Tracker device
1x Plastic box
1x Band
1x Lens protection cover
Price Comparison
$35.00 at The Grommet
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Trust Meh to my eyes? Lol
I can see clearly this is a mediocre deal.
@Rueki
I can see clearly now Mehās time is gone 
Excuse me what the fuck is this? Bring back the knives and mini drones over this. Hell even the candy corn. Who drunk ordered this at the company?
Just visit your optometrist. It sounds like this gadget isnāt meant for actual diagnoses and glasses/contacts prescriptions, anyway.
@lljk Right? And most places wonāt give you spectacles without a valid prescription.
@harveydanger @lljk Online places will. And they are much cheaper.
@Hanky @harveydanger @lljk Online places still want prescriptions, although I guess you could lie to some (or use the results from this).
War by Parker had me upload a picture, but thatās probably because I couldnāt read the last one.
@craigthom @Hanky @lljk Iām a regular WP customer and theyāve required an updated prescription every time Iāve ordered a new pair. Maybe someplace like Zenni will let you get away without one, or let you order reading glasses, but folks - just go to your eye doctor.
@harveydanger @lljk 39 Dollar Glasses does not. Not saying you make your own, but they just have you enter your prescription numbers, no verification.
@craigthom @Hanky @harveydanger @lljk yes buying contacts online requires an RX but if you buy them from out of the country sites, it works
@Hanky @harveydanger @lljk Selling glasses without a valid prescription is illegal. You can purchase all you want, but what theyāre doing is blatantly against the law in America. Enjoy your crappy outlaw glasses, and I do sincerely hope you donāt have any asymptomatic eye diseases that only a doctor - in person - can detect.
@drCC @Hanky @harveydanger @lljk Clearly selling glasses without a prescription is not illegal - every pharmacy (and the dollar stores) sells reading glasses. Iām not saying thatās good, just the way it is and, clearly, there are other reasons to visit an optometrist.
I like how even the writeup says dont buy this.
Does this thing actually work??
Reasonably correctly, I meanā¦?
@shahnm It worked for me, seeā¦
Um, why?!?!?!
Eye clicked āMehā.
@JT954 Eye see what you did there
This is the weirdest shit. Online glasses places need more info than this could give, so even if they are shady enough to not get a copy of your actual prescription, your glasses would be fucked.
Seriously!!??
As a licensed optician donāt, just donāt. There are things called eye diseases that you get screened for by a doctor or optician.
Read that last paragraph disclaimer in the specs.
Useless product.
@craigcush take a nice deep breath, this is a novelty. Im also a licensed optician and COA. This is a fun toy and nothing to be taken with any merit. Shhhhhhh nothing but dreams nowā¦
@craigcush Yeah a fun toy. Iām in for 1. Why not?
@craigcush @hawthrn yeah novelty toy until some idiot uses it to check his kidās vision to save a few bucks. My vision has been horrendous since 1st grade (currently -10 & -9.5) allās Iām at a high risk for detached retina. Most insurance didnāt cover eye care or glasses/contacts when I was growing up. I had to have new glasses every year till I was able to wear hard lenses (actual hard lenses - not gas perms). Even then it changed every couple of years. So trust me I can see this email poorly for someone who doesnāt use it as a novelty.
man typos suck. āAllāsā should have been and & āemailā should have ending lol
I could see fine, then I shoved this giant dick between my face and my phone and now I canāt see balls.
@fuzzmanmatt Unless youāre in an inverted position I wouldnāt expect you to see balls.
@fuzzmanmatt itās all fun and games until someone gets poked in the eye.
WTF is this, Meh, an attempt to make up for all the really wonderful treats you sent us for the holidays?
According to their web site (https://www.eyeque.com/membership/), after a year you need to pay an annual $4.99 āmembershipā to access your own data.
When happens when the company goes bust is unknown.
@JohnMorris, I saw too. Thatās a BIG nope then.
/giphy NOPE
@haydesigner @JohnMorris
They hang out with the Olio watch people, thatās what happens.
@haydesigner @JohnMorris @mike808 something something juicero
@JohnMorris So not only do they not provide near-enough info for something even resembling a prescription - they also want to charge customers $5 a year for less information than they can get from a yearly visit to an optician, which is free under most insurance plans.
Genius.
@JohnMorris Holy shit.
@JohnMorris In the interim, their privacy policy makes sure that not everything will remain private.
For anyone wanting to read it, do so in a private or incognito window; they expressly state in 5.4 āthat we do not respond to or honor DNT signals or similar mechanisms transmitted by web browsers.ā
@JohnMorris @narfcake Firefox and Privacy Badger FTW!
@JohnMorris @narfcake Waaaaait a minute, I think Iāve seen this trick before!
@JohnMorris @narfcake @tweezak Seconded. Will also add U-Block origin to the list
@JohnMorris @Kerig3 @narfcake They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. Maybe this is how Apple or Google are tracking or controlling people similar to surveillance with their audio monitors. Now, where did I leave my tinfoil hat?
@JohnMorris Now I wish I had read the comments firstā¦I was all in as a fun gadget but a big nope to data collection/access
Wow
Can this be used for watching porn at the airport? Asking for a friend.
@Kerig3 asking the real questions here
For reading glasses, I just try various strengths until text looks clearish, and then I go with that strength. Will this device complicate the process for the low, low price of $17?
@shahnm yes
@shahnm my problem is that my eyes need different reading strength. For $17, even without the annual subscription, it may be worth it to find the actual difference. Itās about the only use I can think of for this device. Anything more sophisticated seems a bad idea.
@ergomeh @shahnm or just try on different ones in the dollar store until you get one clear for one eye and one clear for the other. Buy both. Swap lenses (well presuming the same frame).
Uh, no. But thanks for reminding me to make an appointment.
Itās like the home breathalyzer but for your eyes, itās a conversation piece, itās something to play with, itās not gonna replace going to the eye palace.
@booogerbrain
/image eye palace
The companyās website says that you can get your RX from this & just order glasses online. See? Simple! Easy! Meh, I thought you were better than this.
@gertiestn glasses will be on sale here next weekā¦ After these arrive
I just need to know my pupillary distance.
@awk Stand in front of a mirror with a dry erase marker (or similar non-permanent marker).
Find or place a fixed support you can rest your head upon so that it does not move during the measurement.
Close one eye. Mark on the mirror the location of your pupil. Open the closed eye and close the open eye. Mark on the mirror the location of your other pupil. The PD (Pupillary Distance) is the distNce between the two dots - and it is measured in millimeters.
Or you could just ask a friend to spitball it with a ruler like the eyeglasses store employee does.
Eyeglass frames are NOT considered a medical device, only the lenses are. So anything to do with lenses comes from a licensed optrician - as in the āprescriptionā for them. Everything else can be done by a regular employee of an āeyeglass frame storeā.
Thats also why the insurance portion for frames suck, and the margins are astronomical, and far more profitable than the optricianās separate LLP prescription mill business.
@awk I agree, I asked my licensed optician and with all the equipment, training and knowledge, he didnāt know it. Made me question if he properly knew how to use what he had.
I assume itās supposed to be called the IQ, but what it says would be IK
This is how evolution culls the herd.
@jewelshound looks that wayā¦
@jewelshound It used to cull the herd by making some too nearsighted or farsighted to survive through adolescenceā¦
Does this mean 2020 is off to be a Meh of a year?
/giphy 20/20
@Kerig3 looks that way so far
@haydesigner is this guyās number really the square root of eleven or does he play some bizarre hybrid basketball/hockey sport?
hey @tinamarie14ā¦ what do you thinkā¦ baskey or hocketball?
@chienfou @Tinamarie14 To me it looks like musical basketballāmaybe synchronized musical basketball? The next Olympic sport?
@Kerig3 @Tinamarie14 OK, I can see that
@chienfou @Kerig3 I think it is either musical basketball or math leagueā¦but who is this @tinamarie14? Lol
That last pic really needs the wide-screen treatment.
āItās too long to fit!ā ā TWSS
My back, my neck, and my eyes are the three things I donāt trust anyone (or anything) other than a doctor to diagnose or treat. And this is related to one of those three!
@harveydanger I would add my brain to that list, but I am still checking meh.com daily, soā¦
@harveydanger Well then, letās have some fun futzing around with your various entrails, shall we? Next up on MEH: Home Appendectomy Kits!
@Ambiverbal Meh has sold knives before.
@harveydanger @Kerig3 I used to think that my brain was the most important part of my body, but then I realized who was telling me that.
A paid membership is only required for advanced features.
https://eyeque.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002140354-Why-do-I-need-a-Membership-
I am tempted to get one to second-guess my optometrists, because my last two prescriptions were significantly different, even though they both worked.
But I think Iāll wait until Meh drops the price under $10.
@craigthom And the next sentence says āAn All Access membership is required to perform vision tests using the EyeQue Personal Vision Trackerā¦ā. Thatās the paid membership for the very thing Meh is selling here.
@JohnMorris Yes, āEyeQue Personal Vision Trackerā is one of the optional services the paid membership provides. It isnāt required to use the device.
@JohnMorris Never mind. You re right. The newer device doesnāt require the paid membership, but this one does.
@craigthom What do you think they would charge for the EyeQue Global Vision Tracker? Or does Cambridge Analytica already have a patent on that?
Well, Mehā¦ Ya sold 60-something of these in the first hour. I donāt know how many you have in stock to sell, but I have a very good idea whatās going to be heavily represented in the next IRKā¦
@shahnm I āseeā your point
But whoās going to ask you āWhich is better, one or two, two or threeā?
@iggy71 at my last appointment, my new doctor really changed it up adding 4, 5, 6, and 7s in there!
A couple of years ago I came home from a routine eye appointment with a glaucoma diagnosis, and all of a sudden the āDoctorā in Eye Doctor took on a whole new meaning. The crazy thing is, I had already started developing a blind spot and didnāt even know it. Eye appointments ā¦ theyāre not just for glasses.
@jimgar Yep, same here with cataracts.
Donāt take your eyes for granted kids!
@jimgar YES!! Not to mention so many other diseases that can be uncovered during a routine eye exam. This may be a fun toy, but you only get 2 eyes take care of them.
this is dire
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Self eyesight testing? Whatās next, Self rectal exams??
@Bumplepimp Did you miss it a few days ago?
@Bumplepimp Those have been around for a number of years.
@Bumplepimp your not doing that now?
after visiting the MEH page 12 times this AM I am still not sure I can see how this makes sense
According to some online reviews, this doesnāt work with every phone, but I cant find a list of phones it works with.
Hmmm for some reason EyeQue pretty much hides the info on what phones this will work with. I finally found a listing, but even that is like close to 3 years old! I have a pixel 4xl, Unsure if it works forward of the original Pixel listed here.
https://www.eyeque.com/newsdetail/eyeque-personal-vision-tracker-now-supports-more-than-60-smartphones/
@arfdawg from the posting above:
that may help narrow down the field someā¦
Todays deal is a very nice looking barstool. I think I will order 3 of themā¦ If I can find the buy button that is.
@OnionSoup
/giphy spit take
Itās simple: the nays have it.
@MrNews ORDAAAAAAAAAH
Am I going to buy one? Of course not. But I appreciate seeing new and unique things come up for sale on the site. Consider this post an unprofitable upvote.
We might finally have a second act to the candy corn.
You would have to be blind to buy one of these!
Thank you ladies & germs, Iāll be here all weekā¦
I had no idea so many optometrists commented on meh! Entire industry is sketch and anything to avoid it is a plus in my book.
The automation revolution isnāt going to skip white collar, yall.
/giphy lawful-unyielding-committee
@hrm why is the industry sketchy?
@hrm Only if the optometristās office knowingly carries Luxottica glasses!
Explain like Iām 5. What problems and diseases do people NEED to be going to an optometrist for? Are they unique to people with vision problems?
I have great vision. I do not need contacts, nor glasses. At 40, I can see better than most people I know, can read road signs from very far away and have no problem with books or low light, etc.
Iāve never been to an eye doctor as an adult. In the school mandated exams i had 20-15 visual acuity. Iāve never had problems, unexplained headaches, or anything else that might prompt me to visit one.
So what specifically are people at risk for that seeing a doc is a must? (ie: - am i at risk) and how is it specifically related to choosing lenses, as implied by so many of the replies here?
@Goatcrapp I think the biggest thing is glaucoma. They look at pressures in the eye and the retinal nerve.
Iām not sure how often you need to have these things checked, however. Maybe ask the optometrist/opticians here.
@Goatcrapp Thats like saying Ive been healthy so why would I ever need to see a Dr. Also, hate to break it to you but I was the same as you at 40, by 45 I needed glasses, it something that generally happens with age, we wear out. As far as diseases are concerned, I am sure you are just as capable of looking on webmd as the rest of us.
@Goatcrapp I donāt know what happened to all the opticians that were posting like white on rice earlier. Maybe they all had to leave to go to work.
@azdarkknight In other words - you have no damn idea, but felt like commenting anyway. Got it.
And yes - generally you donāt go to a specialized doctor if youāre healthy in that area. Tell me - when was the last time you went to a foot doctor, without having a foot problem?
gtfo.
I bought this just because I am curious to see how inaccurate it is. I have Keratoconus in both eyes and over the last two years had the crosslinking procedure done for each eye. Iāve been to the optometrist, eye surgeon, etc. about 20 times over that period, with new eye exams and scans several times. I go again next week so will be fun to compare the results.
Should be fun. In the off chance it provides some semblance of accurate readings that would certainly be interesting. Would be nice to track any changes in shape to my eyes between visits.
@evantribley Got mine today, so far my one word review is ādumb.ā
Canāt get it to line up right, probably user error. More frustrated that if I did like it, it requires a subscription to keep using.
If you hold it up to a mirror, it will tell you how stupid you are.
This one
I guess since it is now 2020 we are going to see more things like this for sale here?
I guess
I could just generate my own three word orders and post images as meh is not getting it done.
Maybe this could be used by teachers to figure out if a kid needs glasses or is just kinda thick? Iām really struggling for a use case for this.
NOPE, NOPE. So, I bought one. Figured it would be good for checking my vision, and cheaper. Cheaper? NO. You have to buy a subscription to a service to get results after one year. So it doesnāt do the checking for eye diseases that an Optometrist does, but on the other hand it isnāt any cheaper! Usually I ask people to buy me dinner firstā¦!
@hchasen Too bad NOBODY mentioned the subscription in the forum before you bought!