EFE

What to know about shopping at EFE

EFE is a budget-led online eyewear specialist, and the range is broader than the prices suggest. The core is prescription eyeglasses for men, women and kids, alongside sunglasses, prescription sunglasses, reading glasses, blue light frames and a small sports selection. Frames are organized the way people actually shop for them — by shape, so aviator, cat-eye, square, rectangle, round, oval and browline each get their own aisle, and by color, which is the quickest route in if you already know you want tortoiseshell or clear acetate.

Price is the reason most people land here. Frames start around $4.99 and the catalog tops out near $89, with standing collections grouping everything under $10, under $20 and under $30. Worth knowing before you budget: those figures are the frame on its own. Lenses, higher index options for stronger prescriptions, and coatings such as anti-reflective or blue light filtering are added on top, so what you pay depends on your prescription as much as on the frame.

Shipping is free once an order passes $69, which is easy to clear if you are buying two pairs — and buying two is often the point, because EFE runs a standing buy-one-get-50%-off-additional-frames offer that makes a backup or a second style cheap to add. The site promotes coupons frequently and has a newsletter for them, so it is worth checking for a code before you order.

The guide section is unusually good for this price point, covering face shapes, reading your prescription, pupillary distance, lens index and frame sizing. If you have only ever bought glasses in a store, that last one matters most: measure a pair you already like and match the numbers rather than guessing from photos.

— MoneySaverCodes Team