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Our dry eye blog

Our Christmas and New Year opening times 2023/24

We are open on these dates

  • Monday 18 Dec: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
  • Tuesday 19 Dec: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
  • Wednesday 20 Dec: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
  • Thursday 21 Dec: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
  • Friday 22 Dec: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

On these dates we will be dispatching orders as normal, with same day dispatch of orders placed by 12:00 pm. We will also be able to receive and answer phone and email messages and process returns on the above dates.

We are closed on these dates

  • Saturday 23 Dec
  • Sunday 24 Dec
  • Monday 25 Dec
  • Tuesday 26 Dec
  • ...

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Outdoors or indoors, Ziena glasses show great flexibility

Outdoors...

I like to get outdoors as often as possible to enjoy Devon's beautiful countryside.

The trouble is that my eyes are nowadays super sensitive to the wind. It's a common problem that has forced many of our customers to give up outdoor pursuits like walking, cycling and golf because their eyes water profusely when it is cold and windy.

Imagine my excitement when around 12 years ago I discovered Ziena glasses. These amazing protective glasses have a soft silicone eye cup that seals your eyes from wind and rain.

Now that I wear Ziena glasses instead of...

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How to clean the lenses on your 7eye or Ziena glasses

This page describes our recommended method of lens cleaning on your 7eye AirShield or Ziena glasses and sunglasses.

  • Remove the eye cup.
  • Rinse the lenses gently under a warm tap.
  • Smear a small amount of liquid soap on both sides of the lenses.
  • Rinse off the soap fully.
  • Pat the lenses and the rims carefully and thoroughly with a paper tissue.
  • When the lenses are completely dry, polish them gently with a clean, dust free microfibre cloth.
Polishing the lenses with a microfibre cloth
  • Refit the eye...

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Do you love being outdoors but hate the wind that makes your eyes water?

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If you are a dry eye sufferer with sensitive eyes, you probably hate it when the wind blasts them.

You may suffer from sore, dry eyes after a time out in the wind, or, equally common, your eyes may water profusely, making it hard to see where you are going.

This is a problem that affects many people every year from the Autumn to the early Spring.

No problem. Try our windproof glasses!

We specialise in glasses and sunglasses to keep out the wind. They have a soft gasket clipped behind the rims which seals your eyes from the wind blasts. Nearly everyone...

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Three key elements of a successful dry eye self help routine

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Living with Dry Eye can be a miserable experience that affects the sufferer's quality of life, every day and in many cases, every night too. The good news is that you can mitigate the symptoms by embracing an effective self-help dry eye routine.

To reduce the chances of developing dry eyes, to relieve your symptoms if you are already suffering, and to improve your body's natural ability to produce good quality tears, your daily routine for self-treating Dry Eye should involve three main elements:

  • Adapt
  • Relieve
  • Protect

ADAPT

This is all about being kinder to your eyes by adapting your daily routine...

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