Price Points: Ultrasonic cleaners

Ultrasonic cleaners

I always make a point of keeping my grubby fingers off the lenses of my reading glasses and sunglasses. Despite this, they always seem to be smeared in fingerprints and covered in dust. The dust gets stuck in the little crevices where the frame meets the lens. Then I discovered ultrasonic cleaners!

Ultrasonic cleaners produce high-frequency soundwaves to break down grease and dirt, reaching hard to access and fiddly places. Not only are they a perfect way of giving your specs a proper clean, they work on jewellery and other bits & bobs such as dentures, dental braces, coins, fountain pens, electric shaver heads… even make-up brushes!

There’s a long list of materials that you shouldn’t sanitize using ultrasonic cleaners, as they can get damaged. Click here to check:

  1. Mini digital ultrasonic cleaner: £16.39, eBay
  2. Ultrasonic jewellery cleaner: £39.99, Lakeland
  3. James Products 8050 professional high spec ultrasonic cleaner: £152.77, Amazon

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James Products 8050 professional high spec ultrasonic cleaner
James Products 8050 professional high spec ultrasonic cleaner
£152.77
Ultrasonic jewellery cleaner
Ultrasonic jewellery cleaner
£39.99
Mini digital ultrasonic cleaner
Mini digital ultrasonic cleaner
£16.39
James Products 8050 professional high spec ultrasonic cleaner
James Products 8050 professional high spec ultrasonic cleaner
£152.77
Ultrasonic jewellery cleaner
Ultrasonic jewellery cleaner
£39.99
Mini digital ultrasonic cleaner
Mini digital ultrasonic cleaner
£16.39
James Products 8050 professional high spec ultrasonic cleaner
James Products 8050 professional high spec ultrasonic cleaner
£152.77
Ultrasonic jewellery cleaner
Ultrasonic jewellery cleaner
£39.99
Mini digital ultrasonic cleaner
Mini digital ultrasonic cleaner
£16.39
James Products 8050 professional high spec ultrasonic cleaner
James Products 8050 professional high spec ultrasonic cleaner
£152.77
Ultrasonic jewellery cleaner
Ultrasonic jewellery cleaner
£39.99
Mini digital ultrasonic cleaner
Mini digital ultrasonic cleaner
£16.39
James Products 8050 professional high spec ultrasonic cleaner
James Products 8050 professional high spec ultrasonic cleaner
£152.77
Ultrasonic jewellery cleaner
Ultrasonic jewellery cleaner
£39.99
Mini digital ultrasonic cleaner
Mini digital ultrasonic cleaner
£16.39

Gemstones

  • agates
  • diamonds
  • emeralds
  • feldspar (sunstone and moonstone)
  • fluorite
  • iolite
  • jade
  • kunzite
  • lapis lazuli
  • malachite
  • marcasite
  • onyx
  • opals
  • peridots
  • rubies
  • tanzanite
  • topaz
  • tourmaline
  • turquoise
  • zircon

Metals

  • tungsten

Others

  • amber
  • coral
  • ivory
  • mother of pearl
  • pearls
  • tortoise shell
  • costume jewellery
  • watches that are not water-proof

I can see clearly now!

Win a pair of Scout frames of your choice with prescription lenses from Glasses Direct | H is for Home

Hey everyone – we hope you’re enjoying the May Bank Holiday weekend. Has the weather been good where you are? It’s been grand here! We have a fab new competition starting today – you could win a pair of Scout frames fitted with prescription lenses from the people over at Glasses Direct.

My trial of GlassesDirect glasses including Scout frames | H is for Home

Ordering my specs online from them was such a great experience from beginning to end. Their website allows you to take a photo of yourself, upload it and then try all their glasses on ‘virtually’. When you’ve short-listed your favourite four, you can ‘try before you buy’. They will send you out the frames in the post for you to try on ‘in the flesh’. When you’ve decided on the ones you like the best, you simply send them all back (they pay postage both ways), upload your prescription and place your order. It’s as simple as that!

Adelle wearing Scout 'Festival' prescription glasses | H is for Home

They often have special offers on such as free second pair, free postage or other discount codes. I took advantage of one of these offers to get myself a pair of prescription sunglasses for when I’m working on my laptop in the garden on sunny days.

Adelle wearing 'Audrey' prescription sunglasses | H is for Home

Here’s your chance to win a pair of Scout frames of your choice fitted with prescription lenses*. Simply hop over to the Glasses Direct website to check out the range of frames Scout have to offer. Then come back here and leave a comment saying which are your favourite – there are nearly 50 from which to choose!

*No prescriptions over -/+ 8.00. Only basic lenses – no coatings or upgrades.

Scout prescription glasses




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Gimme Five! Reading sunglasses

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Selection of five reading sunglasses

Here I am, writing this post as I sit in the garden on a warm, sunny day. I’m wearing a pair of reading glasses with a pair of sunglasses over the top. I have to admit, it’s not the best look I’ve ever rocked. I’m not too proud or vain to say it… I look a complete fool.

If I only wear my sunglasses, I can’t read what I’m writing; if I only wear my glasses, I can’t see the screen for the glare. There’s only one thing for it – a pair of reading sunglasses. The decision is, do I go for cheap & cheerful, off-the-shelf – they’ll mainly be for wearing in the garden – or do I shell out for a decent pair with my proper prescription?

I spend up to 18 hours per day staring at various screens. And besides, I’ve completely fallen for the London Retro Caine pair (#5). They may be a bit steep at £95, but you get a second pair free – so a pair of glasses glasses and a pair of reading sunglasses!

  1. Large mock tortoiseshell reading sunglasses: £15, Marks and Spencer
  2. DiMarco plastic ready-made reading sunglasses: £44, SpeckyFourEyes
  3. EE Collection 10860: £79, Exclusive Eyes
  4. Sight Station Munro tortoiseshell reading sunglasses: £20, Debenhams
  5. London Retro, Caine: £95, Glasses Direct

What a spectacle!

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Collection of 1950s vintage spectacle frames | H is for Home

We picked up an interesting little ‘job lot’ last week – vintage spectacles, which is a new one for us.

pair of vintage brown 1950s spectacle frames

They’re unused frames – still with original opticians labels from AJH Blackham, Drake Street, Rochdale – ready to fit your lenses of choice.

pair of vintage green 1950s spectacle frames

They date from the very late 40s/early 50s and have distinctive styling from the period. They must have been the latest thing when they were put on display.

vintage clear 1950s spectacle frames with pink rose motif

We’ll put them in our webshop soon – or perhaps our eBay shop might be the best place to sell them. Get in touch if you’re a big vintage fashion fan and are interested in these. It’s not everyday that unused, vintage accessories turn up so we’d like to give our regular readers first dibs.