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Re:Coding Without a Laptop – Two Weeks with AR Glasses and L... by swsieber on Saturday May 17, 2025 @07:50PM (#44017874)
I think custom prescriptions for the xreal air 1 are around $80: https://vroptician.com/prescription-lens-inserts/nreal-air

Which I could see that being a deal breaker, but maybe it's lower than you thought

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Re:Coding Without a Laptop – Two Weeks with AR Glasses and L... by rcarmo on Saturday May 17, 2025 @08:07PM (#44017942)
With import tax to the EU, yeah, it's a deal breaker. Even from the UK. Also, that site only has lenses for the first gen, and above -10 there's a surcharge of EUR 70.

I pay more for eyeglasses than for a Quest 3, so... I don't want to double that.

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Re:Coding Without a Laptop – Two Weeks with AR Glasses and L... by toyg on Sunday May 18, 2025 @03:19AM (#44019596)
There is no import tax for the UK. I paid £60 in total for my lenses from official partner HONSVR. There are cheaper options on AliExpress.
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Re:Coding Without a Laptop – Two Weeks with AR Glasses and L... by rcarmo on Sunday May 18, 2025 @04:49AM (#44019938)
No, but there is from the UK to the EU, thanks to Brexit.
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Re:Coding Without a Laptop – Two Weeks with AR Glasses and L... by toyg on Monday May 19, 2025 @06:41AM (#44028340)
HONSVR is a Chinese company shipping from China. If they are attracting Brexit charges they are doing something wrong. I guess it might be different for XREAL if they use UK warehouses.
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