You can get prescription glasses from just £5 from Superdrug Opticians

BUYING new glasses can be such a pain.

Superdrug Opticians is planning to alleviate some of the hassle by selling their popular Helium at a discount.

At the moment a pair of glasses costs £5, instead of the usual £15.

The glasses on offer come in a range of style for men and women, plenty of choice for those seeking geek chic, or the more fashion conscious among you.

The £5 pair come with anti-reflection and scratch resistance coatings for free, although lots of opticians give this away for nothing too.

You can also order six pairs for just £30 and you'll get free delivery, although, we're not sure anyone needs a pair of glasses for everyday of the week.

This offer is available until November 30 and you must order them online, so you'll need to be quick.

It’s worth keeping in mind that this price applies to single vision prescription glasses only, and so customers prescriptions must be within the following ranges:

• Sphere (SPH): +6.00 to -6.00
• Cylindrical (CYL): +2.00 to -2.00

This means those of you with with higher prescriptions, or if you need thinner lenses, may have to pay more.

Superdrug might not be the place you'd go to for your specs, but the prices are pretty good.

You can also pick up your order for free and avoid delivery fees from one of their 800 stores nationwide.

Shopping online for your glasses has become very popular in the past few years.

E-tailers such as Glasses Direct have revolutionised getting your lenses online with their try-on at home, and try-on virtually options.

Prices start from just £19 for a two pairs and you can try on the lenses for size (and look!) in its seven-day home trial.

For this deal, it does help if you already know your prescription, we’ve found the best ways online for you to get a subsidized eye test.

If you fancy more of a techy set of specs, Primark have a pair of reading glasses with a built in reading light.