EVERYTHING THAT FOLLOWS IS BUILT ON THIS.
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The lens, the frame, the fit — all of it is only as right as the numbers from this room. So we book to a minimum appointment time, never a maximum, and cover your prescription and your eye health properly. Every test is conducted personally by Vik — in optics since 2001, a dispensing optician before qualifying as an optometrist in 2006.
Your test ends with one question: how do you actually use your eyes? The answer shapes your lens, the next step in Framing Success™.
WHAT EVERY EYE TEST INCLUDES
THE PRESCRIPTION
A thorough assessment of your vision. Accurate, unhurried, and explained in plain terms. Built around how you actually use your eyes — not a standard chart. Most tests stop here. This is where ours starts.
THE EYE HEALTH CHECK
A full check of your eye health, including glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts and diabetic eye disease, with digital retinal imaging and eye-pressure checks as standard. Early detection matters.
THE PLAN
From prescription to Zeiss lens to frame to precision measurement — this is Framing Success™, our process, start to finish. We own every step of that journey. You leave with clarity — not just a piece of paper.
EXCLUSIVELY ZEISS.
Every prescription lens at J.HYDE is Zeiss, as standard. Here at Mere Green, the Zeiss i.Terminal measures exactly where your lenses should sit, with you wearing your frame.
STRUGGLING WITH YOUR CURRENT LENSES?
High prescriptions, prism, keratoconus — if you've been told your prescription is difficult, book an eye test and we'll take the time to get it right. Struggling with varifocals? See our varifocals page.
TRANSPARENT PRICING. NO SURPRISES.
Private eye test — £40
Free with any lens purchase — a new frame and lenses, or lenses into your own frame.
CONTACT LENS APPOINTMENTS.
Contact lens assessments and fittings are available by arrangement at our Mere Green studio. Mention it when you book your eye test, or call us on 0121 643 7066.
We match online prices on your contact lenses, so there's no reason to buy them anywhere else.
VIK. FOUNDER & OPTOMETRIST.
Dispensing optician. Then optometrist. In optics since 2001, qualified as an optometrist in 2006. GOC registered. Founder of J.HYDE.
Every eye test at our Mere Green studio is conducted personally by Vik. Not a locum. The same person, every time, with the expertise to get your prescription right and the understanding to translate it into eyewear that works for your life.
BOOK YOUR EYE TEST
MERE GREEN
4 Carlton House, 18 Mere Green Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 5BS
0121 643 7066
Tuesday — Saturday
9–1, 1:30–5
You'll find us in Carlton House on Mere Green Road, overlooking Mulberry Walk. Parking in the shopping area and on the surrounding roads. Five minutes from Four Oaks, Little Aston and Moor Hall — park, have your eyes tested properly, and be home inside the hour.
Framing Success™ is how we make sure. This is step one of four.