Category: Reviews, Thoughts | 
Leave a Comment | Written by Jono Cono
Hakim Optical was where I ended up purchasing my last pair of frames and lenses. The purchase was just for a prescription update along with standard Transition lenses.
Believe it or not when I first got the glasses the lenses were clear indoors as they should be. Approximately after six months they started taking on a yellowish tint which got worse and worse as time went on. People actually thought that I had a tint put on the lenses.
I found that since that had started happening my eyes would feel strained a lot. My prescription hadn’t changed as I had it checked out just to be sure. At any rate I purchased new lenses using an existing pair of frames I had. Now that I have those I will get my everyday frames updated with Transition Vantage lenses.
It’s like night and day now that I have new lenses and am seeing everything clearly and in true colour. My eyes are really thanking me, I really should have done this sooner.
I could have brought the glasses back to Hakim Optical and obtained a replacement pair under warranty but the problem is with only one pair of glasses I’d be out of commission if they had to send my only pair away for a week.
That was my first time using Hakim Optical and while it’s probably unfair to judge them entirely on one experience I probably won’t use them again in the future.
Photos below of the yellow lenses against a sheet of white printer paper.
Lenses purchased from Hakim Optical turned yellow after six months.
Lenses purchased from Hakim Optical turned yellow after six months.
Lenses purchased from Hakim Optical turned yellow after six months.
Category: Reviews, Technology | Leave a Comment | Written by Jono Cono
Just a couple weeks ago our Garage door opener died on us. Well to be more precise the Teflon gear had just been getting shaved down to the point it was useless. Our house is around 25 years old and I think the existing Garage door opener had been there for a very long time judging by the looks of it.
We shopped around and Canadian Tire had a sale this past weekend with a couple different Garage door openers on sale at 50% off. We ended up getting the Genie SilentMax 1000 for $184.99. I had originally thought I would just install it myself however while shopping we discovered that for $139.99 Canadian Tire would have a contractor come onsite and install it for you. I figured that with getting the Genie SilentMax 1000 50% off, even with the cost of installation we still weren’t hitting the original price of the unit. That and the fact that my time is very precious quickly sealed the deal.
We paid for the new Garage door opener and for the installation. Once we got home we called a number where a very nice person set up the appointment and gave us a reference number (Thanks Kyle!). Two days later we had the contractor show up and take down the old unit and install the new Garage door opener. I have to say it was money well spent. I watched the guy work for a little bit and it was very clear he knew what he was doing. In just a little over an hour he had removed the old Garage door opener, steel framing, wiring, button etc. and installed new framing, wiring, door opener, photocells, console and wireless keypad. I was so impressed I gave the guy a $20 tip.
I’m also very impressed with the Genie SilentMax 1000, man is it quiet. It’s a belt drive with no gear, direct drive motor. It really does start and stop softly and I just can’t believe how quiet it is. Our two previous Garage door openers were chain driven and loud as hell. You could easily hear them inside the car or inside the house, not with this one.
