Can You Tell Titanium Eyeglass Frames from Fake Ones?

Titanium eyeglass frames, benefiting a lot to eyeglass wearers, are well received since the time they emerged in the early 1980s. They are lightweight which eases the pressure on nose; they are allergy free, which provides opportunities for a lot of people to try wearing metal eyeglasses who are allergic to metal; they look elegant, which enhances charm of the wearers. Therefore, more and more people would ask for titanium eyeglass frames when they are intended to buy or replace glasses.

It is right the popularity of titanium eyeglass frames that gives chances for some vendors to earn money illegitimately by reckless speculation. They produce fake ones to cheat customers. Facing so many titanium eyeglass frames, either the genuine or the pirated, a few customers are able to tell titanium eyeglass frames from fake ones. To help them, several tricks are listed below.

● The easiest way is to weigh by hand. If they are heavy, you bet that they wouldn’t be eyeglass frames made from titanium, for we have mentioned at the beginning that titanium eyeglass frames are pretty light.

● Use a magnet to make a test. If it can be attracted by the magnet, it is not made from pure titanium; if it can even be strongly attracted, it can never be possible made from titanium alloy.

● Usually, for the genuine ones, there would be a small labeling on the frame leg, reading Ti-p or TITAN.

● Titanium eyeglass frames have a special function, called memory function. It means that when you accidentally make the frame out of shape, at a certain temperature, they could get back to their former shapes. Therefore titanium and titanium alloy eyeglass frames are also referred as memory glasses.

● Another easy way to discern them is that titanium eyeglass frames are highly cost. Therefore, when encountering vendors crying out along the street that they are selling cheap but high quality titanium eyeglass frames, you’d better do not believe it.