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Contact Lenses |
Where to Buy Contact Lenses
Your Eye Test and Contact Lens FittingYou can't have an eye test online, so visit your local opticians, this usually costs around £20. Until you are used to contact lenses you'll want to have a fitting at an opticians to explain how to put them in (a bit scary at first) and clean them if you are going to reuse them (necessary for hard lenses). You will want to find out the cost of a contact lens fitting from the local opticians you are considering as some opticians offer a discount on contact lenses if you have a fitting with them. Price comparison searches for Contact Lenses (on Kelkoo.co.uk)Searches for solutions, disposable, dailies and mail order contact lenses.
Where to Buy Contact LensesThe best deals can be had for people with relatively simple contact prescriptions who can wear soft lenses. Several high street brands are competing in the marketplace for contact lenses by post. Places to look include:
Keeping the Costs Down if you have a Complicated PrescriptionIf you have a complex prescription and your optician is recommending expensive toric lenses (for perhaps £25 per month), you may want to consider rigid gas permeable lenses. They cost a good amount less as you will only need to buy solutions to maintain them. They are less comfortable than soft lenses, but my some opticians claim they can offer better vision than soft lenses. If buying Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP) lenses, Dolland and Aitchison offer a service that includes solutions and provides new lenses every 6 months. So, after 6 months you will have two sets of lenses, one of which can be used as a spare, and have had solutions for 6 months. You might then want to cancel the contract, keep your lenses and buy solutions over the counter from a chemist. Bear in mind, that if you buy rigid gas permeable contact lenses, you will probably lose several in your first few years of wearing them, so having a spare pair or two is a good thing. Moneysavingexpert.com on contact lenses - some research on how to save when buying mail order contact lenses. |
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Just purchased some lenses from vision express online!!
Received good treatment from my local store in Woking-they prompted me to look at their site. I purchased a professional aftercare package (from the store) that looks after me if i purchase from the net! gives discount on solutions & stuff in store.
-- brian henton on January 05, 2006 09:53 PM (view details)
Bought some daily lenses from Vision Express site and they are very good! Got my lenses in couple of days!
-- Judy Railanen on April 25, 2006 03:48 PM (view details)
-- Franklin Britowski on August 14, 2007 10:24 PM (view details)
-- Jason Carmichael on February 24, 2008 02:19 AM (view details)
Contact Lenses Express is an Online Store for Monthly & Daily Disposable Toric Contact Lenses of various brands like Jhonson & Johnson, Bausch & Lomb, Coopervision, Ciba Vision and etc.
-- ramana ramana on March 17, 2008 09:20 AM (view details)