Discount Contact Lenses Review — Contact Lenses Comparison (2012)

Discount Contact Lenses is a company that sells discounted contact lenses and ships them to your home.  You can order through their web site or call their 800 number listed on the web site.  The company carries many name brand contact lenses.  You need a doctor's prescription to order your lenses.  Shipping is free when ordering over $99.  There is a 30 day return policy on your purchase and a price matching gaurantee.  Able to sell single boxes or sell in bulk.  Site is easy to navigate for first time user and repeat buyers.

• Pricing is much cheaper than many competing sites
• Order form is simple to fill out
• Contains good information for new comer that is easy to find
• Features many name brands of contacts
• Has 800 customer support number
• 30 day guarantee and price matching
• Will replace product if prescription changes

www.1800contactlenses.com  This company sell discounted contat lenses and ships them to you directly.  You will need a doctor's prescription.  Company carries most major brands.  Order site is simple, and comes with new buyer guide.  I found the guide fuzzy in places.  Comes with 30 day guarantee and discounts large orders of six months or one year.  You have to look closely at brand pricing to see the single box order rate.  Has feature to reach someone with an on line chat if you need help with your order.

www.lens123.com This company also sells contact lense on line.  Has an 800 number you can call if you need help.  Site encourages you to buy six month supply by offering a discount.   Free shipping with $99 purchase.  Site carries most name brands and also some brands sold exclusively by some retail sites including Lenscrafters, Sears, Target and Costco.  Offers financing of your purchase.

Discount is the website for a company that sells discount contact lenses. The company also sells some accessories for your eyes including nonprescription reading glasses, contact cases and cleaning solutions. This site sells both soft and RPG (hard) contact lenses. You can also buy specialty lenses here including bifocal, disposable, and colored contact lenses. Disposable lenses are available in most varieties including 24 hour, seven day, and two week lenses. Major brands are available including Acuvue, Air Optics, Aquaflex, Biomedics, Clearview, Freshlook, Frequency, Pure Vision and Vertex.

The company offers a price matching guarantee; if you find a price lower some where else, they will sell you the same product for 5% less. The company claims they are lower than Walmart and other on line lens companies. You can apply for financing to purchase your contact lenses. Shipping is 7.95 or free on orders over $99. Delivery time is usually within seven days. The website also offers occasional sales or rebates on various products.

To order your contact lenses, you will need a current prescription (less than one year sold), even for just color lenses. Your prescription will be verified with your doctor. You will need to read your prescription to fill in the order form. There is a tutorial on the site about how to read your prescription. A contact lens prescription contains more information than a glasses prescription. Your contact prescription will cover not only your lens power and any astigmatism, but it also includes lens size, the kind of lens and the brands that you can use. Contact lenses are considered medication because you wear them on your eyes directly, and are therefore subject to more specific guidelines. Thus, your brand choices will be limited by your prescription, but this website should cover them all.

As you fill out your order form, the brands your prescription allows you to choose from are revealed to you. This makes your ordering very clear and simple. The site takes most credit cards in payment. You can also order your products at an 800 number listed on the website. The company offers a 30 day guarantee and will exchange product if your prescription changes.

The site is really designed for first time users. From the home page, you can assess information about a brand of lens, a FAQ section on the process and contact lenses as well as locate types of products the company sells using a guide on the left hand side of the web page. The colors are mainly blue and white, and are comfortable to look at and the writing is easy to follow.

I did some price checking using Acuvue Moist One Day lenses as my intended purchase. D was the lowest at $20.95 per month. 1800Contacts were $29.99 a box and lens123 was $27.88 a box. Remember that you have two eyes, so usually you need to buy two boxes per month. So your price will be $41.90 a month. The other two sites offered price breaks on six month or year supplies, but X was still cheaper without the price breaks.

All in all, X appears to be an economical and efficient way to order your contacts. I suggest ordering over $99 to save your shipping costs, which are per box. If I were still able to wear contacts, I would definitely order from x.  The company is certified by the Better Business Bureau and several computer privacy companies.