contact lens discussion thread (merged)

bluekp

Hi Lou,

Like you I am currently with Specsavers and thought I had a pretty good deal (lens', annual check up, solutions, storage pot & home delivery).

Boots' £6 pcm is virtually the same deal - you get your len's, solutions, annual check up, storage pot, home delivery - but with Boots you also get a free eye test every two years. That's an extra saving of around £15-20 every two years in addition to the £48 per year you'd save by switching in the first place.

When I called Boots to enquire about switching over they said that even though I've had contact lens' for 6 years, I would still need to have an initial contact lens check with their specialist at £25 - even allowing for this I'll still save £23 on the lens' in the first year.

Hope this helps,

Kelly

osyprey

I hope somebody can help? my father in law has hard contact lenses ,but cannot get hold of a remover or plunger as some people call them.Help most appreciated

vegtablepatch

Can anyone suggest best place for eye test and to buy (bifocal) contact lens. I have recently got a boots advantage card but not sure how this will benefit buying contacts and their prices do seem higher than other opticians.

Noozan

In the latest issue of Tesco magazine, there is a voucher for a free eye test at Dolland and Aitchison. If you do not want to buy your lenses from them, they are obliged to give you your prescription details. make sure they write down your contact lens prescription too.

I get my lenses from Specsavers on a monthly scheme which costs me £10 a month. There are cheaper places (have a read of the contact lens article http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1081710634,17595,, ) but I like the aftercare and convenience of Specsavers.

vegtablepatch

Thanks for info. I'll get tesco mag. tomorrow and book a free eye test.

Sweetchuck

I have quite powerful astigmatism in both eyes (R2.75, L3.50) and am keen to replace the contact lenses which I had until the middle of last year. They were non-disposabl soft lenses with a lifetime of about 18 months, but I'm now keen to get daily or monthly disposables if possible.

I've checked the guide to cheaper contact lenses on here, but most of the retailers stock very little in the way of toric lenses (to correct astigmatism) and the ones that do stock them don't tend to have strong enough ones for me.

Does anyone know where I can find powerful but disposable toric lenses at a fairly good price?

Cheers for any help provided...

dickie_engine

I get J&J Acuvue from Getlenses.co.uk and I've never had a problem with them. Next day delivery is free.

They've always been the cheapest, except on one occasion when I saw them on offer for about ten quid cheaper. But GetLenses immediately did a price match.

Highly recommended.

pin

Hi

I also use toric lenses, but luckily my astimatism is not that bad. I've tried dialy torics, but hated them. After they were in my eyes for about 5 minutes I had to take them out.

The reason is the fitting size of the lens is very limited, i.e. they only have one size of 8.60 / 14.20, which is the most common (the power and axis size is changeable btw).

Best thing, pop into an optician and have a word with them (you will need to anyway to get your prescription). They and get a week trial, see if you like them.

steveteach

Hi Try Specsavers £15.00 for monthly lenses including fluid.

pin

dickie_engine wrote:

I get J&J Acuvue from Getlenses.co.uk and I've never had a problem with them. Next day delivery is free.

They've always been the cheapest, except on one occasion when I saw them on offer for about ten quid cheaper. But GetLenses immediately did a price match.

Highly recommended.

Thanks for the tip on Getlenses. They are cheaper than www.lensmail.co.uk, which is the one I normally use!