What’s the first thing you should do when it’s time for you to renew your contact lenses? You should compare prices for your brand at different contact lens websites. Or, you can consult a contact lens price comparison site like Contacts Advice, to quickly and efficiently look up the lowest price for contact lenses on the internet.
There are many contact lens price comparison sites on the internet, however, there are none like Contacts Advice. In a series of reviews I will go through all of the so-called contact lens price comparison sites out there, and demonstrate why Contacts Advice is the contact lens price comparison site that will save you the most amount of money on your contact lenses.
In today’s review, I will compare Contacts Advice to Best Contact Lens Prices.
Summary
This summary is based on the data presented below. All price checks were made on March 12th 2017.
BestContactLensPrices.com
Pros:
- Nice Layout: Several ways to look up your brand.
Cons:
- Lacks Brands: Out of all 15 brands compared, BestContactLensPrices.com didn’t even have prices for 7 of them.
- Lacks Sites: Of the brands that BestContactLensPrices.com did have prices for, they always listed the same 3 sites as having the lowest prices. ContactsAdvice.com compares 11 sites to make sure the lowest prices never slip you by.
- Inacurrate Prices: Of the prices found on BestContactLensPrices.com, only 3 out 21 (14%) were accurate. The vast majority of the prices were either higher or lower than the actual up to date prices.
ContactsAdvice.com
Pros:
- Comprehensive Brands: Compares over 50 brands of contact lenses from all manufacturers to make sure we have your brand.
- Comprehensive Sites: Compares 11 of the top websites to buy contact lenses from so your always get the absolute lowest price.
- Up to date prices: Prices are updated weekly to ensure that you never miss a favorable price change.
Cons:
- If you have any comments or suggestions to improve Contacts Advice, please let me know in the comments section at the bottom of this page.
ContactsAdvice.com VS BestContactLensPrices.com
BestContactLensPrices.com is a website that claims to find you the best contact lens prices online. To cut to the chase, they don’t. But in case you don’t want to just take my word for it, I will demonstrate it for you below.
I will show you the lowest price for 15 brands that represent all modalities of contact lens wear (monthly, bi-weekly, daily, spherical, toric, color, etc.) from BestContactLensPrices.com and ContactsAdvice.com.
Air Optix Aqua 6-pack
Listed PricesBestContactLensPrices.com lists 3 different prices for this brand $24.99 at Lens.com Actual Prices at those sites:$24.99 at Lens.com Are prices up to date? NO (1/3)Lowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$24.99 at Lens.com For this brand, both ContactsAdvice.com and BestContactLensPrices.com found the lowest price. |
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Air Optix for Astigmatism 6-packBestContactLensPrices.com does not provide any prices for this brand. Lowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$37.95 at Lens.com |
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Air Optix Night & Day 6-packListed PricesBestContactLensPrices.com lists 3 different prices for this brand $37.99 at Lens.com Actual Prices at those sites:$36.99 at Lens.com Are prices up to date? NOLowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$36.99 at Lens.com Although both ContactsAdvice.com and BestContactLensPrices.com identified the best site for this brand, BestContactLensPrices.com had an outdated price (that is most likely never updated). |
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Biofinity 6-packListed PricesBestContactLensPrices.com lists 3 different prices for this brand $25.50 at Lens.com Actual Prices at those sites:$21.50 at Lens.com Are prices up to date? NOLowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$21.50 at Lens.com Although both ContactsAdvice.com and BestContactLensPrices.com identified the best site for this brand, BestContactLensPrices.com had an outdated price (that is most likely never updated). |
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Biofinty Toric 6-packListed PricesBestContactLensPrices.com lists 3 different prices for this brand $38.99 at Lens.com Actual Prices at those sites:$38.99 at Lens.com Are prices up to date? NO (1/3)Lowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$38.75 at ContactLensKing.com Using ContactsAdvice.com as your contact lens price comparison tool, you would save: $0.24 per box $0.96 per year Sure, it’s not much. But Contacts Advice still has the lowest price! |
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ULTRA 6-packBestContactLensPrices.com does not provide any prices for this brand. Lowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$42.99 at DiscountContactLenses.com |
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Acuvue Vita 6-packBestContactLensPrices.com does not provide any prices for this brand. Lowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$43.99 at DiscountContactLenses.com |
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Acuvue Oasys 12-packBestContactLensPrices.com does not provide any prices for this brand. Lowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$50.95 at ContactLensKing.com |
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Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism 12-packListed PricesBestContactLensPrices.com lists 3 different prices for this brand $36.99 at LensWorld.com Actual Prices at those sites:$41.50 at LensWorld.com Are prices up to date? NOLowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$29.95 at ContactLensKing.com How much would ContactsAdvice.com save you?Using ContactsAdvice.com as your contact lens price comparison tool, you would save: $11.55 per box $92.40 per year |
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Dailies AquaComfort Plus 90-packBestContactLensPrices.com lists 3 different prices for this brand $39.99 at Lens.com Actual Prices at those sites:$39.99 at Lens.com Are prices up to date? NO (1/3)Lowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$36.95 at ContactLensKing.com How much would ContactsAdvice.com save you?Using ContactsAdvice.com as your contact lens price comparison tool, you would save: $3.04 per box $24.32.40 per year |
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Dailies AquaComfort Plus Toric 90-packBestContactLensPrices.com does not provide any prices for this brand. Lowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$62.49 at 1800Contacts.com |
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Acuvue 1-day Moist 90-packBestContactLensPrices.com lists 3 different prices for this brand $59.99 at LensWorld.com Actual Prices at those sites:$66.00 at LensWorld.com Are prices up to date? NOLowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$49.95 at ContactLensKing.com How much would ContactsAdvice.com save you?Using ContactsAdvice.com as your contact lens price comparison tool, you would save: $16.05 per box $128.40 per year Wow, what a difference knowing where the lowest price for your contact lenses can make! |
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Acuvue 1-day Moist for Astigmatism 90-packBestContactLensPrices.com does not provide any prices for this brand. Lowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$74.24 at 1800Contacts.com |
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Air Optix Colors 6-packBestContactLensPrices.com does not provide any prices for this brand. Lowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$73.99 at Lens.com |
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FreshLook ColorblendsBestContactLensPrices.com lists 3 different prices for this brand $30.99 at LensWorld.com Actual Prices at those sites:$39.99 at LensWorld.com Are prices up to date? NOLowest price found at ContactsAdvice.com$34.99 at ContactLensKing.com and ACLens.com For this brand, both ContactsAdvice.com and BestContactLensPrices.com found the lowest price. |
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