Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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I get my contact lenses from costco at the moment, but it costs me £52.00 for 3 months supply, as well as the £30 membership fee a year.
Can anyone recommend anywhere online to get them cheaper?
I'm a bit worried they'll be dodgy make me go blind 
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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Laser treatment not an option?
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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Not just now.
Seen daysoft contacts on google, anyone got experience of these?
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Have laser eye surgery you loaded bastard
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
Location: Armchair
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i use daysoft, £11 a month
they do two types, i higher and lower water content i believe, i found the higher didnt leave my eyes dry, but were absolute agony if not seated correctly, where as the lower dried out after about 12 hours but felt comfortable
[Edited on 06-09-2012 by Russ]
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Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
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Try Asda, I know my girlfriend recently mentioned Asda were cheaper than what she gets currently but I wasn't taking enough notice for more detail than that.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
i use daysoft, £11 a month
they do two types, i higher and lower water content i believe, i found the higher didnt leave my eyes dry, but were absolute agony if not seated correctly, where as the lower dried out after about 12 hours but felt comfortable
[Edited on 06-09-2012 by Russ]
Cheers russ. They recommended the 'silk' ones for my eyes. The others are 'classic' iirc.
Might buy 1 box and see how I get on.
Matty - I wish I could afford laser surgery
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harrisp
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Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
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I've used daysoft for a couple of years without problems. I want laser eye surgery ideally.
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Rob_Quads
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
Location: southampton
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I used ASDA to get my J&J ones. I only use them when playing sports.
lol at people saying have laser surgery. Not much point if your eyes are still changing as you may find after a year or so then your back to glasses/lenses.
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SetH
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0% finance everywhere on laser surgery at the moment.
I had mine done in 2007, best money I have ever spent and figured that I would easily piss it away on car mods.
When that woman on the advert says you see in HD afterwards, well tbh that pretty much sums it up 
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ed
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I used to get mine from http://www.contactlenses.co.uk - gave me a headache though so stopped using them in the end.
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Ben G
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It seems my brother is using daysoft silk ones at the moment, and likes them.
Ideally I need laser eye surgery as I wear my contacts for up 20 hours a day sometimes, which make my eyes go red and puffy.
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Matt L
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specsavers... i pay £18 a month iirc but i have torics so more expensive than normal ones, think i used to pay £15.50 for non toric lenses.
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Matt L
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quote:
Originally posted by SetH
0% finance everywhere on laser surgery at the moment.
I had mine done in 2007, best money I have ever spent and figured that I would easily piss it away on car mods.
When that woman on the advert says you see in HD afterwards, well tbh that pretty much sums it up
sorry to thread hijack, but how much did that cost you?
I could never see myself getting it done, my cousins had it done now and a friend of the gfs (he had issuse with his though and had to have it done again).
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K2 GTi
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I was just about to look into laser eye surgery as I need it and i'm fed up with contacts.. Until I read this:-
What is laser eye surgery?
Local anaesthetic drops are placed in the eye being treated. A knife is used to cut a flap in the cornea. A hinge is left at one end of this flap. The flap is folded back to reveal the middle part of the cornea. Pulses from a laser vaporise a portion of this and the flap is replaced.
An eye patch is usually worn over the treated eye for 24 hours.
Both eyes can be treated on the same day, but your consultant should outline the risks. In order to reduce the risk of cross contamination should complications arise, each eye should be treated as separate procedure.
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harrisp
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob_Quads
lol at people saying have laser surgery. Not much point if your eyes are still changing as you may find after a year or so then your back to glasses/lenses.
My eyes haven't chAnged in 10 years so I'd take my chances.
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boylers11
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Registered: 27th Jul 06
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In my professional opinion, DaySoft CLs are a load of rubbish. Hardly any of my/our patients wear them for that exact same reason.
As with most things in life, you get what you pay for. In saying that, just because something is the most expensive, it doesn't mean it's the very best, but if you pay for peanuts for contact lenses, you're not going to be getting top notch ones.
You'll always get cheaper lenses offline than from your Optician, as they have little overheads. My advice would be to get your contact lenses from whoever does your checkups. That way, you're supporting the people who are putting in all the hard work and keeping your eyes healthy, instead of paying someone in a storage unit who reads your order off the computer, goes and gets the lenses off the shelf and posts them to you.
As with laser surgery, you can't argue with the thousands of people who have had it done successfully, however, I get to see what happens when it goes wrong - and it can go very wrong. So much so, that you can be worse off than before! They advertise it for £399 per eye etc, but you'd be lucky to get anything 'top-spec' for less than about £1500 per eye and even then, noone knows what the long term implications of it are. I work with some of the surgeons who do that laser surgery and none of them have had it done - I think that says a lot!
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VegasPhil
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I use lens mail from specsavers for £15 a month.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Rob_Quads
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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quote:
Originally posted by boylers11
You'll always get cheaper lenses offline than from your Optician, as they have little overheads. My advice would be to get your contact lenses from whoever does your checkups. That way, you're supporting the people who are putting in all the hard work and keeping your eyes healthy, instead of paying someone in a storage unit who reads your order off the computer, goes and gets the lenses off the shelf and posts them to you.
I already pay the optician for my eye test which should be paying the staff etc so supplying the lenses on top should not incur much extra cost. Specially when its a major companies like Boots Opticians etc who would have central warehouses anyway. If they are subsidizing the eye tests to get you in the door then that their own business decision.
Many of the online places also don't stock the lenses they order them in so why can't shops do this as well? I don't expect the shop to keep everything in stock. If they will price match I am more than happy for them to order them in.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by boylers11
In my professional opinion, DaySoft CLs are a load of rubbish. Hardly any of my/our patients wear them for that exact same reason.
As with most things in life, you get what you pay for. In saying that, just because something is the most expensive, it doesn't mean it's the very best, but if you pay for peanuts for contact lenses, you're not going to be getting top notch ones.
You'll always get cheaper lenses offline than from your Optician, as they have little overheads. My advice would be to get your contact lenses from whoever does your checkups. That way, you're supporting the people who are putting in all the hard work and keeping your eyes healthy, instead of paying someone in a storage unit who reads your order off the computer, goes and gets the lenses off the shelf and posts them to you.
can you please tell me what you define as hard work?
for a 5 minute contact lense appointment, they charged me 12 quid.
for a 10 minute eye check up is was another 10 quid.
22 quid for 15 minutes work 
service is always awful in costco aswell. spent 20 minutes waiting for someones help before. they were all 'busy', as in chatting to mates.
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Eddie.2k
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I used daysoft before i got my lasered, couldnt complain with either ways 
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mwg
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4k for laser eye surgery when I had it done
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boylers11
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Registered: 27th Jul 06
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
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Originally posted by boylers11
In my professional opinion, DaySoft CLs are a load of rubbish. Hardly any of my/our patients wear them for that exact same reason.
As with most things in life, you get what you pay for. In saying that, just because something is the most expensive, it doesn't mean it's the very best, but if you pay for peanuts for contact lenses, you're not going to be getting top notch ones.
You'll always get cheaper lenses offline than from your Optician, as they have little overheads. My advice would be to get your contact lenses from whoever does your checkups. That way, you're supporting the people who are putting in all the hard work and keeping your eyes healthy, instead of paying someone in a storage unit who reads your order off the computer, goes and gets the lenses off the shelf and posts them to you.
can you please tell me what you define as hard work?
for a 5 minute contact lense appointment, they charged me 12 quid.
for a 10 minute eye check up is was another 10 quid.
22 quid for 15 minutes work
service is always awful in costco aswell. spent 20 minutes waiting for someones help before. they were all 'busy', as in chatting to mates.
If you're not happy with the service, go somewhere else?
Our professional time works out at roughly £1 per minute.
How much do you pay for an MOT? £40? How long does that take?
How much do you pay for a 2 minute dental check? £20+? How much is a filling?
...you get my point.
All I'm saying if if you're not happy, go somewhere else who you deem worthy of the fees. All of my patients are more than happy with paying the going rate.
Ultimately, sight is the most valued of all the senses, surely it's worth paying to keep them healthy, no?
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