August 3, 2011. Bill Szydlowski
credit: archer10 (Dennis)Trial and Sample Contact Lenses
If you have poor eyesight you are probably familiar with the high cost of correcting your vision. From yearly eye doctor visits to replacing your contact lenses or eyeglasses, vision correction and upkeep can be expensive.
While there’s no way around visiting your eye doctor, there is a way to cut back on the cost of your contact lenses with a free contact lens trial.
Free contact lenses are offered by a number of manufacturers in order to convince new customers to purchase their products instead of products made by their competitors. There are several ways you can get these free samples, but the lenses all typically fit a little bit different. Unless you have extremely sensitive eyes, testing out samples can be a great way to get free lenses.
The first step is to go to your eye doctor and make sure you have an up-to-date prescription. You’ll need this when you are ordering samples. Even if you’ve been purchasing contacts for years, express an interest in trying a different type of contact than what you normally purchase. If you use weekly contacts, ask about monthly lenses. If you already use monthly contact lenses, ask about day-and-night contacts. Your doctor can give you a sample to decide if you like that brand before ordering it.
If you decide to order contacts from your eye doctor, you can also request another free sample to tide you over until your order arrives.
Once you have your prescription, go online and check different contact manufacturers for samples of free contact lenses. There are a number of manufacturers as well as types of lenses, so it could be quite a while before you need to start paying for lenses again. And companies are always improving upon their products, so check back with manufacturers from which you’ve already sampled for new free contact lens offers.
In addition to decreasing your contact lens bill, you might even find a new favorite brand of contact lenses.
Updated August 3, 2011. Published May 22, 2011. Bill Szydlowski
