Last year, I decided to take the plunge and try contact lenses. Partly for cosmetic reasons, but for someone with a strong prescription like me, also because they proved good value.
We recently compared buying lenses online vs. the high street, and although buying contact lenses from the high street will also get you free check-ups and the lenses delivered to your doorstep, it can also leave you out of pocket.
Alison Hunt also checked out daysoft lenses, which offers contact lenses from as little as £9.98 for a month’s supply.
Daysoft is a one-size-fits-all lens, and claims its ‘Uni-Fit’ design allows it to replace lenses which have a base curve (BC) of between 8.3 and 9.2 mm and a diameter between 13.8 and 14.5mm. Its lenses also have two different liquid contents – 58% or 72%.
So, in theory, if you wore 1 Day Acuvues, which have a BC of 8.5mm or 9mm and a diameter of 14.2mm, or Focus Dailies, which have a BC of 8.6mm and a diameter of 13.8mm, you could wear daysoft lenses.
But with such large differences between 1 day Acuvues and Focus Dailies, I don’t see how the same box of lenses could be right for both lens wearers. After all, choose the wrong lens and it will feel like you have grit in your eye – or worse, it could do more lasting damage.
Our guinea pigs at lovemoney.com also had mixed reactions to the lenses, and most felt they would not switch brands just because of the price.
If you are brave enough to try Daysoft, they do offer a full money back guarantee, provided you’ve used no more than seven pairs when you return them.