clearlycontacts.ca?
 

Probably not allowed to post this but I thought id give it a go as I saw quibids and other website reviews on here a while ago..

Anyway anyone try these guys before? I'm in the market for new glasses and prescription safety glasses and my quote from costco, as well as 2 optomitrists is well over $1000 lol(my prescription is huge, 6.25+R 5.25L prisms etc).. so if figured I'd look around a bit, which led me to my current predicament. Anyone who has tried them or knows someone who has please let me know, the review I've read online look ok but can you really trust anonymous people?

Thanks in advance

And sorry staff if posting this is a no no :-P

I have bought all my contacts for the last 4 years from clearly contacts without a snag. Prices are great, they send reminders when I should be reordering and they have good pricing on sunglasses. I recommend them from personal experience.

Is this one of those "easier to ask forgiveness than it is permission"? :)

I've bought and quite happy.

I was able to get into a promotion for frames and lenses only $50...free shipping too. So not bad for a full prescription for only $50.

Look at places like smartcanucks.ca or redflagdeals.com etc for deals and specials. They just had a deal for a full package for something like $100.

Kiss those optometrists goodbye and save your $. I literally fought mine for my own prescription data as they wanted to keep it secret so I would 'have to' purchase from them...I told them I own that information, paid for it and have a legal right to view it.

Both me and my wife ordered our precsciption glasses from Clearly contacts, and we could not be happier. I ordered mine when they had thier Boxing Day sale on, cost me $140.00 for brand name glasses with every option available for the lenses. My last pair I got from Costco, cost me over $350 with just the standard lenses. I would definatley recommend CC

Thanks for the replies so far guys, seems pretty consistent with what I'm reading online so far although I havent seen prescription safety glasses on there but I havent looked through them all yet. Either way my glasses would be $140 one there so if they don't have safety glasses I could easily eat the cost with what I'm saving through clearly contacts.

I also have very good experience with them :) Used their "completely free frame with glasses" offer once and I received the item as per as I ordered; in great packaging :) Oh and you get a free mini screw driver too (don't know whether everyone gives that for free over here) :P

My friend is the director for CC, so I know them probably too well. Great company, does great work. I don't wear glasses by all my friends who do order from the, and have nothing but good things to say.

Well this is great to know thanks! Now to pick a frame and try to get my prescription from my optometrist lol.

I wouldn't if I were you
 

Your prescription is not that bad but having prism will make it difficult. If the optical centre of the lens is not directly in front of the pupil you can create a plus or minus effect of prism power. This will create a muscle imbalance causing a headache and discomfort and in the long run permanent fixation of the eye muscle. I assume this can be an issue when the person making the glasses has no idea how the frame fits to your face which means they will make it to the general centre of the frame. I can go on and on but my advise is don't do it. I'll be sending them back more often than actual use time.

If u really need to save the bucks and buy from them I suggest finding the frame design u like and try them on in a local store and kindly ask if the optician would mark the lens for your eyes and take all needed measurement so you can provide these to cc contacts.

I am an optician by the way. This is the same advise I would give my family.

Clearly contacts are bettr for contacts and simple prescriptions.
Cheers

When you enter your prescription they ask specifically for that measurement, pupillary distance etc. Personally I just camt justify the cost of buying them through my optician as its not the frames that are the issue but the lenses being upwards of $450 which is completely ridiculous.

Pardon me.. its axis and cylinder I am thinking of not pupillary distance.

Axis and cyl are both part of your prescription. I'm more concerned with oc height and how the frame will sit on your face. How many Diopters of prism did the doc prescribe? And how much cyl ?

I have nothing against the company. I agree they do good work. And I would use them as well if I weren't in the industry. The savings are huge. I woulnt pay retail for any frame knowing what it costs me to buy it.

The best thing I could tell u is to find the same frame in a local shop and get a measurement of the oc height, pd.

Much appreciated! I definitely will I am looking at aramani frames as my local opt. Carries them as well. Thanks for the advice I really appreciate it!

No problem. If you have any further questions feel free to pm me. I don't post much but I browse regularly.
Cheers

they are great, I ordered new glasses and finaly (yes I am getting old) reading glasses, got my wife progressives and the kid glasses all are happy.

concidering I got two pair of glasses with designer frames for under 200.00 I will never buy from a local store again as it was 250.00 for 1 simular pair of glasses in the cheepest local store, the wife's progressives were 1/2 the price we were quoted at costco.

as for the PD and such it should be part of your perscription, if it isn't then go back to your eye Dr and ask why it isn't on there. Also they do have a return policy if you are not happy.

Steve

I've bought contacts from CC for about 5-6 years now without any problems. Got a pair of glasses during their big "free glasses" promotion a couple years ago, worked out to $38 (had to upgrade because of my prescription and added some sort of coating). I managed to screw up one side of the lenses by inputting my prescription as + instead of -. They took them back and replaced them no problem. The frames/glasses themselves are cheaper than others I have purchased, they're not fitted and some of the coating has come off of one of the lens which I can see when wearing them. They're just a backup pair anyways (and I can't resist anything for free) but I can't say I'd be buying them again if I wore glasses full time. Then again if I was paying close to $1K for a pair of glasses I'd probably tolerate a few issues for the savings.