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Why pay high prices for contact lenses? We have been supplying replacement mail order lenses since 1996.

Lenses are shipped from an Australian wholesaler directly to your mailbox by insured airmail to New Zealand or worldwide and by express post within Australia. Prices are in $AU charged to a credit card. All lenses are new and first quality and have normal manufacturers' warranty. There are no added handling fees. For most lenses there is a significant saving compared to buying them in New Zealand or UK/Europe, especially those in 12-packs or 90-packs for Dailies.

Delivery is $AU 13.50 insured airmail, normally 10 days from order to NZ, or 2 weeks to other overseas countries. Within Australia 2-5 days delivery for $AU 6.00. Note: from May 2011 single box orders of lower value lenses to NZ may be shipped regular airmail, due to a rise in Australia Post's insurance charges.

Enter here for our full price list and order form for all lenses, with a secure SSL page following for the credit card details. Visa, MasterCard or Amex are accepted for all orders. Look for confirmation within 24 hours by email.

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2011 specials still on Purevision (travel pack offer) and Purevision Toric (order 3 boxes, get 1 free) and also on Soflens Daily Disposable 90-packs (buy three 90-packs and get one 90-pack free!).

New Coloured Ningaloo Lenses from Gelflex

Check out the look of these new coloured Ningaloo lenses. They are the recommended replacements for the discontinued Expressions Accents and Expressions Colours. They are here on our site as 2-pack and 6-pack.


Don't use Contact Lenses, but would like to?

 You need to visit your local optometrist or optician, who will measure your eyes, supply you with a prescription and your first pair of contact lenses and teach you how to fit and care for the lenses. This also applies if you want plano (non corrective) lenses, such as tinted lenses.

You can then save on replacement lenses by ordering through Contact Lenses Direct. Keep the packages that the lenses came in, or ask for a written copy of your lens prescription. These details are required with the order.

Note that we offer a replacement lens service, we do not advise on the suitability of different lenses as all lens fitting requires aftercare visits to check on the fit and to ensure that you don't harm your eyes. We recommend an annual eye check at your optometrist for all lens wearers.

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Acuvue Advance Discontinued.

Johnson & Johnson advise that Acuvue Advance and Acuvue Advance for Astigmatism are being discontinued from 31 August 2010.

They have been replaced by the equivalent fitting and even healthier Acuvue Oasys. If you have worn the Advance and would like to try the Oasys before getting a full supply please Contact Us here and ask for the details of an Oasys trial pack.

Current Best Sellers.

01. 	Focus Night & Day 6-pack 
02. 	Focus Dailies All Day Comfort 90-pack 	
03. 	Acuvue2 6-pack 	
04. 	1 Day Acuvue Moist 90-pack 	
05. 	Acuvue2 12-pack 	
06. 	Acuvue Oasys 12-pack 	
07. 	Proclear Sphere 6-pack 	
08. 	Acuvue Oasys 6-pack 	
09. 	Soflens 66 Toric 	
10. 	O2Optix 6-pack 	116 
11. 	1 Day Acuvue 90-pack 	 
12. 	Proclear Multifocal 6-pack

New PureVision 2.

Purevision 2 HD 6 lenses per pack.

These lenses are extended wear lenses. This means that following the appropriate optometrist's examinations, they can be left in the eye when sleeping.
Bausch & Lomb’s newest addition to their family of contact lenses – Purevision 2 HD. Purevision 2 is thinner, more comfortable and clearer than ever before. Using high definition optics, Purevision 2 boasts superior clarity by reducing glare, halo’s and aberrations. With it’s thinner lens design Purevision 2 also feels naturally comfortable and even with its thin design, Bausch & Lomb claim it is easy to handle. Purevision 2 comes in a moisture-rich package which provides additional comfort and is can still be worn as a monthly extended wear contact lens.

The new Acuvue Define Lenses.

Acuvue Define Contact Lenses J&J's 1st daily disposable cosmetic contact lens designed to enhance the beauty of eyes in a subtle and natural way. Makes the eyes look bigger, brighter and more beautiful so naturally that nobody will know your secret.

Features a unique and defined dark ring that enhances and darkens the iris (the coloured part of the eye) thereby making the eyes bigger, brighter and better defined. These lenses particularly suit dark eyes and don't work well for light eyes. Product information.

What are those extra numbers on Toric lenses?

Toric lenses correct for an eye condition known as astigmatism. Normally, a spherical contact lens can correct a focussing problem and only the lens power is specified, such as -1.75 or +2.50. (A base curve BC is always specified, so that the lens matches the curve of the cornea). A lens that will correct vision in someone with astigmatism requires an additional curve, aligned at the correct angle. These are the cylinder power and axis numbers. To work correctly, the lens must stay aligned in the eye, and the lenses may be weighted or thicker at the bottom. A dot or other mark will usually show the top of the lens when inserting them. The lens design will ensure that the lens stays aligned.

Here is a typical toric lens prescription:

  • name: Acuvue Advance for Astigmatism 6-pack
  • manufacturer: Johnson & Johnson
  • attributes:
  •   Tint: Light blue handling tint
  •   Diameter: 14.5
  •   Base: 8.6
  •   Cyl Axis: 140
  •   Cyl Power: -0.75
  •   Power : -1.50

As these toric lenses are more complex to manufacture, they cost more than regular lenses.

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Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses

Silicone Hydrogel contact lenses are the newest lens materials now on the market. These super-permeable materials allow the transmission of unprecedented amounts of oxygen to the cornea. Previous lens wearers have found these lenses more comfortable and wearable than their previous versions. Silicone Hydrogel has made contact lenses available to people that could not comfortably wear contact lenses in the past.

Because the silicone allows so much more oxygen to pass through the lens, these lenses breathe up to seven times more oxygen than previous contact lenses.

If you would like to try different types of lenses, ask your optometrist for a trial fit at your next eye checkup. Note: with these continuous wear lenses it is important to remove them as instructed by your optometrist or if your eyes become red or irritated. Swimming and smoking are risk factors. Also note that wearing a contact lens overnight gives a 20-times higher risk of a serious eye infection compared with wearing contact lenses during the day and removing and cleaning them at night.

Cibavision Focus, Frequency and Expressions Range No Longer Available

    The following lenses are no longer manufactured by Ciba Vision after 30 March 2010.
  • Focus Monthly Softcolors
  • Focus Monthly Visitint
  • Focus Monthly Toric
  • Frequency 55 Aspheric
  • Frequency 58
  • Expressions Accents
  • Expressions Colours
  • Rythmic UV Multifocal
  • The replacement lenses recommended by CooperVision for after March 30 are as follows.
  • Frequency 55 Aspheric Are best replaced with the monthly Proclear or Biofinity
  • Frequency 58 Are best replaced with the 14 wear Avaira
  • Expressions Accents Are best replaced with the 14 wear Freshlook Colors or Ningaloo
  • Expressions Colours Are best replaced with the 14 wear Freshlook Colors or Ningaloo
  • Rythmic UV Multifocal Are best replaced with the monthly Proclear Multifocal. These are not an exact match and a trial fitting from your optometrist will be required.

Bifocal Contact Lenses

Once you reach 40, it will soon become apparent that you can no longer focus on close objects or text, and unless your arms are going to grow longer, some sort of close vision correction is required, such as reading glasses.

Here's a tip, if you already wear contact lenses to correct your long distance vision, you may well be able to use some +1.50 reading glasses from the $2 shop! Leave a few sets around the house in handy locations!

There are three different types of bifocal contact lenses.

  • Concentric Contact Lenses e.g. Acuvue Bifocal. These contacts have a series of rings with different prescriptions in a bulls eye pattern in which they alternate in strength from near to far.
  • Aspheric Multifocal Contact Lens e.g. Focus Monthly Progressives, Proclear Compatibles Multifocal, Purevision Multifocal, Soflens Multifocal. (Purevision is the only silicone hydrogel lens at present). This design works more like progressive eyeglass lenses, with different prescriptive powers located across the lens in a smooth transition, giving clear vision at all distances. The lens prescriptions all have a 'add' parameter which specifies the strength of the closeup correction.
  • Translating Contact Lenses, mostly gas permeable rigid lenses. These allow your pupil to alternate between the two powers as you look upward and downward, just like bifocal spectacles. They rely on a weighted section to stop them rotating, and need to be free on your eye so that the lens shifts and you look through the lower part of the lens if you look down.

There is also what is called monovision, where one eye has an 'underprescribed' power and is not so sharp in long distance. This eye works better for close vision and your brain cleverly compensates and gives you sharper close vision as well as acceptable long vision. Monovision has quite a high success rate and is worth trying first.

The best way to try these lenses is with trial lenses from your optometrist, as they all seem to have some undesirable side effects such as less sharp long distance or night vision, haloes or ghosting.

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DA & JM St George, 33 David Ave, Manurewa, Auckland 2102, New Zealand, Ph +64 9 266 9593.

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