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Opticians OWN Brand Lenses - a consumer guide


`Own Brand` contact lenses are an attempt by the large high street chains of Opticians, mainly in the UK, to limit your choice of contact lenses and tie you into paying monthly payments.

Specsavers, Boots Opticians, Vision Express and Optical Express all commonly buy lenses from contact lens manufacturers (Bausch & Lomb, Coopervision and Alcon) and repackage them.

As a result the high street opticians often do not offer the best value for money.

In the past this would lock you into your high street optician, as it was very difficult to find out which lens you were really on. There are price savings on the internet of up to 70% on high street prices - but the customer could not benefit from this, as they could not work out which contact lens to order.

It also suited the high street opticians to tie you into a direct debit, but this might not have suited you. On Contactlenses.co.uk you can buy as and when you like, avoiding build ups of lenses and solutions when you are not wearing them 24/7.

The internet now makes it easy to find out which lens you are on and to order them as and when you want at discount prices.

Here is a list of some contact lenses that are repackaged. Click on the link to Buy direct from the UK at discount prices. Our team on UK 0345 319 3000 can help you find your contact lenses if they are not in the table below.

Specsavers Own Brands

Specsavers Opticians take common brands of contact lenses, like focus or Biomedics, and rebrand them to their own brand label. The result of this is that contact lens customers cannot easily identify what the real brand names are of their contact lenses. As a result you cannot go online and reorder the real branded product, like Focus Dailies and are locked into buying your contact lenses from Specsavers.

A good example is that you have been prescribed Specsavers Easyvision Daily Virea. This is a very commonly prescribed daily lens called Focus Daily Aquacomfort Plus from the manufacturer Alcon, and rebranded by Specsavers to their own brand. Using the table below you can easily see which brands are relabeled and buy the original brands online, often saving money and time.

Find out which Manufacturer brands are rebranded by Specsavers to their own Label.

Contact Lens Name Manufacturer Equivalent Lens (View & Buy) Price /box
easyvision daily clarision
CooperVision Biomedics 1 Day Extra £13.25
easyvision daily clarision toric CooperVision Biomedics 1 Day Extra Toric £24.00
easyvision daily clearus Bausch & Lomb SofLens Daily Disposable £11.99
easyvision daily opsys (premium) Alcon Focus Dailies All Day Comfort £14.50
easyvision daily tearial (standard) Alcon Focus Dailies All Day Comfort £14.50
easyvision daily umere CooperVision Clariti 1 Day £20.00
easyvision daily umere multifocal CooperVision Clariti 1 Day Multifocal
easyvision daily umere toric CooperVision Clariti 1 Day Toric
easyvision daily vitrea Alcon Dailies AquaComfort Plus £14.99
easyvision daily vitrea (ultimate) Alcon Dailies AquaComfort Plus £14.99
easyvision daily vusion (elite) CooperVision Proclear 1 Day £13.99
easyvision daily vusion multifocal CooperVision Proclear 1 Day Multifocal £24.80
easyvision linarial CooperVision MyDay £21.00
easyvision monthly aquaeyes Alcon Air Optix Night & Day Aqua £26.95
easyvision monthly aquaeyes (elite) Alcon Air Optix Night & Day Aqua £26.95
easyvision monthly classic CooperVision Biomedics 55 Evolution £15.75
easyvision monthly classic aspheric (standard) CooperVision Frequency 55 Aspheric £18.75
easyvision monthly classic toric (standard) CooperVision Frequency Xcel Toric
easyvision monthly classic toric xr CooperVision Frequency Xcel Toric XR
easyvision monthly irisian Alcon Air Optix Aqua £15.50
easyvision monthly irisian (elite) Alcon Air Optix Aqua £15.50
easyvision monthly irisian multifocal Alcon Air Optix Aqua Multifocal £25.75
easyvision monthly irisian toric (elite) Alcon Air Optix For Astigmatism £19.00
easyvision monthly lacrima CooperVision Clariti
easyvision monthly lacrima multifocal CooperVision Clariti Multifocal
easyvision monthly lacrima toric CooperVision Clariti Toric
easyvision monthly natural CooperVision Biomedics 55 Evolution £15.75
easyvision monthly opteyes CooperVision Biofinity Contacts £13.75
easyvision monthly opteyes (ultimate) CooperVision Biofinity Contacts £13.75
easyvision monthly opteyes multifocal CooperVision Biofinity Multifocal £31.50
easyvision monthly opteyes toric CooperVision Biofinity Toric £18.50
easyvision monthly opteyes toric (ultimate) CooperVision Biofinity Toric £18.50
easyvision monthly opteyes toric xr CooperVision Biofinity XR Toric
easyvision monthly uvicia plus CooperVision Avaira Vitality £12.50
easyvision monthly uvicia plus toric CooperVision Avaira Vitality Toric
easyvision monthly uvicia toric CooperVision Avaira Vitality Toric
easyvision monthly vusion CooperVision Proclear £19.00
easyvision monthly vusion (premium) CooperVision Proclear £19.00
easyvision monthly vusion multifocal CooperVision Proclear Multifocal £30.00

Just because you regularly use Specsavers’ lenses doesn't mean you need to rely on visiting this company’s shop every time you need a refill. Indeed, all of the lenses sold under the Specsavers label are available on Contactlenses.co.uk at steep discounts. 


Vision Express Branded Contact Lenses?

Vision Express Opticians take the Manufacturer branded lenses and repackage them to their own label. This makes it difficult for you, as the consumer, to work out exactly what you are wearing and makes it harder for you to go online to compare prices. This ties you into their brand. 

A good example is the Vision Express lens Eyexpert Pure 1 Day. This is more commonly known as Myday - a daily contact lens from Coopervision that has been taken by Vision Express and repackaged and rebranded to make it appear as if it is their own daily contact lens. However, as the table below shows you,  It is exactly the same lens as Myday.

Please see the table below where you can find the same exact contact lenses yet with original branding and at a cheaper price. 

Contact Lens Name Manufacturer Equivalent Lens (View & Buy) Price

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eyexpert cotton CooperVision Clariti Elite
eyexpert dynamic CooperVision Biofinity Contacts £13.75
eyexpert fine 1 day CooperVision Biomedics 1 Day Extra £13.25
eyexpert finess 1 day CooperVision Clariti 1 Day £17.85
eyexpert finess 1 day multifocal CooperVision Clariti 1 Day Multifocal
eyexpert finess 1 day toric CooperVision Clariti 1 Day Toric
eyexpert pure 1 day CooperVision MyDay £21.00
eyexpert silk CooperVision Biofinity Contacts £13.75
eyexpert silk multifocal CooperVision Biofinity Multifocal £31.50
eyexpert silk toric CooperVision Biofinity Toric £18.50
eyexpert wave CooperVision Avaira Vitality £12.80
eyexpert wave toric CooperVision Avaira Vitality Toric


Why Do Boots Optician take Brand Contact Lenses, like Focus Dailies, and Rebrand them to Boots Label?

Boots High Street Opticians take regular commonly available contact lenses produced by companies like Alcon (previously known as Cibavision) and Coopervision and repackage them into their own rebranded boxes with a new name. This prevents the customers from going online and easily buying their contact lenses, where they could save money and time.

A good example of this is Boots Premium Dailies. This contact lens is commonly available online, but in it's original form is called Focus Dailies All Day Comfort. Now you can buy it directly, probably cheaper and certainly in a more convenient manner - shipped directly to your door.

Please see the table below so you can find the equivalent contact lenses linked to the corresponding products that we sell online to your Boots branded lenses.  

Contact Lens Name Manufacturer Equivalent Lens (View & Buy) Price
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boots near & far Alcon Dailies AquaComfort Plus Multifocal £26.75
boots night & day Alcon Air Optix Night & Day Aqua £26.95
boots oxylens 1 day for astigmatism CooperVision Clariti 1 Day Toric
boots oxylens 1 day for presbyopia CooperVision Clariti 1 Day Multifocal
boots oxylens 1 day CooperVision Clariti 1 Day £20.00
boots premium dailies Alcon Focus Dailies All Day Comfort £14.50
boots premium monthly Alcon Air Optix Plus Hydraglyde £16.50
boots premium plus dailies Alcon Dailies AquaComfort Plus £14.99
boots protect platinum CooperVision MyDay £21.00

Why Does Optical Express take Branded Contact Lenses and Rebrand them to their own Label?

Optical Express High Street Optician contact lenses are commonly rebranded and repackaged contact lenses from large manufacturers like Coopervision and Alcon (previously Cibavision). the reason they do this is simple - it makes it difficult for the customer to go online and order contact lenses, as they don't know what brand they are wearing. Basically it ties you to buying your contact lenses from Optical Express for ever.

Find out what contact lenses you are really wearing in our table below. It is the exact equivalent of your Optical Express lenses and you can follow the link to buy them conveniently and have them delivered directly to your door. In the UK, orders over £30 have Free delivery.

Contact Lens Name Manufacturer Equivalent Lens (View & Buy) Price
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optical express ciel xii uv CooperVision Biomedics 55 Evolution £15.75
optical express ciel xii uv toric CooperVision Biomedics Toric £31.75
optical express daily vision Alcon Focus Dailies All Day Comfort £14.50


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