The Best Places to Buy Replacement Prescription Lenses Online
Key takeaways
- Buying a new pair of glasses can be expensive, but if you have frames you love and they're still in good condition, you might be able to save money by simply replacing the lenses.
- The budget new lens options are decent enough, but it does make a difference (in terms of sharpness and clarity) to step up to lenses more in the $150-plus range.
- As its name implies, Overnight Glasses can make you a new set of prescription glasses quickly -- and really quickly if you're willing to pay extra for a new pair of glasses.
Buying a new pair of glasses can be expensive, but if you have frames you love and they're still in good condition, you might be able to save money by simply replacing the lenses. This is something you can easily do online. I would know, as I've replaced lenses in 15 pairs of glasses myself and can confirm that the online lens replacement process is more affordable, easier and faster than you'd think.
Although it offers full-frame/lens packages, Lensabl puts its lens replacement service front and center and ranks highly in search results for "lens replacement." Its motto is "Your frames, our lenses," with prices starting at $97 for a basic pair of single-vision lenses. The budget new lens options are decent enough, but it does make a difference (in terms of sharpness and clarity) to step up to lenses more in the $150-plus range.
As its name implies, Overnight Glasses can make you a new set of prescription glasses quickly -- and really quickly if you're willing to pay extra for a new pair of glasses. For lens replacements, you get free USPS round-trip shipping. For orders over $150, you get free two-day air shipping. (It takes slightly longer for progressive lens and bifocal lens types.) The quality of the lenses I got was as good as that from other replacement lens sites, so there's no sacrifice of prescription eyewear quality for speed.