Contact Lenses

[DragonCatcher]

I am having problems trying to sort contact lenses. I had them years ago so I know I can wear them and they do work for me but annoyingly I don't have the details of them anymore and have no idea which branch of optician I got them with.

Recently I've attempted 3x contact lens trials with the same well known optician company but at a new branch and they just can't get it right. I keep telling them I can't see through them clearly!

If my glasses are -1.75 and -2.25 should my contact lenses really be -2.00 and -3.25?

Can anyone please advise if their contact lenses are much stronger than their glasses?

My contacts are weaker than my glasses (-5.75 as opposed to -6.25 for my glasses). Yes I am blind as a bat 😂

That's nothing, my contact lens in right eye is minus 10!

What?! Your branch told you that?

I’ve been a Specsavers CL customer for 15 years, at least, have astigmatism in both eyes. Never been a problem.

Optometrist here.

That doesn't sound right, with a -0.75cyl you'll see much better with a toric lens.
Specsavers do supply toric contact lenses and no, if you're -2.25 in glasses you won't be a -3.25 in a contact lens.

However, they sound a bit useless - specsavers are all franchises, so they vary. I'd just go elsewhere - a toric lens isn't a niche thing.

I get contact lenses for astigmatism from Specsavers

Dd got contact lenses including astigmatism from specsavers and I have been really impressed with the care and attention. That was 2 weeks ago.