Q: How Many Contacts Come in a Box?
A: Six*
This is one of the more common questions I hear when people are wondering how much their contacts are going to cost. The simple answer is six, but there is a better question to ask: “How much is a year supply of contacts?”
Some brands of contacts are meant to be replaced every two weeks and others are one month. So you have to buy twice as many boxes for a two week lens vs the one month kind. On average, the one month kind are almost twice as much as the two week lenses, but this varies from brand to brand.
In general, the cheaper contacts you see advertised to get you in the door are made from an older, plastic technology that in general is more dry and less breathable on your eyes. The newer contact lens materials cost a little more, but most people notice their eyes feel significantly less dry and red with the newer, breathable contacts.
If you want to find out how much contacts cost per box, check out 1800Contacts.com. If you buy a complete year supply, you can usually get a discount, and having a year supply tends to make it less likely that you will over-wear your contacts and get an eye infection.
*If you get the daily disposable contacts, they come in packs of 30 or 90.
