How to Compare Wal-Mart Contacts With 1-800-Contacts

Contact lenses are available to order from several different sources. Each source has its own strengths and weaknesses, such as price or service after the sale. Any contact lens order requires the buyer to have a valid contact-lens prescription.
  1. Contact Lens Quality

    • Regardless of where someone orders his contact lenses, they will be manufactured at the same place. Major contact lens brands such as Ciba Vision, Vistakon, Cooper Vision, and Bausch and Lomb sell their contact lenses wholesale to eye doctors' offices, online retailers, and any other business that can legally sell their product. The quality of the lens should not differ based on where someone orders their lenses.

    Wal-Mart and 1-800 Contacts

    • Wal-Mart and 1-800 Contacts both used to sell contact lenses independent of one another. According to Wal-Mart.com, the two companies formed a partnership in 2008. When someone orders contact lenses through Wal-Mart today, the order is processed through 1-800 Contacts.

    Wal-Mart contact lenses come from 1-800 Contacts.

    • Wal-Mart and 1-800 Contacts work together to provide contact lenses to their customers who hold a valid contact-lens prescription. When someone orders contact lenses from Wal-Mart, the order comes through 1-800 Contacts.

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