Renew your prescription online with ExpressExam

Use the 1-800 Contacts app for the best experience (or use your web browser).
Start exam on web

By continuing, 1-800 Contacts will coordinate with ExpressExam to facilitate your prescription renewal.

By continuing, 1-800 Contacts will coordinate with ExpressExam to facilitate your prescription renewal.

Phone showing online eye test ExpressExam with 4.9 out of 5 stars

Renew your prescription online with ExpressExam

Use the 1-800 Contacts app for the best experience (or use your web browser).
Start exam on web

By continuing, 1-800 Contacts will coordinate with ExpressExam to facilitate your prescription renewal.

By continuing, 1-800 Contacts will coordinate with ExpressExam to facilitate your prescription renewal.

Phone showing online eye test ExpressExam with 4.9 out of 5 stars

Same prescription. Better experience.

Same prescription. Better experience.

ExpressExam vs. the doctor’s office

Both provide doctor-issued prescriptions. One lets you stay in your pajamas. 

ExpressExam vs. the doctor’s office

Both provide doctor-issued prescriptions. One lets you stay in your pajamas. 
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How it works:

How it works:

Rave reviews for ExpressExam

Rave reviews for ExpressExam

“Renewing my prescription online couldn’t have been easier. I’ve never had a bad experience with 1-800 Contacts. Super fast, user friendly, and accurate every time!”

— Latisha S.

“Quick and easy, didn’t even have to leave the house.”

— Danny D.

“Getting my prescription was extremely easy and fast. In fact, I think I had my prescription faster than I usually wait in the lobby to see my eye doctor. . . ”

— Joseph C.

“The express eye exam is a MAJOR game changer . . . The convenience, price, smooth experience, thoroughness of an automated exam blew my mind! Was approved for my very accurate prescription the very next day! Ordered my contacts! They arrived at my door the next day!! Loved the entire process! Five Stars!”

— Kim F.

“Where has this been all my life!!! This is the easiest exam I’ve ever taken. Use the app, it becomes THAT much easier. . . I ordered my contacts right from here. THANK YOU for giving me freedom from the hassle of the dreaded eye appointment.”

— Anna H.

“Was very grateful, this service existed. As I did not know that my current prescription was outdated. I was able to do it in my kitchen and get my contacts ordered the same night . . .”

— Brian S.

Real doctors.
Real prescriptions.

To make sure your contact lens prescription is accurate, we’ll have a board-certified ophthalmologist review your exam results. Your new prescription will be valid everywhere, so, basically, renewing your contacts prescription online is the future. And it’s glorious.

Edward Chaum, MD Express Exam Medical Director

Everything you need to know about online vision exams

New to ExpressExam? Kick back and learn about the coolest thing to grace the internet since cat videos.

Everything you need to know about online vision exams

New to ExpressExam? Kick back and learn about the coolest thing to grace the internet since cat videos.

Curious about taking a vision exam online?

Find out how you can easily renew your contact lens prescription from home in about ten minutes with ExpressExam.
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Curious about taking an
online vision exam online?

Find out how you can easily renew your prescription online in ten minutes with ExpressExam. 
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