Free contact lenses could be a great alternative to wearing glasses, but if you are anything like me, you will potentially wish to try them out before deciding if you like them or not. They can take some becoming familiar with having the lens on your eye, which is why I stated attempting to find providers or shops who would let me have a free contact lenses trial before parting with my moulah.
There's a few outlets who will now let you have got a free contact trial, but this isn't necessarily ideal as they'll sometimes expect you sign in for a contact of some form, as their trial is just permitting you to find which lenses suit you best. But if you decide that contact lenses aren't for you, then you do not truly want to be tied into anything. So you want to check the free trial contact lenses truly are free, and not some selling gimmick.
Happily the major shops in the market, like Acuvue and 1800 Contacts have listened to lots of feedback in the market, and started to supply free contact samples to anyone who wants to try them out. This is so you can try out diverse lenses to see which suit you best, just to see whether you can really get used to wearing contacts rather than glasses.
Sometimes the company offering the free contact lenses will want something in return, though it'll customarily be your contact details or email address so they can chase up with you to see how you are getting on with the lenses. They will not ask for any cash nor for you to sign up to any sort of contract or commitment.
The main benefit to the contact lens company is that by offering you the free contact trial, they are simply building their list of future clients, which generally works out significantly less expensive than their ordinary advertising channels.
The benefit to you is that you are able to try several different providers and brands of contact lenses to work out if you'll find something you can live with. You will still require your contact lens prescription, that will be based primarily on the quality of your vision, but it does mean that you can try some free contact lenses before making the call to move away from regular glasses.