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Clearly has a rating of 3.3 stars from 5,198 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Clearly most frequently mention fast delivery, customer service, and contact lenses. Clearly ranks 3rd among Contact Lenses sites.

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Top Positive Review

“Fantastic Optical Store”

Nicole P.
11/2/20

This the place to go for stylish new specs in store or online. The digital retinal technology Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is cutting edge. Doctors are extremely knowledgeable and staff are very nice too! Excellent product choices and seamless shopping experience. Happy beyond expectation.

Top Critical Review

“Discoloration on the lens”

Gary C.
3/21/24

I bought a pair of sunglasses from clearly.ca. Visible discoloration at the edge of the lens. Customer service believes this is normal for polarized lenses. I don't have this issue on my other polarized pair from Costco. Has anyone seen this with your glasses?

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Canada
2 reviews
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November 28th, 2023

I placed an order for eyeglasses a week ago. I was told there was a production problem with my eyeglasses my order has been canceled!
This is ridiculous, stay away from them, their customer support sucks

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Canada
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July 8th, 2021
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Loved the experience purchasing contacts. My order was processed faster than expected and was delivered before the promised date. I will definitely be ordering again - loved the touch of having a little haribo treat in the delivery package.

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Canada
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August 16th, 2021
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I paid for Canada Post shipping and my contacts did not come via Canada post. Luckily someone let them into my building so my lenses were left at my door, otherwise I would not have received them. Also…the shipping time was brutal compared to being shipped with Canada Post.

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Samuel H. – Clearly Rep

We're truly sorry to hear this, Leslie! What a terrible experience! We sometimes upgrade orders to a faster shipping for our customers to receive their order faster, and we're really sorry that it actually affected the shipping itself and your experience! We'd love to make things right, and a member of our customer care team will be reaching out to you shortly to provide further support. - Team Clearly

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Canada
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February 1st, 2021
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I am pleased with my purchase and happy that buying glasses online, without actually trying them, actually worked out very well. The glasses arrived after aprox 2 weeks from the order. They are nicer than in the picture, very light frame. It did take me some some to get used to the new prescription, but otherwise they are perfect. I saved a great deal in the frame and lenses and I very satisfied with the product.

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Canada
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September 30th, 2020
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I and my family purchased 4 glasses in one visit. I am very satisfied with the staff friendly manner and the variety of frames and reasonable prices. But I am not satisfied with the lenses. It seems that they get dirty and oily quickly, and you can't clean them easily.

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Canada
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September 10th, 2020
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If you have question please dont be shy to ask, they will help. If you never order your own prescription glasses or contacts please call them to help. You, i strongly recommend as it is not super straight forward to read a prescription and complete the fields correctly if you are not familiar with. The second order it will be a breeze!

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Canada
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February 17th, 2022
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I ordered glasses for my son and they were lost during the delivery process. I contacted Clearly and told them that I never received the package and my son desperately needed his glasses. Clearly totally backed me up and had my back no hassles. They made my son another pair of glasses sent them to me as soon as they could. As a mother I am so thankful and now my son can see with his glasses. I can't say thank you enough.

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Canada
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September 28th, 2020
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It's tricky to know if you want to order glasses online -- but I've been quite happy with how easy it's been to return/make changes to my order. I have a challenging situation in how to correct my eyesight for my heavy computer use, so had some trial and error with progressives.
I've been happy with the frames I've ordered over the years.

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Jane S. – Clearly Rep

Hi Wendy, thanks so much for your review! We really appreciate the feedback. If there's anything we can help with, please feel free to reach out. We're happy to help, and we hope to 'see' you again soon! -Team Clearly

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Canada
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October 11th, 2020
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I got a spare pair for when I was travelling and they are even better than my more expensive main pair. So many options and the price was perfect. It was delivered quickly and the box is very cute. Will be back for more pairs!

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Angela C. – Clearly Rep

We're glad to hear the frames came in handy Reem! We have a pair for every occasion, so we're looking forward to helping you find the next perfect one real soon! - Team Clearly

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Canada
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October 22nd, 2021
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The glasses that I ordered do not fit well on my face (keep sliding off as the arms are almost straight with little bend behind the ear) and the quality is not that great compared to how they looked online. I think I will opt to go into a physical store so that they can ensure that the fit is exact for my face prior to wearing the glasses.
*Update: I was contacted by clearly and they gave me instructions on how to adjust the fit of the glasses myself, they gave me the option to go into one of their stores for adjustment or returning the glasses. I have decided to return them at this time. I will go into the store the next time I am in Toronto to purchase a new pair of glasses to see if this experience is better for me.

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Samuel H. – Clearly Rep

We're truly sorry to hear that your new pair of glasses was not the right fit and best quality, Tanya! We take the quality of our products very seriously, and we're concerned that this pair didn't meet expectations. We'd love the chance to help and make things right for you, and help you find a pair that will be the best fit (with our great sizing tools) and a member of our customer care team will be reaching out to you shortly to provide further support. - Team Clearly

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Canada
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August 9th, 2021
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I was originally told that my order would take longer due to production issues, I'm happy to say the order came in much faster than I was told! Great surprise to see it at my doorstep in time for me to head out on holidays.

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Canada
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October 16th, 2021
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I received my contacts but by the time they arrived I had gone away for a month. Now that I am back I realize that I ordered the wrong strength. I have only used 1 Set out of them. I am wondering if I can return them and get the correct prescription?

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Canada
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September 3rd, 2021
Verified purchase

I spoke with Customer Service by phone because I was concerned that my first automatic refill was going to be late. In fact it had not got recorded in the system properly and there was no automatic refill noted on my account. However, while I was on the phone, the very helpful and courteous customer service agent set up the automatic refill and placed an immediate order for my lenses. As usual, my lenses arrived sooner than I expected - must be the fastest service by any company during Covid! Thank you.

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Canada
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July 16th, 2021
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I don't know what the UV protection is on them. I realize you sent me them free. But I don't know where I could wear them if they are safe in the sun. I would've rather had five or 10 more dollars off my purchase

* Clearly attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond

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Eleni B. – Clearly Rep

We really appreciate your taking the time to leave a review! Any sunglasses we send should provide full UV protection, but we've passed that as a labelling suggestion to the team to assuage any concerns for future promotions and can confirm that that includes these 'free gift with purchase' sunnies too! We'll also see what we can do to provide a little extra value on this order beyond the complimentary sunglasses. Thanks again for the feedback - we'll be in touch! - Team Clearly

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Canada
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October 8th, 2020
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I haven't bought glasses online before, and being able to pay 1/10th of what I would in store settles this as the only way that I'll be buying them anymore. Its more about glasses in optometrists being ridiculously overpriced than it is about these glasses being cheap. They're just metal and plastic. Paying more than $50 for them is just stupid.

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Jane S. – Clearly Rep

Hi Alexander, thanks so much for your review! We're proud of the great value and super convenience we can offer for your eyewear experience, so we really appreciate this feedback! If there's anything we can help with, please feel free to reach out. We're happy to help, and we hope to 'see' you again soon! -Team Clearly

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Canada
1 review
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May 29th, 2020

The absolute worst company I've ever had to deal with. And this goes way back before Covid. Prepare yourself for rude staff interaction, copy/paste responses from "customer service", delays, endless runarounds, and emails telling you your product hasn't even been shipped way after it was supposed to arrive. And I am still waiting for contacts...
Just go somewhere else. I beg you.

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Eleni B. – Clearly Rep

We're so sorry to hear you've had such a poor experience. It sounds like we've truly let you down - we'd love any chance to try and make this right and investigate to ensure any processes can be corrected or coaching applied! Just update with your order number and someone from our team can reach out. - Team Clearly

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Canada
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October 11th, 2020
Verified purchase

I have been surprised that I can send in my prescription and get glasses online that 'work'. Also glad that there is a store close to me where I can get the glasses adjusted if need be. My only 'complaint' is that the sunglasses are not that dark and therefore don't completely protect against the sun.

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Angela C. – Clearly Rep

Hi Jane, thank you for your review! We appreciate the rating and feedback! We have a great blog that can help you easily (and carefully) adjust the frames at home yourself that might work; https://www.clearly.ca/thelook/how-to-adjust-glasses. As well, our prescription sunglasses do offer the same level of UV protection as the non-prescription sunglasses do. We can understand if the appearance isn't to your preference (where a more opaque lens might be preferable) but rest assured they perform identically to darker looking lenses. We hope this helps! If there's anything else we can assist with, please feel free to reach out! - Team Clearly

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Canada
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August 21st, 2021
Verified purchase

I've been ordering through Clearly for many years. I recently received the wrong contact lenses in the mail so contacted them via chat and new lenses were sent very quickly. A return label was also provided for the other lenses I received and I simply put these in the mail. Very efficient in solving my issue.

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Canada
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November 13th, 2021
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After dealing with burning contacts for almost 2 years finally these dailies are actually good. They dont burn at all however one thing ive noticed is that if i have them in for over 7 or 8 hours, theyll start to dry out and stick to my eyelid. I just carry around eyedrops for when this happens and its a easy trade off for the comfort they give me.

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Canada
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July 15th, 2021
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The customer service here is top knotch. And I know some people think that the great reviews are bots paid for by clearly, well Poop my Pants! If This was a bot it would never say that. So theres the proof im real. Always arrives early, and you cant beat the prices. And the delivery guy actually leaves the package at the door if youre not home instead of making you deal with canada post

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Canada
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October 13th, 2021
Verified purchase

Amazing product and fast shipping. I only deducted 1 star due to the fact that the last couple shipments, when I lived in BC, weren't being delivered to me. Maybe because they changed their carriers but those idiots couldn't get into my apartment building when the ones before them had no problem with the delivery. This is not Clearly's fault whatsoever tho, since I've moved to ON they have been amazing. Customer service is fast and great as well.

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Adriele Q. – Clearly Rep

Thank you very much for your feedback, Pat! We regret to know that there are some areas in our service which were not satisfactory and did not provide the expected service. Our apologies for the inconvenience this has caused you. Someone from the team will be reaching out to see how we can properly earn five stars! -Team Clearly

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Canada
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August 29th, 2021
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My contacts arrived as expected and earlier than I expected. It was nice to try the coloured contacts but they are very cloudy to see indoors. Outdoors in the light I assume my pupils contract small enough to see through the uncoloured centre. Indoors I find them very difficult to see with. However, they make pretty eyes for fun. My regular prescription with the regular blue finding tint are perfect.

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Canada
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July 28th, 2023

I was a customer, but now I am not. They lost me as a customer! I tried to log in and they told me to reset my password. I followed their directions twice and still could not get in and they told me to contact customer service. I am currently on an hour and forty min hold. They did not reply to chat support either! Apparently, after reading current reviews and they are having similar issues. I have never been so frustrated and I am a very patient person.

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Canada
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August 7th, 2021
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The tip of one temple was 7 mm higher than the other. I think the frame was crooked in the bridge. My prescription is -12, so the edges of the lenses turned out very thick. I was ok with that, but they were also not polished and therefore too noticeable. For comparison, Zenni polishes the edges, which makes the sides of the lenses transparent and much less noticeable. The lenses were too big and heavy (index 1.74). There were no good reasonable priced frames that would house smaller lenses on the website. The cheapest small-lens frames were $200. In the end, I returned the glasses and lost the $20 store credit that I got for having an eye exam at the Clearly's physical store in Vancouver. The staff at the store was helpful and honest and not pushy.

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Jane S. – Clearly Rep

Hi Ilia, thank you for taking the time to submit your review. Your feedback is important to us, and we're sorry to hear about this experience! We'd like to reach out to you directly to see if we can help further with this. Keep an eye on your email inbox. -Team Clearly

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Canada
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August 18th, 2020
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I have been very pleased with clearly. It took a few tries to get the right prescriptions and measurements and they were very patient and accommodating as I needed to try a couple times to get glasses that felt good and that I liked. Made the exchange process very easy and seamless. Very happy with service and so far my new glasses.

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Jane S. – Clearly Rep

Hi Cassandra, thanks so much for sharing your experience, feedback, and kind words! We really appreciate it. We definitely understand that buying glasses online can require a bit of a leap of faith! We're here to make it as easy for you as we can. If there's anything we can help with, please feel free to reach out. We hope to 'see' you again soon! -JS

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We have Canadian roots, Canadian hearts, and a true Canadian drive. Our story begins in Vancouver, in the year 2000. The first Canadian retailer to offer eyewear online, we’ve always been ahead of the curve and have since grown to become one of the biggest (and the best) providers of glasses, sunglasses, and contact lenses in the world. Today, we help people from the west coast of BC to the east coast of Australia get the eyewear they need to hit important deadlines, watch the sun set on the horizon, and see all the amazing things waiting just around the corner.

Business History

A pioneer in online shopping, we launched our first site in 2000 selling contact lenses, but we always knew we wanted to do more. Within a few years, we began offering a curated selection of designer glasses and sunglasses as well — driven by a passion to bring prescription eyewear to people who often found it out of reach. And we didn't stop there.

We are relentless in our pursuit of the latest optical innovations, from contact lens technologies to breakthroughs in eyewear design. The ever-evolving nature of our product inspires us, and will always drive us to find you your perfect fit and help you see amazing. We believe in improving lives by improving sight, and with the launch of our Buy One, Give One mission, for every pair of glasses purchased, we're able to donate a pair to someone in need!

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