Wearing daily replaceable contact lenses is the preferred choice of most contact lens wearers in 2024. This isn't a surprise, as the advantages of wearing daily contact lenses are quite obvious. They don't require any cleaning routine as you just discard them at the end of the day. You can always carry a few extra boxes with you when you are on the go or while traveling. You don't have to worry about the handling as you just put them in once and start with a fresh pair every day. And with a fresh pair, you reduce the risk of an eye infection.
All major contact lens manufacturers are offering daily replaceable lenses for all types of vision corrections and most of them carry two or even three daily lens families in their portfolio. So which daily disposable contact lenses are the best?
In order to come up with this best-in-class daily contact lens list, we looked at a bunch of criteria to ensure an unbiased ranking. First, on the technical side, we think it's important to evaluate material, water content, oxygen transmission, lens design, special features such as Class 1 UV blocking and unique wetting or manufacturing technologies. On the prescription side, we looked at available prescription parameters. And, last but not least, we gather consumer and practitioner feedback from reviews, ratings and their personal experiences. So here we go, in no particular order.
Table of Contents
Best Daily Contact Lenses
- ACUVUE OASYS 1-DAY
- ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-DAY
- 1-DAY ACUVUE MOIST
- Clariti 1 Day
- MyDay Energys
- Bausch+Lomb INFUSE
- Biotrue ONEday
- SofLens daily disposable
- PRECISION 1
- DAILIES TOTAL1
- DAILIES AquaComfort Plus
Best Daily Contacts for Astigmatism
Best Daily Multifocal Contacts
Taking the Next Step
Best Daily Contacts for Myopia/Hyperopia
We are starting our list with daily disposable contact lenses from Johnson & Johnson Vision Care ( ACUVUE), a pioneer in the manufacturing of daily-disposable contacts going back to the '80s with the roll-out of 1-DAY ACUVUE ®. A lot has changed since then: material, water content, and oxygen transmission just to name a few. And with the introduction of the very first silicone hydrogel daily lens called 1-DAY ACUVUE ® TruEye ®, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care set another major milestone. Silicone hydrogel based lenses offer a major advantage when compared to traditional lens materials. It manifests in their ability to let a high level of essential oxygen get through the lens material to your eyes, so they can breathe and stay white.
ACUVUE OASYS 1-DAY ↑ Top
View Details Compare Prices
If you are wearing contact lenses, you most likely have heard of ACUVUE OASYS ® which is one of the best-selling brands in the world. ACUVUE OASYS ® 1-DAY with HydraLuxe are the latest member of the ACUVUE OASYS ® family. They were added in 2016 and continue in the tradition of the OASYS brand using the same silicone material: Senofilcon A. A new wetting agent technology called Hydraluxe was added to the lens. ACUVUE OASYS ® is also available as a daily lens for astigmatism. Both versions offer Class 1 UV blocking. Prescription parameters range from -12.00D to +8.00D with 0.5 steps after +-6.00D, which covers most patient's vision correction requirements and goes beyond the typical range most lenses offer.
ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-DAY ↑ Top
View Details Compare Prices
Introduced in 2022, ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-Day stands out with two features: OptiBlue Light Filter Technology provides HEVL filtering (more commonly known as Blue Light filtering). The other, TearStable Technology, increases tear stability promising a slower rate of tear evaporation. ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-DAY targets users with active and busy lifestyles, providing wearing comfort over a longer period of time and in more demanding situations like when looking at our electronic devices.
1-DAY ACUVUE MOIST ↑ Top
View Details Compare Prices
This daily lens can look back at a long history, as they were first made available in 2006. With a water embedding technology called Lacreon, they are available for all of the major vision correction types. Besides the myopic/hyperopic version, there is also 1-DAY ACUVUE ® MOIST for Astigmatism and 1-DAY ACUVUE ® MOIST MULTIFOCAL . The lens material (Etalfilcon A) is an ionic hydrogel material (not silicone-based) which translates into a 58% water content, great for overall and end-of-day comfort.
CooperVision entered the market of daily replaceable silicone hydrogel contacts with the acquisition of Sauflon Inc, a UK company that manufactured daily silicone lenses as early as 2010. Coopervision offers three daily disposable product families (more than any other manufacturer) and two of them are Clariti and MyDay Energys.
MyDay Energys ↑ Top
View Details Compare Prices
This is the youngest member of the daily lenses that CooperVision offers. With the introduction of MyDay, CooperVision introduced a new technology called Smart Silicone which increases the ability to transfer oxygen with less silicone in the material while maintaining a high level of water content. MyDay Energys also features Digital Zone Optics. This technology is designed to reduce the stress on the eyes' focusing muscle, which can become strained due to prolonged periods of focusing on short distances such as when looking at digital devices or reading books.
Clarity 1 Day contact lenses ↑ Top
View Details Compare Prices
The Clarity 1 Day family - introduced in 2010 - with WetLoc offers a version for mono-vision, toric and multifocal. We also like the aspheric optical design, which reduces spherical aberration and halos, so we are adding this lens to our selection of best daily lenses.
Many eye care practitioners offer daily lenses from Bausch+Lomb. 2020 was an exciting year for the company due to the US roll-out of a brand-new new lens (Infuse) while still offering two well established lens families (BioTrue and SofLens).
Bausch+Lomb INFUSE ↑ Top
View Details Compare Prices
This new lens features a new silicone hydrogel material and - at the same time - marks Bausch+Lomb's entrance into the daily dispoable SiHy market. The lens also features a new hydration technology called ProBalance Technology. This first-of-its-kind technology provides a combination of two wetting agents (Poloxamine 1107 and Poloxamer 181), special osmoprotecting ingredients (Erythritol and Glycerin) and potassium (one of the electrolytes found in the tear film). In some countries this lens is available under a different name: Bausch + Lomb ULTRA ONE DAY.
Biotrue ONEday ↑ Top
View Details Compare Prices
Unlike almost all recently launched daily lenses (which are silicone hydrogel based), Biotrue ONEday lenses are nonionic hydrogel based with a high level of hydration and oxygen transmission for added comfort and less dryness. One of the unique features of Biotrue ONEday is the MoistureSeal technology which promises to maintain 95% of the lens moisture for a full 16 hours.
SofLens daily disposables contacts ↑ Top
View Details Compare Prices
This lens has aged well and we think that - even in 2024 - SofLens daily disposable lenses still belong on this list for one main reason: and that is price. They are one of the least expensive daily replaceable lenses you can find and win the category 'Best Daily Contact Lens for Budget Conscious Patients'. While they are not silicone based, they are a time-proven non-ionic polymer daily lens with a 59% water content and a very attractive price tag. The daily cost per eye for Soflens Dailies is in the $0.39 - $0.64 range, a price range usually reserved for monthly replaceable lenses.
If you have worn daily-wear lenses for many years, you probably came across CIBA Vision, a company that had entered the soft contact lens market in the early 80s, and later changed into Alcon Inc. Alcon's top daily contact lens product lines include the DAILIES AquaComfort Plus, the DAILIES Total1 and PRECISION1.
PRECISION 1 Contact Lenses ↑ Top
View Details Compare Prices
PRECISION1 are Alcon's latest daily disposable lenses made with a silicone hydrogel material and a high Dk/t value for excellent breathability. Introduced last year, it's the first lens with Alcon's SmartSurface Technology.
In addition, Alcon added Class 1 UVA and UVB protection - a feature that is not available with any of the other Alcon daily disposable lenses (such as DAILIES TOTAL1 and Dailies AquaComfort Plus).
DAILIES AquaComfort Plus ↑ Top
View Details Compare Prices
DAILIES AquaComfort Plus are daily disposable lenses made of a non-ionic hydrogel material. We like the blink activated release of moisture through the use of a combination of wetting agents integrated into the lens matrix. Alcon calls this interesting technology AquaComfort Plus and is getting the water content to a remarkable 69%. So these lenses are a great option for people with dry eyes and while they are the 'oldest' of the three Alcon daily lenses, they still deserve a spot on our 2024 list.
DAILIES Total1 ↑ Top
View Details Compare Prices
And last but not least there is DAILIES TOTAL1, another one of our favorite daily disposable lenses. At the upper spectrum of the price range of any of the daily disposable lens brands you can buy, DAILIES TOTAL1 is equipped with SmarTears, an ingredient that is similar to natural tears and integrated to support stabilizing the lipid layer of the tear film. This lens offers one of the highest levels of oxygen transmission that are available today. The Dk/t value of DAILIES TOTAL1 is 159 Dk/t.
Best Daily Lenses for Astigmatism
Some of the lenses mentioned above are also available as a toric lens which is great news to patients with astigmatism. When comparing a toric lens to their mono-vision lens sibling, you will notice that the main characteristics such as lens material, water content, oxygen transmission and UV blocking are usually identical (except for the thickness). Our list of best toric contacts from each of the manufacturers above includes:
- ACUVUE OASYS 1-DAY for ASTIGMATISM
- Biotrue ONEday for Astigmatism
- DAILIES AquaComfort Plus Toric
- MyDay Toric
Best Daily Multifocal Contacts
For those of us using reading or progressive eyeglasses, daily disposable multifocal contacts are a great option. Whether you want to wear them all year round or just occasionally, our list of top multifocal lenses includes:
- ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-DAY
- 1-DAY ACUVUE MOIST MULTIFOCAL
- Clariti 1 day multifocal
- Biotrue ONEday for Presbyopia
- DAILIES TOTAL1 Multifocal
Learn more about this list covering the best daily contact lenses. Start with our Lens Advisor Tool or our cost-per-day comparison for myopic/hyperopic (short-/far-sightedness), toric or multifocal lenses and explore more about these products before your next visit to your eye care practitioner. There you will find many lens-to-lens comparisons available for each of the daily lenses covered in this article. They contain detailed spec sheets and ratings & consumer reviews and help you in the discussion with your eye doctor.
