Choose your lenses
Pick your lens type and options — your price updates as you go.
German-designed lenses fitted to your frame. Single vision from A$49; multifocal from A$99.
Eight simple steps. Your price updates as you choose, and our optometrists review every order before production.
Choose your lenses, send us your prescription, post your frame with our prepaid label, and we’ll fit and return your completed glasses.
Pick your lens type and options — your price updates as you go.
We email sending instructions; Australian orders get a prepaid label.
We review, fit and check your lenses, then return them tracked.
Start with the vision correction you need.
For one viewing distance: distance, reading or computer use.
Multiple viewing distances in one pair.
Lenses without prescription power.
If lenses made correctly are not right for you, contact us within 60 days for a refund of the lens replacement service. You pay return postage for satisfaction claims. Full terms.
If multifocal lenses made correctly are not right for you, contact us within 60 days for a refund of the lens replacement service. You pay return postage for satisfaction claims. Full terms.
Choose whether you need clear blue-filter lenses or sunglasses.

Clear blue-filter lenses without vision correction.

Tinted or polarised lenses without vision correction.
Choose the main use for this pair.
Driving, watching TV and seeing things far away.
Books, your phone and other close-up tasks.
Computer screens and desk work.
Our optometry team will help you choose.
All three cover distance, intermediate and near vision.
Tap a design below to compare viewing zones.
Viewing: Standard
Illustrative viewing zones
Standard viewing zones.
Wider intermediate and reading zones.
Our widest viewing zones.

Clear lenses for everyday wear.

Clear indoors. Darken outdoors.
Available in grey or brown

Tinted or polarised lenses for outdoor use.
We’ll check your frame’s suitability and any measurements needed before production.
Frame surrounds all or part of the lenses.
Lenses attach directly to the bridge and arms.
Includes polycarbonate or 1.60 lens material and specialist fitting.
+$99We’ll check your frame.
We may use these as a reference.
Empty frame, demo lenses or non-prescription lenses.
We’ll check your frame.
Choose each lens feature separately and see your total update as you make your selections.
Grey is recommended for natural colour vision. Brown provides a warmer, higher-contrast view. Choose Other / Not sure if you prefer another option and we’ll confirm availability before production.
Natural colours.
Select Grey
Warmer contrast.
Select Brown
Our team will confirm colour.
SelectHow would you like to provide it?
Keep the prescription already in the frame you send us.
Add a clear photo, scan or PDF.
Enter the values from your glasses prescription.
Order now. Production starts after we receive it.
We’ll copy the prescription from the lenses in the frame you send. Choose this only if you’re comfortable with your current vision.
For multifocals, we’ll use the existing fitting position as a reference. Your new lens design may differ.
Make sure your name, prescription values and date are visible.
Upload your prescription to continue.
Copy the values exactly, including + and − signs.
Complete the required prescription fields.
SPH is required.
Axis is required when CYL is entered.
ADD is required for multifocal lenses.
SPH is required.
Axis is required when CYL is entered.
ADD is required for multifocal lenses.
AXIS is required when CYL is entered.
After checkout, email your prescription to online@cityoptics.com.au and include your order number in the subject line.
Production starts after our optical team receives and reviews it.
Choose how to provide your pupillary distance (PD).
PD is the distance between the centres of your pupils, measured in millimetres. It helps us position the optical centre of each lens correctly.
Enter my PD
45–80 mm
Open our guided camera measurer.
Follow the ruler guide, then enter your result.
Measure twice and use the same result both times before entering it.
Open the PD measurement video on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Stand about 20 cm from a mirror and hold a millimetre ruler level against your brow.

Close your right eye and align 0 mm with the centre of your left pupil.

Close your left eye, open your right eye and read the millimetre mark at its centre.
Your browser will ask for camera permission only after you open the measurer and press Start camera.
Keep the prescription lenses in the frame you send us. We’ll use their existing measurements as a reference and contact you if anything else is needed.
Your order will be held until we receive and review your measurements. After checkout, email your PD to online@cityoptics.com.au and include your order number in the subject line.
Please choose and complete a measurement method before continuing.
Please check your selections before continuing.
Your order includes our 60-Day Money-Back Guarantee, 3-Month Prescription Change Warranty and 12-Month Lens Coating Warranty. We’ll review your prescription and frame before production and contact you if anything else is needed.
Keep your existing frame, update your vision, and choose the lens options you actually need.
Update your prescription without replacing the glasses you already like.
A cost-effective way to see clearly again without buying a completely new pair.
Choose each lens feature separately and see your total update before checkout.
German-designed replacement lenses supplied through Stepper.
Real feedback from City Optics customers on service, value and care.
Tim McNallyGoogle review
“Great prices — $270 less than what I was being quoted elsewhere. Great friendly service.”
Lindsay McGoogle review
“Wonderful customer service! They do an excellent job and I have never seen more clearly in my life.”
Isabella CarterGoogle review
“I have a pair that mean a lot to me and they looked after them very well.”
Lens Replacement Reviews (Judge.me)
Included with every lens replacement order.
If we made your lenses correctly but they are not right for you, contact us within 60 days and return the glasses to City Optics.
If your optometrist updates your prescription within 3 months of your order, we remake your lenses in the same frame.
Covers coating or manufacturing faults under normal use.
Tracked shippingAustralia includes standard prepaid shipping both ways. New Zealand Standard is A$10 and Express is A$19.99.
Health fund invoiceReceive an itemised invoice after payment confirmation to submit where eligible.
These protections are in addition to your rights under Australian Consumer Law.
If we made your lenses correctly but they are not right for you, contact us within 60 days for a refund of the lens replacement service and return the glasses. You pay return postage for satisfaction claims; if we made an error, we cover reasonable return postage. See full terms.
Most full-rim and partial-rim frames in good condition are suitable, and every frame is reviewed before production. Old, brittle, damaged, previously repaired, rimless, semi-rimless or highly curved frames may be less suitable or more likely to break during handling or fitting. We take reasonable care and will contact you before proceeding if there is a problem.
Please contact us before sending valuable, sentimental, discontinued or irreplaceable frames.
Sometimes. Rimless frames require thinner lens materials and careful mounting, so Standard 1.50 lenses are not suitable. Please choose Thin 1.60 or Extra Thin 1.67. If your rimless frame has no usable lenses, we may request photos or extra confirmation before proceeding.
Curved or wraparound frames may require special lens designs and may not be suitable for all prescriptions. We may request front and side photos before production.
Sometimes. Curved or wraparound sunglasses may require special lens designs and may not be suitable for all prescriptions. We may request front and side photos before production.
Within Australia, standard prepaid shipping both ways is included; Express is A$9.99. New Zealand Standard is A$10 and Express is A$19.99. We email the correct frame-sending instructions after checkout and return your completed glasses with tracking. Express speeds transit only, not prescription review, production or fitting.
Most orders are completed in 1–2 weeks from when we receive your frame and prescription. This includes order review, lens production, fitting and return delivery.
Express prepaid shipping is available at checkout and reduces transit time only. Complex prescriptions, multifocals, rimless frames or special-order lenses may take longer.
We only begin production after we receive your frame and confirm your prescription, frame suitability and lens selection. If we need photos, measurements or a different lens option, we’ll contact you before making your lenses.
We email the correct frame-sending instructions after checkout, including an Australian prepaid label where applicable. Please send your glasses in a hard case, protective box or well-padded parcel. If you are unsure how to safely post your frame, contact us before sending it.
Transit Protection is an optional cover level for your entire Lens Replacement cart: $10 for up to $500 total cover, $20 for up to $1,000, or $30 for up to $1,500. It covers loss or damage while your frames and completed glasses are in transit, and includes signature on return delivery.
Transit Protection applies to parcels while in transit. It does not cover pre-existing frame damage, fragile frame condition, unsuitable frames, damage during lens fitting, or sentimental/irreplaceable value.
Transit Protection is optional. If your frame is valuable, designer, discontinued or difficult to replace, we recommend considering it or contacting us before ordering. Please do not send valuable, sentimental or irreplaceable frames without contacting us first.
No. Contact lens prescriptions and glasses prescriptions are different. Please provide your glasses prescription where possible. If you are unsure, upload a photo of your prescription or choose Email Prescription Later and we’ll review it before production.
You can choose Email Prescription Later and send your prescription after checkout. You can usually request your glasses prescription from your previous optometrist by calling or emailing them.
If your current prescription lenses are still in the frame, we may be able to measure them and use them as a reference during review. This may not replace an up-to-date glasses prescription, so we recommend providing your current glasses prescription wherever possible.
Choose Distance for driving, TV and general far vision. Choose Reading for books, phone use and close-up tasks. Choose Computer for desktop screens and desk work. If you are unsure, select Not Sure and we’ll review your order before production.
Sometimes, but please contact us first. Online multifocal lens replacement is best suited to frames that already contain multifocal lenses, because the existing lenses can help us confirm fitting height and positioning.
An updated prescription within 3 months may qualify for one remake in the same frame. See the included protection and conditions.
Coating or manufacturing faults under normal use are covered for 12 months. See the included protection and exclusions.
Yes. These protections are provided in addition to your rights under Australian Consumer Law.
After payment confirmation, we’ll provide an itemised invoice you can submit to your health fund, where eligible. Claiming depends on your extras cover, annual limits, waiting periods and your fund’s claiming rules.
Build your lenses online and see your price update as you choose.