most comnfortable contact lens

Just remember before you run out for continuous wear ones, afaik very very few people are actually able to wear them for the full month. To be fair I didn't give them much of a go, I was on focus daily torics, gotten online for around £21 a month, expensive but very comftable, i basically wear them every single day from waking to going to sleep with no issues, don't think i've worn glasses even a single time for well over a year, maybe 2, glasses got broken and never got around to getting new ones.

I tried the continuous, again also when they were brand new out so may have changed/improved, and after 6-8 hours they were very uncomftable. THe optician basically said you tend to need to get used to them, build up how long you wear them and I might get longer but almost no one they'd seen was able to simply just wear them all the time, a majority of users were(a couple years ago) still taking them out for nights but finding eyes feeling better due to more oxygen.

I might try them again though, its possible its a whole astigmatism thing that the PUrevisions were so uncomftable for me. But till now anything long term you have to wash/keep overnight I simply never find any of them as comftable as the throw aways. Pretty sure the weeklies/monthlies or the continuous wear can be sorted for £5-10 a month with ease, just the dailies cost a ridiculous amount more :(

Again from recollection the Purevisions felt much bigger, and looked it, sure they were wider diameter than the focus dailies and sure thats what made them feel wrong for me.

EDIT:- seems theres nothing in it diameter wise, infact the purevisions are smaller, though again could easily have changed in 2-3 years. But also keep forgetting prices for Toric stuff is so much more than non toric(astigmatism). Place i get lenses is £21 a pack of toric lenses, 15 lenses, so £42 for a month, the non torics are £13 a pack instead. Stupid astigmatism.

I really would like to get the surgery but way to worried about the downsides. Its expensive but contacts/glasses for the next decade will cost a lot more. Might get round to it in the next couple years, might chicken out, not sure yet.
 
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I've used Ciba Focus Daily's for nearly eight? years or so. No trouble at all. I wear them for no more than eight/nine hours a day (any more is pushing it comfort and health wise) and give my eyes a rest for most of the weekend or when I'm off work.

That said, looking at the prices you guys are paying per month does make me wonder if I'm being taken for a ride by Boots... 45 quid a month (inc. aftercare, free sight tests and whatnot) still seems a bit steep in comparison to what I could get if I'd paid attention to the adverts and 'went to Specsavers', like I was told. ;)

Mmm, decisions decisions...
 
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I tried focus dailies, but they fell out constantly, and weren't very comfortable.

I use 1 -Day acuvue now, and can't fault them.
 
I tried focus dailies, but they fell out constantly, and weren't very comfortable.

I use 1 -Day acuvue now, and can't fault them.

I am tempted to do the same. Did you speak to your optitian before switching? I think the acuvue are a different diameter and base curve.
 
I've used Ciba Focus Daily's for nearly eight? years or so. No trouble at all. I wear them for no more than eight/nine hours a day (any more is pushing it comfort and health wise) and give my eyes a rest for most of the weekend or when I'm off work.

That said, looking at the prices you guys are paying per month does make me wonder if I'm being taken for a ride by Boots... 45 quid a month (inc. aftercare, free sight tests and whatnot) still seems a bit steep in comparison to what I could get if I'd paid attention to the adverts and 'went to Specsavers', like I was told. ;)

Mmm, decisions decisions...

if they are torics, its not a terrible price, depends how many you get through in a month aswell if you pay boots a monthly fee no matter how many you use? If not torics, you can grab them for £26 a month easily, probably cheaper. Place i'm using as the mo is 2-3 quid more than other places i've found more recently but I haven't been to an opticians in a while so no perscription, this place i use is a little relaxed on seeing perscription. Most want you to fax in a copy of a recent one.

Think i'm going to buy a couple continuous wear or monthly small packs to see how i get on with them. For instance, my daily torics are £42 a month/30 pairs. THe purevision toric continuous are £26 for 3 lense pack, 2 packs, £52 3 month supply assuming they feel fine all month long, ridiculously cheaper.

Again non toric purevision are £18 for 3 lenses, grr, almost 50% more for anything i get because of this stupid astigmatism. That can be fixed by laser surgery aswell, I'm half wondering if having the surgery would be worth it as chances are even if not perfect vision the astigmatism would be reduced massively, so wider choice and more comftable lenses if I did still need them.
 
Focus Dailies.

I've tried two otehrs which the optician gave me without asking if I wanted to change. Now they have to order my Focus Dailies specifically or me, but that's their problem, not mine. I pay £30 for 30 pairs - seeing what you lot pay, I think I'm getting ripped off! :(
 
I am tempted to do the same. Did you speak to your optitian before switching? I think the acuvue are a different diameter and base curve.

I had a few pairs of Focus on a trial, and they kept falling out. When I told them about this, they gave me Acuvue to try, and they were great.

They do cost about £25p more though, Acuvue are over a pound a pair, £1.18 or something.
 
I apologise for my ignorance, can you wear contact lenses while going to sleep?


Im thinking of getting some as i find glasses a pain in the ass.

only ones that are designed for it. aka ones that are "leave in" for a month or so.
 
Specsavers monthly for £15.50 a month, put them in and forget about them.

I do get sleepy dust and dry eyes working in the office though.
 
How do they differ from daily lenses, which ones are more comfortable?

Dailies you wear for a day and then throw them away. These leave in ones ou put them in and leave them in for a month (or two apparently). Then you can more-or less forget about them. Some people say they need 5 minutes to settle, and maybe some eye drops when they get up.

It's personal preference, I use dailies because I only wear contacts for sport, if i was to want to wear them all day every day I would definately get the leave in ones rather than traditional dailies and monthlies.
 
the air optix were pretty comfortable..though i did get problems after around 12 hours....bought some more online and they came through as O2 optix..now i know this is the name they use in USA..but i also notice this batch had a pone year earlier exp. date..when i tried them they were uncomfortable...so i wonder if they have changed the spec for these lenses recently?

now im trying the purevsion...not too bad but u dont lose the feeling that u r wearing lenses..but only had them 3 days...

They changed the name last year, so if you got a batch that have o2 optix on them, they are at least a year old. I'd assume that if they are still within their expiry date that they should be fine, but it could be worth complaining about the short expiry.
 
I wear Acuvue Advance Contact Lenses

Very happy with them, not only is my vision much better since they started doing one for an astigmatism but they also last ages in my eyes... can easily have them in for 12+ hours without any dryness
 
They changed the name last year, so if you got a batch that have o2 optix on them, they are at least a year old. I'd assume that if they are still within their expiry date that they should be fine, but it could be worth complaining about the short expiry.

well i believe they are still called o2optix in the usa which is where they came from (cheap online). Heres what i noticed, the uncomfortable ones were made in Indonesia while the comfortable ones were made in malaysia. I guess there's a difference in the manufacturing even though the lenses should be the same.
 
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