# Contact wearers what type do you wear? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799 "2020-05-14T19:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/1 "2020-05-14T19:46:10Z")
I might try contacts so I am looking for advice on brands or just types. I would probably use the extended wear soft ones that last more than a day. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/2 "2020-05-14T20:03:50Z")
I’ve been wearing Air Optix Night & Day for probably over a decade now. Sleep in them up to a month. Unbelievably comfortable. I do have to keep a bottle of generic eye-drops on the night stand though because they do dry out overnight in the eye. When you first wake up in the morning a single drop in each eye and they’re as good as new. I see an ophthalmologist every year rather than a basic optometrist for other eye issues (keeping hereditary glaucoma at bay) and she says my eyes are completely healthy on an annual basis. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/3 "2020-05-14T21:20:01Z")
I would suggest letting your eye doc make that recommendation, based on the condition of your eyes. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/4 "2020-05-14T21:33:39Z")
I use Acuvue Oasis. My last three Eye Doctors have been very against the overnighters for regular use. I used to get a few pairs for camping, when getting my hands clean enough in the morning was next to impossible. B ut it was quite a struggle to avoid rubbing my eyes long enough for the 5 minutes or so to get eye drops in and lubricated in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/5 "2020-05-14T22:16:42Z")
Yes I will ask the eye doc for advice as well. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/6 "2020-05-14T23:39:32Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I would suggest letting your eye doc make that recommendation, based on the condition of your eyes. - 1. I’ve worn contacts for years. Got Lasik and didn’t need them. Then got a cataract in one eye and had that removed and a lens put in that eye. Now I put in a contact in the other eye every day and just throw it out every day. About a dollar a day. I no longer need reading glasses, distance glasses or anything. Talk to your doc. I was stunned at how well this is working out. Absolutely stunned. I’m 59 years old and this is the best vision I’ve had in my life. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/7 "2020-05-15T22:14:09Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > - > 1. I’ve worn contacts for years. Got Lasik and didn’t need them. Then got a cataract in one eye and had that removed and a lens put in that eye. Now I put in a contact in the other eye every day and just throw it out every day. About a dollar a day. > > I no longer need reading glasses, distance glasses or anything. Talk to your doc. I was stunned at how well this is working out. Absolutely stunned. I’m 59 years old and this is the best vision I’ve had in my life. The last ophthalmologist I saw told me he had bad news, that I didn’t have any cataracts yet. We are looking forward to them so I can get implants that will correct my vision. I’ve been wearing gas-permeable rigid lenses for over 30 years, and I am happy to have them, but it would be neat to not need them. When I first started wearing them, there were no soft lenses for astigmatism, and none strong enough to correct my very, very bad myopia. I did try soft lenses once they were available, and they were more comfortable but a total PITA to care for or take out. I had a colleague who also looked forward to cataracts. She wore the strongest available contacts and eyeglasses over them. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/8 "2020-05-15T22:51:30Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > The last ophthalmologist I saw told me he had bad news, that I didn’t have any cataracts yet. We are looking forward to them so I can get implants that will correct my vision. I’ve been wearing gas-permeable rigid lenses for over 30 years, and I am happy to have them, but it would be neat to not need them. > > When I first started wearing them, there were no soft lenses for astigmatism, and none strong enough to correct my very, very bad myopia. I did try soft lenses once they were available, and they were more comfortable but a total PITA to care for or take out. > > I had a colleague who also looked forward to cataracts. She wore the strongest available contacts and eyeglasses over them. I thought I would be the only person here wearing rigid gas-permeable! I started with hard lenses when I was a teen back in the 70s and have stayed with rigid for the same reason as you. My ophthalmologist said when I asked re. soft lenses that they wouldn’t give me the correction that I need. My sister, 3 years older than me, had cataract surgery last year so possibly it’s in my near future. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/9 "2020-05-16T06:34:40Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > I thought I would be the only person here wearing rigid gas-permeable! I started with hard lenses when I was a teen back in the 70s and have stayed with rigid for the same reason as you. My ophthalmologist said when I asked re. soft lenses that they wouldn’t give me the correction that I need. My sister, 3 years older than me, had cataract surgery last year so possibly it’s in my near future. I wore rigid gas-perms for over thirty years! But alas, around the age of 50 my eyes stopped creating enough natural lubrication and they became very uncomfortable. I reluctantly switched to soft lenses. I’m glad to have the comfort, but miss many other features of the RGPs. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/10 "2020-05-16T12:48:12Z")
I’ve worn soft lenses of various kinds for almost 40 years now. For the last decade or so I’ve worn Bausch & Lomb daily disposables (currently “Bio-True”) and I love them. Super-comfortable, and when I did a little comparison of the cost of a year’s worth of daily disposables v. longer-wear lenses plus supplies, the difference wasn’t near as large as i might have thought. Plus, I SCUBA dive; I like being able to throw a spare pair in my gear bag and not be freaked out over the cost should a pair flush out of my eyes. I still wear reading glasses, because I’ve never been able to get a lens prescription combo that eliminates them (we tried, but I didn’t like the different focii under normal, non-reading conditions). Your eye doctor will have some recommendations based on eye shape, conditions, prescriptions, etc. Start there and see what’s the most comfortable. Comfort, to me, is key. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/11 "2020-05-16T16:51:05Z")
Biofinity, they’re monthly. Optometrist usually puts a few brands on secondary recommendation, and gives samples. I wore RGP for years, but got sick of them getting stuck in my eye and waiting for 30-60 minutes for the swelling to subside. Plus dropping one was always a mad scramble. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/12 "2020-05-16T17:52:25Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I use Acuvue Oasis. Those are what I’ve been wearing for ages now. Nitpick: it’s Oasys. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/13 "2020-05-17T09:17:35Z")
I have been using RGP since the 70s and still like the comfort, ease of use and how well they let me see considering my myopia (+7) and astigmatism. Need reading glasses on top of them by now, but I am fine with that. I am not looking forward to any operation, cataracts, LASIK or otherwise. The longer I can stay scalpel free, the better. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-wearers-what-type-do-you-wear/853799/14 "2020-05-18T11:43:42Z")
I’ve been going with round ones