Unfortunately I dont think they’ll ever be as sharp as gas perms. It’s all a trade off in comfort and convenience vs “perfect”. I really did like my gas perms (wore them years). The daily lens just made it easier to quit worrying about losing them doing active sports–swimming etc. The daily were more “water drop” and more comfortable to wear as my eyes dried out more often. I’m not sure there is any reason you can’t keep both. But if you kept both you need the dailys.
I will say that if you want comfort the Acuvue Oasys is wonderful. I had the Acuvue Moist but they aren’t as comfy. You can google the brands and comfort of lens. The Acuvue Oasys Max is new–like I said they keep getting better.
Don’t stop at “comfortable”. I was comfortable with the Acuvue Moist until my kids got the Oaysis and I switched over. Huge difference for me. Try as many as you can. My optometrist sent me home with about 6 (everyone she had that would fit my prescription–and she ordered some for me too.) Some I immediately rejected–it didn’t take long to narrow it down.
I’ve worn hard…then gas perms when they came, out for 50 years now. That’s so hard to believe. I was also thinking perhaps it’s not a bad idea to keep comfortable with the gas perms for whatever reason, I don’t know. I think I’ll call my doc and talk to her about it. Perhaps maybe I can try a different prescription something.
Me too. I had gas perms 50 years ago–big deal–they drilled a hole in the lens to allow air to your eye. They were great and give great vision. My optometrist at the time described them as “braces for your eyes”. They could shape the eye for the best vision.
I wore gas permeable for about 20 years. Was told I couldn’t wear ‘soft’ lenses due to astigmatism. Fast forward to my first pregnancy and those gas permeable because SO uncomfortable. Along the way my astigmatism had corrected/minimized (maybe due to those GP lenses).
I switch to Acuvue Oasis and couldn’t believe how comfortable they were. Wore those for 20 more years. They tried the Kirkland daily. Love the convenience and the cost savings. I get two days out of the ‘daily’ wear so it is even less expensive.
When traveling I’ll bring mainly daily wear but also a pair or two of the two week Oasis. Sometimes it’s nice to take out the ones worn during snorkeling, sunscreen, dry airplane ride, blasting A/C conditions and put in a clean pair. So I rotate the Oasis in and out as needed.
Was is your mm size? I have them in right now and am not happy with the clarity at all. Sitting in my van, the clock and everything in the dashboard was very blurry. Long distance was better, but the blurred numbers and keyed to that extent isn’t acceptable.
I called and made an appt with the optometrist fir next week. I’m going to ask to try something a bit smaller than these max size.
Were you able to wear them like 15 hours if needed? That comfortable? The reason I ask is I used to be able to wear my gas perms like that years ago. Since I can’t read with them
Anymore, i west my glasses at home and only put them on when going out. I can’t wear them 15 hours a day anymore
On vacations, I wear my glasses/prescription sunglasses during the day then put my contacts in at night
It would be nice to wear all day and just bring regular sunglasses during the day, then able to also wear at night.
On Monday I got up at 3:30 a.m. and put my contacts in. I flew to Chicago that morning for meetings and didn’t take my contacts out until after 11 p.m. I had no issues.
I’ve easily slept in them overnight. The nice thing about the daily contacts is that if you find them uncomfortable (or just one eye gets uncomfortable) for any reason you have the option to chuck them and put in a new one without worrying about it. I tried the ones that last six weeks and while they worked they never lasted six weeks for me–so the daily one ended up being less expensive–especially if you can get away wearing them more than one day as many do. And on trips you can just stick them in your dop kit or purse without worrying about solutions.
Every morning I put mine in at 4:00am. I take them out when I get ready for bed at 9:30ishpm. So I am well over 15 hours every day.
Many people sleep in them. I don’t because I have serious allergy issues. Mine get goopy if I sleep in them overnight. Now naps, I almost always keep them in. If I’m planning on a solid 2 hour nap, I might take them not, but not always.
I wear mono vision. So one eye for reading (-3.50) and one for distance (-4.5). It’s heck-a-fun if I accidentally reverse the eyes. They are 14.2 DIA.
I put them in at 7 a.m. and they usually come out around 7 p.m just because I prefer to watch TV with my progressive glasses. But, I can easily wear them until midnight or later if needed (just not needed often these days… ).
Do any of you have the issues of when you are in your car/van the numbers and letters are pretty blurry? I also went shopping today and had to put on my readers just to see the items well when looking at them, particularly necklaces, earrings. I’ve NEVER had that happen before.
I’m wondering if she grabbed a wrong prescription box.
My brain has adjusted really well to the mono vision set up. I do need readers for computer work and it’s easier if I wear them to read a book. Absolutely need them these days to read the back labels on things in the grocery store but the items on the shelves themselves are clear enough.
I tried some colored lenses a few years ago and could not wear them at all. Felt like sand paper on my eyeballs.
Also, because of a travel oops I wound up with a different name brand (can’t remember the actual type). Even though they had the same specs they just didn’t work for me.
There are many different brands. Hopefully you find one that works.
Went to doc today. She put me in the Acuvue multifocals, instead of the max. I feel like I see just as well as with my gas permeable, but I still need readers. Shoot, I was hoping might need them.
She said I can still exchange with my hard ones. I’m going to give these a chance. I like the thought of not scratching my eye (rarely do, but I dud a couple months ago). If I grow super comfy with these, I also like the thought of being able to wear them all day.
If you don’t like needing reading glasses you can still try doing monovision with one eye fitted for far and the other for close-up. A bit odd at first but it worked great for me and I no longer needed readers.
One note about monovision… Some people adjust quickly. Some it takes longer. I believe the stuff I read online said 2-4 weeks. Mine was much longer, maybe 1-2 months. And H got nauseous the first few times he tried and quit and then kept coming back, and eventually it worked. For us it’s the best choice of all bad choices. I do NOT want bifocals. I hate wearing glasses.
With my current (post age 40) vision, I read fine without any correction/no glasses. So I just wear one contact in my dominant eye and nothing in the other. Cuts the price in half! Just make sure you know which eye is dominant. I am right handed everything, but left eye dominant.
For me, monovision works great for close-up stuff. I don’t think it’s as good for far away stuff, but most of the time I need to see close up. It’s good enough for driving, just leaves and details aren’t as crisp. As I also find I can’t read stuff to the side. I have to have the paper in front of me.
My doctor thinks that more people adjust better to the mono vision instead of the multifocals. He says that people either love and adjust to the multifocals or they don’t.
The mono vision worked great until the difference between my eyes was pretty big. Then I couldn’t see far or near. So I switched and I’m sort of happy with the multifocals. They are ok during the day but I really struggle at night. Driving in them is not good.
So I wear my contacts when I know I’m going to be outside or have a place I want to look nice. The rest of the time, I wear my glasses. Not what I want to be doing but I guess I’m comfortable enough in my skin to wear glasses.
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