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Daily disposable contacts

  • TBone14
    I am still on the 2 week ones. Take care of them. Do the protein removal treatment after 2 weeks and easily get a month out of them.

    My wife just made the switch to the daily lenses. She loves them. She has different prescriptions for each eye. 90 day supply cost 200 from the eye doc. When she reups we will go 1800 Contacts and it will be a little cheaper. She only wears contacts about 3/4 days a week at the most. So 90 days should last half a year.
  • Heretic
    Commander of Awesome;932403 wrote:Dailys are still more expensive than monthlys so I stick with Monthly. I've been having eye issues lately though so I only wear contacts for exercise recently which sucks.
    That's basically what happened to me. They started irritating my eyes, so I went to pretty much full-time glasses.

    As for buying them, do you need a prescription? Or is it like glasses, where if you have eyes that are just a bit off, you can get a passible pair at a store, but if you're near blind, you need a prescription for the ultra-powered lenses? Just in case I'd want to try contacts, since it's been a couple years since I've used them.
  • bases_loaded
    Lasik FTW
  • WebFire
    TBone14;933189 wrote:I am still on the 2 week ones. Take care of them. Do the protein removal treatment after 2 weeks and easily get a month out of them.

    My wife just made the switch to the daily lenses. She loves them. She has different prescriptions for each eye. 90 day supply cost 200 from the eye doc. When she reups we will go 1800 Contacts and it will be a little cheaper. She only wears contacts about 3/4 days a week at the most. So 90 days should last half a year.
    I use the 2 week ones and wear them about 8 months. I see no reason why they should need to be thrown out after 2 weeks. I store them in the multi-solutions every night, so they stay pretty clean.
  • WebFire
    bases_loaded;933336 wrote:Lasik FTW
    Ain't no one one touching my eye with a knife or laser. I'll stick with the minor inconvenience.
  • dave
    TBone14;933189 wrote:I am still on the 2 week ones. Take care of them. Do the protein removal treatment after 2 weeks and easily get a month out of them.

    My wife just made the switch to the daily lenses. She loves them. She has different prescriptions for each eye. 90 day supply cost 200 from the eye doc. When she reups we will go 1800 Contacts and it will be a little cheaper. She only wears contacts about 3/4 days a week at the most. So 90 days should last half a year.
    Mine were 60% cheaper at Sam's Club than at my eye doctor. Sam's is also cheaper than 1800 contacts or Walmart by about 10-20%.
  • BR1986FB
    se-alum;932835 wrote:Yea, well, I don't have the money for that right now.
    Thought you had insurance? Most insurance companies are paying for this now from what I hear.
  • se-alum
    BR1986FB;933559 wrote:Thought you had insurance? Most insurance companies are paying for this now from what I hear.
    It will pay for some. I haven't actually looked to see what % they would pay of it.
  • Hb31187
    Some of you guys actually wear the 2 week contacts for multiple months at a time? Lol I love when we have people come in for a brief visit bc they have an eye infection or eye irritation and I ask how long theyve been wearing their current pair of contacts and the answer is usually like 3 4 or 5 months. After a while, the contacts can only get SO clean from the solution and the protein and dirt starts to build up and theyre less oxygen permeable . But if it works for ya, go for it lol
  • WebFire
    Hb31187;933601 wrote:Some of you guys actually wear the 2 week contacts for multiple months at a time? Lol I love when we have people come in for a brief visit bc they have an eye infection or eye irritation and I ask how long theyve been wearing their current pair of contacts and the answer is usually like 3 4 or 5 months. After a while, the contacts can only get SO clean from the solution and the protein and dirt starts to build up and theyre less oxygen permeable . But if it works for ya, go for it lol
    Not saying you're wrong. But I've never been to the eye doctor for anything but routine checkups. Been wearing contacts for 19 years.
  • Heretic
    Hb31187;933601 wrote:Some of you guys actually wear the 2 week contacts for multiple months at a time? Lol I love when we have people come in for a brief visit bc they have an eye infection or eye irritation and I ask how long theyve been wearing their current pair of contacts and the answer is usually like 3 4 or 5 months. After a while, the contacts can only get SO clean from the solution and the protein and dirt starts to build up and theyre less oxygen permeable . But if it works for ya, go for it lol
    I'm thinking that's why contacts started irritating my eyes. I was cutting corners a few years back due to getting divorces and one thing I was doing was stretching out my contacts a LOT longer than I had.
  • BR1986FB
    Heretic;934120 wrote:I'm thinking that's why contacts started irritating my eyes. I was cutting corners a few years back due to getting divorces and one thing I was doing was stretching out my contacts a LOT longer than I had.
    Divorce(s)? Sister Wives?
  • Heretic
    LOL. Of all the times to have the "hit s instead of d" fuck-up. Damn, one wife was bad enough...can't imagine how much polygamy would have sucked.
  • BR1986FB
    Heretic;934201 wrote:Damn, one wife was bad enough...can't imagine how much polygamy would have sucked.
    Amen, brother. You got reps for that.
  • SNRote
    I have worn Dailies for years. I recently went for a consultation for lasik because I knew I would qualify but didn't know how much lasik cost. It's really not as bad as I had expected. During benefits open enrollment I just put enough in my Flex Spending Account to pay for the procedure. I can use the funds in January for lasik and basically pay for the procedure tax free. Has anyone else done lasik this way?
  • I Wear Pants
    I am thinking of switching to Daily contacts next time I need to buy contacts.

    Need to get a pair of glasses too.
  • sleeper
    I Wear Pants;991652 wrote:I am thinking of switching to Daily contacts next time I need to buy contacts.

    Need to get a pair of glasses too.
    Get a job and a life while you're at it.
  • I Wear Pants
    sleeper;992181 wrote:Get a job and a life while you're at it.
    That's great coming from the guy that pretends to be rich on the internet.
  • MrPoke
    I have 30 night and day lenses and leave them in for 2-4 months.
    Rewetting drops in the morning and usually take them out twice a month to soak over night.
    Once wore the same pair for nearly 2 years. Didn't have any problems with vision or health and when I went back for a checkup, nothing had changed one bit in the 3 years since I had been there. Dr wasn't happy though.
  • sleeper
    I Wear Pants;992222 wrote:That's great coming from the guy that pretends to be rich on the internet.
    :rolleyes: