Emancipated!

[James Deuce]

Free! Free at last!

I got contacts today.

Wish I'd done it years ago.

I could close my visor and shut it. No fogging. The pinlock visor really doing its job for the first time ever. In the wet and wearing the Arai, my glasses would fog up at every intersection.

Free!

[MattRSK]

Shot Jim2 I got contacts last week. I am getting used to them now. Were a little scratchy to start with. :rockon:

[James Deuce]

I was speeding everywhere on the way home and diving into corners with a lot more zest. Peripheral vision in focus does wonders for your riding style.

Just have to work on the speeding thing now. Weird. Speeds just LOOK different.

A little bit scratchy, but I lasted 12 hours in them :)

[MattRSK]

The night after I got mine. I drank way too much whisky. Ended up passing out and sleeping in them. They felt wierd in the morning. I wouldn't recomend it. :gob:

[yungatart]

You lucky bugger! I wish I could wear contacts!
I just forked out nearly a grand for new specs..
Green with envy, I is.. mutter bleeding mutter

[skelstar]

Yeah, I resurrected my tacts last Dec when my (then) new HJC wasnt glasses friendly. Could ride any other way now...

btw - you get good at taking them out when you are drunk.

[MattRSK]

Yeah, I resurrected my tacts last Dec when my (then) new HJC wasnt glasses friendly. Could ride any other way now...

btw - you get good at taking them out when you are drunk.
thank goodness for that lol. Practise makes perfect i guess. :drinkup: :drinkup: :sick:

[Maha]

I had the dilema a couple of years ago where my sight was 6/60.....
which means ..... what normal eyes could see at 60 mts i would have to be at 6 mts.......so i had monofocal lens's inserted into each eye, they used ultrasound thingy to break up the old lens and put in the new lens through a 3mm cut in the eyeball....now i can see 1 line better than 20/20 on the eye chart...money well spent...

[Sketchy_Racer]

The night after I got mine. I drank way too much whisky. Ended up passing out and sleeping in them. They felt wierd in the morning. I wouldn't recomend it. :gob:


Blurdy Piss head :nono: :innocent:

[MattRSK]

yeah mate. Got knocked over in the hall. got thrown over a balcony. then got thrown on the road. Someone didnt like me lol. I cant remember a thing its all witness accounts. stupid i is.

[Karma]

The night after I got mine. I drank way too much whisky. Ended up passing out and sleeping in them. They felt wierd in the morning. I wouldn't recomend it. :gob:

I've got the monthly leave in ones, been wearing them for nearly a year now...

Pop them in at the start of the month and leave them in until 4 weeks later when you swap them for a fresh pair...

Makes things so much easier.

[MattRSK]

Yeah I cant have those. I work in some heavy industrial areas and I constantly get stuff in my eyes. Cant justify the cost of replacing them because I am stupid.

[sAsLEX]

pfft just sleep in them easier than poking your eyes in them if really drunk!! cept dont pass out then vomit in your sleep then sleep with your face in it then you get Conjunctivitis which hurts!

And becareful when cleaning them, dad has squirted cleaning stuff instead of eye drops in his eyes a few times lol

And might pay to take eye drops on long rides, I never do I get real scratchy eyes on long rides, 6chris6 had these little single use eye drops he swore by that came in little tear off packs.....

[SARGE]

i'd wear Contacts, but i've only got the one eye and ill be DAMNED if im stickin a finger in it ...

[riffer]

Yeah - riding with Contacts is definitely much better.

Unfortunately for me they never make contacts with transitions technology in them so I always find I end up having to wear sunglasses which kind of ruins the effect - my eyes are slow to react to changing light conditions which can be a pain.

So, I've always ended up going back to the glasses after a while, even though the leave-in ones are good too.

I don't know how you do it Weasel - I can go maybe 40 hours straight, then I get the worse case of arc-eyes...

Besides, getting the latest fashion in specs is cool - I just got a pair of Ted Bakers with the latest acrylic lenses with transitions 5 coatings off Hitcher's brother last week - I'm loving the extra light weight and fast changing tinting - you can't get that with contacts!

[oldrider]

When you get really pissed and end up with them both in one eye, you will know what trouble is.
I guarantee you will know, sometime or other!
Weird is not the name for that. :blip: Cheers John.

[Karma]

I don't know how you do it Weasel - I can go maybe 40 hours straight, then I get the worse case of arc-eyes...

The secret is hydration, keep them nice and wet. I usually carry around one of those green tubs of contact cleaner, can use it as drops to wet the contact every so often... usually first thing in the morning to clean out all the crap, and last thing at night... obviously more during the summer.


When you get really pissed and end up with them both in one eye, you will know what trouble is.
I guarantee you will know, sometime or other!
Weird is not the name for that. Cheers John.

I can't say I've done that... I've had them in backwards before, that's a pain... but for sheer enjoyment factor, if you rub your eyes too hard and it goes up onto the top of your eye... that is the most irritating pain I've ever had.

[Krayy]

Free! Free at last!

I got contacts today.

Wish I'd done it years ago.

I could close my visor and shut it. No fogging. The pinlock visor really doing its job for the first time ever. In the wet and wearing the Arai, my glasses would fog up at every intersection.

Free!

Next stop Lasik.......Rob had it done (and he was blind as a bat), and now he's got pretty much perfect vision.

[ManDownUnder]

Next step - laser eye surgery... it's that same emancipation all over again. No faffing around looking for lenses, cleaners, washing thejm, replacing them etc.

Bloody brilliant. I got it done in 2000... loving it to this day!
MDU

[Blackbird]

Congrats Jim - hope they work out for you. My foray into contacts was a disaster. My optometrist got me to try some sort of dual focus jobbies (a technical term, haha). They had a sort of soft focus like those corny American movie love scenes and drove me nuts. Went to conventional ones and had all sorts of disasters like getting them stuck under my eyelid so flagged them. I have plastic lenses in my frameless glasses now and they're pretty fog-resistant. I should have probably bitten the bullet like MDU and had laser surgery.

[lb99]

I got contacts years ago, after getting my spec's smashed 3 times in 3 weeks, anyway I work in a coldstore and frozen specs are just a hassle, you go into the freezer and the get cold, you go outside and they fog up, you go back inside and they freeze over lol. I wish I could afford lasic, the government should sponser it, after all I can smoke and when I get cancer the government picks up the tab, I can eat all the pies I want and when I get fat and sick, the government picks up the tab, I can fry myself with drugs and alcahol and create a huge mess, the government picks up the tab for that, hell I can even get a sex change whilst in prison and the government picks up the tab, so why not give people an intrest free loan for things like lasik that can drastically improve the your quality of life, and work ability, not to mention being able to see properly when driving.
The funniest thing that happened to me was I was doing 200+ on the way into Roxborough and the turbulence inside my helmet sucked one of my contacts out and stuck it to the inside of my visor lol.

[James Deuce]

I've worn contacts before, primarily for racing to be honest. I didn;t used to commute as much in my last biking incarnation and these last couple of years have driven me nuts, trying to get helmet mods to help with ventilation and fogging.

I'd try Lasic surgery, but I'm one of "those" people. I'd either end up with worse vision or no vision, so contacts it is.

I agree with lb99. The license vision screening programme would be an ideal way to identify the people that really should have lasic surgery, because if the anecdotal evidence from my optometrist is anything to go by, the Baby Boomers are really struggling with wearing vision correction. Worst thing that can happen to them is needing glasses. Maybe, just maybe, it might help LTNZ get down to 300 deaths per year on the road by removing a chunk of the fatalities put down to inattention.

[Swoop]

Next step - laser eye surgery... it's that same emancipation all over again. No faffing around looking for lenses, cleaners, washing thejm, replacing them etc.

Bloody brilliant.... loving it to this day!
MDU
+1!

10 char.

[Fatjim]

Good job Jim.

I once forgot to take them out and woke up the next morning thinking I'd been healed. Man I was pissed when I found I still had my contacts in. AAARRRGGHHHH

[Hitcher]

I got contacts today.
From my brother? (just checking to make sure I don't miss out on any commission owing)

[Lou Girardin]

I had the dilema a couple of years ago where my sight was 6/60.....
which means ..... what normal eyes could see at 60 mts i would have to be at 6 mts.......so i had monofocal lens's inserted into each eye, they used ultrasound thingy to break up the old lens and put in the new lens through a 3mm cut in the eyeball....now i can see 1 line better than 20/20 on the eye chart...money well spent...

Cataracts?

[Sniper]

Nice one Jim.

[Hitcher]

Cataracts?
No, they're Rincoln Continentals! Boom tish (Sopranos joke)

[Lou Girardin]

No, they're Rincoln Continentals! Boom tish (Sopranos joke)

Heard the line of the series yet?

[gijoe1313]

I can well appreciate all the sentiment about contacts here. I've been a short sighted git since I was a nipper and the hassles with glasses while trying to be active is irritating!

I've worn contacts for years now and I can appreciate how much more freedom I enjoy with them (those bloody spur of the moment rough housing with the lads would've smashed my glasses ages ago! :angry: ).

The only problem I've encountered was when I inadvertantly slept with them on after 36 hours straight with them in and rubbing my eyes when I woke up - you guessed it, I scratched an eyeball and it hurt like buggery (not that I've been buggered knock on wood!). Had to go to A&E and endure a pirate patch and an orange eyeball for a while! (from the antibiotic drops)

Reading the different problems people have had here (lens sucked out onto the inner vison :gob: ) I'll remember to stash a few more disposables and solution into my tank bag! :yes:

[oldrider]

Does anyone on here use, or have tried, the lenses that you leave in overnight?

I use the monthly ones but they need to be taken out overnight.

If you don't take them out you are liable to get halos and "very" milky vision when you wake, up due to the lack of oxygen to the eyes while you are sleeping!

This tends to be a bit of a pain in the arse when on the bike and camping, like, overnight at rallys etc.

Couple that with having a few bevies, getting confused in the dark in a confined space or as mentioned, just flaking out and having the milky, gray light and halos for the next days early morning riding commitments!

Definitely not a good look, you have to hang around waiting to get clear vision again before you can ride! (sometimes hours)

I thought I might buy some overnighters for those "special" times!

So, if anyone can help, I would sure like to know before I spend my $00:00 unwisely. :yes: Cheers John.

[oldrider]

I've got the monthly leave in ones, been wearing them for nearly a year now...

Pop them in at the start of the month and leave them in until 4 weeks later when you swap them for a fresh pair...

Makes things so much easier.
Sorry Weasel, I just went back over all the posts and there you are, telling me what I want to know.

Do you have any side affects at all from continuous use, compared to the nightly removable ones? John.

[skelstar]

I have the monthly/remove each night ones but get red/irritated eyes if I have them in more than 10 hours a day, which is probably every day :innocent:, so im not sure how Id go with the 24/7 ones. Should just try them out at some stage.

Oh yeah, my 1month ones last much longer than that, must be lucky I guess.;)

[Karma]

Sorry Weasel, I just went back over all the posts and there you are, telling me what I want to know.

Do you have any side affects at all from continuous use, compared to the nightly removable ones? John.

No problems you wouldn't normally get with the regular lenses... handy that you can see as soon as you wake up, don't have to worry about carrying all the fluids and stuff if you're staying over someplace, basically I don't even know they're there most of the time.


I have the monthly/remove each night ones but get red/irritated eyes if I have them in more than 10 hours a day, which is probably every day , so im not sure how Id go with the 24/7 ones. Should just try them out at some stage.

They're completely different contacts... from what I understand the removeable ones are more solid because they are handled every day and this is why you can't leave them in overnight.

The monthly leave in ones are softer and allow more air through so your eyes can breathe. Ironically a lot of problems I had with contacts were as a result of getting infections or whatever from putting them in / taking them out. If you use the monthly ones then you only have to do this once a month.

I'd recommend giving the monthlys a go, much better than the ones you take out.

[skelstar]

Theres an online contacts purchasing place in NZ but stuff it if I could remember what they were called. Might have to google it and try some.

[SPman]

Got cataracts so I just ride blind - everything in soft focus!

[Blackbird]

Theres an online contacts purchasing place in NZ but stuff it if I could remember what they were called. Might have to google it and try some.

I think that Bykey Cop has a business in this line.

[Squeak the Rat]

A cop asked me if I had contacts. I told him I know the commissioner.

[skelstar]

www.clearlycontacts.co.nz is a good start.

[sels1]

Good for you Jim, but not for this kid. All that poking around in your eyes - yeech. Besides, I like to ride with the visor up at urban speeds and my glasses help keep the bugs outa my eyes.

[sAsLEX]

I had the dilema a couple of years ago where my sight was 6/60.....
which means ..... what normal eyes could see at 60 mts i would have to be at 6 mts.......so i had monofocal lens's inserted into each eye, they used ultrasound thingy to break up the old lens and put in the new lens through a 3mm cut in the eyeball....now i can see 1 line better than 20/20 on the eye chart...money well spent...

Sounds like an alternative to lasik, whats the deal with this surgery saw it breifly on the news a while back ,and that report said they could replace the inserted lens later if need be.

[Indiana_Jones]

I don't like the idea of contacts sitting on my eyes lol.

I'll stick to glasses for the time being, until I can afford the laser treatment :)

-Indy

[lb99]

Theres an online contacts purchasing place in NZ but stuff it if I could remember what they were called. Might have to google it and try some.

clearly contacts it is called, beware they are in the USA, check your credit card statement cause they cocked mine up, the website quoted prices in NZ$ but they deducted in US$, so I incurred fees and such fron M/card, they fixed it up but it was a hassle, in saying that the contacts were cheap, and arrived from LA quite quickly once I sorted the order hassles out, It was about $90 for 6mths supply of my prescription.

[Karma]

in saying that the contacts were cheap, and arrived from LA quite quickly once I sorted the order hassles out, It was about $90 for 6mths supply of my prescription.

damn that is cheap. I currently pay $200 for three months supply...

Anyone else had dealings with them, positive or negative?

[skelstar]

What flavour do you use Weasel? I use Acuvue (remove each day ones) but I get confused about what each 'model' does...cant seem to find the 24/7 variety. Maybe Ill have to try some Focus Night+Day ones.

[Karma]

What flavour do you use Weasel? I use Acuvue (remove each day ones) but I get confused about what each 'model' does...cant seem to find the 24/7 variety. Maybe Ill have to try some Focus Night+Day ones.

Can't remember which exact make they are, but apparently one of them is a special one because I've got astigmatism...

Will check when I get home, but looks like there's money to be saved by using that website.

[kickingzebra]

Oldrider:
I have been wearing silicon hydragels for just over a month,
Theory is you can leave them in for 7 days, 6 nights, the lenses last about a month, and they don't have problems with protiens like the older soft lenses.

For me, they are SOOO comfortable, to wear, to sleep in etc.
The lense feels more substantial, but doesn't go anywhere, or move around in my eye. Less night time glare when driving with them in, I can leave the visor open at up to 120 km and they don't move at all (less than 50 with the old ones) Went surfing the other day, and came out of the water with the same two lenses I went in with (was forever losing the old ones!)

You can wear them all the time without taking them out, but it does substantially increase risk.

They cost more, but well worth it in my opinion.
I'm not a candidate for laser surgery either, but these are a much better alternative than nothing!

[oldrider]

damn that is cheap. I currently pay $200 for three months supply...

Anyone else had dealings with them, positive or negative?

I just made an enquiry with my Optometrist.

$200:10 per box of 6 (3pair) for full time monthly. As above!

$55:00 per box of 30 daily lenses. (new pair every day)

$56:00 per box of 6 (3 pair) take out overnight jobs. (Current use for me)

I think I will shop around and get me some full time monthly lenses to try out and take it from there.

Might get one box and just use them for special occasions/purposes like going to rallys etc. :blip: John.

[Maha]

Cataracts?

Yes Doctor Lou.......

[Lou Girardin]

Yes Doctor Lou.......

I had the same.
Amazing difference when they've fixed them.

[oldrider]

Oldrider:
I have been wearing silicon hydragels for just over a month,
Theory is you can leave them in for 7 days, 6 nights, the lenses last about a month, and they don't have problems with protiens like the older soft lenses.

For me, they are SOOO comfortable, to wear, to sleep in etc.
The lense feels more substantial, but doesn't go anywhere, or move around in my eye. Less night time glare when driving with them in, I can leave the visor open at up to 120 km and they don't move at all (less than 50 with the old ones) Went surfing the other day, and came out of the water with the same two lenses I went in with (was forever losing the old ones!)

You can wear them all the time without taking them out, but it does substantially increase risk.

They cost more, but well worth it in my opinion.
I'm not a candidate for laser surgery either, but these are a much better alternative than nothing!
Must have been posting while you were too!
I presume your silicon hydragels are still "soft" lenses.
I have been wearing contact lenses for years now and can only wear soft lenses.
The old glass ones were a complete comedy act for me, nearly drove everyone mad, always loosing them, every time I sneezed they would shoot out or up behind my eyelids etc.
Trying to stay in control of the situation while on the piss was a nightmare.
Imagine while in a half pissed state, trying to buy some big bikers beer off him because your contact lens had jumped out and had gone into his beer.
They were relatively new to the market in those days so I spent a fortune on replacements.
Often much safer than trying to retrieve them!
Glass lenses were almost impossible to control when pissed.
Quite understandable when the owner is completely out of control anyway but alas those were days of old, that doesn't happen these days.
Where do you buy yours from? Can you quote a price? Cheers John.

[Maha]

I had the same.
Amazing difference when they've fixed them.
I could'nt beleive how hairy my arms looked, and the oranges on the tress were so bright, and the vinyl looked dirty so i was cleaning hard out, but it was the pattern..... 3k an eye and the surgeon was doing 9 eye's before lunch on the day i had mine done....

[Shadows]

I was speeding everywhere on the way home and diving into corners with a lot more zest. Peripheral vision in focus does wonders for your riding style.



Just have to work on the speeding thing now. Weird. Speeds just LOOK different.


A little bit scratchy, but I lasted 12 hours in them :)


Hehe yeah man, when I first wore them I'd get kind of seasick just walking around, I wasn't used to the ground at my feet moving below me in perfect focus unless I was looking directly at it. Some kind of weird vertigo thing going on.

[Shadows]

I just made an enquiry with my Optometrist.

$200:10 per box of 6 (3pair) for full time monthly. As above!

$55:00 per box of 30 daily lenses. (new pair every day)

$56:00 per box of 6 (3 pair) take out overnight jobs. (Current use for me)

I think I will shop around and get me some full time monthly lenses to try out and take it from there.

Might get one box and just use them for special occasions/purposes like going to rallys etc. :blip: John.

The full time monthly ones shoudl only be about twice the price of what you are using. Like you, I've got the ones you take out each night and turf after 30 days.

[Lou Girardin]

.. 3k an eye and the surgeon was doing 9 eye's before lunch on the day i had mine done....

Freaky op though. Especially when they're putting the new lenses in.
Did you go to the Eye Institute?

[kickingzebra]

Cost me $200 for three months from the optometrist, but can buy them cheaper online.

[ManDownUnder]

I could'nt beleive how hairy my arse looked

scary - public announcements like that just put me right off... :gob:

[Lou Girardin]

scary - public announcements like that just put me right off... :gob:

Not getting contacts for the Missus then?

[sAsLEX]

The full time monthly ones shoudl only be about twice the price of what you are using. Like you, I've got the ones you take out each night and turf after 30 days.

SAme except I stretch mine out to last alot longer as I often forget to put them in and wear glasses, but they last alot longer than the box says.

[Maha]

Freaky op though. Especially when they're putting the new lenses in.
Did you go to the Eye Institute?
Had one eye done at Manakau Super clinic cos i was living at Papatoetoe at the time, and the other one done at Milford clinic on Shakespare rd opp North shore hospital.yea freaky op....being awake through it, dark room with a bright light focused on the eye...WOW the colours......

[Maha]

scary - public announcements like that just put me right off... :gob:
Hey you funny prick.stop playing around with my arse, i mean arms, i mean... uh you know what i mean.......:whistle:

[ManDownUnder]

Not getting contacts for the Missus then?

It's ok for her - her arse isn't hairy ...

[ManDownUnder]

Hey you funny prick.stop playing around with my arse, i mean arms, i mean... uh you know what i mean.......:whistle:

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[Lou Girardin]

It's ok for her - her arse isn't hairy ...

They make things look smaller though.

[oldrider]

They make things look smaller though.
Cheaper than having "the" operation then Lou!

[Lou Girardin]

Cheaper than having "the" operation then Lou!

Willie implants?

[Shadows]

I don't like the idea of contacts sitting on my eyes lol.

I'll stick to glasses for the time being, until I can afford the laser treatment :)

-Indy

Apparently the vision improvements provided by laser treatment aren't all they are cracked up to be.
I know one person who lost his night vision after treatment and had to leave his driving job as a result.
Don't say nobody warned you!

[Lou Girardin]

Apparently the vision improvements provided by laser treatment aren't all they are cracked up to be.
I know one person who lost his night vision after treatment and had to leave his driving job as a result.
Don't say nobody warned you!

I had the radial keratotomy version, altering your cornea with a scalpel.
At the time that was also the greatest thing since sliced bread (geddit?)
Anyhoo, what they don't tell you is what it does to your night vision when you age. The scars act as star filters so every light has pretty little rays coming off it.
Glaucoma drops reduce it a lot, but it's a major pain in the arse.
I wonder what effects they'll find with Lasik in later years?

[oldrider]

Willie implants?
No, sex change, you just keep changing lenses untill your problem goes away. :innocent:

Under Labour, you can now have as many willie implants as you desire, without even breaking the law, no need for lenses for that now! :blip:

[SPman]

....being awake through it, dark room with a bright light focused on the eye...WOW the colours......
Sounds like the cataract op.

[Maha]

Sounds like the cataract op.
Yes indeed, would do it again if other eyes to attend to.....:yes:
cos' you get noice drugs ......:blip:

[SuperDave]

Contacts are much better for riding I think though I experienced some major discomfort when heading back from that Norfland ride for two hours in the freezing cold dark - had to open the visor to avoid fogging and with that very cold air my eyes were so bloodshot and itchy.

I usually wear a fornightly type that I take out when I sleep. I also have daily disposibles which I sometimes wear purely for convenience sake. They're also great to keep a set on you whilst riding incase you need to replace your lenses for some reason.

Those single use eye drops are great too, you get enough in each little sachet for about 2 - 3 drops per an eye. They don't go off and are always sterile which means they help rather than cause more troubles.

[oldrider]

Contacts are much better for riding I think though I experienced some major discomfort when heading back from that Norfland ride for two hours in the freezing cold dark - had to open the visor to avoid fogging and with that very cold air my eyes were so bloodshot and itchy.

I usually wear a fornightly type that I take out when I sleep. I also have daily disposibles which I sometimes wear purely for convenience sake. They're also great to keep a set on you whilst riding incase you need to replace your lenses for some reason.

Those single use eye drops are great too, you get enough in each little sachet for about 2 - 3 drops per an eye. They don't go off and are always sterile which means they help rather than cause more troubles.
Thanks SuperDave, you just answered a question for me.
I was looking on a lens Webb site and was wondering if those fortnightly jobs were continuous or daily.
They don't tell you enough information on those sites damn it. John.

[Karma]

3k an eye and the surgeon was doing 9 eye's before lunch on the day i had mine done....

4 guys and a cyclops?

[skelstar]

Maybe he was halfway through the 5th customer and had a break for lunch?

[Shadows]

Maybe he was halfway through the 5th customer and had a break for lunch?

"Hey man, just hold your head there for an hour, I'm just scooting off to BK. Oh yeah and what ever you do, don't blink!"

[Maha]

4 guys and a cyclops?
They do one eye at a time............one eye per person..........thats 9 eyes... not 4.5 people...........;)

[SuperDave]

Thanks SuperDave, you just answered a question for me.
I was looking on a lens Webb site and was wondering if those fortnightly jobs were continuous or daily.
They don't tell you enough information on those sites damn it. John.

Also on the note of those contact websites be warned that they don't send the goods to you as quickly as they would have you believe - expect around 15 days or so after ordering. Another note is despite claiming they have great customer support they couldn't be bothered replying to me. I've also had on one occasion a 6 pack box where 2 of the lenses were damaged with a bit missing on the edge of the lens.

Though these small things are really nothing if you consider you're getting the same goods for almost half the price of what you would pay from your optometrist.

[Colapop]

I think I got this right... I could get them but I have to know what my eye strength gauge thing is? And they cost about $200 for the 3 month dispoables? Anyone (optometrist) care to send me to the right outfit? I hate my glasses and since I got smacked in the head a couple of weeks ago the focus in my right eye is fucked. It a constant state of getting new glasses/frames/lenses - something about "Don't use your head like a hammer"

[James Deuce]

$95 for the two week disposables for a 6 month supply. PM me for details.

[oldrider]

I think I got this right... I could get them but I have to know what my eye strength gauge thing is? And they cost about $200 for the 3 month dispoables? Anyone (optometrist) care to send me to the right outfit? I hate my glasses and since I got smacked in the head a couple of weeks ago the focus in my right eye is fucked. It a constant state of getting new glasses/frames/lenses - something about "Don't use your head like a hammer"
They are worth a try Col but make sure you get the right type that suit you personally not what the Optometrist wants to sell you. ( he might be on commission)
Once you have got all that settled and you know all your measurements, you can buy what and where you like I guess.
If you do heavy manual work that stuffs your finger skin they can be a bit bothersome getting them in and out of your eyes, otherwise they are not too much trouble.
I can only wear the soft plastic ones but they are very good. Cheers John.

[Hitcher]

I think I got this right... I could get them but I have to know what my eye strength gauge thing is? And they cost about $200 for the 3 month dispoables? Anyone (optometrist) care to send me to the right outfit? I hate my glasses and since I got smacked in the head a couple of weeks ago the focus in my right eye is fucked. It a constant state of getting new glasses/frames/lenses - something about "Don't use your head like a hammer"
How about you go and see my brother. He is an optom on The Terrace. I'm sure he'll take good care of you...