Emancipated!

[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. 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 , 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.