(+12 rep) OPINIONS PLEASE

[Ostinato]

Hiya. Just looking for some opinions.

Basically I have very bad eyesight and currently have daily contact lenses that I can just take out and bin at the end of the night and put a fresh pair in the next morning.

I had an optician appointment on Friday there and she was saying I am wearing my lenses FAR too long (from like 6am-12am+) LOL. Basically she was saying it's gonna do my eyes more harm if I carry on.

So she offered me some alternatives and I have an appointment again tomorrow, to let her know what treatment I'm gonna go for!

I can either stick with the ones I have now, get ones that you can wear for 6 days solid (and sleep in them too) then you clense them on the 7th day... or ones that you can wear for 30 days solid without having to take out. If I got the ones to wear for just 6 days I would use the money I saved to buy myself a nice pair of glasses rather than just the cheapo ones you get free...

So should I get:-

1. 6day contacts (wash on 7th day) and a nice pair of glasses
2. 30day solid contacts

The 30 day ones sound great in the terms I can just leave them in all month and not worry about them, but I'm thinking about if I go swimming or something... Not that I go swimming VERY often lol, but atm if I go swimming I can just stick them in the bin...

So what dya'll think? +rep for all decent posts, thanks!

[--ss--]

I say get the 30 days contacts as that way you don't have to bother cleaning them every week, there's not much use of you getting expensive glasses if you're not going to use them much seeing as you use contacts .

[Slowpoke]

The thirty day contacts sound good but would they not become a bit irritant after a bit? I suppose it'd be worth it though since they look much better than glasses (although you can't really see them at all). I'd go with the contacts to be honest - up to you though!

[Ostinato]

The thirty day contacts sound good but would they not become a bit irritant after a bit? I suppose it'd be worth it though since they look much better than glasses (although you can't really see them at all). I'd go with the contacts to be honest - up to you though!

Well contacts are actually generally quite comfortable tbh! Like I've had these in today since 6am and they feel absolutely fine, lol don't even notice there in!

Also, you can wear them for much longer because they somehow allow more oxygen into the eyes or something so it's fine for extended wear like that!

Yeh I guess even if I had the 6 day ones and bought nice glasses, I would only be wearing the glasses like once a month!
I wouldn't like to wear glasses all the time, as I've never really worn them a lot at all and prefer my looks without them haha

[Titch]

i say the six day one, this way if you have a problem with one lense and have to bin it, you arnt throwing all that money away and you have a pair of glasses incase anythink goes wrong or you have a problem.

Good Luck..:eusa_danc

[sock]

I'd go for the 30 day solid ones tbh, if your using the 6 day ones ur barely going to be wearing glasses anyway.

[Ostinato]

i say the six day one, this way if you have a problem with one lense and have to bin it, you arnt throwing all that money away and you have a pair of glasses incase anythink goes wrong or you have a problem.

Good Luck..:eusa_danc

I'm not positive, but I am sure when my mum had monthly ones if she ripped one of her lenses or dropped them or whatever, they replaced them ;s not positive about that...

[scottish]

30 ones sound best but you've have to remember and not forget about having em in and remember 2 months later

[Titch]

I'm not positive, but I am sure when my mum had monthly ones if she ripped one of her lenses or dropped them or whatever, they replaced them ;s not positive about that...

well my dad has the 30 day ones and they only replace them if they come damaged, otherwise they wont, so might be same as your mums.

[Bun]

i'd go for the six day one, i'm guessing they'd be less irritant. however, i've not had any experience with this matter so i'm afraid that's all i can help you with .