Contact Lenses - who wears them on here?

[Pondlife]

Recently had to get some new specs as I left mine on a flight and decided to try/have an assessment for lenses. I only wear glasses for VDU work or reading in crap lighting but it's increasingly a PITA for menus etc when out for the evening.

Does anyone bother with them these days? Mates of mine who've tried them in the past seem to have given up on them.



Aside: it was a bit weird seeing myself with real vision and no glasses for the first time in years. What can I say, Mrs PL is a lucky lady

[Cliphead]

Recently had to get some new specs as I left mine on a flight and decided to try have an assessment for lenses. I only wear glasses for VDU work or reading in crap lighting but it's increasingly a PITA for menus etc when out for the evening.

Does anyone bother with them these days? Mates of mine who've tried them in the past seem to have given up on them.



Aside: it was a bit weird seeing myself with real vision and no glasses for the first time in years. What can I say, Mrs PL is a lucky lady

I didn't know you could get contacts for reading / monitor. Might try those out while I still have some eyesight, due another eye test so I'll sound out the optician.

[Pondlife]

I didn't know you could get contacts for reading / monitor. Might try those out while I still have some eyesight, due another eye test so I'll sound out the optician.

This is kind of why others have given up on them. They don't seem ideal for IT work as you're constantly blinking which gets annoying. So far my impression is glasses are better for staring at a screen close up but CL seem to be fine for going out of an evening.

YMMV

[Cliphead]

This is kind of why others have given up on them. They don't seem ideal for IT work as you're constantly blinking which gets annoying. So far my impression is glasses are better for staring at a screen close up but CL seem to be fine for going out of an evening.

YMMV

Maybe worth a shot for being out and about, less chance of leaving the specs in a restaurant.

[sbakoola]

I've used them since I was 16 ... many moons ago. They've been around since the Victorian era I heard.

I use the Boots "high water content" daily disposable soft lenses, these are high gas permeable so that oxygen gets to you eye easier and you can wear them 15+ hours without noticing them or them drying even after a hard days work staring at the monitor.

Also if your eye is shaped a bit like a rugby ball instead of completely spherical then you can get soft TORIC lenses, also high water content.

I'm scared of lazering them in case something goes wrong and is irreversible.

[stek]

sas does, extreme masturbating does that to Maths geniuses...

[Cliphead]

I've used them since I was 16 ... many moons ago. They've been around since the Victorian era I heard.

I use the Boots "high water content" daily disposable soft lenses, these are high gas permeable so that oxygen gets to you eye easier and you can wear them 15+ hours without noticing them or them drying even after a hard days work staring at the monitor.

Also if your eye is shaped a bit like a rugby ball instead of completely spherical then you can get soft TORIC lenses, also high water content.

I'm scared of lazering them in case something goes wrong and is irreversible.

Means nothing to me but if I can use them for work that would be great and being out and about would be a bonus. How about long distance as in driving and reading road signs? I can't see the car instruments without glasses but can't read road signs with them, bifocals don't work. This is an issue that has stopped my flying along with other eye problems.

Don't mind a compromise if I can't drive with them.

[nomadd]

I'm scared of lazering them in case something goes wrong and is irreversible.

That was just the question I was about to ask. My eyesight has gone a bit poor recently. Never worn glasses or contact lenses. I think I'd find contact lenses too annoying to wear and mess around with. Anyone on here had Laser Eye Surgery? Expensive? Any good? Or a ruddy waste of time and you've gone back to glasses or contacts?

[Pondlife]

Means nothing to me but if I can use them for work that would be great and being out and about would be a bonus. How about long distance as in driving and reading road signs? I can't see the car instruments without glasses but can't read road signs with them, bifocals don't work. This is an issue that has stopped my flying along with other eye problems.

Don't mind a compromise if I can't drive with them.

AFAIK you can get both +/- prescriptions and also ones for astigmatism. Should be fine for driving/flying as far as I can see (gettit).

[Cliphead]

AFAIK you can get both +/- prescriptions and also ones for astigmatism. Should be fine for driving/flying as far as I can see (gettit).

Interesting, I'll check them out for sure.