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Looking for a recommendation for daily-disposable contacts.
I wore monthly lenses for 20-odd years with no hassles at all, then very suddenly became sensitised / allergic to cleaning solution so have been forced to switch to dailies. Not been getting on with them so well. Fine for daily life, but for mountain biking and snowboarding, every time I drop into a run my vision will blur and I'll have to blink for 30-60 seconds before it smooths out again. This is getting seriously annoying (and occasionally dangerous!) to the point where I've switched to prescription riding glasses for MTB. I don't want to do this in winter though and would prefer to keep using normal goggles with contacts.
I've so far been pretty-much using whatever's cheap, anyone had similar issues and improved it by switching to a premium brand?
I'm a snowboard instructor* and bike guide BTW so this is a pretty big issue for me!
*How can you tell if someone's a snowboard instructor? Don't worry, they'll tell you! 😉
If your prescription will allow it I'm really liking my Alcan air optix night and day. No mucking around every morning and happy keeping them in for a couple of weeks at a time.
I've only really used Acuvue dailies but have never experienced what you describe.
Are they the correct size?
Do you have astigmatism/use toric lenses?
Do you use eyewear to protect them from drying when riding at speed?
Always wear them when out riding or when wearing my glasses would prevent me from wearing sunnies/goggles.
Never experienced them move when riding as the above lot have said are the the correct size, presume these were ordered by an optician for you?
I use the acuvue and clarity dailys without issue but I did have a test pair of j&j that seemed too large as I don't have big anime eyes they were difficult to put in and I could feel them with every blink. So maybe a set with a smaller/larger diameter are what you need to stop them moving around.
I've been using Daysoft for the last 10 years. No idea how they compare to the current other brands, but not had any issues.
Tried all sorts through my opticians and always felt uncomfortable. Constant grittiness / dryness even with the priciest lenses. Switched to Daysoft about six years back and now never even notice I'm wearing them. About £15 for a month's supply plus the usual bi-annual lens check at the opticians.
I used to get blurred vision with the disposable lenses too but a mate lent me some Hylo eyedrops and that seems to have sorted the problem. I put some in before putting in the lenses and if I'm wearing them all day I'll keep the drops in the bag and use them whenever the lenses start to feel dry and scratchy.
They're quite expensive but he gets them on perscription, so might be worth asking your optician about
Another daysoft fan here
Daysoft here for many years now. Other online things keep popping up in my ad feed and they're always way more expensive, as are any opticians options. If you find them comfortable (and for me they're as good or better as anything i tried before) there's not competition.
I use Cooper Vision ‘Clariti’ multifocal daily disposables. Not cheap at £39/month (for 20 lenses, I don’t wear them every day), but they do mean I don’t need to also wear reading glasses for, well, reading
They also do single vision lenses which are quite a bit cheaper if you don’t yet have ‘old’ eyes
I also have very sensitive eyes - the slightest irritant these days can make then red and swollen...
I use 'Acuvue' Moist Multifocal daily lenses for stuff like mountain biking where I might get dirt/grit/pollen etc in them.
I also use Acuvue OASYS (for presbyopia) as a multiday soft contact lens and have even slept in a pair for upto 5 days on a Snowboard trip to Greenland.* My spares survived really low temps and I just changed them every 5 days to minimise having to touch my eye, given the lack of washing facilities etc.
I ended up trialling numerous different lenses and solution and quite a few just irritated my eyes, however the acuvue moist dailies have been great - and the ability to have two prescriptions (i.e. so I can still read a map etc without having to carry reading glasses) as I get older has been really useful.
*How do you know when someone has been on a Snowboard trip to Greenland - don't worry they will tell you! 🙂
If blinking sorts out your vision (albeit temporarily), then perhaps your lenses are drying out?
Coldelamachine mentioned Hylo eyedrops, which are similar to the Clinitas Soothe drops recommended by my optician. However the Clinitas drops contain a high concentration of sodium hyaluronate, 0.4% rather than 0.2% (I think), so are really effective. Also, they come in a little resealable dropper unit, which is easy to carry on a ride.
Highly recommended . . . but talk to your own optician first!
Thanks for all the replies guys, not been on the forum for a couple of days!
Yeah, I think drying-out is a contributing factor. As people have suggested, blinking does help and I've also noticed that they get very dry by the end of the day (to the point where they're only really comfortable for 8-10hours). I had been thinking about giving drops a try, but never needed them with monthlies.
Problem is always worst when I've being sitting still for a while. Done a few races on both the bike and snowboard recently and the absolute worst thing for it appears to be hanging around waiting for your race start for half an hour or so, then dropping in!
Proper optician's visit might not hurt either, I just transferred across the sizing, etc from my monthly lens prescription!
Not big or clever, but getting a proper eye test is actually a total faff around here.
Changing lenses can result in needing to tweak the size, and if they are torics, the axis can be different for different brands. If a toric lens rotates your vision will go blurry. With the last brand I used, the lenses would get dry and rotate out of position and not move back. They are thicker at the bottom and the extra weight keeps them in the correct position.
I had similar problems with my monthlies about 8 or so years ago. Using a solution with peroxide has sorted it. Make sire the lens has been in the solution for the required time and the solution properly neutralised before putting it anywhere near your eyes....
Bausch and Lomb renu. I am told there are newer better lenses out there now.
Yes...trying to get an optician appointment in France......you could try now for 2020...One of the rare things I get done when am in the UK.
Dry eyes seem to be a common phenomenon with many people these days (with or without contact lenses) - apparently staring at a screen for long periods means you blink less, so your eyes dry out ...
My dry eyes were exacerbated by the use of claritin for hayfever ... I've since stopped taking claritin and my optician recommended Omega 3 & 6 supplements along with a warm eye patch/bag followed by massaging under the eyes in order to encourage the release of oils that lubricate the eye. This has helped greatly.
Definitely worth seeing a good optician/contact lens specialist.
, I just transferred across the sizing, etc from my monthly lens prescription!
Another CL wearer who is a law unto their self, unbelievably silly thing to do before 'trying' any lenses you should have them fitted and checked by an optician!! So they are a 'bit inconvenient' now.....lose your site wonder how inconvenient that woud be!!