GLASSES TO CONTACT LENSES
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Stalker62
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Working very long hours 'back in the day' contact lenses were no fun.
That coupled with the fact that twice, when cleaning the lenses (twice!) I got the solutions the wrong way around - it is akin to stabbing yourself in the eye with a branch
Lenses (disposable) are much better nowadays and the risk of blinding yourself much reduced.
If you can tolerate it, one option is to wear one contact lens (which is what I do when on the range). Your brain very quickly accommodates to which eye to use.
That coupled with the fact that twice, when cleaning the lenses (twice!) I got the solutions the wrong way around - it is akin to stabbing yourself in the eye with a branch
Lenses (disposable) are much better nowadays and the risk of blinding yourself much reduced.
If you can tolerate it, one option is to wear one contact lens (which is what I do when on the range). Your brain very quickly accommodates to which eye to use.
Jon P
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No issues with contact lenses and better then glasses in the rain, you should only make the mistake of putting the wrong solution in your eyes once, and also don’t put them in if recently been applying silicone around bath, that can sting a bit too- I can keep mine in for 12 hours a day with no issues at all. Using monthly disposable ones.
mike243
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what prompted the idea of contacts was I have been out this morning to check zero on one of my rifles after having some work done on it, generally most shots are taken of quad sticks so I am stood up fairly straight but zhooting of sandbags on the bonnet of my truck and looking out of the top of my eyes was really awkward, all I could see was the frame of my specs, does anyone wear multifocal lenses and how do they get on with them
I wear glasses daily, but switch to contacts when I’m shooting.
I use the one off daily use lenses, and just bin them at the end of the day.
I use the one off daily use lenses, and just bin them at the end of the day.
I wear contacts. My prescription is all over the place gone from -1 to -.75 to -.50 I struggle looking at my scope reticle when concentrating like zeroing. They get dry and I loose focus. However I need them for distance and wouldn’t be without them. Glasses steaming up, getting wet from rain, knocked by my hood or bino strap or anything as I’m clumsy.
So in my opinion just buy a few sets and give it a go. Every one is different when it comes to contacts.
Forgot to mentioned I buy daily’s as looking after a set of contacts is a pain. Lost a set white water rafting on my stag do and it buggered my eyes up. The lads kept the experience a surprise and they were a recent addition they didn’t know about.
If you get away with not wearing them all the time daily’s are the way to go.
So in my opinion just buy a few sets and give it a go. Every one is different when it comes to contacts.
Forgot to mentioned I buy daily’s as looking after a set of contacts is a pain. Lost a set white water rafting on my stag do and it buggered my eyes up. The lads kept the experience a surprise and they were a recent addition they didn’t know about.
If you get away with not wearing them all the time daily’s are the way to go.
Scotty99
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I’ve worn contact lenses for many years now. Switched from glasses as I hated game shooting in the rain. Never looked back. I use 30 day reusable ones, just clean in the supplied fluid when you take them out and store in fluid overnight. I wear them every day for about 8-10 hours a day. Wouldn’t be without them now. I have a pair of glasses as back up and for watching tv in the evening.
I've been wearing contact lenses all day, every day, for over 30 years. I put them in first thing in the morning, and take them out last thing at night. I'll even sleep in them occasionally, for example if I'm doing a dusk stalk followed by a dawn stalk, and camping on my ground.
I think I still have a pair of glasses, but haven't worn them for years.
I think I still have a pair of glasses, but haven't worn them for years.
If I fall to sleep in mine I’m in a right mess. They stick like glue and I can’t see a think as they dry out. It really does depend on your eyes as to their suitability.
I suffered cysts inside my lower eye lid when i first started wearing contacts. Not to put the op off as I wouldn’t be without them now.
Contacts for me every time, they've rejuvenated these old eyes. Daily wear ones, in first thing out last thing, a game changer.
Stalker62
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Which reminds me of the elderly lady whose vision got progressively worse when she first started to use contact lenses in her eye.
When she made it back to the optician, he removed eleven (11) lenses from her eye. She had been putting one in each new day and had not been taking them out.
A friend gave me this tip for when that happens:
Get hold of one of your nostril hairs and yank it out. Guaranteed to make your eyes water, giving instant relief
John Gryphon
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And she was saying to Mavis her sister that her hubby `ol George`s tool just keeps getting bigger and bigger as he ages.
Magnificent 7
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Tried them but the optician wouldt let me take them as my eyes were red raw trying to get them in and out with my big daft fingers.Tbh I have to wear glasses all day but I can’t use them for shooting as I can’t use my binns thermal or scope with them on plus like said no good in the rain hence why I wanted contacts.
I doubt your fingers are any clumsier than mine. It can take a while to get the knack, and you spend the first week feeling like someone has thrown a handful of fine gravel in your eyes, but as far as I'm concerned that was a small price to pay for the subsequent 30 years of perfect vision.
Even after 30 years I still can't put my lenses in or take them out without using a mirror, but it really doesn't matter because I'm in the bathroom anyway first thing in the morning and last thing at night.
Incidentally, not only do I occasionally sleep in my lenses (as mentioned earlier) I also swim in them. After swimming, as soon as I get home, I just take them out and bin them and pop in a new pair.
I use monthly disposables, and buy monthly packs of cleaning solution. However, because I only put lenses in and take them out once a day the solution lasts longer than a month. I change lenses each time I start a new bottle of solution, which means the lenses last a bit more than a month too. As a result, I've accumulated a stock of spare sets, so I can just bin them and start a fresh pair if they get particularly dirty (such as after working in a dusty environment).
For 30 years, my optician has been telling me not to sleep in them, or swim in them, and then after looking at my (perfectly healthy) eyes says I might as well carry on doing what I'm doing because it's obviously not doing me any harm.
Many years ago I considered laser eye surgery. For a while I regretted not going down that route, but now I'm glad I stuck with the contact lenses. They've been absolutely fantastic.
mchughcb
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If you are taking up contact sports such as kickboxing I would use contact lenses. Had them for many years, causes constant eye irritation taking them in and out as I used the disposables which are thin. My glasses have saved me a few times at work and in the field where I've been smashed right in the eye with something and the glass took the force saving my eye.
Stalker62
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Back in the 1800s when I was working for a living, I wore contact lenses. The trouble was that my work day was regularly 16 hours and the lenses became quite 'sticky'.
I opted for eye laser surgery. I well remember the surgeon who carried out the procedure was wearing glasses.
"Forgive me. I cannot help but notice (obviously my sight cannot have been that bad) that you are wearing glasses - why have you not had this procedure?"
"Because we don't know what the long-term effects of laser surgery are yet. Now lay back and keep very, very still..."
Anyhoo.
The surgery gave me almost another twenty years of 20:20.
Fast forward into the 21st Century, and once again I was exploring the option of another round of laser surgery.
Most companies will not operate on you, if you have had previous laser surgery by another company.
For the one company that would, they quoted four times the 'going rate' for each eye - so about £4,500 an eye.
Now I like to think that I have a sense of humour - but nothing is that funny...
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