Contact Lenses
 

I went for an eye test last week and was asked if I had ever considered using contact lenses.

It has been something that I have thought about as it would save a lot of hassle when out on the bike and I could wear normal sunglasses so I told the optician that I was interested.

Got a call today to go in tomorrow as they have a trial set for me to see how I get on.

It is a free trial so thats good but I have never tried them in the past as I am not too sure about poking about in my eyes.

oh great members of the .org I am sure that many of you are wearers of contact lenses and I would like to know how you got on the first time you tried them - please.

Re: Contact Lenses
 

hated them first time i thought it was bizarre poking about my eye...now i wear them constantly and only wear glasses at home. they are brill for me.

stick with it cause it takes a few times to get used to them...not just the first time...ask the optician for a weeks trial supply..so you can get used to a routine of putting them in and taking them out..

the reason i said a weeks supply is cause they use daily disposables for trials.

hth:p

Re: Contact Lenses
 

Superb when out and about, and would never wear glasses on the bike as the peripheral vision is better with the lenses.

first time I had lenses fitted I fainted - don't like folk playing with my eyes :D

Re: Contact Lenses
 

thats the bit thats really worrying me - poking about in my eyes

Re: Contact Lenses
 

ive worn them for about 12 years now and its 2nd nature now having them in. at first it was a little bit of a pain but stuck with it and now wear the day and night lenses. only need to clean them once a week and they last a month a pair

Re: Contact Lenses
 

It's amazing how quickly you adapt to them: I spent a good two hours trying to get the damn things in the first time I used them. Fast forward a month and I was popping them in and out in seconds with ease.

Re: Contact Lenses
 

As everyone else as said it takes a bit of getting used to but it's worth it.

Re: Contact Lenses
 

i had 30 pairs of disposible ones a while back and still have a few pairs left, it took me about 20 mins to get them in at first, now it takes about 5, i still have not got the hang of it

but i went to specsavers on thursday and picked up the free trial ones, i have a scar on my left eye, so the vision with contact lense is not quite as good as it is with glasses, plus it took abot 6 hours yesterday to get used to them

im still not convincid i like them, im going to try them on the bike today, probably

if you do a search on here there is a few threads on the subject

edit http://forums.sv650.org/search.php?searchid=2066494

Re: Contact Lenses
 

never thought about searching on here - my apologies

the link doesn't work

thanks for your encouragement folks, i'm off in a minute to go and get my eyes poked :(

Re: Contact Lenses
 

Yep worth it, go for them, takes a while to get used to it but only takes about 2-3 seconds per eye now.