Contact Lenses

[appollo1]

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.

[pegasus]

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

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

[appollo1]

Originally Posted by simesb

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

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

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

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.

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

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

[appollo1]

Originally Posted by hovis

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

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

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

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