People with contact lenses in here…

[Dee]

Just wondered if anyone else did this, and if you don’t, then do it. Its saving me a bomb.

I've been wearing daily disposables for about 5 years now, they were set up on a DD for £22 a month, so do the math. That’s over £1300 on nothing but lenses, erk

I was told to never EVER reuse them as they can damage your eyes yadda blah etc, but I have had to cut back on my outgoings lately so something had to change. I don’t like wearing glasses and I cant afford to have my eyes lasered, so what do I do now? I reuse my dailies

3 months supply would last just short of three months, I always managed to drop some, break some. And I would have to buy an extra box to cover the shortfall. But now, a box that normally used to last me 2 weeks, has lasted over three months, just because I clean them every night instead of binning them. They will last ages, but I tend to wear them same pair for a week before binning them. I am saving loads of dollar.

Just wondered if anyone else did this? Its all about saving the pennies

[Feek]

Have you looked at buying them from the USA? I did that and even taking into account the fact that the optician then started charging me on a yearly basis for my checkup I was still quids in. They're much cheaper when bought in bulk from overseas and I was getting exactly the same lenses.

I used to reuse dailies for three or four days with no problem and all I did was soak them in saline overnight.

[Jonny69]

Monthly contact lenses are about half the price of dailies. Switch to them. I don't know why everyone demands dailies. It's not like putting them in a pot of liquid every night is much hassle. I wore them for best part of 15 years with no problems. Don't make a habit out of re-using dailies. You will have to clean them properly like a normal lens and the solutions will bulk the cost back up so false economy.

Go for a branded lens rather than a Specsavers own brand. I had trouble-free contact lens wearing until I got their cheap £10/mo ones which don't breathe very well.

Then when you can afford it you may as well get them lasered. 2 days 23 hours left until I get mine done

[BBx]

Originally Posted by Betty

Just wondered if anyone else did this? Its all about saving the pennies

I wouldn't risk it as Kitten has said.

Mine are GP lenses and I have to clean em every night they cost £120 per time I get them and the solutions cost £25 every quarter. Right PITA but can't use soft lenses or stomach the laser op

That reminds me I need to get some more done.

BB x

[Dee]

Why? I am having no problems reusing dailes at all.

And its not about demanding dailies, I cant wear monthlies because my eyes are too dry apparently. I am saving money this way, thought other people might want to try it

[Lana]

I wear two week disposable contacts, but I've never worn them for only two weeks. My insurance at home would cover two boxes for each eye (a total of 12 lenses each) so thats how much I had for a year:-P
It isn't the best thing for your eyes, granted, but it hasn't caused me all that much trouble either. I make sure to clean my lenses really well (rinse/rub morning and night) and I take them out and wear glasses for a few hours at night time so my eyes can relax.
Some people can't wear contacts for more than one day because their eyes produce more proteins than other people, and the contacts start irritating their eyes after a few days because they have gunk on them. If that isn't the case for you, I'd say don't worry about it.
Yay for saving the moola.

[LeperousDust]

I wish i could wear daily disposables my eyes are so crap i have to wear tri-monthly and it costs a bomb too, i *really* *really* need to find a cheap way to work this...

[BBx]

Sorry! I thought you were looking for alternatives!!!

I'll go back to insulting you on my FB updates!

BB x

[Dee]

If your eyes dont produce enough tears (like mine) I can only wear dailies. Monthlies could irritate my eyes if I leave them in for too long.

I clean them in solution every morning and store them in solution every night. I have never had a problem so far, and its working fine. Guess its not for everyone

[Jonny69]

Originally Posted by Betty

If your eyes dont produce enough tears (like mine) I can only wear dailies. Monthlies could irritate my eyes if I leave them in for too long.

That's the thing, they are made out of the same stuff and from my experience they are almost identical. Whoever told you that about them being too dry is misinformed because they come in different compounds and if you're finding your eyes are drying out then you're not wearing the right lens for you. Unfortunately a lot of the chain opticians push their own brand lenses (presumably because they make more money on them) but I've found the lenses and definitely the solutions way inferior. Example: I reckon in 10 years of wearing Precision UV monthly disposables I had maybe 3 duff lenses. Less than I can remember. Specsavers £10/mo disposables probably every 3rd month or more I'd have a lens that would continually irritate my eye.

You need to try a few out is what I'm trying to say and I mean try them out for a full month to see how you get on. And bear in mind the solutions are all different. The peroxide solutions always irritated my eyes and the only one I ever got on with really well was a Bausch and Lomb all-in-one.