Glasses v Contact Lenses

John Doe1

Which do you prefer. I've worn both and i like the fact with glasses people seem to treat me more as an adult and that i save about 2 mins in the morning not having to put on lenses. (im quite lazy)

Orando Broom

John Doe1 wrote: »

Which do you prefer. I've worn both and i like the fact with glasses people seem to treat me more as an adult and that i save about 2 mins in the morning not having to put on lenses. (im quite lazy)

Glasses, handier. Lenses for sport. Lenses are also not cheap, there again glasses are not cheap but are cheaper than continual lens use.

Uriel.

Lasereye surgery ftw to be honest.

You'll never look back even though you'll see better than you ever had if you did happen to look back

alwaysadub

Glasses. Got contacts but never took to them, only wore them a few times. Maybe i'll get more at some stage to wear the odd time.

Pace2008

I wear contacts; reckon I look like a bit of a goober with glasses. I'd like to get laser surgery at some stage.

And two minutes to put in your lenses? They're some pretty poor fine motor skills right there.

The House Of Wolves

I hate my glasses frame, but if I had something nicer, than the answer is glasses. Lenses are itchy and dry my eyes out if I were them for over 5hr. (Use dailies.) I wear them if I know there are going to be photos taken, there's a fierce shine offa my glasses.

Aoifey!

I can see without either :cool:

Bipolar Joe

I quite like wearing glasses. When they start slipping, it's a satisfying feeling, pushing them back up. Tried contacts once, uncomfortable as fuck.

GLaDOS

I prefer contacts personally, glasses annoy me, though I wear them to work/college

FunkZ

I absolutely love contacts, I love my glasses too. But contacts are just ridiculously handy.

I'd most definitely lose my glasses if I wore them when I was drunk.

I have spare sets of contacts hidden in all my friends houses, they don't know though :P

talla10

I wear glasses but only to disguise myself as a super hero. If i wore contacts then everybody would know that i am in fact....The Coon!!

Sergeant

I wear contact lenses. I have the lenses that you leave in for a month, even being able to wear them when asleep.

Much better than glasses, and very comfortable.

TanG411

I wear contacts when going out. Found a website on the glasses forum where I'm saving about 60% a month on contacts.

AnonoBoy

I wear my glasses to maintain my secret identity.

I look totally different when I take them off. It's weird because I don't think I do but all I do is take off my glasses and style my hair very slightly differently and nobody, not even this reporter chick that I work with can tell it's me.

John Doe1

Sergeant wrote: »

I wear contact lenses. I have the lenses that you leave in for a month, even being able to wear them when asleep.

Much better than glasses, and very comfortable.

how much would monthly lenses cost?

Sarn

Glasses, I haven't worn contacts in years.

Jev/N

Laser FTW - 13 years of contacts and 18 of glasses, not sad to see them gone! :cool: (sunglasses prescription free)

Redhairedguy

I don't mind wearing my glasses at all as they're so comfy and handy for everyday life.

I wear contacts when I'm doing contact sport (no pun intended) and on certain nights out.

I like wearing contacts but after a couple of hours my eyes get dry and kinda itchy. I stare a lot at screens in work also so I don't tend to wear them then.

Tend to score more when I wear my contacts... I guess cause the ladies can see my big beautiful blues.

AgileMyth

I wear glasses most of the time and contacts when I'm going out or playing sport. I've never found contacts particularly comfortable so thats the main reason I don't use them more.

I'll get laser surgery when I can afford it. Had the money saved up earlier this year but decided to buy a new motorbike instead!

wolf moon

Lenses.

readmylips

prefer lenses...day n night monthlies were the dogs wotsits ! waking up being able to see...but lo and behold after a years wear, cant wear the buggers anymore...can just seem to find the "right" alternative..so back to my specs, which i defo DO NOT prefer ! and laser eye zapping is not an option thanks to the plus prescription
oh well...

mattjack

I dunno...I always find you need ears for glasses ..

Glowing

I wear the silicon monthlys, 20 quid a month from Specsavers (the ones u sleep in for 30 days). I love them!

readmylips

GLOWING, if ya dont mind me askin...how long are u wearing them? a year, 2 ???

seanbmc

I have monthly lenses, if you break one that's you down a lens for the whole month.

Going to get laser eye surgery though, because it worked wonders for my mam.

niallo27

The accuve moist lens are the best out there, new tru eye ones are amazing

Offalygal1

Glasses..100% love my glasses, feel so odd and weird without my glasses. tried daily contact lenses, for some reason i i can never get them into my left eye,and when i do its as uncomfortable as hell! :-(

Johnny D. Mudd

Oh I love having contacts with me. Glasses are dead handy in that you can pretty much just slip them on and go. But glasses keep slipping off my nose and end up making look a right nerd (not that I'm not anyway). Contacts are great in that you slip them in and then you can go off without any bother. You can leave them in for hours at a time and not have to bother with glasses. Plus I have noticed that my vision is a lot sharper when I put the contacts in.

However, the biggest bother I tend to have with contacts is actually getting the damn things in in the first place. Someone posted that it takes about five minutes to put in. Well for me, of terrible hand-eye co-ordination clumsiness and general frustration, it takes about twenty minutes. Plus I usually need a rigid setup too, washing my hands thoroughly so that the contacts don't get bacteria on them and then trying to keep them on the end of my finger for the best chance of slipping them in. It's only after much frustration, kicking of things, banging of fists and explosive swearing that I can begin to appreciate the handiness of having contacts in.

Raminahobbin

I wear my glasses most of the time, but if I'm going out or getting dressed up for something I'll wear the contacts. Also, if it's raining and I have to walk the dog or walk anywhere (like shopping on town on a rainy day)- cos I HATE when I can't see through my rained on glasses!! I haven't got prescription sunglasses, so If I have to drive for long-ish trips on a sunny day I'll wear contacts so I can wear sunglasses.

emeraldstar

Contacts, constantly. I'd say my glasses are about 9 years and 6 prescriptions old

Princess Peach

Good eyesight trumps these all.

*bats eyelids*

cena

Does anyone know where I can get my glasses frames customised. What too get a team logo on them.

I only wear glasses in the car. Never tried lenses

FatherLen

cena wrote: »

Does anyone know where I can get my glasses frames customised. What too get a team logo on them.

I only wear glasses in the car. Never tried lenses

xzibit.

cena

FatherLen wrote: »

xzibit.

No. Just plan cena

Ben Moore

I've had glasses since i was a toddler, life wouldn't be the same without them

Glowing

readmylips wrote: »

GLOWING, if ya dont mind me askin...how long are u wearing them? a year, 2 ???

I've been wearing dailies for ten years, but these monthlys for the past year or so! The key is to keep them really clean and to take them out for a night once a week

readmylips

Thanks Glowing...ya.was a dailies supporter for many moons too! used to take monthlies out every two weeks for a rest, maybe thats were i went wrong but after 13 months...bang, sore eyes, infection, dry eye, all that...maybe i should give me another shot and do as u suggest...the oasys lads just arent doin it for me !
Cheers
rml

AeoNGriM

Much prefer my contacts to glasses.

For those who experience irritation with contacts, be aware that most Irish Optician's lenses are complete pants, at least in my experience.

I buy my lenses online at http://www.lenscatalogue.co.uk/

Since my eyes are a little sensitive I use the Air Optix Aqua lenses. Absolutely swear by them, can't feel them in at all and they don't irritate me eyes at all. A little more expensive but totally worth it.

Cost me just over 100 euro for a 6 month supply of Monthly's, with solution and a night case.

seamus

Contacts. Monthlys...stick them in once, take them out around 4 weeks later.

I'll admit that sticking contacts in every day was a bit annoying, especially if your eyes were tired or they just didn't sit right that day. So I absolutely love the monthlys now.

I don't mind my glasses at all, but I notice the severe limitation in my field of vision, especially when driving or cycling.

The cost of laser eye surgery for someone as blind as me, works out to about the cost of 20 years worth of contact lenses. Plus I have better than 20/20 correction with my lenses, so there's no real benefit for me with surgery. I'd end up paying more and having worse visiion than I do now.

rounding tattenham Corner

3 months after laser surgery and eyes feeling great and 20/10 vision. No longer a slave to those bastards at specsavers:D

AnnaVanilla

Definitely contacts! Never ever wear my glasses. I think my contacts are about 30 euros a month in Specsavers and never had any problems with them.

Been thinking about laser but it just sounds really scary

Azureus

Love my contacts! Wear em every day. But found a pair of glasses that I love recently, so gonna save up and buy em to wear for work so I look a lil different at the weekends

blaze1

If you j1zz in a girls eye and shes wearing contacts will it make her blind?

fish fingers

I used this crowd https://www.daysoftcontactlenses.com/IE/CountryHomepage.aspx. Very reasonable

pconn062

Glasses don't cause me a problem apart from when I have to run in the rain! :mad:

jonnyfingers

readmylips wrote: »

Thanks Glowing...ya.was a dailies supporter for many moons too! used to take monthlies out every two weeks for a rest, maybe thats were i went wrong but after 13 months...bang, sore eyes, infection, dry eye, all that...maybe i should give me another shot and do as u suggest...the oasys lads just arent doin it for me !
Cheers
rml

As someone who has worked for two contact lens manufacturers, and still work for one of them, I would recommend you try the monthly lenses again. It makes us the most profit and keeps me in a job!

seamus

jonnyfingers wrote: »

As someone who has worked for two contact lens manufacturers, and still work for one of them, I would recommend you try the monthly lenses again. It makes us the most profit and keeps me in a job!

Interesting, I would have assumed that the dailies were the biggest profiters cos they're so damned expensive and have to be changed every day. I guess though when you price it on a per-pair basis, the monthlies work out much more expensive.

starbelgrade

Uriel. wrote: »

Lasereye surgery ftw to be honest.

You'll never look back even though you'll see better than you ever had if you did happen to look back

Even with laser eye surgery, your eyesight still deteriorates over time, so the likelihood is that you'll still end up wearing lenses or glasses again.

Personally, I wear glasses when I'm working or at home & lenses the rest of the time.

jonnyfingers

seamus wrote: »

Interesting, I would have assumed that the dailies were the biggest profiters cos they're so damned expensive and have to be changed every day. I guess though when you price it on a per-pair basis, the monthlies work out much more expensive.

Nope. The dailies are the least profitable. The lenses are quite cheap, especially if you buy in bulk, I'm not sure of the exact price but I assume close to a euro per lens. We make a few cents profit on each lens. Hence why they're manufactured in such bulk, about 25-30 million of them every month.

Whereas the monthly lenses we make a few euros profit on each lens.

Interestingly the chemical make up of the daily and monthly lenses are very similar. The process of how they're made from the raw material make the monthly lenses a little more resilient to wear and tear and they might be slightly more comfortable for various reasons I won't go into. But that's where the difference ends really.

starbelgrade

jonnyfingers wrote: »

Nope. The dailies are the least profitable. The lenses are quite cheap, especially if you buy in bulk, I'm not sure of the exact price but I assume close to a euro per lens..

They're a lot cheaper than that if you buy them online.

jonnyfingers

starbelgrade wrote: »

They're a lot cheaper than that if you buy them online.

Exactly. So we have to make them for as little cost as possible, less than 20c per lens.