It's a tradeoff, though, IME... the higher the water content, the shorter they last.
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It's a tradeoff, though, IME... the higher the water content, the shorter they last.
I have been wearing contacts since high school. Being athletic and wearing glasses did not mix. Plus I was around horses and having them swiped across my face a few times cured me of wearing them to the barn.
I wear acuview2 and I do get some problems with wind drying them out. I try to remember to put drops in before heading out but that is not always how it goes :rolleyes: I think the wrap around sun glasses help. I tried different contacts that were supposed to be "better" with more water content but when the sweat got in my eye, the contacts became foggy! This was not good.
I was told not to get Lasik. My doctor said in 2 years it would cause me to have to get reading glasses.
I love wearing contacts for riding and every day. My eye doctor is a mountain biker and totally passionate about getting her athletes (and everyone else) in the right contacts. We went through about 7 types, tried Acuvue, Oasis, some other two week pairs, finally won with dailies. I wear Ciba DAILIES AquaComfort Plus, a little more expense but allergy season doesn't bug my eyes. When I was in the two week type my eyes burned and hurt from allergies, I used allergy drops and expensive cleaner my doctor had luck with to no avail, I was in my glasses 50% of the time. The dailies also stay much moister which helps since I hate putting in eye drops. :)
I wear regular Acuvue lenses and have no problems with them. But then I don't ride in the desert.
A few years ago I started having problems with itchy eyes in the spring (unrelated to cycling) so I use Patanol drops in the morning until spring allergy season is over. You need to wait 15 minutes after putting the drops in before you put in your contacts, but I put the drops in when I first get up and then take a shower so it's more than 15 minutes before I'm ready for contact lenses.
I still sometimes have problems with a gritty feeling in my eyes when pollen counts are high, especially on a windy day, but I think the only solution for that would be to wear goggles that completely seal my eyes off from the air. Interestingly, I heard that this spring was worse than usual for pollen, but I'm having fewer problems with gritty eyes.
p.s. I used to have problems sometimes with the lenses being uncomfortable when I first put them in my eyes in the morning. I realized the problem was that I was getting fingerprints on them. Now I put saline solution on my fingers before touching the lenses and they feel great as soon as I put them in.
I wore contacts for the last 20 years. I had lasik last summer. On the Dr's rec, I bought some BIG, wrap-around sunglasses. I also have the Tifosi's and although I look a little silly, they are worth it. I also carry eye drops in my handlebar bag for long rides.
Just today I headed out in a hurry with my serengeti's and immediately got an eyeful of dirt and pollen.
My husband wears glasses and is too cheap to order prescription sunglasses. He even attempted to glue old lenses into a pair of sunglasses. I don't know how he does it!
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Using riding glasses helps tremendously over my normal glasses particularly in eye watering downhills (my max speed yesterday was 44.8mph) and eyes seem better protected against red eye causing pollen.
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If I ever got up to 44.8 mph I think I'd freak - glasses or no glasses. I'm having a panic attack just thinking about it.
The Oasis were the ones that got foggy on me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama
Very interesting about the daily ones. I think if I continue to have wind/dryness issues I will see about trying them!