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.



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