do you reuse your daily disposable contacts?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

i use dailies for 2 days, 2 weeks for 1 month, do double the recommended usage.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I have 2 week disposables that i use for months.

 

[Brainonska511]

I have 2 week disposables. I stop using them after 2 weeks since by that point (even with cleaning), they start to bother my eyes more.

 

[ppdes]

Mine start getting uncomfortable outside their lifespan as well (1 month, extended wear, B&L PureVision Toric). I take them out once a week and clean them when I take them out for swimming anyway. So they get more cleaning than people who wear them straight through even.

 

[George P Burdell]

My doc told me it's ok to use the 2-week ones for 4 weeks. I usually go 3-4 weeks.

For some reason, I find that Opti-Free keeps my lenses "fresher" (feeling newer?) than other solutions.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
My doc told me it's ok to use the 2-week ones for 4 weeks. I usually go 3-4 weeks.

For some reason, I find that Opti-Free keeps my lenses "fresher" (feeling newer?) than other solutions.

i tried to ask my opto the same question, if i can reuse them and they wouldn't say yes or no. only that they do not recommend using it for longer than the suggested period. me thinks they're trying to sell more contacts.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I use 2 weeks for 1-2 months. Never had a problem and my optometrist says one month is fine.

 

[Noema]

I use my 1 month disposables for about 6 weeks.

 

[imported_quasi]

I wear mine for twice as long as the recommended length. I'm just now finishing up a year's worth of contacts that I started about two years ago. Never had any problems. :thumbsup:

 

[Fritzo]

I use my 30 days for 3-6 months at a time.

 

[imported_hscorpio]

I read somewhere that the acuvue daily is really the same lense as the acuvue 2 week. I think it was a contact thread at fatwallet. But I wear my acuvue2's for more than 2 weeks if they last that long, but I usually get a little chip or rip on the edge of one of them before then.

 

[Zugzwang152]

I use my 2 weeks for roughly 2 weeks at a time. I guess I'm just unlucky to wear them out and get them all gunked up in that time. I used to use B&L contacts that I would wear for a month or more, but the acuvues that I wear now are much thinner and comfortable, but seem to get gunked up way faster.

 

[sswingle]

I use 2 week ones for 2 months sometimes. I'll replace an individual eye if it bothers me.

 

[meltdown75]

I have before but I just got 45 pairs so I'm good to go for a while.

I only wear contacts for hockey so usually they get worn for 2-3 hours and tossed out.

 

[mrCide]

also use my focus 1 month night/days for months at a time.. pretty much until theyre too dirty to be cleaned/wear.

 

[2Dead]

Yes, I wear them longer than I'm supposed too. I don't keep track how long though. I'll usually swap out when they start irritating me which could be between 1 and 3 months or more.

 

[meltdown75]

My optician asked me if I ever passed out with them in. Apparently I have little red veins running across my eye because my eye was starved of oxygen so it tries to get oxygen from the blood. There was a name for it but I forget what it was.

 

[markgm]

I used to have Frequency Toric lenses, and while I thought they didn't give me great vision at night, I was able to wear them for over a year with no change in vision or comfort (they are one month lenses.) To make sure I wasn't just getting used to them I took the old pair out and put a fresh pair in and it felt no different. This past December I got a new prescription and was given Acuvue Advance. They were really comfortable, the first time I put them in I couldn't even tell I was wearing them. The issue with them is after a week to two weeks, they're useless and my vision is all blurry. It's odd though, some lenses will last a month, others a week. It seems that there is no consistency between lenses. I think I'm going to head back and ask for a trial pair of the Frequency again and see how I like them with the new prescription.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I use my Acuvee Advance 2 weeks for 2-4 weeks, depending on my laziness levels. It gets pretty dry after the 3rd week, and it starts to feel uncomfortable. But usually it's fine.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: Noema
I use my 1 month disposables for about 6 weeks.

Is that all youre getting out of them? I use my 1 month disposables for about 2.5-3 months.

 

[BZeto]

I use my Focus Dailies for 1 day. I dont feel like taking them out and cleaning them each night and I cant leave them in while I sleep either.

 

[mh47g]

Originally posted by: BZeto
I use my Focus Dailies for 1 day. I dont feel like taking them out and cleaning them each night and I cant leave them in while I sleep either.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: mrCide
also use my focus 1 month night/days for months at a time.. pretty much until theyre too dirty to be cleaned/wear.

Aren't they the best lenses ever? It's like you had laser surgery- they're almost trouble free. I only have to take mine out about once a week or so to clean them.

Can't recommend them enough.

 

[BZeto]

I tried the ones you leave in day/night for a month but they just irritated my eyes too much. As much as I'd love to be able to sleep in my contacts they were just too painful/uncomfortable.

 

[crownjules]

I have the O2 lenses that should last for 2 weeks and I usually wear them for 4-6 weeks before using a fresh pair. I also am lazy and generally sleep with my contacts in and can go upwards of a week before I'll finally take them out. It was uncomfortable when I first started, but I have no problems these days.