[pct-l] Contact lenses

[scourtway at bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)]

acuvue are about 1 -1/2 weeks before they get uncomfortable...

I leave them in all week, and throw away weekly - no probs in like 7 or 8 
years...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "yogi" <yogihikes@sbcglobal.net>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 11:11 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Contact lenses


> Woah!!!!  Wait a minute!!!!  Am I reading this correctly?
>
> You have the lenses that you put in each morning and take out each night.
>
> It's safe and okay to save those lenses and use them again the next day?
> and the next day?
> and the next day?
> until they feel uncomfortable?
>
> Wow, this could save me a lot of money.  I throw those little buggers away 
> each night.
>
> yogi
> www.pcthandbook.com
>
>
>
>
> Rev Gizmo <revgizmo@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Before my 2004 hike, my optometrist set me up with daily disposable 
> lenses, then convinced me to take them out nightly and keep wearing them 
> until they became uncomfortable. I started with a 30 day supply.
>
> I carried 1 set of backups with me, and bounced the rest. I carried a 
> sample bottle of solution and used 2 drops for each lens each night. I 
> rinsed my fingers each night with a mouthful of water. When the solution 
> in the lens case was clean, i would use a drop from it to wet the lens in 
> the morning, otherwise i would use a drop from the bottle.
>
> I think I got pretty lucky with the fit of the lenses. 18 months later, I 
> am still using that initial 30 day supply.
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
> Rev Gizmo, the Agnostic
> PCT '04
>
> Mtnned@aol.com wrote:
> O.K., I gotta know this...
>
> What is the consensus regarding the use of contact lenses in the 
> backcountry
> and on extended trips:
>
> - Leave 'em at home and use glasses?
>
> - Use a daily wear variety?
>
> - Take the multi-week, keep-in-your-eyes kind and change 'em out at the
> next resupply?
>
> Those of you with contacts, what do you do?
>
>
> Mtnned
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