[theCryptofishist]

[DoriumLux]

[C.f.M.]

I also wear my contacts until they rip.

I have two pairs of glasses already (one for traveling/camping), so I'll bring both, and keep the "good" pair in the car, for the ride there and back.

I'm thinking I'll bring a pair of contacts for each day, just in case...that's what someone recommended. But she has money I do not have, so...anyways.

I am quite near-sighted, and have no peripheral vision, when I wear glasses, and don't see as well at night, so just wearing my glasses isn't much of an option.

Not to mention it won't go with my outfits.
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[ygmir]

as I change out my contacts monthly, I save the old ones, in preservative/cleaner, for the whole year, and, bring all the old pairs with me. then, I change each day and throw the old ones away.......
worked very well for me last year.......
it's almost impossible to get them clean once you've been in the dust all day.......even rinsing seems to leave a film of dust......
so, for me at least, changing works best......and, no extra cost since I'da thrown them away anyway.......
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[Ugly Dougly]

I had to rip out my contacts on the first day. Wore my damn spectacles all through the rest of the event.

Note to self: Don't use Oasys lenses.
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[C.f.M.]

I wore the same pair of contacts the whole time (took them out at night). They're Oasys. Apparently they're the most breathable, or whatever...I tried one pair, that alleges you can wear them 30 days/nights straight, but could barely tolerate them for a day.

I tried to wear my glasses, but without goggles over them, couldn't see well (in the dust storming).
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[teardropper]

I wear glasses, titanium frame hingeless, frameless that are pretty durable, considering for how fragile they look and they did pretty good till Saturday. Put my goggles on over them and somehow broke a bow. Not so durable. I will still wear my glasses but am due for new goggles. Playa is hard on lenses and frames and goggles and, yes, eyes. I plan on improving my system, not abandoning all because I broke something. I broke and ruined a lot of stuff. Reevaluate, and get better.

[Ugly Dougly]

I never got clean enough - except for a few brief seconds after a shower - to risk putting in contacts.
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[Fire_Moose]

So i finally got some contacts...so far they are a bit of a pain in the ass but i suppose ill get used to it.

For those of you that wear contacts out there and take em out at night, how do you wash yer hands? Hopefully it will work out where keeping them in for a week straight wont be an issue....hell I already slept in them the first night with no problems
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[ygmir]

I wear contacts.....and, have found it impossible to get my hands clean enough, to not have "playa film" on my contacts once I touch them......and, to get it off of the ones I've worn all day......

my solution has been to save contacts all year, in storage solution, and, then, change them each day..........unless you can leave them in for a few days......but, make sure to use plenty of eye drops....

it seems they get coated with playa dust and, even when I wash them, it's still there, and, an irritant....so, a "new" pair, and, super clean hands, minimizes the dust in your eyes and under the lens......

my eyes still looked like they were bleeding by the end of 12 days out there, though.......
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[phil]

I wear hard contacts, and I've always worn them on the playa. The old military surplus goggles work well for me in dust storms with my contacts in, and I also bring my back up glasses and wear them when it's a day-long storm. To each his own. Till you've been out there, you won't know how your eyes will handle the dryness and the playa powder.

I've been able to maintain clean hands long enough to get my contacts in, and I don't wear them from rising until bed time - I do switch to my glasses at night to get some rest and tearing going.

I don't know about the month-wear Oasys lenses. Mine are the regular hard, semi-permeable ones that last for years - basically till I lose one or my prescription changes.

[Fire_Moose]

Ygmir, i read your strat up further, where you just save the old ones for the burn, I think ill end up doing this that way there is no problem if they get lost or whatever.

Phil - I couldn't imagine hard contacts...youch
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