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Daysoft Daily Disposable
by Captainreview
I started wearing contact lenses about 6 years ago, after previously wearing glasses.
Firstly I tried the monthly ones which you take out every night to clean and then wear again the next day but I didn't really like them so I decided to give daily disposables a go.
First I got them from my optician at £25 a month. From the ... start I much preferred daily disposables. There was no fuss, just a new pair every morning and they felt much more comfortable to wear as they're slimmer and lighter. Also if you accidentally drop one you don't have to clean it - you can just throw it in the bin and open another one.
After about 6 months I saw an advert for Daysoft and decided to give it a go, as I thought that £300 a year was a lot of money for my contacts.
I have now been using Daysoft lenses for about 5 years and will never buy contacts from my optician again! When you first register on the website, you put in which opticians and brand you use and they tell you which of their products is the most similar. You then put in your prescription, tick some disclaimers and away you go! I reorder mine every month and they usually come by post the next day. The box is small enough to fit through your letterbox and they work out at half what I was paying before to my optician.
Daysoft are based in the Channel Islands as it's illegal to sell contacts in in the UK without seeing your prescription so the onus is on you to make sure you put all the right details in and update your prescription whenever you need to.
I will never get my contacts from an optician again!
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Ciba Vision Dailies AquaComfort Plus
by busybee87
My optician recommended I try these as I've been wearing Focus Dailies for the last 3 years. Ciba Vision Aqua Comfort Plus are a newer, more advanced version of Focus Dailies that allow more moisture to the eye in order to make wearing lenses more comfortable.
Hours of wear/Eye health:
I wear contact lenses for at ... least 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and though I loved my Focus Dailies, my eyes would feel very dry at the end of each working day, especially when the office was heated or air conditioned. After 2 days of trialing AquaComfort Plus, my eyes still felt moist and were still lovely a white well in to the evening.
The one downside of these lenses is that they don't allow as much oxygen to the eye as newer lenses made with silicone hydrogel (such as Acuvue TruEyes). However, I will look out for a silicone hydrogel lense from Ciba Vision in the future and upgrade when one is available.
Price:
Aquacomfort Plus are only a little pricier than Focus Dailies (£25 versus £22 a month from Specsavers). Personally, I think eye health and comfort are extremely important, especially for those who wear lenses everyday. I therefore think the extra £3 a month is well worth it.
Fit:
I have relatively small eyes (my optician tells me!) and therefore can't wear larger 14.2 diameter lenses such as Acuvue TruEyes. My optician suggested AquaComfort Plus as they are 14.0 diameter, just a touch larger than the Focus Dailies at 13.9. These lenses are really easy to get in the eye and fit me really well with no movement when I blink.
Sturdy:
Other lenses I've tried (such as TruEyes) are much softer and split easily when I'm putting them in leading to much swearing from the bathroom! AquaComfort Plus are sturdy lenses with a defined curve, making them easy to handle and immune to being torn by my nails. This saves money in the long run as there are no wasted lense pairs.
Overall, after two days of wear of AquaComfort Plus, I asked my optician to switch my orders over from Focus Dailies to AquaComfort in the future. I couldn't be happier with the value, fit, quality of the lense, and comfort.
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Focus Dailies Contact Lenses
by busybee87
I had a lot of trouble finding contact lenses that fit my eyes well as I'm told by my optician that I have small eyes. Focus Dailies have the perfect diameter at 13.9 and fit perfectly. The size also makes them extremely easy to put in and handle.
Focus dailies are robust. In about 3 years of using these lenses, I've maybe had ... 2 rip. Both times the rip wasn't overly painful and I could easily remove the lense fragments from my eyes.
The major advantage of these lenses is that they are excellent value. However, I wear lenses for at least 8 hours a day, 7 days a week and I do find that my eyes feel quite dry in the evenings when I've been wearing these, particularly if I've been in an air conditioned or heated space. I am therefore upgrading to Ciba Vision Aqua Comfort lenses. My optician explained that the Ciba Vision lenses are basically a more advanced and updated version of Focus Dailies. They offer more moisture to the eye and don't dry out my eyes so much so I can wear my lenses for longer.
All in all, Focus Dailies are hugely popular lenses because they fit great, are excellent value for money, and don't tear easily. They are however a basic lense and I think it may be worthwhile to pay more for a lense that allows more oxygen into the eye and promotes better eye health.
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