Acuvue 2 Colours - Opaques in Water

321contacts · #1 (**permalink**) 09-03-2008, 11:16 AM

If you're spending the night at a friend's house and you forget your storage solution, would it be okay to store them in water just to keep them moist, then rinse them with solution when you get the chance?

Before you wear them again, of course.

Kimmyh51 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-20-2009, 06:05 AM

no!!! - they will go a funny shape and will be useless afterwards... water is not the same salt ratio as solution, and they will not be wearable the next day

saline is ok, and if really really desperate you could try mising a tiny bit of salt in the water but there is a big risk of ruining them with that as you need to get it at exactly 0.9% to get the right salt content to not ruin them.

Tigger · #3 (**permalink**) 02-23-2009, 12:08 PM

I didn't know that you couldn't keep them in water. I guess I never really thought about what's actually in the solution.

321contacts · #4 (**permalink**) 04-30-2009, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Kimmyh51

no!!! - they will go a funny shape and will be useless afterwards... water is not the same salt ratio as solution, and they will not be wearable the next day

saline is ok, and if really really desperate you could try mising a tiny bit of salt in the water but there is a big risk of ruining them with that as you need to get it at exactly 0.9% to get the right salt content to not ruin them.

How would I get that magic 0.9% salt solution? That sounds like a lot of trouble to go through just to spend the night on the road. If I forget my saline solution, my lenses are pretty much toast, aren't they?