Acuvue 2 Colours - Opaques in Water

321contacts · #1 (**permalink**) 09-03-2008, 12:16 PM

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, 07:05 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, 01:08 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, 11:42 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?

SoniaF · #5 (**permalink**) 01-12-2011, 09:03 PM

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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?

Pretty much! Surprisingly, water is categorized as one of the dirtiest element on earth. It has so many bacterias that is OK for us to intake but not OK for contact lenses. Just imagine all the bacteria you'll be putting in your eyes, ick!

Moneyfornothin · #6 (**permalink**) 01-13-2011, 10:14 AM

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Pretty much! Surprisingly, water is categorized as one of the dirtiest element on earth. It has so many bacterias that is OK for us to intake but not OK for contact lenses. Just imagine all the bacteria you'll be putting in your eyes, ick!

Yes, water is a very good environment for microscopic organisms to swim around in. Your stomach has acids to fight against those bacteria, but your eyes don't have anything like that. So you must protect them.

I don't know who said that "water is one of the dirtiest elements on Earth," but I find that hard to believe. A cool, clear mountain stream, dirty? If you want real trouble, do like Australian boxer Anthony Mundine did and clean a contact lens in your mouth. He just about went blind in his one eye because he did that. You can read his sad story right here on Lens 101.

321contacts · #7 (**permalink**) 02-24-2011, 04:47 PM

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Yes, water is a very good environment for microscopic organisms to swim around in. Your stomach has acids to fight against those bacteria, but your eyes don't have anything like that. So you must protect them.

I don't know who said that "water is one of the dirtiest elements on Earth," but I find that hard to believe. A cool, clear mountain stream, dirty?

I tried to find out how pure the water in Lake Michigan is, but I couldn't find anything. The fact that the water goes through a treatment plant before it enters the pipes in my home tells me it's not exactly "pure as a mountain stream" but I don't think it's waters are "one of the dirtiest elements on earth." How can so many things live in water if it's so dirty?

p01son1vy · #8 (**permalink**) 02-25-2011, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Moneyfornothin

I don't know who said that "water is one of the dirtiest elements on Earth," but I find that hard to believe. A cool, clear mountain stream, dirty? If you want real trouble, do like Australian boxer Anthony Mundine did and clean a contact lens in your mouth. He just about went blind in his one eye because he did that. You can read his sad story right here on Lens 101.

The funny this is though that a few years back, I'm guessing late 70s, early 80s when my mum was wearing contacts, rinsing them with water and even putting them in your mouth was totally normal. My mum's certainly put a few in her mouth then back in her eye after they fell out on the floor and she never had any problems.
But even so, I wouldn't do it myself!

Goldar · #9 (**permalink**) 02-25-2011, 03:18 PM

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The funny this is though that a few years back, I'm guessing late 70s, early 80s when my mum was wearing contacts, rinsing them with water and even putting them in your mouth was totally normal. My mum's certainly put a few in her mouth then back in her eye after they fell out on the floor and she never had any problems.
But even so, I wouldn't do it myself!

Well, maybe your mum had an exceptionally clean mouth.

Her floors were probably very clean as well.

Am I scoring points by saying nice things about your mum or do you just think I'm nuts?

p01son1vy · #10 (**permalink**) 02-25-2011, 03:36 PM

/\ Compliments to the mum always helps!

..when I told my dad I was going to try contact lenses he told me had SO many memories of my mum losing one on the floor and getting hundreds of passers by all scrabbling round on their hands and knees for it! I think hard lenses fall out easier than soft ones, because I've never had that happen yet!

Goldar · #11 (**permalink**) 02-25-2011, 03:42 PM

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/\ Compliments to the mum always helps!

..when I told my dad I was going to try contact lenses he told me had SO many memories of my mum losing one on the floor and getting hundreds of passers by all scrabbling round on their hands and knees for it! I think hard lenses fall out easier than soft ones, because I've never had that happen yet!

That was fast.

I think that hard lenses to fall out more easily because they are typically smaller in diameter. For example Boston 7, a hard lens, has a maximum diameter of 12 millimeters, while Acuvue 2 Colours - Opaques are all 14 millimeters in diameter.

p01son1vy · #12 (**permalink**) 02-25-2011, 04:58 PM

I did not know that. I think it's also just easier to extract a hard lens, they ping out at a touch whereas you have to pluck a soft one off your eye..although I only have personal experience with soft ones!

coconutoil · #13 (**permalink**) 02-25-2011, 05:07 PM

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I did not know that. I think it's also just easier to extract a hard lens, they ping out at a touch whereas you have to pluck a soft one off your eye..although I only have personal experience with soft ones!

I think you might just be right about that, but I think we need to hear from others who have worn both.

What do you think, guys? Do RGP lenses ping out while soft lenses need to be plucked? Is it a matter of ping or pluck?

321contacts · #14 (**permalink**) 06-27-2011, 04:53 PM

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I think you might just be right about that, but I think we need to hear from others who have worn both.

What do you think, guys? Do RGP lenses ping out while soft lenses need to be plucked? Is it a matter of ping or pluck?

That sounds like a game show, coconut oil. "It's time to play 'Ping or Pluck!'"