Acuvue Advance Inside Out

Building63 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-13-2008, 11:58 AM

Is it easy to tell when you have your Acuvue Advance contacts in inside out? Can you tell before you put them in your eyes?

psimonk · #2 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009, 06:08 PM

Yeah, it's pretty easy, if you happen to put them in backwards you'll feel it, and try it the other way.

Tigger · #3 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009, 08:16 PM

I've never been able to tell without putting them in. But you can tell pretty quick if they're inside out.

soumyazee · #4 (**permalink**) 01-15-2009, 04:12 AM

A carefully done taco test before inserting the lenses will help. But u need to make sure that ur palm is dry and lens is kept on the side chord properly.

Building63 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by soumyazee

A carefully done taco test before inserting the lenses will help. But u need to make sure that ur palm is dry and lens is kept on the side chord properly.

Okay, for those of us who are newbies and have never heard this term before, what is the "taco test"?

captainneo · #6 (**permalink**) 08-15-2011, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by chinajerseys

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Are you going to write them here, chinajerseys?

MrsFarrow · #7 (**permalink**) 11-14-2011, 03:14 AM

Is it a bowl or saucer? If it's a saucer, it's inside out

oingoboingo · #8 (**permalink**) 11-14-2011, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by captainneo

Are you going to write them here, chinajerseys?

Wow. I don't even see chinajerseys' original post that you quoted, captain. Perhaps the screen name was suspicious.

Building63 · #9 (**permalink**) 11-16-2011, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by soumyazee

A carefully done taco test before inserting the lenses will help. But u need to make sure that ur palm is dry and lens is kept on the side chord properly.

It's been almost three years, soumyazee, so I guess I'll have to explain the "taco test" myself.
To perform this "taco test" you need to place the lens in he palm of your hand with the curved side down, so that it's like a bowl. Then you want to slowly close your hand so that the skin on your palm begins to pinch or grip the lens. If you lens is right side out, it will curl up and resemble a taco shell, with the two sides being parallel.
If the lens is inside out, when you grip the lens and fold it, the two edges will not be parallel, but will curve away from each other.