CONTACTS vs. GLASSES

[Roboz]

I normally wear contacts that i take out everynight, but my doctor always gives me free trial pairs of extended wear contacts for hunting season, i always bring my glasses as back up if needed and keep an extra pair of contacts in my pack. When i do take them out and its real cold i stick them in my sleeping bag with me so they don't freeze.

 

[Rick!]

I've dealt with this as well. I wear the daily use contacts that you take out every night. On a back country hunt, I'll start with a new pair and leave them in when I sleep so I'm not dealing with dirty hands taking them out and putting back in. I'm sure my eye doctor would scold me for this, but I figure the less I handle them the less chance I have of getting something foreign in my eyeballs. I always take a couple extra pair of new lenses with me as backup as well as have glasses along. Glasses are a pain compared to contacts when it comes to hunting conditions and you also will get WAY better depth perception with the corrective lenses being on your eye rather than an inch or so away.

^ This. I just wear daily ones for a few days and put new ones in when needed. I carry a spare pair of glasses for when it is really dusty.

 

[Winchester]

I've worn both over the years and I agree with these comments that in general contacts are better than glasses for hunting. My vision is great with contacts and I don't have to wipe rain, snow, sweat, dirt, etc off them constantly like with glasses. I usually bring spare contacts as well as spare glasses ... just in case.

 

[JNDEER]

I am opposite of what others are suggesting. I have worn glasses for 12 years and although I did wear contacts to play ball, I cannot wear them hunting. My eyes would dry out after about 8 hours of being in. I know there have been improvements in contacts since I tried them for hunting, but I have come accustom to wearing glasses and have done just fine using glasses everyday and while hunting.

 

[OregonJim]

LASIK, probably NOT!

I am so freaking squeamish I'm having trouble not blinking every time I try to put the darn contact in.
There is no way you are getting a laser near my eye.
Heck my wife had to take one for the team because of my fear of "medical procedures"..... if you know what I mean!!!!

 

[Topgun 30-06]

LASIK, probably NOT!

I am so freaking squeamish I'm having trouble not blinking every time I try to put the darn contact in.
There is no way you are getting a laser near my eye.
Heck my wife had to take one for the team because of my fear of "medical procedures"..... if you know what I mean!!!!

I know what you mean, LOL! I've worn glasses since 1960 when I couldn't pass the eye test in 8th grade. With everything I have wrong with my eyes the Opthamologist says contacts are a last resort for me right before he would have to do corneal transplants if they didn't work. I have severe astigmatism, cataracts, and Keratoconus that without glasses makes me close to being legally blind.

 

[Fink]

LASIK, probably NOT!

I am so freaking squeamish I'm having trouble not blinking every time I try to put the darn contact in.
There is no way you are getting a laser near my eye.
Heck my wife had to take one for the team because of my fear of "medical procedures"..... if you know what I mean!!!!

Ha! It's not bad, they give you a valium before the surgery, which pretty much knocks you out... I could barely keep my eyes open after that. They use numbing drops before they use the laser. I barely felt anything during the surgery, just heard the laser clicking on and off.

The worst part of the whole deal, is the drops they give you for after the surgery.. One of the drops liked to make its way through my sinuses, and down into my throat, where I could TASTE it, and it was NASTY!

 

[BobJohansen]

I am opposite of what others are suggesting. I have worn glasses for 12 years and although I did wear contacts to play ball, I cannot wear them hunting. My eyes would dry out after about 8 hours of being in. I know there have been improvements in contacts since I tried them for hunting, but I have come accustom to wearing glasses and have done just fine using glasses everyday and while hunting.

+1 to this. It's probably because I wear my glasses 98% of the time and my eyes are not used to contacts. But I have the same issues with contacts where they start drying my eyes out after 8 hours or so. I find myself bringing my contacts and an extra pair along on every hunt but rarely use them.