who makes these new ones ellis?

If you are worried take them into an opticians (not yours) and ask them if they are ok. Of course they will advise you not to buy offline (blah blah blah) but just ask them to get to the point and to tell you if they are a legitimate brand.

We buy our lenses online...   at www.contactlenses.co.uk   

I use Focus Dailies...   have used them for more than 10 years.

Also Google the brands name and read what people have written about them, if they are really bad the net will be covered in stories about them

I bought Bausch and Lomb Softlens daily disposable lenses from visiondirect.co.uk.

I saved money because a pair lasts much longer than a day - several weeks sometimes. They haven't done my eyes any harm. I even leave them in overnight sometimes without problems.

Ohhh noseyroseie , you shouldn't do that, it will starve your eyes of oxygen. You will get ulcers and all sorts of horrible things.

It doesn't sound good Rosie, if you are wearing them all the time, it might work out cheaper to get the monthly ones? 

Ulcers in your eyes! Do they even exist Gypsie? 

I reckon its mostly urban myth. Worn lenses for 20 years and had pinkeye a couple of times with the early ones. The latest ones feel like they let the eyes "breathe" and are much more comfortable.

When these ones run out I should probably switch to those Saz. But no problems so far. 

Yeah, they really do exist. and if you have pink eyes its because the white of your eye is overcompensating for the lack of oxegyn its getting and trying to get more.

I nearly became a dispensing optician (nearly a v different and boring life) and trust me the things i saw contact lense wearers with made me feel literally sick.  Although im no one to talk i have never gone back for an eye test in years because im too scared. I know what they can find from your eyes and it scares the bejesus out of me.

I have just started trying out lenses and have the daily ones atm. I'm not wearing them every day, but when I do wear them, by the end of the work day I am glad to take them out - my eyes feel dry and sort of tired? I'm maybe just not used to them yet mind you - I just got the toric type (for astigmatism) and the novelty of being able to see without glasses hasn't worn off yet - it's like my eyes work!!

I wear Acuvue Oaysis fortnightly ones. I wear my glasses a few days a week to give my eyes a rest. I also use the Actimist spray to freshen them up sometimes. I have a friend who wears the monthlies and NEVER takes them out. She used to and washed them in tap water.  She ended up with infections in both corneas and had to go 2 weeks without lenses. Drops, antibiotics and all sorts. 

Never bought them online

Ditty that's exactly where I bought them!

They are 'Crystal' dailies and had 82 reviews on site of which 58 were 5 stars.  Considering I usually pay £20 a box from the optician and saw these were only £7.25 I thought I'd give them a shot.

Have worn them today to go the park with the kids and I have to say they were just as comfortable, if not more so, than my usual.

HOWEVER....I usually only wear my daily lenses for maybe an hour or two maybe twice a week so I take them out and put them in the wee container with fresh solution til I next wear them.  I sometimes do this 2 or 3 times depending on how much I've worn them or the length of time between wears.  Is this REALLY bad for me?  

My eyes feel tired if I wear mine for more than 4 or so hours.  I only wear them for nights out or if I'm going clothes shopping so a few hours max.  I can't wear them if I'm online coz my eyes get dry and tired so I wear my glasses the majority of the time.

Noooooooo Rosie, you mustn't leave them in overnight and you shouldn't reuse the daily ones.

DiL and son's fiancée are both managers in opticians and we were chatting about contact lense wearers the other day, who have damaged their eyes. You should never reuse the daily ones, never sleep with the lenses in and should rest your eyes one day per week, by wearing your glasses intead of your lenses.

Ok thanks Yogi 

You and Gyps are putting the fear of God into me about eye probs, best not to risk it to save a few pounds.   

Cagney  @ your friend and the tap water! 

Your eyes are precious, take good care of them.

Yup! My 9yr old daughter ended up in hospital last summer same day as an eye test, she had an MRI the next day and in then a Lumbar puncture to drain some fluid off

I have bought glasses lenses online and they were fine. I am sure that a reliable company would be the same as regards lenses, As I understand it, high street opticians use the same companies to make their lenses as the online companies do!

OMG tap water *dies* thats the worst, thats worse than cleaning them with spit! (and ive heard of people doing that too). But theres so much crap in tap water it is worse than spit.

I suppose if you are cleaning them and the total time you are wearing them would add to about a day, ellis then its not too bad.

Jenstar, im glad your daughter was ok. I remember years ago a young bloke (about 19) rolling into the opticians for a routine eye test and leaving 20 mins later with a letter for his doctor. The optician had found something that was untreatable and told him he would be blind within the next few months,  .  But then to balance this I also remember the woman of 80 who came for her first eye test EVER , she needed it for some insurance thing because she was off to some far flung country to climb a mountain .  She honestly looked no older than 50 and was dead trendy.  She left with no prescription and perfect eyesight. ... Made you wonder what she was made of.

oooh spooky... cos I got some freebie Crystal ones with my last order...  I actually have the Crystal ones in now...    They don't seem any different to my normal ones...    I can't feel them & can see fine 

And...   as for the "what you should do & what you shouldn't do"..  I ignore it all..    I wear a pair of dailies for 3, 4 or 5 days at time (without taking them out)...   never had pink eye, or dry eye...  or any of that stuff. 

Unlike when I had monthly lenses from Boots...  and had to take them out & wash them & stuff...  I used to get loads of poxy eye infections then. 

I think the fact that I'm getting a box of lenses for £7.25 is enough to make me just throw the lenses out after 24 hours now  I only ordered one box to try them out but theres 15 pairs in the box (my eyes are both equally bad so I don't need 2 separate boxes) so they'll last me more than a month....maybe 3 months!

I can't even bear the thought of putting lenses in - it turns my stomach   took me years to be able to put eye liner and mascara on my lashes cos I'm so squeamish and lets not go there for eye drops 

I have glasses for distance but I could never be able to put lenses in my eyes 

I used to clean mine with washing up liquid!

No need to tell me about my mate. I told her she was being very stupid but she insisted it was because she was run down and had an ear infection...nothing to do with tap water. She didn't even believe it when the optician told her 

So if a lens does fall out when you're out and about and you don't have any solution handy (I don't take mine out of the house) what is the best way to lubricate it again to put it back in?

Just go one eyed 

I'd be stumbling all over the place Rosie  

Nah you'll be ok Ells. The main drawback is... your vision isn't quite 20/20. I thought I was looking great in the mirror for once!

I lost one yesterday whilst doing the school run...   had to focus out of my "good eye" (the one with the lenses still in) til I got home 

I've never lost a lense. Surely they don't fit properly if they just pop out? 

I was in a nightclub once though when my friend lost one of hers. It was a hard lense (gas permiable or something) and I was like CSI cordoning off the whole area till we found it. Very drunk at the time and so funny now but to me at the time it was serious business. Me and 3 mates on our hands and knees trying to find this tiny thing. We did find it btw. Went to the toilets, she popped it back in and we carried on partying. 

Cagney, if my eyes are really tired or dry and I rub them hard then sometimes the lens would pop out if it's too dry.  

Try Optrex Actimist eye spray Ells. It's quite expensive at £12 but you just need one spray a day and it refreshes the lenses. Lasts me about 4 months 

Yeah....  I'd rubbed my eye too...  which was why it popped out

I'm blind as a bat without lenses or glasses. I always went for trendy little frames with thinned lenses because I was told my eyes were too dry for lenses. Then I found a good optician who told me of the different lenses available. Tried them all. Dailies, monthlies, all different brands etc and finally found ones that suited me perfectly. What did I do then? 

Missed my glasses so bought frames with clear glass in them