Do you prefer glasses or contacts?

[kingtj]

Same here! I can't do contacts. Actually, I don't wear glasses either right now. My vision is "borderline" tolerable without needing them, so I prolong it as long as possible. (Last time I had to take the eye test to renew my driver's license, I passed but only with 20/40 vision.) I've seen so many people's eyes get worse once they have glasses or contacts though, requiring ever stronger prescriptions over time. So I think I'm wise to hold off .... although occasionally people surprise me when they read a sign that's still too far for me to read at all.

Lasik sounds appealing to me, *except* again, I don't know if I could sit still for that whole process? It bothers me just trying to hold still and keep my eyes open, staring at some light shining into an eye.

I prefer my glasses when I need them. I have a weird thing with stuff going into my eyes, so I don’t think I can ever do contacts.

 

[weckart]

I wear both. Glasses when I get up and contacts on the day I do sports. Now that I need reading glasses when I wear contacts, I am really glad I resisted the urge to have laser eye surgery however inconvenient contacts may be at times.

 

[David G.]

Glasses. I had contacts for ten years. Disposable contacts were easy to put in and pop off. But they irritated my eyes if I wear them for longer than 10 hours.

Glasses are more convenient and they protects my secret identity.

I'm now imagining Bruce Wayne without glasses and Batman wearing glasses with ineffectual lenses. Flawless disguise indeed.

 

[MacNut]

Glasses. I get petrified when anything gets near my eyes, including fingers. I don't even like eye drops.

Agreed, I could never do contacts. Plus my eyes always water.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Glasses. I get petrified when anything gets near my eyes, including fingers. I don't even like eye drops.

Well said.

Actually, I'm in a pretty similar situation, and cannot abide anything near my eyes.

Mind you, a monocle could have its attractions...

 

[weckart]

Glasses. I get petrified when anything gets near my eyes, including fingers. I don't even like eye drops.

Everyone is like that, which is why you go in for a fitting and have to practise at home after the optician takes you through best practice. It took me a week and several ruined lenses to get over the automatic blink reflex.

 

[Thomas Veil]

I prefer glasses. I've tried drinking out of contacts, and it's just too hard.

 

[Huntn]

Neither. I got lasik eye surgery 10 years ago and never looked back.

My wife had lasik surgery 20 years ago and it changed her life for the better. For myself, during the day, I usually wear cheaters, but for driving at night, I use my prescription glasses.

 

[MacNut]

My wife had lasik surgery 20 years ago and it changed her life for the better. For myself, during the day, I usually wear cheaters, but for driving at night, I use my prescription glasses.

Don't you get annoyed at them always apologizing to their spouse?

 

[mikzn]

Neither. I got lasik eye surgery 10 years ago and never looked back.

My wife had lasik surgery 20 years ago and it changed her life for the better. For myself, during the day, I usually wear cheaters, but for driving at night, I use my prescription glasses.

Had the lasik 20 year ago - Awesome ( was 5K back then but worth it) - still no glasses and even tho the Doc told me I would eventually need reading glasses still getting by without glasses - was using contacts before that.

A friend of mine had his done and got a deal for a referal - I was the reluctant referal - went in for a consultation and was sure I would never do it - but did not make it out of the eye clinic - got the surgery right after the consult - best spur of the moment decision I ever made.

 

[Thomas Veil]

In all seriousness, when I needed corrective lenses I tried contacts a couple times and my eyes never tolerated them well. So it was glasses by default for me.

Then I had cataract surgery and my new lenses are on the inside of my eyes. What a wonderful difference it was to suddenly be able to see (almost) everything clearly. Now I just need reading glasses for close up stuff.

....Mind you, a monocle could have its attractions...

It could certainly help in your Col. Klink impressions.

 

[MacNut]

In all seriousness, when I needed corrective lenses I tried contacts a couple times and my eyes never tolerated them well. So it was glasses by default for me.

Then I had cataract surgery and my new lenses are on the inside of my eyes. What a wonderful difference it was to suddenly be able to see (almost) everything clearly. Now I just need reading glasses for close up stuff.

It could certainly help in your Col. Klink impressions.

And they do make you look smarter.

 

[Thomas Veil]

Believe me, not even a Nobel Prize hanging around my neck would make me look smarter.

 

[MacNut]

Believe me, not even a Nobel Prize hanging around my neck would make me look smarter.

What if it was a Nobel Prize for not being smart enough.

 

[Thomas Veil]

If there were such a thing, I’m sure I would’ve heard from the nominating committee by now.

 

[keysofanxiety]

I prefer glasses, so I feel like a stern teacher when I push the nose bridge disapprovingly after viewing a GIF on MacRumors.

 

[ZStech]

Ever since Wednesday, December 12th, the day @Mac'nCheese irreparably changed the MacRumors Forums landscape, I've had but one thought on my mind: what will the next seemingly trivial question be to push us into a new era of easily distracted discussion? Then it hit me.

I absolutely hated the idea of wearing contacts until I was 16; they seemed only superficially appealing. Then, when I actually tried them… I still hated them and found it difficult to put them in. After an hour of an optometrist trying to show me how to pop them in, I asked if it was normal for folks to struggle so much at first. They paused, inhaled, and said, "No, you're taking really long time."

Eventually, I got used to them and now prefer contacts to glasses. I can wear them in the shower or while napping without removal, plus my prescription has gotten so bad that glasses add a bit of lens distortion to my peripheral vision. It feels like I'm playing an early FPS when I put my glasses on at night after wearing contacts all day.

I do use glasses while sitting in front of a computer. For protection only. I do need to worry about my eves because I am working as a tech guy.