Drawbacks to contact lenses

Advantages: Does away with glasses - some of the time !
Disadvantages: Doesn't mean you can throw your specs away !

...I have worn glasses for many years, being shortsighted. I recently decided to try contact lenses, mainly because I do a lot of photography now that I am retired. Using an SLR camera was a bit of a pain wearing glasses. If I had my glasses on, I couldn't really see through the viewfinder very well, if I took my glasses off I could adjust the eyepiece on the camera to get good vision, but as soon as I stopped looking through the eyepiece everything was out of focus again ! Plus - glasses are a pain in the rain ! I have tried three different types of contact lenses from Specsavers, the first pair were OK for about 50% of the time the rest of the time my vision seemed to vary from OK, to my thinking that the lenses had fallen out - which they hadn't ! The second pair (SiH 48) were an improvement (80 + %), but I am now on Easyvision. These...

moonrakerz 22.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Easyvision All Day All Night Disposable Contact Lens

not suitable for ALL contact lenses

Advantages: cheap
Disadvantages: not effective for gas permeable lenses

...I wear gas permeable contact lenses and bought this as a daily cleaner to try as I had been getting 'blotches' on my lenses which my usual daily cleaner was not shifting. I bought this from Boots, but it is available in most supermarkets also. The price was just under £5, so compared to my usual daily cleaner which is normally just under £7 I thought I would give it a go. The cleaner is a very thin liquid, almost like water, and I felt I had to squirt a lot of this product out to create enough lubrication in my hand to coat the lens. I did not like that the lens felt like unprotected against my skin and it was as though I was cleaning the lens with water, as there seemed no substance to this cleaner. I didn't think the lens was safe enough to rub too hard as didnt' want to crack it. With my previous daily cleaner, there is...

LS53LFU 06.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Miraflow Daily Contact Lens Cleaner

Life Through A Lens

Advantages: Friendly Atmosphere
Disadvantages: Not A Tourist Destination

...the avidly supported football team, Racing Club de Lens play. Matches in the 42,000-seater stadium take place in the evenings (2000h) and are of great atmosphere. The supporters have often been voted number one in France and very little trouble ever occurs if at all (usually this comes from away fans and has only occurred once or twice in 5 years). Adult tickets are as cheap as ?9 (£6) and can range up to ?24 (£18) for the more reserved but less exciting seats. The Tourist Information Centre is regularly open and always willing to furnish a visitor with possible activities and sites of interest. They have many brochures on where to go and how to spend a day and can easily be contacted in advance by visiting www.ot-lenslievin.com or ringing +33.3.21.67.66.66. Although I know little about the restaurants in Lens, there are a large enough...

heideroosjes 29.01.2004 (28.01.2004) · Read review
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Review of Lens (France)

Irritating Contacts? Soothe your eyes with these!

Advantages: Individual pods, soothes eyes
Disadvantages: None

...soothing eye drops with her. I was really impressed with the fact that each box contains 20 individual pods, each with a dose of eye drops that is enough for both eyes. Ideal for my situation! I spotted these in Boots last week, priced around £4.35 and bought a pack. They have a long shelf-life - my pack will last until Jan 2011 and I'm sure I'll wear my contacts often enough to use these up. The box looks a little different to the picture given. The front of the pack has a picture of a large pupil and iris with the blink logo. The product states that it will refresh dry tired eyes that contact lens wearers suffer from. They are also suitable for use whilst wearing the contact lenses which is also handy. Each pod contains 0.35ml of solution composed of sodium hyaluronate (0.15%). I used these for the first time today, just after I'd removed...

tecnomars 30.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Amo Blink Contacts

Canon Lens

Advantages: Lightweight
Disadvantages: None

...This is a good quality lens that offers good value for money. It's a great lens for any canon enthusiast and incorporates plenty of features that I would highly recommend. This really is a wonderful piece of kit that should go well with many accessories because it really looks good. After using this product for a few months I have not so far come up against any reliability issues but only time will tell. I therefore would recommend the product. However, always think carefully as to whether you actually really need something before you buy it. We buy so many things nowadays that we don't really need. Product Features * Product Description: Canon EF telephoto zoom lens - 70 mm - 300 mm * Lens System: Telephoto zoom lens * Mounting Type: Canon EF * Lens Aperture: F/4.0-5.6 * Focal Length: 70 mm - 300 mm...

Nazuku 13.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Canon EF zoom lens - 70 mm - 300 mm F/4.0-5.6

Focus Monthly Contact Lenses

Advantages: Value for money if used wisely
Disadvantages: If not rinsed well or left in too long can cause discomfort

...Being a short-sighted Myopia sufferer contact lenses seemed like an obvious alternative to spectacles what with constantly losing or breaking them. Contact lenses eradicated this problem! Focus monthly's were the first brand of lenses I ever tried?not too expensive so as a student I could comfortably afford them. I must admit these lenses were quite comfortable?at first but due to the necessity of having to re-use and re-use them they had a tendency to fray round the edges, dry out and slightly deteriorate. If they hadn't been sterilised properly overnight and stored in the correct solution this felt on occasions like putting grit into your eye the following morning. Focus monthly's are a product of Ciba Vision and retail at most opticians for about ten pounds a month (can be purchased in three month batches if more appropriate...

K1r5ty21 11.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Focus Monthly Contact Lenses

Contacts made simple!

Advantages: easy, work well and cheap
Disadvantages: can be hard to put in and make your eyes tired

...I only started using contact lenses very recently (around 2 months ago), as I'd always been under the impression that they were very expensive and that I couldn't afford them. However, I don't think this is the case after all. I went to D&A and had a contact lens trial (which was at a pretty reasonable price of £27.50 which included a very thorough check of my eyes and whether I was able to wear contact lenses, a trial pair, and all of my questions answered. Also, there is no obligation to stay with them or even buy lenses from them, should I decide I didn't want to.) which I found very useful. I was quite nervous, but they were very friendly and helpful. My only recomendation is to take sun-glasses, as when they send you out for 15 minutes to walk around getting used to having lenses in your eyes it can seem very bright. At first, I...

ogs-chan 24.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Biomedics 55 Contact Lenses

Minimal fuss, great for travelling, at a price!

Advantages: Minimal effort, great for travelling
Disadvantages: More expensive than regular monthly disposables, forgetting that you're wearing them (read below)

...want to wear lenses every day or for the majority of the week. You also need quite a few packs to last a few months. Compared to monthlies, for 3 months daily use you'd need around 90 pairs rather than 3 pairs. Although, I will admit the packaging is not going to cause a storage problem in your house (if you live in anything larger than a shoe box that is), but it can be a bit of a pain if you need to travel light on a budget. If your travelling for any period of time, you need to make sure you've taken enough pairs of contact lenses with you. And if your eyesight is different for each eye (mine is), you've got the added factor of putting the correct lens in each eye every day. Of course, most people with contact lenses, and particularly those of us with fairly poor eyesight,will generally make sure they keep a pair of glasses...

tumblewheel 26.07.2008 (02.12.2008) · Read review
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Review of Easyvision All Day All Night Disposable Contact Lens

CONTACT

Advantages: Lot's of collectables
Disadvantages: Quite complex - need to read the manual

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sear69 04.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Contact (Nintendo DS)

Cheap lens = cheap photos!

Advantages: Worst lens for a professional but good to start out with; cheap; easy to learn with;
Disadvantages: Worst lens for a pro, frontal element rotates,

...Must make this clear that it is the older version of 18-55mm before they upgraded it to fit the 450D and above. So 400D and below. When starting out in photography; most people get entry level camera body like 400D Canon EOS, this lens comes with the body to form the basic kit lens. As far as I know, you cannot purchase this lens officially with its boxes and such, you can buy one off Ebay for a reduced price of £50 or so without its boxes. Before purchasing the entire kit, you will have to realise that the lens will have to be replaced very soon as it does not perform as well as its counterparts such as Canon 24-105mm for example. So do not expect high quality photographs from this lens. The build quality is quite plastic-y and rather light, which made me uncomfortable with its seemingly fragility. The entire lens...

Annallon 03.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon EF-S zoom lens - 18 mm - 55 mm F/3.5-5.6