Do you wear glassess/contacts? If so, what's your plan?

[hoosierdoc]

As a glasses/contacts wearer I'm curious as to the setups to cover this. Laser surgery would be ideal but my eyes are still changing. The solution should last a while. Do you always stay six months ahead on contacts? Do you have one or two spare pair of glasses laying around?

just curious.

 

[Tydeeh22]

I have a years supply of contacts, along with 2 sets of glasses. Hopefully I can get lasik before too long.

 

[Tactically Fat]

My wife buys a year of contacts at a time. But obviously her supply dwindles as time goes on. She does have a current eyeglass Rx, too, which helps. Prior to this set of glasses, her old pair were several years old and were almost as bad as her not wearing them at all.

Would love to get her LASIC or something - but it's 'spensive.

 

[indytechnerd]

"2-week" disposable contacts can be worn for much longer than that. If I remember correctly, the 2-week recommendation is for people who choose not to take theirs out every night and clean them. I routinely wear my contacts (taking them out every night) for a month or more. It's been about 4 years since my prescription changed, and I've got probably 18mos worth of contacts, plus a pair of glasses that are current. LASIC is in the plan, but there are other things that need squared away first. My contact supply will grow until such time as I can no longer get them, then we'll see what happens.

 

[Sheepdog Gear]

For my wife, my go-to "survival" glasses stash comes from....

Eyeglasses Online - Buy Prescription Glasses & Eyeglass Frames | Zenni Optical

You can get prescription glasses for around $7.

 

[hoosierdoc]

For my wife, my go-to "survival" glasses stash comes from....

Eyeglasses Online - Buy Prescription Glasses & Eyeglass Frames | Zenni Optical

You can get prescription glasses for around $7.

Wow. Do they come in an edible rice paper wrapper? I'll have to check that out, thanks.

 

[Sheepdog Gear]

Wow. Do they come in an edible rice paper wrapper? I'll have to check that out, thanks.

No. They actually include a cheap plastic case! Woot woot!

 

[WETSU]

I buy a years worth of contacts at a time. I keep a spare set in my BOB, my E&E bag and elsewhere. I keep every pair of old glasses I've ever had going back to the 80s. Yes, that's right. If the SHTF, I may be bringing tortoise shell back baby. I even repaired broken ones, put a nerd strap on them and put them in a hardcase. I keep those in my Jeep, my wife's car, my office and GHB. Then I purchased back up pairs of glasses from Eyeglasses Online - Buy Prescription Glasses & Eyeglass Frames | Zenni Optical. My specs run around $39 each because they need a special grind, and I get antiglare coating and a bevel etc. I keep a pair in my BOB, and a couple at home. I keep a years worth of contact solution, eye drops and so on. Not hard to do. Pretty cheap stuff. I rotate it out like any other household commodity.

I can't afford to go without vision correction. So having glasses and contacts everywhere is important, and enough to last me the rest of my life if the SHTF tomorrow and continued for another 40 years. LASIK has never been an option for me because eye shape, astigmatism and thin cornea. A lens transplant could work. Could.

 

[spencer rifle]

I have saved ALL my old glasses, and have them stashed in various places - work, BOB, vehicles. Some aren't quite as clear as others, but all are better than nothing. Must have 10-12 pairs saved up by now.

 

[Blackhawk2001]

As an aviator my eyes were a big concern, especially as I got to the point where I was going to have to use glasses continuously. I used to get two pair of glasses a year while I was in the military/Guard and I still have some of those prescription glasses stashed here and there. I try to keep at least one spare pair of glasses in my car and one pair in my GHBs. If worse comes to worst, I'll have to get along without being able to see long distances or close detail.

 

[dsol]

I was almost blind in my right eye, it is what bounced me out of Air Force Basic many years ago. Used to stash all my old glasses everywhere and got Zenni glasses as backups. Broke down and got Lasik almost two years ago and it was the best money I have ever spent! Got it only in my right eye, my left eye is good for reading and is about 20/150 so it is not useless. My right eye is my dominant eye and now it is 20/20. I wish I could have done that 30 odd years ago, could have had a military career (or at least paid for my college).

Anyway, Lasik rocks!

 

[indychad]

For my wife, my go-to "survival" glasses stash comes from....

Eyeglasses Online - Buy Prescription Glasses & Eyeglass Frames | Zenni Optical

You can get prescription glasses for around $7.

+1 for Zenni. I've bought 3 from them and work great for back ups. I have one "sports" type with the elastic band and it stays in the GHB. Take the band off and that's what goes to the range with me.

 

[unshelledpilot]

As much as I would love LASIK, I've been really prone to eye infections lately. Just got one last week and now I'm blind in my left eye until I get over it. I do keep extra pairs wherever I can. As soon as I get the ok from my doc, I'm getting those fancy lasers shot into my corneas.

 

[dudley0]

I went the lasik route. Figured that if SHTF I wanted to be able to watch it happen.

I went from needing glasses to see distances to needing readers. Doc told me this would happen up front because of my age. Wish I had done it years before I did though.

Just seems easier to find a pair of 1.5 magnifiers rather than a full script pair of glasses that match perfectly. I have readers stashed everywhere now. I can still see good enough up close to do most things, but now that I can see distances it is great.

Even bought safety glasses and sunglasses with readers in the bottom so I can do what I want.

 

[TB1999]

good question, don't want to wind up like this kid

 

[tc556guy]

I keep a few older pairs of glasses. They may not be the current prescription, but they'll be close enough to be able to work with them

 

[stormryder]

Keep extra glasses, my job pays for my prescription safety glasses.

 

[KittySlayer]

I have saved ALL my old glasses, and have them stashed in various places - work, BOB, vehicles. Some aren't quite as clear as others, but all are better than nothing. Must have 10-12 pairs saved up by now.

Me too. In addition in my primary BOB in the quick access pocket I have a glasses strap. As I may find myself doing unfamiliar stuff in locations where glasses damage/loss may be possible.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I have a two-year supply of contacts and I have several pairs of glasses. I've thought about Lasik, and my eye doc says I'm a good candidate: very near-sighted but with no astigmatism and with very thick corneas. I wear contacts very well, though so it's not a real priority.

Also, I have a pretty substantial stock of saline in my prep stuff.

 

[OneShotFOGE]

I have dailys so I keep a few all over the place: my office, my car, home, luggage bags, bobs. I also have a nice pair of glasses and an older pair of glasses that are ok enough to get by, but the prescription is a bit off.