Bi focal contact lenses

[Namethecat]

I used to wear contact lenses for years but sadly as the years have gone by I've had to change my prescription to mono vision ( one eye distance other close up ) this worked fine for a few years. I've not long gone over to bifocal glasses and have mainly stopped wearing contacts.
My question is how do you get on with bifocal contacts and if you have astigmatism are they still comfortable ?

I have recently trialled a few different types, as they do vary. I'm very short sighted and of course now need readers over my contacts (I wear varifocal glasses at home) I have astigmatism too.

They are ok. But the vision is not as good as my glasses. The optician did warn me there is a bit of a trade off.. my distance isn't quite as clear, and close up is ok..can just about use my phone, but nowhere near as clear as when I have my varifocal glasses on.

They are perfectly comfortable though.

Thanks for the comment. I was thinking it would be one of those posts that faded into the ether !

I wear contacts in the same way - 1 distance etc. I have just got my first pair if varifocal glasses on order and am nervous at how they will be. And they have got me a fortune from specsavers!

I found varifocal contacts just meant pretty much everything was a bit blurred. I really tried.

Same as all you ladies, high prescription, astigmatism need ready readers with contacts, tried the varifocals, did not like them at all my vision was just not right. I have been wearing lenses for 36 years so know if they are right for me or not.

So have gone back to my normal lenses and ready readers!

I find I need to have a toric lens for my eye with most astigmatism and a bifocal for the other.

Really you need to talk to an optician, there are basically two types of bifocal contacts, one has concentric circles of distance and close, the other has a close in the centre and distance round the edge for one eye and a lens with distance in the centre and close around it. Your eyes need to get used to working with the lenses.

As you have been OK in the past with mono-vision I would think you will be OK with one distance and one bifocal.

Hi. I've worn contact lenses for years and most of that time they were Acuvue moist. However when I saw the optician around Christmas I asked her if there were any multi focal lenses she felt might suit as I was fed up with walking around with specs for reading on top of my head. I do have tri focal glasses. She recommended Cooper Vision Ascent premier multi lenses. For the first week I was really ready to give up, second week slightly better and by the end of the month I really liked them. I can read a paper, check things in the supemarket etc without glasses.
She saw me again recently and managed to tweak them still further. Absolutely delighted with them. In my case I just made sure I persevered for the whole month. Other trials I did years ago I just gave up after a few days. Incidentally she recommended the monthly ones as opposed to weekly or two weekly. I also like the texture as they are slightly thicker than the Acuvue so easy to handle too.

I can't wear soft lenses at all due to astigmatism. I wear bifocal rigid gas permeable contacts.

Good vision but take a good while to get used to, comfort wise.

I had he same thing op, and trialled multi-focal this past month. I also gave up after a few days because toad signs were not clear until I was on top of them, which was the whole point and purpose of me wearing contacts in the first place!

So I now get by with 0.25 less in one eye, which means I can just about read close up but can see fine in the distance too. If my prescription increase I'm stuck though, as wearing the same strength in both eyes makes even seeing numbers on my phone impossible.

When I phoned Specsavers to cancel the trial they didn't bat an eyelid or tell me there were any other options available to try