Can I store disposable contacts in water or daily cleaner overnight with no ill effects?
I’ve used water and had to throw the contacts away. They got super thick and hurt, and not just for a few minutes. When I took them off, they stuck to my eye and didn’t want to come. So, I don’t know how these people did it. Maybe you can do it for shorter periods, or maybe it depends how hard the water is.
I’ve stored my contacts in water before, and noticed that they did seem a little weaker (as in, more prone to tearing), but once I replaced the water with contact solution and let them soak for a bit, they seemed okay. I don’t know if you mean this, but soaking them in water and them putting in your eyes won’t work as your eyes will reject the contacts and make your life miserable (or, at least mine did the one and only time I tried that stunt). I don’t see why the daily cleaner wouldn’t work, as long as it’s only for one night.
I’ve soaked my contacts in water before with no ill effects. I’ve also slept in them and worn them continously for months with few ill effects. If you’re worried, can you store the contacts in water and wear your glasses until you can get home and properly clean and soak the contacts with saline solution? The daily cleaner is probably fine too– just so long as it’s not the peroxide kind. If it says “do not put in eyes” near the cap or the bottle has a red tip, DO NOT PUT IN EYES! OR soak your contacts in it! I have some really dense friends, apparently, because several have gotten confused by peroxide solution and burned their eyeballs with it.
I’m not familiar with that brand of cleaner in particular, but in general contact cleaners are pretty caustic and should never touch your eyes without having been rinsed and soaked in saline. If it doesn’t say “all-in-one” or soaking solution/disinfectant on the bottle, storing your contacts in it is a Bad Idea. I’ve had bad luck with just water, so I also recommend just leaving them in. Do you have any Visine or liquid tears stuff lying around? Most households have a bottle somewhere. Refresher eye drops are basically just saline. I probably wouldn’t store your contacts over night in the stuff, but it will work well as a refresher in the morning.
