Reddit reviews DMV Ultra Hard Contact Lens Remover - Orange (Pack of 3)

I'm in the minority that has to wear hard contacts (mine happens to be a scleral lens) so I'm posting my plan since you can't toss these like soft contacts and you usually only have one pair

It's relatively simple, I'm bringing in a hard contact lens remover, a simple contact lens case pre-filled with contact saline. I might bring in one of the sealed saline vials in with me. I plan to pop a squat somewhere to take out the contact into my lens case right before the sunset set that I attend or while I'm eating dinner

I'm not going to try and bring in the usual prescribed pH solution and disinfectant solution since that has to stay upright in the [disinfecting canister] (https://www.clearcaresolution.com/images/prod-triple-action.png) to work effectively (but you should do this everyday after you leave the festival grounds). I'm not planning on bringing in any eye drops

Get a contract lens remover/plunger and use it to pull it the lens by the edge of it when it's in your eye. That's the easiest way to pull it out.

https://www.amazon.com/DMV-Ultra-Hard-Contact-Remover/dp/B00OJWNY1C

Daily contact lenses may not be a bad idea. You can continue wearing monthlies during “normal life” and use the dailies when you are out and about. You can get 90 days worth of daily contact lenses for about 150-200.

However, you could also consider buying one or both of these

soft contact lens tweezer

soft contact inserter

It may be easier to clean and/or keep those tools clean.

That's a fair point. Using this method does require a separate eye plunger for removal. I used these: https://amzn.to/2RJN8gS and found they had better suction.

This technique helped me get use to lining it up correct on the first attempt and feel comfortable shoving a chunk of glass in my eye every morning. After a few months I was able to use the standard plunger without the bottom cut out for insertion and removal.

I have the DMV Ultras and they're a bit hard to work. I find putting a drop of saline solution makes them work instantly. If you have Scleral lenses, you can also try to use suction cup on the edge of the lens. The torque pulling from the edge allows the suction cup to break the lenses' seal with less force than trying to pull them out from the center.

Have you tried one of these?

suction cup contact lenses remover

So I've been making sure my hands are super, super dry. I wash them, dry them with a towel and then dry them further with some tissue paper. After that I rub my fingers together to try and make sure they're super dry. I then try to grab around the bottom part of the skirt, below the hard lens, around 5 & 7 o'clock. Yet when I do this, its like my fingers slide and never really get traction on the soft skirt. Am I doing something wrong?

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For removing them I've been using this small RGP lens remover that I have from my RGP days and getting it about half way on the hard lens and half on the skirt. If I slightly wiggle it the lens will pop off. One of the techs in the office I went said I could do this, but I don't want to risk damaging the lens/rip the hard lens out while leaving the soft skirt on my eye. Or is this an ok way to remove these hybrid lenses?