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# can you wear lenses when kayaking?
I was told not to get my lenses near water. bacteria and all that...
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:45, archived)
# I thought that too
but it isn't an issue with daily lenses; you bin them so is there no chance for anything (bugs, protein deposits etc.) to build up on them.

also (according to the last optician/dispensing optician I asked about this), sea water is less likely to contain anything nasty than (untreated) fresh water; it's more sterile apparently.
(I helped save b3ta! custard, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:54, archived)
# fairy nuff
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:56, archived)
# kayaking with contacts
I used to do it all the time. The only risk is that if you go through rapids or down a fall and you don't close your eyes in time and get a face full of water, they may get washed up to the top of your eyes. Don't worry though, they drift back down shortly after. I developed the habit of doing rapids with one eye only slightly open, so if the fully open one got the lens washed up I could still see out of one eye.
(I helped save b3ta! SteamedCleaner, Tue 4 Mar 2008, 14:55, archived)