[mseepman]

I have been wearing Gas Perm's since 1991 and they are great! They are tough and can survive a lot. My vision is pretty bad but it's relatively stable so I've only had to replace these bad boys 3 times in all those years. Chems for cleaning are also cheap...I use Boston Advance (cleaner and storage solution) and I only need about 3 bottles of each per year at about $8-10 each.

Removing them is easy and they breath a lot better than soft lenses. They are tiny (about half the size of softies).

I even dropped one of my in my hot tub one time (don't ask how) and it took me 2 hours to find it but scooped it up, rinsed it off and popped it back in my eye.

I will say that when something gets into them (like sand at the beach) you will think a 6" spike is going through your brain in pain...but otherwise I couldn't imagine going without them.