This contact lens solution is the cheapest I have seen to date.
It is on sale at my local Chemist Warehouse store.
Bought a years worth of this solution.
Hopefully it will go on sale again this time next year.
54 cents per 100 ml. $2.69 per bottle.
Chemist Warehouse - Reclens Normal Saline 500mL $2.69 ($0.54/100mL)
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nicole145 on 01/02/2017 - 17:37 chemistwarehouse.com.au (187 clicks)
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Hi noone
On the bottle is says "Made in Singapore"
Can you use to clean eyes?
Keeping forgetting to click the "reply" button.
Don't think so. It does not say anything on the bottle about cleaning the eyes. Me personally, I use them to clean my contact lenses.
I've only used various multipurpose solutions for a long time however before that there was saline to put the contacts in, and a cleaning solution for when you took your contacts off at night (got them mixed up and it was painful!). I think the saline only rinses and doesn't get rid of the whatever the multipurpose does.
EDIT:
Alcon: Are Multi-purpose Solutions a Replacement for Saline Solution?
Multi-Purpose disinfects, has cleaning solution, kills germs. Saline doesn't.
this confuses me even more
isnt the question is saline a replacement for MPS, not the other way around since normal people use MPS, and only really wonder if they can replace it with Saline since its so cheap?
also why would either one hurt if theyre both intended to rinse your contacts which go into your eye regardless?
"Multi-Purpose Solution" is for cleaning soft contact lenses
Saline is for rinsing eyes and any other legal uses you can think of for it
Don't think so. Me personally, I use them to clean my contact lenses.
For my monthly lens, I use only this solution and nothing else.
This is SALINE NOT contact solution.
It's always this cheap.If you don't know the difference you desperately need to speak to your optometrist because you're putting your eyes and health at risk.
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please don't clean your contact lenses with saline…. seriously…. don't…. if you don't know why, google it
Can we use this as gargle?
Using this instead of multi-purpose solution to clean your lenses overnight will make you go blind. Watch out!
This is NOT contact lens solution.
I don't need to rehash what other posters have said but I will anyway - this is saline. It is NOT suitable for storing lenses overnight. Nor is it a bargain price for saline.
It IS, however, suitable for rinsing lenses after storage in solution which requires them to be rinsed. This is products such as OxySept or AOSept, which are Peroxide based lens disinfection products.
If you are using this to store your lenses, stop immediately and I would advise to visit an optometrist, as you clearly do not have the education you require to wear contact lenses safely.
I'll put my 2 cents here to be bashed…
What it says it is: Reclens normal saline is a rinsing and storage solution for contact lens care.
I have a family member who is a cheapskate. He's about 50 years old and used this solution for years and doesn't keep it in the fridge. He's been going for an annual check up with his optometrist for years and they have all these fancy devices to detect just about any problem you might have. So far his doctor says it's all fine, no problems whatsoever. But YMMV.
It is a sterile solution, so if you use it accordance to instructions it should be fine. Of course those more expensive solutions have a few more chemicals thrown in but from what I have found is, it is just slapping fancy name to sell for more, just like fashion brands. Although you have to take into account that some have more sensitive eyes than others.
please don't listen to this advice - I'm sorry if I sound pedantic, bargainparker, but we have to be careful giving out advice such as this. For instance - I could close my eyes and walk across the road out the front of my house and not get run over. That doesn't make it safe. Or even reliably repeatable. But I have sent plenty of patients (usually young adults) to the Eye and Ear hospital for painful repair work on complications (usually corneal ulcers) from contact lens overwear and undercleaning.
This is a sterile solution the first time it is opened. But it has no capacity to fight infectious agents which may be present on your contact lenses.
Please put aside your conspiracy theories and speak to a reliable optometrist about the recommended best option for safe contact lens wear.
(Obviously I'm an optometrist!)
I don't wear them, so in either case won't affect me. I was just saying that one of my family members uses this exact solution for years and buys them when it is on special, who has never had problems according to his optometrist (not a backyard optometrist), and so far his optometrist has never asked him which solution he was using. Year after year his eyes would be checked and apart from normal wear and tear with age, his eyes are just fine.
I am not an optometrist and wouldn't have the first hand experience, but believing that this industry is pretty regulated it begs the question why it says it is also a storage solution if it is not.
On another note, you are saying you have seen a lot of patients who had for painful repair work on complications (usually corneal ulcers) from contact lens overwear and undercleaning. I'm interested in what questions you ask them. Like which solution did you use, how long and where it was stored, if they always wash their hands properly, use only one towel for that, because they all play a role. You miss one and you are well on your way to get a problem.
From my limited research you can still use it to store lenses but it will not clean them of whatever stuff gets stuck on them, proteins I believe.
Please listen to our friendly optometrist above and not the other guy
(source: I'm an emergency doctor)
Hi
I'll ask him to talk to his doctor and see what the optometrist will say especially when he says he's been using that solution for years. It will definitely be interesting to hear since he had never had any eye infections in his life.
@bargainparker: I'm not wanting to pick a fight, and I'm certainly not accusing you of not telling the truth. Thanks for giving your example of your family member's story.
I'm going to give one more example. My daughter just 2 weeks ago had her tonsils and adenoids removed. The operation was straight forward and a complete success. She was prescribed 2 different types of antibiotics to ward off any infections that might have come about in the time shortly after this operation. She hasn't had any infection, luckily. But I cannot guarantee they were 100% necessary, either. Even without the antibiotics, she may not have developed an infection. But the Doctor Who prescribed them probably has witnessed a young girl like my daughter who has had to put up with an awful infection and the pain and suffering that accompanies this.
One more thing. I say with very good confidence that all my patients who have recovered from corneal ulcers are now very compliant in CL maintenance, that's if they are still able to wear contact lenses.
end of lecture/rant/sales pitch
As they say, if it's one life saved, it's worth it.
BTW, didn't think we had a fight, just a conversation :)
It is good to hear more than less. The more informed you are, the better chance of your common sense choosing the right choice.
In the good old times snake oil was the miracle of all, but now we know it was elixir for the fools.
If it makes any difference at this point of the conversation- I am actually a qualified optometrist and i can tell you saline is not sufficient to clean your lenses. Corneas are very sensitive- sure you can roll the dice and be a cheapskate and just buy saline to clean your lenses, and sure you can get away with it for years BUT it only takes one mistake, one infection, one unclean lens and that can lead to permanent vision loss to varying degrees. Trust me, as a practitioner i see this everyday.
PS - I put cheap petrol in my car, buy generic products direct from China, have an Oppo phone and watch TV on a non HD generic flat screen. But I (biased, of course) wouldn't save money on the likely health of my eyes.
PPS - as an optometrist, I'm glad that this conversation is being had (and preserved) in the OzBargain community.
I agree, I'm shocked how many people in this post don't know the difference between the two and think it's trivial… This isn't rechargeable batteries or headphones, it's your eyes!
As a contact wearer for the past 10 years, I have used this solution for cleaning AND storing of my contact lens with no ill-effects for almost as long.
Of course, this is only from my experience and I would never advise anyone to copy me. Just my two cents..:)
As has been stated above. This is not contact lens solution. This is saline.
It will not kill bacteria and fungi that could potentially infect the eye. But in fact is a good growth medium for these organisms. In addition, it will not dissolve accumulated proteins that make lenses uncomfortable with prolonged use (i.e. they need to be changed at the end of the month because they irritate the eye).
It is designed for use with Peroxide-based contact lens cleaning systems.
Just wondering, where are they made in?
Thanks