Contact Lens Cases

About Contact Lens Cases

Contact Lens Cases is the least glamorous corner of a lens routine and the easiest one to neglect, which is exactly why it is worth its own page. The case is where a lens spends most of its life, and the condition of the case has a great deal to do with the condition of the lens.

What you will find

This category currently holds the PROGENT Menicon large diameter lens case, sized for scleral lenses. A scleral lens is considerably wider than a soft or rigid corneal lens, and a standard case will not hold one without the lens pressing against the walls, so a purpose sized well matters more here than it does elsewhere.

How to choose

• Diameter first. Match the well to the lens. A scleral lens needs a large diameter case; a soft or gas permeable lens fits a standard one.
• Marking. Right and left wells should be easy to tell apart, by color or by a molded L and R, so lenses do not end up in the wrong eye.
• Seal. Caps should thread cleanly and hold solution without weeping into a bag.

Looking after it

Cases are consumables, not equipment. Rinse the wells with solution rather than tap water, then leave them open to air dry face down on a clean tissue. Replace the case at the interval your eye care professional recommends. If one is cracked, cloudy or has a cap that no longer seats properly, replace it rather than squeezing a few more weeks out of it.