Commuting - contact lenses for rainy days

just wondering if contact lenses would be a good solution for heavy down pour occasions? apparently i wear eyeglasses. they tend to fog up, but the worst case is when droplets of rain bead up all over my glasses and headlights from the oncoming traffic get refracted by the droplets, causing major vision distortion. tonight, i rode pretty much with my eyes closed. the only thing that saved me was having known this commute path like the back of my hand (almost).
tia

I wear contacts whenever I ride. Period. Makes the whole sunglass thing much easier. I have sunglasses with 3 different interchangeable lenses. Tinted, amber, and clear. They are always on for sun protection, wind protection, cold protection, and projectile protection.

I'm a fairly new contact lens wearer. So far they work great. They took a little getting used to for me. I changed brands once. I don't know how they will do when the weather gets cold (I have a short tour tomrrow and Thurs). The temps are supposed to be in the upper 30s in the morning. I'll find out!

One thing is for sure, they don't fog up!

I wear acuvue advanced soft contacts when biking, and they are great rain/shine/snow. Obviously it helps to wear a band or some other head gear to keep water from streaming into your eyes so much, but even without that, contacts are great (the soft lenses moreso than the gas permeable hard ones IMHO).

Wearing contacts will obviously prevent the fogging up issue, but you should also wear a cycling cap in the rain. The brim will keep a lot of the rain out of your eyes

I do exactly like jbone says, I wear contacts and wear Smith Slider SL2s with a light orange lens with a cycling cap underneath my helmet. In fact, I used it today to ride to work in this little nor'easter that sent us rain here in NJ this morning.

Every now and then, I'll wipe off droplets on my sunglasses but since it's not used for vision (as your eyeglasses are), it isn't that bad or that distorting. You will still have some glare from oncoming headlights, but it's manageable, I think.

Jay

I had the same experience with glasses fogging up so I went to contacts. Now I always ride with contacts. Just remember, that you will still want some kind of eye protection so you should consider buying some sunglasses.

In general, you will like contacts better, but lower humidities in the winter combined with the wind can dry them out and irritate your eyes. Sunglasses will help with this as well.

jbone's comment about a brim is appropriate as well. You may not having to worry about water on your glasses, but water in your eyes can get distracting, too.

I wear contacts whenever I ride. Period. Makes the whole sunglass thing much easier. I have sunglasses with 3 different interchangeable lenses. Tinted, amber, and clear. They are always on for sun protection, wind protection, cold protection, and projectile protection.

Exactly my situation.

I've always worn contacts. Recently I started wearing cycling glasses with clear lenses, which helps keep my eyes from drying out and also gives eye protection. They seem to work better than regular glasses. When I used to wear glasses I sometimes wore goggles over them, which worked reasonably well depending on the goggles. It seems almost anything works better than regular glasses.

Contact wearer here. Yes, definately, they would help. I wear contacts for all and only for sports. (eg I never wear them for social purposes, unless my wife asks :)

However in the rain, you still have to keep the rain out of your eyes, contacts or not, so a cycle cap with a brim helps alot.

peace
zac

Wearing contacts is preferrable to glasses in the rain, but my problem isn't the rain getting in my eyes, it's the spray off the front tire. If I go over 15 mph, the spray gets kicked up higher and the wind blows it into my face so my face and glasses/sunglasses gets dirty/grimy/muddy. The helmet's brim only protects from rain, not from spray. So should I go slower or put some kind of extension on my front fender?

my problem isn't the rain getting in my eyes, it's the spray off the front tire. So should I go slower or put some kind of extension on my front fender?

You definitely need a longer fender. I have the planet bike freddy fenders, no spray at all to worry about.