hmmm. this is getting interesting. i use acuvue advanced lenses as well (i love them outside of being blind at places like roostertail), but have never paid attention to the cylinder range. maybe i should..........a tighter fit may be the solution for me.
thanks!
bethany

My experience with contacts for astigmatism is the same as Chris's, maybe worse. The one in the left eye didn't move much and would settle down very quickly, but the right eye took minutes before it would go back into place. I ended up blind in one eye and no depth perception. It was ugly.
I haven't tried the newer ones, but I my right eye is outside that cylinder range, so I'm not sure that it would benefit me. I have to get an eye exam soon, so I'll check and see what's available.

The fogging problem can't be completely eliminated. I've tried a number of products, rain-x, cat crap, etc. and they all work for awhile. The problem is that they generally don't last a whole trip except on warm sunny days. I've taken to carrying a small vial of peppermint soap, doesn't have to be peppermint, any dish soap will work. Just smear it on and rinse off the bubbles. If you are getting splashed a lot, it doesn't last real long, but you can put it on when your glasses are wet.

Larry Cable

I am tremendously nearsighted with astigmatism. I wear gas permeables normally, but have daily disposable soft lenses for boating. They're not perfect because they don't correct the astigmatism, and they do stick to my eyelids when I get splashed, meaning I may be paddling blind for a minute. But they're easy when camping because you can just throw them out at the end of the day. You haven't lost an $100 lens if one washes out.
And this hasn't been mentioned yet about soft contacts: they are Hydrophilic -- they absorb water. This sometimes means they absorb water with nasty little microbes in it. You don't really want to leave in or reuse soft contact lenses after runs in our local streams, especially if you don't have a really good disinfecting process. I got a bad eye infection once from reusing soft contact lenses that I used only for boating and which had sat and "cultured" for a couple weeks in their "disinfecting" solution.

Daily disposables are pretty cheap. They'll probably give you a set to try out -- see how Brit likes them, do some roll practice in them, splash water in her face and see how she adapts to them settling down again. Extended wear or hard (gas permeable) lenses for everyday use, and daily disposables for boating is my recommendation.

Thanks to all for your input re: contacts for Brit. I sent the compilation of comments so far to her and her mom to read over. What a wealth of information! My vision is getting crappy ... probably 20/30 now. I see OK, but have trouble with street signs until I'm too close to turn! I can't afford Lasik right now ... so I'm thinking about contacts myself.

Sounds like maybe we should start with soft lenses for Brit and carry spares. She's had a big problem with fogging glasses ... especially on the Nanty ... I can't keep a camera lens clear on that river either!

Thanks again, and SYOTR!
Wes

Here's my story. Bethany and I need to have some kind of anti-vision contest. The winner gets a seeing-eye duck. I wear prescription sunglasses on the river. They are bifocals and made of polycarbinite material which is virtually indestructible and a good safety feature. I carry a small lense cleaning cloth in my PFD pocket. A little spit usually keeps them relatively fog-free. The frames I have now are made by Nike and work well for a couple of reasons. They don't wrap around real close to my eye which I feel lets the air circulate better helping with the fog issue. Also, they have a small molded-in loop at the end of the temple piece behind the ear. I take the snap end off of a fishing snap-swivel, thread it through that loop and the material of my Chums neck-strap. This makes sure the chums won't slip off the thin metal glasses frame. My eyes are such that contacts are not an option for me. Oh and by the way, never follow me on the river!
-Beel