I've worn contacts for about 35 years now. I used to wear some very high dollar contacts that corrected my stigmatism and I kept a pair for as long as I could which was usually about 1.5 years, then replace. But now I wear the extended wear disposables type and these allow a lot more oxygen to the pupil which allows me to wear them for a few days without taking them out, if I so choose to, but for the most part I take them out daily. These newer contacts are much for comfortable, especially when worn for extended periods.