Bausch & Lomb Purevision Multifocal or Acuvue Bifocal?

how about acuvue oasys multifocal? (acuvue oasys for presbyopia)

http://www.acuvue.com/products-acuvue-oasys-for-pr...

that would leave you in the same material and "feel" as you have now...

"acuvue bifocal" is being discontinued soon. its from the mid 90's

Its not quite as simple as to say which is better, no one person's experience will be the same as yours. Its better to try a few different brands of multifocal contacts because different ones work best for different people. One thing I will say is that the acuvue bifocal would definately be a retrograde step for you material wise because you will be coming out of silicon lenses which give you better oxygen supply than the older lenses. Two silicon hydrogel choices would be the bausch and lomb you have mentioned (however I think you will find that un-comfortable because it is a lot stiffer than the lens you are used to) or the 02 OPtix multifocal by ciba vision (again a bit stiffer but better) speak to your eye care professional and get them to let you try a few different options. Oh the other option is mono-vision so you could keep your current lenses and just have one biased for reading, that works really well and loads of my patients get on really well with that, and it costs no extra!

I would think 5 to 7 days...everyone is different.