I'm very far-sighted, wore glasses from age 4, tried hard contacts years ago and gave up on them, went back to glasses until bifocals were required after which I got the then new gas permeable hard contacts, which I thought were great (but needed cheapo reading glasses for close work), then needed trifocals so got soft contacts - one eye for near, one eye for far (a compromise which works great - don't even need reading glasses), and now toss them every 30 days and put fresh ones in (never even have to take them out to clean them, just use drops on occasion).
I'd stayed away from soft lenses because their acuity isn't as great as the hard lenses, but I don't see any difference at all now that I have them.
Most people take them out for cleaning/sleep without them on occasion, but I leave mine in for the whole 30 days. I'm TOTALLY unaware of them being in my eyes - other than that I can see
. My eye dr. sees no irritation or other deleterious effects.
Being far-sighted, glasses, even plastic lenses, are very thick and heavy - can't imagine going back to them, especially tri-focals (I have a pair for emergencies though).