Lens review: I-Codi Funcle F209

Hello peeps!

It's been a bit quiet over the summer but I was actually away from home, working a summer job! But I'm back now and we'll continue with the same as usual lately, namely circle lens reviews. :) Today I'll feature the I-Codi Funcle F209 crazy lenses, which is like a white and red dragon eye style lens!

Let's go!

 

Base curve: 8.6 mm
Diameter: 14.2 mm

Water content: 55%

Life span: 1 year (I recommend 6 months)

 

It's been four years since I last did a review on a dragon eye lens so I was quite excited to try one again! Sometimes this style of slit pupil lenses are also called things like 'cat eye' and such but they generally have the same base design with the vertical pupil, except that the actual 'cat eye' variants tend to be with a single color background while the 'dragon eye' versions often feature two different colors, one rugged inner color and one outer for a more monsterous effect.

This is a style of crazy lens that is available by many different contact lens brands for Halloween and costuming purposes, although what colors are available tend to vary per brand. I haven't really seen any other brand than I-Codi doing these white and red ones and that's why I picked these as the color combination is quite interesting!

One lens in.

As is to be expected with any crazy style lenses these are completely opaque and won't let through your real eye color underneath. At least not on light eyes, I think it's safe to say they probably block out dark eyes too!

So what we've got with these is a moderate to small pupil opening, a stark white background with an intense red inner center and of course the signature slit eye vertical pupils that fit for dragons, felines and otherwordly monsters. There is also a slight size enhancement but it's not really noticeable due to the complete lack of any limbal ring, along with the outer color being white.

Please do be aware though that, just as most other lenses that have sfx designs, that these do spin in your eyes – which means that they will move around like a clock and you'll end up with mismatched goat or frog eyes if you don't correct the lenses along the day while wearing them. How much they spin might depend on how much you move your gaze, if you have 'lazy eye' etc. Keeping a pocket mirror with you at events makes it easier to correct the lenses while on the go, especially if you don't have quick access to a bathroom/mirror.

 

Lens photos incoming!
All photos taken by me during an afternoon with a clear sky.
There's no color filters or such on the close-up photos and that's so that the colors would be as true to real life as possible.

 

Natural room light indoors.

Bathroom light.

Flash photo indoors.

Facing a window, backyard view (not sun side).

Unlit corridor, weak natural light in the distance.

Outdoors, back against the sun (facing wall).

Outdoors, facing the sun while standing under the roof's shadow.

Outdoors, facing the sun directly.

I was trying my damnest to keep the lenses as straight as I could but like no joke, it's near impossible as you can see. xD I've heard already years ago that weighted crazy lenses exist but I have yet to actually find some anywhere and at this point it's starting to feel more and more like just an urban legend lol.

Yes, this is derpy af but proof they spin! #devilgoateyes

Regarding comfort I can't really say so much because these lenses had sadly expired in their packaging by the time I got around to do this review. If you've been reading my blog you know the story but a tl;dr version is that I forgot I had these lenses and when I (re)found them it was a bit too late, so to say. So I'm only taking all necessary review photos quickly, for posterity in case it helps someone out there, and once I got all photos taken I immediately discarded the lenses. Which of course means I didn't spend time testing out their comfort so I can't really say much except for my first impressions which were that the lenses felt thin and basically invisible to wear. 

You might also see some colored corners at the edge of your field of vision (especially in poorer light conditions) but this is rather minor and something you get used to and frankly, it happens with almost all crazy style lenses. If you're a new colored contacts wearer it might cause some light nausea or such but don't be scared, there's nothing wrong with your vision – it's just that when your pupils enlarge they become bigger than the center opening of the lens, aka they go "under" the lens print and that's why you see hazy corners if you move your eyes around in poorer lights.

 

So what can I say? These lenses are silly fun and as long as you can keep up with the spinning issue then they look pretty damn awesome. The color combo make them look ferocious and great for Halloween parties, live-action roleplaying the bad dragon or just overall costuming – be you a party dude or dudette, an avid cosplayer or a furry.

 

 Distance photos! Sleep-deprived dragon hehe, damn treasure looters.

 

Short summary:

Color: 10/10 

Very bold white and red color, intense effect for a ferocious dragon look!

Design: 9/10 

They're rather simple on an artistic sense but the effect is still striking and delivers what it promises to be with glee.

Opacity: 10/10

Perfectly covering your real eye color, I got no complaints.

Enlargement: 2/10 

There's a very slight enlargement effect but it's almost ignorable.

Comfort: 8/10 

Appears to be very comfortable (par the spinning, which needs frequent repositioning) as I didn't feel like I had lenses on and they were thin and comfy. Colored corners in your vision may occur.

Naturalness: 0/10 

Oh baby we don't do natural with these, it's besides the whole point lmao.

Thanks for reading! 

Hope you enjoyed this review, more should come soon enough!

~ Shiro Samurai out.